Die Mercurii, 2 Novemb. 1642.

WHereas we the Lords and Commons have ordered that it shall be refer­red to the Committee for the safety of the Kingdome, to prepare heads of an humble addresse to be made unto His Majesty for composing the present dif­ferences and distractions, and setling the peace of the Kingdom, And to present them to the house; Yet to prevent all misconstructions or neglects, whereby our just defence may be hindred, we do declare, That the preparations of Forces, and all other necessary means for the defence of the Protestant Religion, the priviledges of Parlia­ment, the Laws and Liberties of the Subject, shal be prosecuted with all vigor.

ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That this Declaration be forthwith printed and published.

J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.

London, Printed for Iohn Wright. 1642.

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