| Title | ‘The humble Peticon & Addresse of Ed. Earle of Clar[endon]’, addressed ‘To ye right Honorble the Lords Sp[iritual and] temporall in Parliament assembled:/’
[The original petition presented to the Lords in Nov. 1667 was burned, after being copied into the Journal of that House. This manuscript may have been copied from it, prior to its destruction, or it may be a discarded draft. It departs in a number of instances from the wording of the text preserved in the Journal, without affecting the sense, and in the following particulars where the sense is affected]:
‘The second [charge]. That I have been the sole Manager, and chief Minister, in all Transactions of State,’ [J.H.L.].
‘The 2nd that I have been ye chiefe manager & sole minister in all transactions of state…’ [Ms. Copy].
‘I will offer any Thing to your Lordships but what is exactly true’. [J.H.L.].
‘I will not offer anything unto yor Lordshipps but what [is] exactly true’… [Ms. Copy].
‘although the Office in both their Times was lawfully worth Double to what it was to me, and I believe now is: That all the Courtesies and Favours which I have been able to obtain from the King for other Persons, in Church or State’, [J.H.L.].
‘although the office in both theire tyme was lawfully worth double to what it was to mee & so I beleeve now That all ye Curtesies and favors wch I have been able to obtainne from ye King or other persons in Church or Estate ….’ [Ms. Copuy]
‘that several Sums of Money, and some Parcels of Land, which His Majesty hath bountifully bestowed upon me since His Return into England, are worth more than all I have amounts to.’ [J.H.L.]
‘that ye severa[l] sumes of money & some parcells of Land wch [H]is Maty hath bountifully bestowed upon me since his returne into England are more worth then all I have amoun[ts] to,’ [Ms. Copy].
‘that I had dome them some Prejudice with His Majesty, or crossed them in some of their Pretensions’, [J.H.L.].
‘that I had done them some prejudice wth his Maty or crossed ym in some of theire perswations…’ [Ms. Copy].
‘and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Madrid,’ [J.H.L.].
‘and to his Matys Embassadors at Madrid…’ [Ms. Copy].
‘and who knew well enough how much I disliked and complained of the Liberty they took to themselves, or reviling all Councils and Counsellors, and turning all Things serious and sacred into Ridicule’. [J.H.L.].
‘They took all Ways imaginable to render me ingrateful to all Sorts of Men [whom I shall be compelled to name in my Defence]; persuading those who miscarried in any of their Designs, that it was the Chancellor’s Doing,’ [J.H.L.].
‘they tooke all wayes Imaginable to render me ungrateful to all sorts of men (whome I shall be compelled to name in my owne defence[)] persuading these that miscarriages in any of theire designes, that itt was the Councellors doeing’, [Ms. Copy].
‘that I may be able by such withdrawing heerafter to appeale and may my defence…’ [Ms. Copy].
The ms. is imperfect.
With (i) text as recorded in the Journal of the House of Lords, (ii) letters, 1904, 1905, 1907. |