Die Mercurii: 5⁰ Maii. 1641. It is this day ordered by the House of Commons now assembled in Parliament, that the Preamble, together with the Protestation, which the members of this House made the third of May, shall be forthwith printed, and the copies printed brought to the clark of the said House, ...
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             Die Mercurii: 5⁰ Maii. 1641. It is this day ordered by the House of Commons now assembled in Parliament, that the Preamble, together with the Protestation, which the members of this House made the third of May, shall be forthwith printed, and the copies printed brought to the clark of the said House, ...
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
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             by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: and by the assignes of John Bill,
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             1641.
          
           
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               HONI
               SOIT
               QVI
               MAL
               Y
               PENSE
            
             royal blazon or coat of arms
          
        
         
           
             ❧
             
               Die
               Mercurii
               :
               5o
               Maii.
               1641.
               
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           this
           day
           Ordered
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           now
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           the
           Preamble
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           which
           the
           Members
           of
           this
           House
           made
           the
           third
           of
           May
           ,
           shall
           be
           forthwith
           Printed
           ,
           and
           the
           Copies
           Printed
           brought
           to
           the
           Clark
           of
           the
           said
           House
           ,
           to
           attest
           under
           his
           hand
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           &
           Burgesses
           may
           send
           them
           down
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           and
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           of
           the
           several
           Shires
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Citizens
           and
           Burgesses
           of
           the
           severall
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           and
           Cinque Ports
           ,
           respectively
           .
           And
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           ,
           are
           to
           intimate
           unto
           the
           Shires
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           and
           Cinque Ports
           ,
           with
           what
           willingnesse
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           this
           House
           made
           this
           Protestation
           :
           And
           further
           to
           signifie
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           justifie
           the
           taking
           of
           it
           in
           themselves
           ,
           so
           they
           cannot
           but
           approve
           it
           in
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           take
           it
           .
        
         
           
             WE
             the
             Knights
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             Commons
             house
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             finding
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             griefe
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             that
             the
             designes
             of
             the
             Priests
             and
             Iesuites
             ,
             and
             other
             Adherents
             to
             the
             See
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             have
             of
             late
             been
             more
             boldly
             and
             frequently
             put
             in
             practice
             then
             formerly
             to
             the
             undermining
             and
             danger
             of
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             true
             reformed
             Protestant
             Religion
             in
             His
             Maiesties
             Dominions
             established
             :
             And
             finding
             also
             that
             there
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             having
             iust
             cause
             to
             suspect
             that
             there
             still
             are
             ,
             even
             during
             this
             sitting
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             indeavours
             to
             subvert
             the
             fundamentall
             Lawes
             of
             England
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             to
             introduce
             the
             exercise
             of
             an
             Arbitrary
             and
             Tyrannicall
             Government
             ,
             by
             most
             pernicious
             and
             wicked
             Counsels
             ,
             Practices
             ,
             Plots
             ,
             and
             Conspiracies
             :
             And
             that
             the
             long
             intermission
             ,
             and
             unhappy
             breach
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             hath
             occasioned
             many
             illegal
             Taxations
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Subiect
             hath
             been
             prosecuted
             and
             grieved
             :
             And
             that
             divers
             Innovations
             and
             Superstitions
             have
             been
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             ▪
             multitudes
             driven
             out
             of
             His
             Maiesties
             Dominions
             ,
             Iealousies
             raised
             and
             fomented
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             His
             people
             ,
             a
             Popish
             Army
             leavied
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             two
             Armies
             brought
             into
             the
             bowels
             of
             t●is
             Kingdome
             ,
             to
             the
             hazard
             of
             his
             Maiesties
             Royall
             Person
             ,
             the
             consumption
             of
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             Treasure
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             And
             lastly
             finding
             great
             cause
             of
             Iealousie
             ,
             that
             indeavours
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             are
             used
             to
             bring
             the
             English
             Army
             into
             a
             misunderstanding
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             thereby
             to
             incline
             that
             Army
             ,
             with
             force
             to
             bring
             to
             passe
             those
             wicked
             Counsels
             ,
             Have
             therefore
             thought
             good
             to
             ioyne
             our selves
             in
             a
             Declaration
             of
             our
             united
             Affections
             and
             Resolutions
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             this
             ensuing
             Protestation
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             A.
             B.
             do
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             Promise
             ,
             Vow
             ,
             and
             Protest
             ,
             to
             maintain
             and
             defend
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             lawfully
             I
             may
             ,
             with
             my
             life
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             estate
             ,
             the
             true
             Reformed
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             expressed
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             against
             all
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             Innovations
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             same
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             duty
             of
             my
             Allegiance
             ,
             His
             Majesties
             Royall
             Person
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Estate
             ;
             As
             also
             the
             Power
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             The
             Lawfull
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             every
             person
             that
             maketh
             this
             Protestation
             ,
             in
             whatsoever
             he
             shall
             doe
             in
             the
             lawfull
             pursuance
             of
             the
             same
             .
             And
             to
             my
             power
             ,
             and
             as
             far
             as
             lawfully
             I
             may
             ,
             I
             will
             oppose
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             good
             wayes
             and
             meanes
             indeavour
             to
             bring
             to
             condigne
             punishment
             ,
             all
             such
             as
             shall
             either
             by
             Force
             ,
             Practice
             ,
             Counsels
             ,
             Plots
             ,
             Conspiracies
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             do
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             contrary
             of
             any
             thing
             in
             this
             present
             Protestation
             contained
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             in
             all
             just
             and
             Honourable
             wayes
             indeavour
             to
             preserve
             the
             Union
             and
             Peace
             betweene
             the
             three
             Kingdomes
             of
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ;
             And
             neither
             for
             hope
             ,
             feare
             ,
             nor
             other
             respect
             ,
             shall
             relinquish
             this
             Promise
             ,
             Vow
             ,
             and
             Protestation
             .
          
        
         
           
             WHereas
             some
             doubts
             have
             been
             raised
             by
             severall
             persons
             out
             of
             this
             House
             ,
             concerning
             the
             meaning
             of
             these
             words
             contained
             in
             the
             Protestation
             lately
             made
             by
             the
             Members
             of
             this
             House
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
               )
               The
               true
               reformed
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               expressed
               in
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               against
               all
               Popery
               and
               Popish
               Innovations
               within
               this
               Realm
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               same
               doctrine
               ;
            
             This
             House
             doth
             declare
             ,
             That
             by
             those
             words
             ,
             was
             and
             is
             meant
             ,
             onely
             the
             publick
             Doctrine
             professed
             in
             the
             said
             Church
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             it
             is
             opposite
             to
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             Innovations
             ;
             And
             that
             the
             said
             words
             are
             not
             to
             be
             extended
             to
             the
             maintaining
             of
             any
             form
             of
             Worship
             ,
             Discipline
             ,
             or
             Government
             ,
             nor
             of
             any
             Rites
             or
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             said
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ❧
           Imprinted
           at
           London
           by
           Robert
           Barker
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           :
           And
           by
           the
           Assignes
           of
           John
           Bill
           .
           1641.