CArolus, singulari Omnipotentis Dei providentia Angliae, Scotiae Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor &c. Universis & singulis qui prae­sens hoc scriptum ceu protestationem inspexerint, potissimum Reformatae Religionis cultoribus cuiusunque sint Gentis, gradus aut conditionis, salutem.

CUm ad aures nostras non ita pridem fa­ma peruenerit, sinistros quosdam ru­mores, literasque politica vel perniciosa po­tiùs quorundam industria sparsas esse, & non-nullis protestantuim ecclesijs in exteris partibus emissas, nobis esse animum & consilium ab illa Orthodoxa Religione quam ab incunabulis imbibimus, & ad hoc vs (que) momentum per inte­grum uitae nostrae curriculum amplexi sumus [Page] recedendi; et papismum in haec regna iterum in­troducendi, Quaeconiectura, ceu nefanda potius calumnia, nullo prorsus nixa vel imaginabili fun­damento horrendos hosce tumultus, & rabiem plusquam belluinam in anglia suscitauit sub larua cuiusdam (chimericae) Reformationis re­gimini, legibusque huius Dominij non solum incongruae, sed incompatibililis: UOLUMUS, vc toti Christiano Orbi innotescat, ne mini­mam quidem animum nostrum incidisse co­gitatiunculam hoc aggrediendi, aut transver­sum vnguem ab illa Religione discedendi quam cum corona, sceptroque huius regni solemni & sacramentali Iuramento tcnemur profiteri, protegere, et propugnare. Nec tantum con­stantissima nostra praxis, et quotidiana in ex­ercitijs praefatae Religions praesentia cum cre­bris in facie nostrorum agminum asseverationi­bus, publicis (que) procerum hujus Regni testimo­nijs, & sedula in regiam nostram sobolem edu­cando circumspectione (omissis plurimis aliis argumentis) luculentissime hoc demonstrat, sed etiam faelicissimum illud matrimonium quod inter nostram primogenitam, & illustris­simum principem Auriacum sponte contraxi­mus, idem fortissime attestatur: Quo nupti­ali [Page] faedere insuper constat, nobis non esse propo­situm illam profiteri solummodo, sed expan­dere & corroborare quantum in nobis situm est.

Hanc sacrosanctam Anglicanae Christi Eccle­siae Religionem, tot Theologorum conuocati­onibus sancitam, tot comitiorum edictis con­firmatam, tot Regiis Diplomatibus stabilitam, vna cum regimine Ecclesiastico. & Liturgia ei arnnexa, (quam liturgiam, regimenque celebri­res protestantium Authores tam Germani, quam Galli, tam Dani quam Heluetici, tam Batavi, quam Bohemi multis elogiis nec sine quadam invidia in suis publicis scriptis comprobant & applau­dunt, vt in transactioniqsus Dordrechtanae Synodus, cui nomrulli nostrorum praesulum, quorum Dig­nitati debita prestita fuit reverentia (interfu­erunt, apparet) Istam, inquimus, Religionem quam Regius noster pater (beatissimae memo­riae) in illa celeberrima fideisuae Confessione om­nibus Christianis principibus (vt & haec praesens nostra protestatio) exhibita, publicte asserit: Istam Istam, Religionem solennjter protestamur, Nos integram, sartam-tectam, & inviolabilem con­servaturos & pro virili nostro (divino adiuvante Numine) us (que) ad extremam vitae nostrae perio­dum [Page] protecturos, et omnibus nostris Ecclesias­ticis pro muneris nostri, & supradicti sacrosancti Juramenti ratione doceri, & praedicari curatu­ros. Quapropter iniungimus & in mandatis damus Omnibus ministris nostris in exteris partibus tam Legatis, quam Residentibus, A­gentibus (que) & nunciis, reliquis (que) nostris subditis vbicunque Orbis Christiani terrarum aut curi­ositatis aut comercij gratia degentibus, hane solennein & sinceram nostram protestationem quandocunqne sese obtulerit loci & temporis oportunitas, comunicare, asserere, asseverare.

Dat; in Academia & Civitate nostra Oxoniensi pridie Jdus maij 1644.

CHARLES, by the providence of Al­mighty God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defendor of the Faith &c. To all those who professe the true Reformed protestant Religion, of what Nation, degree, and condition so ever they be to whom this present Declaration shal come, Greeting

WHereas We are given to vnderstand that many false rumors, and scandalous letters are spred up & downe amongst the Refor­med Churches in forren parts by the politique or rather the pernicious industry of some ill-affected persons, that We have an inclination to recede from that Or­thodox Religion which We were borne, baptized, and bred in, & which We have firmely professed & prac­tis'd throughout the whole cours of Our life to this moment, and that We intend to give way to the intro­duction and publike exercise of popery againe in Our Dominions: which conjecture or rather most detestable calumny, being grounded upon no imaginable founda­tion hath rais'd these horrid tumults, and more then barbarous warrs throughout this flourishing Island un­der pretext of a kind of Reformation which would not only prove incongruous, but incompatiable with the [Page] fundamentall lawes and goverment of this Kingdome, We desire that the whole Christian world should take notice and rest assured, that We never entertaind in our imagination the least thought to attempt such a thing, or to depart a jot from that holy Religion, which whē We receaud the Crowne and scepter of this king­dome, We tooke a most solemne sacramentall Oath to professe and protect. Nor doth Our most constant practise and quotidian visible presence in the exercise of this sole Religion, with so many Asseuerations in the head of our Armies, & the publique attestation of our Barons, with the circumspection us'd in the education of our royal ofpring, besides divers other undeniable arguments, only demonstrat this; But also that happy Alliance of Mariage, We contracted twixt Our eldest Daughter, & the Illustrious Prince of Orenge, most clearly confirmes the reality of Our intentions herein; by w^ch Nuptiall engagement it appeares further. that Our endeavours are not only to make a bare profession therof in our owne dominions, but to inlarg & corrobo­rat it abroad as much as lieth in Our power: This most Holy Religion of the Anglican Church ordaind by so many Convocations of learned Divines, confirm'd by so many Acts of Nationall Parliaments, and strenghned by so many Roiall Proclamations, together with the Ecclesiastique discipline, and Liturgie therunto ap­pertaining, which Liturgie & discipline the most emi­nent of protestant Authors, as wel Germanes as French; as well Danes, as Sweds and Swittzens; as well Belgians as Bohemians do with many elogies (and not without a kind of Envie) approve and applaud in their publique writings, particulaly in the transactions of the Synod [Page] of [...], wherein besides other of Our Divines (who af­terwards were prelats) one of Our Bishops assisted, to whose dignity all due respects and precedency was gi­ven: This Religion We say, which Our Royall father of blessed memory doth publiquely assert in that His famous Confession addressd (as We also do this Our protestation) to all Christian Princes; This, this most Holy Religion, with the Hierarchy and lyturgie there­of, We solemnly protest, that, by the help of Allmigh­ty God, We will endeavour, to Our vttmost power, and last period of Our life, to keepe entyre and inviola­ble, and will be carefull, according to Our duty to Hea­ven, and the renor of the foresaid most sacred Oath at Our Coronation, that all Our Ecclesiastiques in their severall degrees and incumbences shal preach and prac­tise the same. Wherefore We enjoyne and comman­al Our Ministers of State beyond the Seas aswell Am­bassadors as Residents, Agents, and Messengers, And We desire all the rest of Our loving subjects that so­journe either for curiositie or Comerce in any forren parts, to communicat, uphold and assert this Our so­leme and sincere protestation when oportunity of time and place shall be offered.

AYant receu advis de bonne main que plusi­eurs faux rapports & lettres sont esparses parmi les Eglisses, Re­formees de làla mer, par la politique, ou plustost la pernicieuse iudustrie de personne smal affectionnes a nostre gover­nement, [Page] Que nous auons dessein a rece­der de celle Religion que Nons auons professè & pratiquè tout le temps de nostre vie iusques a present; & de vouloir introduire la papautè derechef en [...]s Dominions, Laquelle coniecture, ou ca­lumnie plustost, appuyee sur nul funde­ment imaginable, a suscitè ces horribles tumultes & allumèle feu d'une tres-sang­lante guerre en tous les quatre coins de ceste fleurissante Monarchie, soubs pre­texte d'une (chymerique) Reformati­on, la quelle seroit incompatible auec le governement & les loix fondementales de ce Royaume.

Nous Desirons, quil soit notoire a tout le monde, que la moindre pensee de ce faire n'a pas entree en nostre imagina­tion, de departir ancunement de cell' Or­thodoxe Religion, qu'auec la Cour [...]nne & [Page] le scepere de ce Roya [...]e Nons sommes tenus par un serment solennel & sacra­mentaire a proteger & defendre. Ce qu'appers non soulement par nostre quoti­dienne prefence es Exercices de la dite Religion, avec, tant d'asseverations a la teste de nos Armeet, & la publique At­testation de nos Barons, avec le soin que rous tenons en la nourrituredes princes & princesses nos enfans, Mais le tres­heureux mariage que nous avons conclu entre la nostre plus aisnee, & le tres il­lustre prince d'Orenge en est encore un tres-evident tesmoignage, par la quell' alliance il appert aussy, (que) nostre desirest de n'en faire pas vne nue profession seu­lement dicelle, mais de la vouloir estendre et corroborer autant qu'il nous est possi­ble: Cest orthodoxe Religion de leglise Anglicane ordonnce par tant de conven­tione [Page] de Teologues, confirmee par tant de arrests d'parlement, et fortifie par tant d' Edicts royaux auec la discipline et la Ly­turgie a elle appartenant, laquelle disci­pline et lyturgie les plus celebres Autheurs Protestants, tant Francois, qu Alle­mands; tant suedois que Suisses, tant Belgiens que Bohemiens approuent entierement et non sans quelqu envie en leur escrits particulierement en la sy node de Dort, ou vn de nos Euesques assistoit, et la reverence et precedence deue a sa dignite ecclesiastique luy fut exactement rendue: Ceste tres-sainte Religion que nostre feu pere de tres-heureuse memoire aduoue en sa celebre Confession de la Foy addressee come nous faisons ceste Declaration atous Princes Chrestiens; Nous Protestonsque moyennant la gra­ce de Dieu, nous tascherone de conseruer [Page] ceste Religion inviolable, et en son en­tier selon la mesure de puissance que Dieu amis entre nos mains; Et nous requerons etcommandons a tous nosministres d'estat tant Ambassadeurs, que Residens, Agens ou messagers, et a tous autres nos subiects qui font leur seiour es pays estrangers de communiquer, maintenir et aduouer ceste no stresolennelle Protestationtoutes fois et quantes que l'ocasion se presentera.