A preamble with the protestation made by the whole House of Commons the 3. of May, 1641 and assented unto by the Lords of the Vpper House the 4. of May Proceedings. 1641-05. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A55657 of text R221532 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P3199AA). 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. 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A55657) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 37305) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2151:1) A preamble with the protestation made by the whole House of Commons the 3. of May, 1641 and assented unto by the Lords of the Vpper House the 4. of May Proceedings. 1641-05. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1 sheet ([1] p.) [s.n.], London : printed. MDCXLI. [1641] Reproduction of the original in the Guildhall Library, London. eng Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A55657 R221532 (Wing P3199AA). civilwar no A preamble with the protestation made by the whole House of Commons the 3. of May, 1641. and assented unto by the Lords of the Vpper House t England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons 1641 573 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 C The rate of 17 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 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 unto 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 danger 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 pernitious and wicked Councells , Plots , and Conspiracies , and that the long Intermition , 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 ●reland , 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 incline that Army by force , to bring to passe , those wicked Councels ; have therefore thought good to joyne out 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 protest , 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 . And According to the dutie of my Allegiance to his Majesties Royall Person , Honour and Estate . As also the power and Priviledge of Parliament , the lawfull Rights and liberties of the Subjects . And every person that maketh this Protestation in whatsoever he shall do in the lawfull pursuance of the same , and to my power as farre as lawfully I may , I will oppose and by good wayes and meanes endevour 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 wayes , 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 . London Printed . MDCXLI .