THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND, BY EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON. A NEW EDITION, FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. IN SEVEN VOLUMES. VOL. IV. OXFORD, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. MDCCCXXXIX. WHEN the treaty was first consented to by the 66 two houses, they ordered that it should be upon the first proposition made by his majesty, and the first proposition made by themselves, and that those should be first concluded on, before they proceeded to treat upon any of the other propositions. So that the committee, in the first place, applied themselves to his majesty, upon his own first proposition, which was, That his own revenue, magazines, towns, forts, and ships, which had been taken, or kept from him by force, "should be forthwith restored to him." To which the committee answered, That the two houses had made use of his majesty's own revenue, but "in a very small proportion, which in a good part had been employed in the maintenance of his children, according to the allowance established by himself. And the houses would satisfy what "should remain due to his majesty of those sums 66 66 VOL. IV. B. "which they had received; and would leave the same to him for the time to come. And they "desired likewise, that his majesty would restore "what had been taken for his use, upon any of the bills, assigned to other purposes by several acts of parliament, or out of the provision made for the "war of Ireland: that all the arms and ammuni"tion taken out of his magazines should be deli"vered into his stores, and whatsoever should be 66 wanting, they would supply in kind, according "to the proportions they had received: but they "proposed, the persons, to whose charge those public magazines should be committed, being nominated by his majesty, might be such, as the "two houses of parliament might confide in, and "that his majesty would restore all such arms and ammunition, as had been taken for his use, from the several counties, cities, and towns. 66 66 66 That the two houses would remove the garrisons out of all towns and forts in their hands, "wherein there were no garrisons before these troubles, and slight all fortifications made since that time, and those towns and forts to continue in the same condition they were in before; and that those garrisons should not be renewed, or "the fortifications repaired, without consent of his "majesty, and both houses of parliament. That 66 the towns and forts, which were within the 'jurisdiction of the cinque ports, should be deli"vered into the hands of such a noble person, as "the king should appoint to be warden of the 'cinque ports, being such a one as they should "confide in. That Portsmouth should be reduced “to the number of the garrison, as was at that 1643.] upon the first article of the treaty. 66 66 66 3 I time when the lords and commons undertook the custody of it; and that all other forts, castles, and towns, in which garrisons had been kept, and had been since the beginning of these troubles taken into their care and custody, should be reduced to the same establishment they had in the year 1636, and should be so continued; and that all those towns, forts, and castles, should be delivered up into the hands of such persons of quality and trust, to be likewise nominated by his majesty, as the two houses should confide in. That the warden of the cinque ports, and all governors and commanders of towns, castles, and forts, should keep the same towns, castles, and forts, respectively, for the service of his majesty, and the safety of the kingdom; and that they should not admit into them any foreign forces, or any other forces raised without his majesty's authority, and consent of the two "houses of parliament; and they should use their " utmost endeavours to suppress all forces whatsoever raised without such authority and consent; and they should seize all arms and ammunition "provided for any such forces. 66 66 66 66 They likewise proposed to the king, that he would remove the garrison out of Newcastle, and all other towns, castles, and forts, where any garrisons had been placed by him since these troubles; and that the fortifications might “be likewise slighted, and the towns and forts left in such state as they were in the year 1636; and that all other towns and castles in his hands, "wherein there had been formerly garrisons, might be committed to such persons nominated by him, |