King ſhould have all the Forces that Charles the 2d had in 80 in England, and theſe were not then here; the Holland Regiments being paid by the States, and their Soldiers; and the others 500 Leagues off at Tangier. But all this advantage would not ſatisfy the Army-Gentlemen: For in the Committee they endeavoured again to ſet aſide the Vote, by moving for a Sum of 500000 Pounds per Annum for Guards and Garriſons, without naming any certain Number (which would have maintained above 20000) but this could not be carried; therefore they came to a ſort of Compoſition, to have but 10000, whereof a great number were to be Horſe and Dragoons; and the Sum given to maintain them was 350000 Pounds; But notwithſtanding this they moved afterwards for 3000 Marines (alledging that theſe were not a Land-Force, but a Water-Force) which was carried.
Here I will beg leave to obſerve one thing, that nothing would ſatisfy the Courtiers at the beginning of the Winter but to have the Forces eſtabliſhed by the Parliament, and upon other Terms they would not accept them; and in all Companys ſaid, that any Miniſter that adviſed the King to keep them up otherwiſe, or any Officers that continued his Commiſſion ought to be attainted of High Treaſon: About which I ſhall not differ with theſe Gentlement, nor do I arraign them for altering their Opinion; for perhaps they may conceive that a Vote to give 350000 Pounds for Guards and Garriſons, is a ſufficient Authority againſt Law to quarter Soldiers in all parts of England, as well out of Gariſons, as in them, and as well at a diſtance from the King's Perſon, as about it.
Thus what our Courts for above a thouſand Years together had never Effrontery enough to aſk; what the Penſioner Parliament could not think of without Aſtoniſhment; what King James's Parliament (that almoſt choſen by himſelf) could not hear debated with Patience, we are likely to have the honour of eſtabliſhing in our own Age, even under a Deliverance.
Now we will examine how far they have complied with the Reſolutions of the Houſe of Commons. Having ſo far gained upon the firſt Vote by the means before related, 'twas not eaſy to be imagined but they would nicely per-
