THat the said Sir Edward Harbert Knight, his Majesties Atturney Generall, sworne the third day of Ianuary in the yeare of the Lord 1641. Contra­ry to his oath and the duty of his place, did falsely, scandalous­ly and malitiously, advise, frame and publish, certaine false, scan­dalous [Page 2] Articles of High Trea­son against the Lord Kimbolton, one of the members of the House of Peeres in Parliament, Denzell Holis, esquier, sir Arthur Hazelrigge Barronet, John Pym, John Hampden, and William Strode esquiers, being then, and yet members of the House of Commons in Par­liament: A coppie of which Articles I am commanded by the House of Commons to de­liver to your Lordships.

• 1. That they haue Traiterously ende­uoured to subuert the fundamentall lawes and government, of the Kingdome of [Page 3] England, to depriue the King of his regall power and to place in subiects an Arbi­trary and Tiranicall power ouer the liues liberties, & estates of his Maiesties leige people.
• 2. That they haue Traiterously ende­uoured by many fowle aspersions upon his Maiestie and his government, to alienate the affections of his people, and to make his Maiestie odious unto them.
• 3. That they have endeavored to draw his Maiesties late Army to disobedi­ence to his Maiesties Commands, and to side with them in their Traiterous de­signes.
• 4. That they haue Traiterously in­vited and encouraged a forraigne power to inuade his Maiesties Kingdom of Eng­land.
• 5. That they haue Traiterously ende­vered to subuert the right and verie being of Parliaments.
• [Page 4]6. That for the compleating of their Traiterous designes they have indeavored (as farre as in them lay) by force and terrour to compell the Parliament to ioyne with them in their Traiterous de­signes, and to that end have actually ray­sed and countenanced tumults against the King and Parliment.
• 7. That they have traiterously conspi­red to Levie, and actually have Levied Warre against the King.

And the said sir Edward Harbert, the third day of Ianuary did falsely, unlawfully, and ma­liciously exhibit the said Ar­ticles into the House of Peeres in Parliament, and caused the same to bee entred into the Clarkes booke of the said house [Page 5] intending & endeavoring ther­by, falsely, unlawfully and mali­ciously to deprive the said hou­ses of their said severall Mem­bers, & to take a way their lives, estates, and good names: All which doings of the said At­tourney, and every of them, were and are high breaches of the priviliges of Parliament, ten­ding to sedition, and to the utter subvertion of the fundamentall Rights and beeing of Parlia­ment, the Libertie of Subject and to the great scandall and dis­honour of his Majestie and his [Page 6] Governement, and were and are contrary to the oath of the said Atturney Generall, and to the great trustreposed in him by his Majestie:and contrary to the lawes of this Realme, & a great derogation to his Majesties Royall Crowne and Dignity.

For which High Crimes, and Misdemeanors, the said Commons saving to themselves the liberties of exhibiting any further or other Impeachment or accufation against the said Sir Edward Harbert, doe impeach him; And doe pray that he may be forthwith put to Answer the premisses in the presence of the Commons.