A DECLARATION OF The Lords and Commons assembled in PARLIAMENT.
THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, Taking into their consideration, a Printed Paper, Intituled, (A Solemne Protestation of the imprisoned and secluded Members, &c.) Wherein amongst other things it is declared (That all Acts, Ordinances, Votes▪ and proceedings of the House of Commons, made since the sixt of this instant December, or hereafter to be made during their restraint, and forceable seclusion from the House, and the continuance of the Armies force upon it, are no way obligatory, but Void, and Null, to all intents and purposes.) The said Lords and Commons doe thereupon Judge and Declare the said Printed Paper to be false, scandalous, and seditious, and tending to destroy the visible and fundamentall Government of this Kindome; And doe therefore Order and Ordaine the said Printed Paper to be supressed: And that all Persons whatsoever, that have had any hand in, or given consent unto the Contriving, Framing, Printing, or Publishing thereof, shall be adjudged, and hereby are adjudged uncapable to beare any Office, or have any place of trust, or authority in this Kingdome, or to sit as Members of either House of Parliament. And doe further Order and Ordaine, That every Member of either House respectively now absent, upon his first comming to sit in that House whereof he is a Member, for the manifestation of his Innocency, shall disavow and disclaime his having had any hand in, or given consent unto the Contriving, Framing, Printing, or Publishing of the said Paper, or the matter therein contained.
ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, That this Declaration be forthwith Printed, and published.
London Printed for John Wright, at the Kings Head in the Old-Bayley, 1648.