The Kings going to the House, answered, and retorted.

1. Though His Majesty went unto the House, there was no assault made or intended by him, as far as can appear, without their Comment. It had been a desperate attempt, with so few to set upon so many, and those backt by so great a power, and Page  51 had seru'd themselves so far into the affections of the City. If any wild expression fell from the mouth of one or two of his retinue, why were they not seized on and questioned?

2. This hath been so often acknowledged for an Errour by him, yet still objected by them, that me-thinks they might blush at this mention of it.

3. What did he doe therein, which themselves had not been guilty of before it, and much out-done since? We remember the robustious Petition of the Porters, and we know at what rates some of them were hired, by what devices others were cheated thereinto, it being told them, it was a Petition, that Water-men should be prohibited to carry Burdens. The Poasting of Names, ex∣posing the Members of different judgment to the fury of the madding Multitude, was a kind of Force sure. So were the Shoals of Citizens, who came upon their Invitation and encouragement to cry for Justice. If those were not, we are certaine the Reformado's were (for many of them smelt ill then, and Horrour was seen in the faces of most) which the Army taxeth some Members with∣all. And the Petitions, Remonstrances, Declarations, Advance of this Army, with their Interposition since, are a violence beyond dispute.