April 14. 1643.
HIS Majesty will not at this time remember the many Acts of Grace and Favour He hath passed this Parliament for the good of His People; but He must say, He hath not denied any one thing proposed to Him by both Houses, which in Justice could be required of Him, or in Reason expected; and He hath been and is still so un∣willing to give a denial to both His Houses, that as they shall be sure to receive none to any Proposition they shall make of right, so in matters of Grace and Favour He shall be willing to receive any information and reason which at any time may invite him to consent: and therefore will gladly receive any Reason from the Committee or both Houses, which may induce His Majesty to give another Answer than what He hath al∣ready given in the point of the Cinque-ports, Forts and Castles; but till such be given, He cannot consent to dispossess any of His Servants of what they are legally possest of, without a just Cause exprest, or to quit His own Right of sole disposing of their Com∣mands, no other cause yet appearing to Him, than that the places they command have been taken from Him.
Falkland