Generall Lesleys speech in the Parliament of Scotland the 25 of October, 1641. In defence of himselfe upon certaine slanders which are reported of him. Wherein he expresseth his affection to the king and kingdome of England. Also concerning the traytors of Scotland which did lay a plot to take away his life. Speech in Parliament in Scotland the 25 of October, 1641, in defence of himselfe Newark, David Leslie, Baron, d. 1682. 1641 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-12 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A90050 Wing N840 Thomason E199_18 50874296 ocm 50874296 157516

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 eng Newark, David Leslie, -- Baron, d. 1682. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1625-1649 -- Sources. Scotland -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Sources. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2010-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-08 Sampled and proofread 2010-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

GENERALL LESLEYS SPEECH • n the Parliament of Scotland, the 25. of October, 1641. In defence of himſelfe upon certaine ſlanders which are reported of him.

Wherein be expreſſeth his affection to the King and Kingdome of England.

Alſo concerning the Traytors of Scotland which did lay a plot to take away his life.

General Lesley, richly dressed, on a rearing horse
Generall Leſley's SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT. My Lords,

TO purge my ſelfe of ſome ſlanderous accuſations, I have preſumed to preſent my ſelfe before your honours, thereby to ſtoppe the mouthes of my enemies, and to revive the former good opinion which true and loyall ſubjects have had of mee: There have beene ſome lately my Lords, which have not beene aſhamed to ſay, that whatſoever of late I attempted in the defence of piety and truth, were all for my owne ends, not for the good of my Country.

Whereas God is my true and beſt of witneſſes, that all my intents were reall and for the good of both Kingdomes.

My Noble Lords, it is unknowne to very few of you that I have exerciſed armes theſe many yeares, almoſt from my childehood, and yet did I never take part with the Church of Rome, but have alwaies beene a ſworne foe againſt it.

Many battells have I fought ſince fortune was my friend to make me a Commander; but (I praiſe God) not ſpeaking in a boaſting way, as yet I never left the field but was crowned with victory.

I was your Generall againſt England, and yet not againſt it but for it, as it hath now happened by the moſt happy pacification.

Ye ſee my Lords now, that nature doth claim its due, old age overcommeth the ſtrongeſt, but yet were there occaſion in England for to employ me againſt a forraine foe, my ſervice ſhould attend the Kings command, I would make uſe of my beſt of skill to overthrow his foes: I know my Lords that I have beene cenſured hard of abroad, but I hope that my truth and loyalty to my Soveraigne, ſhall ſtop the lying tongue of flying ſame; a long time was I branded with that accurſed title of traitor which my ſoule abhorres, and to defend my innocency, my heart at all times is ready.

My Lords, give me licence to make uſe of a dolefull expreſſion, which is for the ingratitude of thoſe for whom I feared not to venture my deareſt bloud, yet theſe deceitfull Iudaſes have agreed together to betray mee and ſnatch away my ſhort breathing life.

How many dayes when they have beene ſporting and taking their pleaſures, have I beene taking paines, and ſtudying for to preſerve both them and their families? How many nights have I watched, when they have beene mantled in their ſilkes, and proſtrated upon their downe beds, taking their ſweet, ſilent and quiet reſt: And yet for all this my Lords, am I the marke they have chiefely ſhot at to deſtroy, for which the great God forgive them, for my owne part I freely doe appealing to their conſciences which I know can truly tell them, whether I have deſerved their hate or no.

But yet my Lords, give me leave to ſpeake both pro and con, although I freely forgive them the particular injury which they thought to have wrought upon me, yet muſt the Law have its proceeding againſt them for they which will goe about to robbe the King of his true and loyall ſubjects, will not be afraid in time to try their utmoſt skill to deſtroy the King himſelf.

O Ambition, Ambition! How loftily doſt thou ſoare? For it is thee and none but thee which doth ſteere the actions of each diſloyall traitor for being great, yet becauſe they doe not daily ariſe to bee greater, they will ſtrive to ſwimme to their intents through a ſea of bloud: What honour would theſe Lords have got to take away my life? O but they had greater priſes which they did aime at, but God did hinder them, who alwaies hath beene and alwaies will bee the defender of thoſe which put their truſt in him the living God.

In what a miſerable eſtate are theſe men in now? They have gained themſelves the everlaſting hate of all good men, they have loſt their honours, ſtained their Anceſtors ſame, and prejudicated their owne lives: Oh did a traitor but thinke before what hee went about when his minde is firſt hampering upon treachery! he would change his wicked reſolution; for firſt, let him thinke of the danger which will follow, and then of ten hundred thouſand times much more in the world to come.

My Lords, may I finde the joyes of heaven, but as truly as I meane faithfully both to my King and Country, and then were I certaine of an everlaſting, moſt happy, joyfull and heavenly eſtate: That God would alwaies bleſſe King Charles our lawfull native King and Governour, & his true ſubjects ſhal alwaies be my praier, and ſo is it I know of all thoſe which wiſh well unto Sion.

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