A preamble with the protestation made by the whole House of Commons the 3. of May, 1641 and assented vnto by the Lords of the Vpper House the 4. of May. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83803 of text R209666 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.3[2]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83803 Wing E2682C Wing P3199 Thomason 669.f.3[2] ESTC R209666 99868531 99868531 160560 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83803) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160560) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f3[2]) A preamble with the protestation made by the whole House of Commons the 3. of May, 1641 and assented vnto by the Lords of the Vpper House the 4. of May. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for John Aston, [London] : Anno Dom. 1641. Place of publication from Wing. Identified as both Wing E2682C and as Wing P3199. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Church and state -- Great Britain -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A83803 R209666 (Thomason 669.f.3[2]). civilwar no A preamble with the protestation made by the whole House of Commons the 3. of May, 1641: and assented vnto by the Lords of the Vpper House t England and Wales. Parliament. 1641 597 4 0 0 0 0 0 67 D The rate of 67 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A PREAMBLE WITH THE PROTESTATION MADE BY THE whole House of Commons the 3 , of May , 1641 ▪ and Assented vnto by the Lords of the Vpper House the 4 ▪ of May . WEE the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses , of the Commons House in Parliament , finding to the Griefe of our Hearts , that the Designes of the Priests and Jesuites , and other Adherents to the Sea of Rome have of late more boldly , and frequently put in practice , then formerly , to the undermining and d●nger of the Ruine of the true Reformed Religion , in his Majesties Dominions established , and finding also , that there hath beene , and having cause to suspect there still are , even during the Sitting in Parliament , Endeavours 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 Counsells , Practises , Plots , and Conspiracies , and that the long Intermission , and unhappier breach of Parliaments , hath occasioned many illegall Taxations , whereupon the Subjects have beene prosecuted and grieved , and that divers Innovations and Superstitions have beene brought into the Church , Multitudes driven out of his Majesties Dominions , Jealousies raised and Fomented , betweene the King and his People , a Popish Army leavyed in Ireland , and two Armies brought into the Bowels of this Kingdome , to the hazard of his Majesties Royall Person , the Consumption of the Revenue of the Crowne , and the Treasure of this Realme . And lastly , finding the great Causes of Jealousie , endeavours have beene and are used , to bring the English Army into misunderstanding of this Parliament ; thereby to encline that Army by force , to bring to passe , those wicked Counsels ; have therefore thought good to joyne our selves in a Declaration of our united affections , and Resolutions , and to make this ensuing Protestation . THE PROTESTATION . I A. B. Doe in the presence of Almighty God , promise , vow , and potest , to maintaine and defend , as farre 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 Realme , contrary to the same , And to the duty of Allegiance to his Majesties Royall Person , Honour , and Estate . As also the power of Priviledge of Parliament , the lawfull Rights and liberties of the Subjects . And every person that maketh this Protestation in whatsoever he shall doe in the lawfull pursuance of the same , and to my power as farre as lawfully I may oppose , I will and by all good wayes and meanes endeavour to bring to condigne punishment all such as shall by force , practice , Counsell , plots , conspiracies , or otherwise doe any thing to the contrary in this present Protestation contained , and further I shall in all Just , and Honourable waies , endeavour to preserve the union and peace betwixt the three Kingdomes of England , Scotland , and Ireland . And neither for hope , feare , nor other respects shall relinquish this promise , vow , and Protestation . FINIS . Printed ▪ for JOHN ASTON , Anno Dom. 1641.