His Majesties declaration to all His loving subjects, occasioned by a false and scandalous imputation laid upon His Majestie, of an intention of raising or leavying war against his Parliament, and of having raised force to that end Also, His Majesties declaration and profession, together with that of the Lords and others of his councell there present, disavowing any preparations or intentions of leavying war against his two Houses of Parliament. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1642 Approx. 20 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-12 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A78727 Wing C2237A ESTC R223442 99895613 99895613 153101

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HIS MAjESTIES DECLARATION To all His loving SUBjECTS, Occaſioned by a falſe and ſcandalous Imputation laid upon His Majeſtie, of an Intention of Raiſing or Leavying War againſt His Parliament, and of having raiſed Force to that end.

ALSO, His Majeſties Declaration and Profeſſion, together with that of the Lords and others of His Councell there preſent, diſavowing any Preparations or Intentions of Leavying War againſt His two Houſes of Parliament.

LONDON: Printed by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſtie: And by the Aſſignes of JOHN BILL. MDCXLII.

His Majeſties Declaration to all His loving Subjects, occaſioned by a falſe & ſcandalous Imputation laid upon His Majeſtie of an Intention of raiſing or leavying War againſt His Parliament, and of having raiſed Force to that end. Publiſhed at His Court at York, the 16. day of June. 1642.

THough We have theſe laſt ſeven Moneths met with ſo many ſeverall Encounters of ſtrange and unuſuall Declarations, under the Names of both Our Houſes of Parliament, that We ſhould not be amazed at any new Prodigie of that kinde; And though their laſt of the 26. of May, gave Vs a fair Warning, that the Contrivers of it, having ſpent all their Stock of bitter and reproachfull Language upon Vs, We were to expect they ſhould now break out into ſome bold and diſloyall Actions againſt Vs; And having by that Declaration (as far as in them lies) deveſted Vs of that preeminence and authority, which God, the Law, the Cuſtome and Conſent of this Nation had placed in Vs, and aſſumed it to themſelves, that they ſhould likewiſe with expedition put forth the fruits of that ſupream Power, for the violating and ſuppreſſing that power they deſpiſed (an effect of which Reſolution their wilde Declaration againſt Our Proclamation concerning the pretended Ordinance for the Militia, and thepuniſhing of the Proclaimers appears to be) yet We muſt confeſſe, in their laſt attempt (We ſpeak of the laſt We know, they may probably ſince, or at this preſent have out-done that too) they have out-done what We conceive was their preſent Intention; And whoſoever hears of Propoſitions and Orders for bringing in of Money or Plate to maintain Horſe, Horſe-men, and Arms for the preſervation of the publike Peace, or for the defence of the King, and both Houſes of Parliament (ſuch is their Declaration, or what elſe they pleaſe to call it, of the 10. of Iune) will ſurely beleeve the Peace of this Kingdom to be extreamly ſhaken, and (at leaſt) the King himſelf to be conſulted with, and privie to theſe Propoſitions; But We hope, that when Our good Subjects ſhall finde; that this goodly Pretence of The defence of the King, is but a ſpecious Bait to ſeduce weak and inconſiderate Men into the higheſt Acts of Diſobedience and Diſloyaltie againſt Vs, and of Violence and Deſtruction upon the Laws and Conſtitutions of the Kingdom, they will no longer be captivated by an implicite Reverence to the name of both Houſes of Parliament, but will carefully examine, and conſider what number of Perſons are preſent, and what Perſons are prevalent in thoſe Conſultations, and how the Debates are probably managed, from whence ſuch horrid and monſtrous Concluſions do reſult, and will (at leaſt) weigh the Reputation, Wiſdom, and Affection of thoſe, who are notoriouſly known, out of the very horrour of their proceedings to have withdrawn themſelves, or by their ſkill and violence to be driven from them and their Counſells.

Whileſt their Fears and Iealouſies did ariſe, or were infuſed into the People from diſcourſes of the Rebels in Ireland, of ſkippers at Rotterdam, of Forces from Denmark, France or Spain (how improbable and ridiculous ſoever that oundſe of Information appeared to all wiſe and knowing Men) tis no wonder, if the eaſineſſe to deceive, and the willingneſſe to be deceived did prevail over many of Our weak Subjects, to beleeve that the Dangers, which they did not ſee, might proceed from Cauſes, which they did not underſtand: But for them to Declare to all the world, that We intend to make War againſt Our Parliament (whileſt We ſit ſtill complaining to God Almighty of the injury offered to Vs, and to the very being of Parliaments) and that We have already begun actually to leavie Forces both of Horſe and Foot (whileſt We have onely in a legall way provided a ſmaller Guard for the ſecurity of Our own Perſon, ſo neer a Rebellion at Hull, then they have had, without lawfull authority, above theſe eight Moneths, upon imaginary and impoſſible dangers) to impoſe upon Our Peoples ſenſe, as well as their underſtanding, by telling them, We are doing that which they ſee We are not doing, and intending that they all know (as much as Intentions can be known) We are not intending, is a boldneſſe, agreeable to no power, but the omnipotencie of thoſe Votes, whoſe abſolute Supremacie hath almoſt brought confuſion upon King and People, and againſt which, no knowledge in matter of Fact, or conſent and authority in matter of Law they will endure ſhall be oppoſed.

We have upon all occaſions with all poſſible Expreſſions profeſſed Our faſt and unſhaken Reſolutions for Peace; And We do again (in the preſence of Almighty God Our Maker and Redeemer) aſſure the world, that We have no more thought of making a War againſt Our Parliament, then againſt Our own Children, That We will maintain and obſerve the Acts aſſented to by Vs this Parliament without Violation, of which, that for the frequent aſſembling of Parliaments is one; And that We have not, or ſhall not have any thought of uſing any Force; unleſſe We ſhall be driven to it for the ſecurity of Our Perſon, and for the defence of the Religion, Laws, and Liberty of the Kingdom, and the juſt Rights and Priviledges of Parliament: And therefore We hope the Malignant Party, who have ſo much deſpiſed Our Perſon, and uſurped Our Office, ſhall not by their ſpecious fraudulent Inſinuations prevail with Our good Subjects, to give credit to their wicked Aſſertions, and ſo to contribute their Power and Aſſiſtance for the ruine and deſtruction of Vs and themſelves.

For Our Guard about Our Perſon (which not ſo much their Example as their Provocation inforced Vs to take) tis known it conſiſts of the prime Gentry (in Fortune and Reputation) of this County, and of One Regiment of Our trained Bands, who have been ſo far from offering any affronts, injuries, or diſturbance to any of Our good Subjects, that their principall end is to prevent ſuch; and ſo may be ſecurity, can be no grievance to Our People. That ſome ill affected Perſons, or any Perſons have been imployed in other parts to raiſe Troops under colour of Our ſervice, or have made large (or any) Offers of Reward and Preferment to ſuch as will come in, is (for ought We know, and as We beleeve) an untruth deviſed by the Contrivers of this falſe Rumour; We diſavow it, and are confident there will be no need of ſuch Art or Induſtry to induce Our loving Subjects, when they ſhall ſee Vs oppreſſed, and their Liberties and Laws confounded, (and till then We ſhall not call on them) to come in to Vs, and to aſſiſt Vs.

For the Delinquents, (whom We are ſaid with an high and forcible hand to protect) let them be named, and their Delinquencie, and if We give not ſatisfaction to Iuſtice, when We ſhall have received ſatisfaction concerning Sir John Hotham by his legall Triall, then let Vs be blamed: But if the Deſigne be (as it is well known to be) after We have been driven by Force from Our City of London, and kept by force from Our Town of Hull, to protect all thoſe who are Delinquents againſt Vs, and to make all thoſe Delinquents who attend on Vs, or execute Our lawfull Commands; We have great reaſon to be ſatisfied in the truth and juſtice of ſuch Accuſation; leſt to be Our ſervant, and to be a Delinquent grow to be Termes ſo convertible, that in a ſhort time We be left as naked in attendance, as they would have Vs in power, and ſo compell Vs to be waited on onely by ſuch whom they ſhall appoint and allow, and in whoſe preſence We ſhould be more miſerably alone, then in deſolation it ſelf.

And if the ſeditious Contrivers and Fomenters of this Scandall upon Vs, ſhall have (as they have had) the power to miſ-lead the major Part preſent of either or both Houſes, to make ſuch Orders, and ſend ſuch Meſſages and Meſſengers, as they have lately done, for the Apprehenſion of the great Earls and Barons of England, as if they were Rogues or Felons; And whereby perſons of Honour and Quality are made Delinquents, meerly for attending upon Vs, and upon Our Summons, whileſt other men are forbid to come neer Vs (though obliged by the Duty of their places and Oaths) upon Our lawfull Commands: It is no wonder if ſuch Meſſengers are not very well entreated, and ſuch Orders not obeyed; neither can there be a ſurer, and a cunninger way found out to render the Authority of both Houſes ſcorned and vilified, then to aſſume to themſelves (meerly upon the Authority of the name of Parliament) a Power monſtrous to all underſtandings, and to do Actions, and to make Orders Evidently and Demonſtrably contrary to all known Law and Reaſon, (As to take up Arms againſt Vs under colour of defending Vs, To cauſe Money to be brought in to them, and to forbid Our own Money to be paid to Vs, or to Our uſe, under colour that We will imploy it ill; To beat Vs, and ſterve Vs for Our own good, and by Our own Power and Authority) which muſt in ſhort time make the greateſt Court, and the greateſt Perſon cheap, and of no eſtimation.

Who thoſe ſenſible Men are of the publike Calamities, of the Violations of the Priviledges of Parliament, and the Common Liberty of the Subject, who have been baffled & injured by Malignant men, and Cavaliers about Vs, We cannot imagine; And if thoſe Cavaliers are ſo much without the fear of God and Man, and ſo ready to commit all manner of Outrage and violence, as is pretended, Our Government ought to be the more eſteemed, which hath kept them from doing ſo; inſomuch as We beleeve no perſon hath cauſe to complain of any injurie, or of any dammage in the leaſt degree, by any man about, or who hath offered his ſervice to Vs: All which being duely conſidered, if the Contrivers of theſe Propoſitions and Orders had been truly ſenſible of the Obligation which lyes upon them, in Honour, Conſcience, and Dutie, according to the high Truſt repoſed in them by Vs and Our People, they would not have publiſhed ſuch a ſenſe and apprehenſion of imminent danger, when themſelves in their conſciences know that the greateſt and (indeed) only danger which threatens this Church and State, the bleſſed Religion and Liberty of Our People, is in their own deſperate and ſeditious deſignes, and would not endeavour upon ſuch weak and groundleſſe reaſons to ſeduce Our good Subjects from their Affection and Loyalty to Ʋs, to run themſelves into Actions unwarrantable and deſtructive to the Peace and Foundation of the Comwealth.

And that all Our loving Subjects may ſee how cauſeleſſe and groundleſſe this ſcandalous Rumour and Imputation of Our raiſing War upon Our Parliament is, We have with this Our Declaration cauſed to be Printed the Teſtimony of thoſe Lords, and other Perſons of Our Councell, who are here with Ʋs, who being upon the Place, could not but diſcover ſuch Our Intentions and Preparations, and cannot be ſuſpected for their Honours and Intereſts to combine in ſuch miſchievous and horrid Reſolutions: And therefore We ſtraightly charge and command all Our loving Subjects upon their Allegiance, and as they will anſwer the contrary at their Perils, That they yeeld no obedience or conſent to the ſaid Propoſitions and Orders, and that they preſume not (under any ſuch Pretences, or by colour of any ſuch Orders) to raiſe or leavie any Horſe or Men, or to bring in any Money or Plate to ſuch purpoſe: But if, notwithſtanding this Cleer Declaration and Evidence of Our Intentions, theſe Men (whoſe Deſigne it is to compell Ʋs to raiſe War upon Our Parliament (which all their ſkill and malice ſhall never be able to effect) ſhall think fit by theſe Alarms to awaken Vs to a more neceſſary care of the defence of Our Self and Our people, and ſhall themſelves (under colour of Defence) in ſo unheard of a manner provide (and ſeduce others to do ſo too) to offend Vs, having given Vs ſo lively Teſtimony of their Affections what they are willing to do, when they have once made themſelves able; All Our good Subjects will think it neceſſary to look to Our Self: And We do then excite all Our well affected people, according to their Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie, and according to their ſolemn Vow and Proteſtation (whereby they are obliged to defend Our Perſon, Honour and Eſtate) to contribute their beſt Aſſiſtance to the Preparations neceſſary for the oppoſing and ſuppreſſing of the Traiterous Attempts of ſuch wicked and Malignant Perſons, who would deſtroy our Perſon, Honour and Eſtate, and engage the whole Kingdom in a Civill War, to ſatisfie their own lawleſſe Furie and Ambition, and ſo rob Our good Subjects of the bleſſed fruit of this preſent Parliament, which they already in ſome degree have, and might ſtill reap, (to the abundant ſatisfaction and joy of the whole Kingdom) if ſuch wicked hands were not ready to ruine all their poſſeſſion, and fruſtrate all their hopes.

We do therefore declare, That whoſoever, of what degree or quality ſoever, ſhall then upon ſo urgent and viſible neceſſity of Ours, and ſuch an apparent diſtraction of the Kingdom, (cauſed and begotten by the malice & contrivance of this Malignant partie) bring in to Vs, and Our uſe, ready Money or Plate, or ſhall underwrite to furniſh any number of Horſe, Horſe-men and Armes for the Preſervation of the publike peace, the defence of Our Perſon, and the vindication of the Priviledge and Freedom of Parliament, We ſhall receive it as a moſt acceptable ſervice, and as a teſtimonie of his ſingular affection to the Proteſtant Religion, the Lawes, Liberties and Peace of the Kingdom, and ſhall no longer deſire the continuance of that affection, then We ſhall be ready to juſtifie and maintain thoſe with the hazard of Our life.

And We do further Declare, that whoſoever ſhall then bring in any ſums of Money or plate to aſſiſt Vs in this great extremity, ſhall receive conſideration after the Rate of 8 l. per Cent. for all ſuch Monies as he ſhall furniſh Vs withall, and ſhall upon the payment of ſuch money to ſuch Perſons, whom We ſhall appoint to receive the ſame, receive ſecurity for the ſame by good lawfull Aſſurance of ſuch of our Lands, Foreſts, Parks, and Houſes, as ſhall be ſufficient for the ſame, and more reall ſecurity then the name of Publike Faith given without Vs and againſt Vs, as if We were no part of the Publike; And beſides We ſhall alwayes look upon it as a ſervice moſt affectionately and ſeaſonably performed for the preſervation of Vs and the Kingdom: But We ſhall be much gladder that their ſubmiſſion to thoſe Our Commands, and their deſiſting from any ſuch Attempt of raiſing Horſe or Men, may eaſe all Our good Subjects of that Trouble, Charge and Vexation.

His Majeſties Declaration and Profeſſion, diſavowing any Preparations or Intentions in Him to leavie War againſt His Houſes of Parliament.

THere having been many Rumours ſpread, and Informations given, which may have induced many to beleeve, That We intend to make War againſt Our Parliament; We profeſſe before God, and declare to all the World, That We alwayes have, and do abhor all ſuch Deſignes, and deſire all Our Nobility and Councell, who are here upon the place, to declare whether they have not been witneſſes of Our frequent and earneſt Declarations and Profeſſions to this purpoſe; whether they ſee any colour of Preparations, or Counſels that might reaſonably beget a belief of any ſuch Deſigne, and whether they be not fully perſwaded, that We have no ſuch Intention; But that all Our Endeavours (according to Our many Profeſſions) tend to the firm and conſtant ſettlement of the true Proteſtant Religion, the juſt Priviledges of Parliament, the Libertie of the Subject, the Law, Peace and Proſperitie of this Kingdom. Given at Our Court at York this fifteenth of June, 1642.

The Declaration and Profeſſion of the Lords and others of His Majeſties moſt Honourable Privie Councell, now preſent at York, diſavowing any Preparations or Intentions in His Majeſtie to leavie War againſt His PARLIAMENT.

WE whoſe Names are underwritten, in Obedience to His Majeſties deſire, and out of the Dutie which we owe to his Majeſties Honour, and to Truth, being here upon the place, and Witneſſes of His Majeſties frequent and earneſt Declarations and Profeſſions of His abhorring all Deſignes of making War upon His Parliament, and not ſeeing any colour of Preparations or Counſels that might reaſonably beget the belief of any ſuch Deſigne, do profeſſe before God, and teſtifie to all the World, That we are fully perſwaded that His Majeſtie hath no ſuch Intention, but that all His Endeavours tend to the firm and conſtant ſettlement of the true Proteſtant Religion, the juſt Priviledges of Parliament, the Libertie of the Subject, the Law, Peace and Proſperitie of this Kingdom.

York, June fifteenth, 1642. Lo. Keeper. Du. Richmond. Marq. Hertford. Lo. Gr. Chamberlain. Ea. Cumberland. Ea. Bathe. Ea. Southampton. Ea. Dorſet. Ea. Saliſbury. Ea. Northampton. Ea. Devonſhire. Ea. Cambridge. Ea. Briſtoll. Ea. Clare. Ea. Weſtmerland. Ea. Barkſhire. Ea. Monmouth. Ea. Rivers. Ea. Dover. Ea. Carnarvon. Ea. Newport. Lo. Mowbray & Matravers Lo. Willougby of Ereſby. Lo. Crey of Ruthin. Lo. Howard, Andover. Lo. Newarck. Lo. Poulett. Lo. Lovelace. Lo. Rich. Lo. Savile. Lo. Mohun. Lo. Coventrye. Lo. Dunſmore. Lo. Seymour. Lo. Capell. Lo. Falkland. Sir Peter Wych Comtroller. Mr. Secretary Nicholas. Mr. Chancellour of the Exchequer. Lo. Chief Juſtice Banks.
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