❧ His Majesties Message to the House of Commons, February 7. 1641

HIs Majestie taking notice of a Speech, pretend­ing in the Title to have been delivered by Mr Pym in a Conference, and printed by Order of the House of Commons, in which it is affirmed, That since the stop upon the Ports against all Irish Papists by both Houses, many of the chief Command­ers, now in the head of the Rebels, have been suffered to passe by His Majesties immediate Warrant; And being ve­ry certain of having used extreme Caution in the granting of Passeports into Ireland; So that He conceives, either this Paper not to have been so delivered and printed as it pre­tends, or this House to have received some mis-information;

His Majestie would be resolved, Whether this Speech were so delivered and Printed, and if it were, would have this House to review upon what Informations that parti­cular was grounded, that either that may be found upon re-examination to have been false, and both this House and His Majestie injured by it; Or that His Majestie may know by what means, and by whose fault, His Authority hath been so highly abused, as to be made to conduce to the assist­ance of that Rebellion, which He so much detests and ab­hors, and that He may see Himself fully vindicated from all reflections of the least suspicion of that kinde.

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill. 1641.

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