A declaration sent from the Right Honorable Ralph Lord Hopton. To the gentlemen and inhabitants of Cornwall, and the counties adjacent. Concerning his ingagement for and in behalf of Prince Charles, who now is King Charles the Second, King of Great Brittayne, &c. And desiring their joynt assistance to settle him in his crowne and dignitie, as he is their lawfull soveraigne.
         Hopton, Ralph Hopton, Baron, 1598-1652.
      
       
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             A declaration sent from the Right Honorable Ralph Lord Hopton. To the gentlemen and inhabitants of Cornwall, and the counties adjacent. Concerning his ingagement for and in behalf of Prince Charles, who now is King Charles the Second, King of Great Brittayne, &c. And desiring their joynt assistance to settle him in his crowne and dignitie, as he is their lawfull soveraigne.
             Hopton, Ralph Hopton, Baron, 1598-1652.
          
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           A
           DECLARATION
           Sent
           from
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           RALPH
           Lord
           HOPTON
           ,
           To
           the
           GENTLEMEN
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Cornwall
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Counties
           adjacent
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           his
           Ingagement
           for
           and
           in
           behalf
           of
           PRINCE
           
             Charles
             ,
             Who
             now
             is
          
           King
           
             CHARLES
             the
          
           Second
           ,
           
             King
             of
          
           Great
           Brittayne
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           And
           Desiring
           their
           joynt
           Assistance
           to
           settle
           Him
           in
           His
           Crowne
           and
           Dignitie
           ,
           as
           He
           is
           their
           Lawfull
           Soveraigne
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeer
           1649.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Letter
           from
           Ralph
           Lord
           Hopton
           ,
           to
           the
           Gentlemen
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           Cornwall
           and
           the
           Counties
           adjacent
           .
        
         
           
             GENTLEMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           confident
           there
           hath
           not
           been
           wanting
           divers
           ill
           Instruments
           amongst
           you
           ,
           who
           probably
           (
           though
           I
           have
           better
           thoughts
           of
           your
           Fidelity
           )
           may
           have
           drawn
           some
           of
           you
           from
           your
           wonted
           Loyalty
           and
           Alegiance
           to
           your
           native
           Prince
           by
           Scandalous
           false
           and
           forged
           Reports
           against
           his
           Integrity
           towards
           you
           ,
           who
           are
           his
           Naturall
           Liege
           
             People
          
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           obey
           him
           as
           your
           Lawfull
           King
           an
           Governor
           :
           And
           that
           they
           doe
           or
           may
           indeavor
           to
           perswade
           you
           ▪
           That
           it
           was
           or
           is
           His
           intention
           to
           enslave
           you
           ,
           and
           bring
           upon
           you
           a
           
             Tyrannicall
             Government
             ,
          
           forced
           by
           the
           sword
           of
           Forreigners
           ,
           which
           fa●se
           Lyes
           ,
           feined
           Imputations
           (
           to
           caluminate
           His
           good
           Intentions
           )
           peradven●ure
           you
           may
           some
           of
           you
           give
           credit
           to
           ,
           as
           by
           sad
           experience
           I
           finde
           many
           of
           the
           
             P●ople
          
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           been
           too
           ready
           to
           beleeve
           such
           falsityes
           foysted
           upon
           our
           late
           Dread
           Soveraigne
           of
           ever
           Famous
           Memory
           ,
           by
           which
           meanes
           his
           Vertues
           were
           blemished
           ,
           and
           he
           rendred
           odious
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           which
           can●d
           them
           so
           Trayterously
           and
           unjustly
           by
           silence
           to
           permit
           that
           inhumane
           murder
           perpretrated
           upon
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           ;
           They
           being
           spatiously
           promis'd
           after
           his
           Death
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           then
           which
           nothing
           is
           lesse
           intended
           by
           the
           promisers
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           in
           their
           power
           to
           performe
           ,
           nor
           in
           Reason
           for
           the
           
             People
          
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           there
           is
           any
           of
           the
           blood
           Royal
           left
           to
           lay
           claime
           to
           the
           Crown
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           easily
           extinguish'd
           ,
           or
           can
           there
           ever
           be
           any
           true
           grounds
           or
           hopes
           of
           Peace
           whilst
           there
           is
           forrein
           Ayde
           sufficient
           to
           be
           obtained
           still
           to
           keep
           the
           Land
           in
           Gar-Broyles
           and
           Cumbustions
           ,
           which
           will
           
           undoubtedly
           be
           attempted
           by
           all
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           unanimously
           and
           joyntly
           with
           speed
           doe
           endeavor
           to
           Establi●●
           your
           King
           ,
           (
           who
           now
           is
           CHARLES
           the
           
             Second
          
           )
           without
           〈◊〉
           Him
           to
           invite
           Forrein
           Ayde
           to
           His
           Assistance
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           unwilling
           to
           doe
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           impoverishing
           and
           destroying
           of
           His
           Subjects
           will
           be
           His
           losse
           in
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           doe
           refuse
           him
           your
           ayde
           ,
           in
           this
           you
           must
           excuse
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           attempt
           by
           other
           hands
           to
           procure
           his
           owne
           .
           It
           is
           not
           unknown
           to
           many
           (
           it
           not
           all
           )
           of
           you
           ,
           how
           unjust
           the
           sufferings
           of
           our
           late
           Soveraigne
           were
           and
           how
           reall
           an
           Endeavorer
           He
           ever
           was
           of
           His
           Kingdoms
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Subjects
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           yet
           It
           could
           not
           formerly
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           now
           His
           Actions
           have
           manifested
           〈◊〉
           ,
           He
           having
           sealed
           it
           with
           his
           blood
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           infringe
           His
           Oath
           ,
           and
           admit
           of
           any
           illegall
           Court
           (
           as
           that
           pretended
           Court
           of
           Justice
           is
           ,
           which
           took
           away
           His
           life
           )
           which
           might
           destroy
           〈◊〉
           in
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           violate
           the
           Fundamentall
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           you
           may
           be
           pleased
           to
           remember
           how
           often
           ,
           and
           with
           how
           much
           alacrity
           He
           did
           offer
           to
           agree
           upon
           any
           termes
           (
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           〈◊〉
           Conc●ssions
           when
           he
           was
           in
           a
           Treaty
           with
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           in
           the
           I
           le
           of
           
             Wight
          
           )
           although
           something
           dishonourable
           and
           in
           part
           to
           inslave
           Himself
           and
           Posterity
           for
           the
           good
           of
           His
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           a
           settlement
           of
           Peace
           amongst
           His
           Subjects
           ;
           I
           will
           not
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           need
           not
           to
           cite
           you
           former
           Precidents
           of
           His
           Integrity
           to
           preserve
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           of
           his
           Land
           and
           People
           ,
           which
           he
           of
           my
           knowledge
           (
           during
           the
           time
           he
           had
           the
           sword
           in
           His
           hand
           )
           was
           ever
           carefull
           to
           keep
           inviolable
           ;
           Let
           this
           suffice
           for
           a
           President
           of
           the
           unjust
           Sufferings
           of
           our
           late
           disceased
           Soveraigne
           ;
           And
           to
           make
           known
           to
           you
           the
           thing
           to
           which
           my
           Duty
           and
           Allegiance
           doth
           binde
           me
           concerning
           Prince
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           by
           whose
           Commission
           and
           Authority
           I
           Act
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           Heire
           aparent
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           Dominions
           which
           were
           His
           Fathers
           .
           Although
           kept
           thence
           by
           the
           same
           Trayterous
           usurped
           Power
           that
           His
           Royall
           Father
           was
           murdered
           by
           :
           Now
           for
           ,
           and
           in
           behalfe
           of
           Him
           ,
           as
           He
           is
           our
           Lawfu●l
           King
           ,
           His
           late
           Father
           being
           disceased
           :
           I
           doe
           desire
           you
           to
           reflect
           upon
           your
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           confident
           many
           of
           you
           have
           took
           ,
           and
           according
           as
           by
           that
           Oath
           you
           are
           bound
           to
           use
           the
           best
           meanes
           you
           may
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           uttermost
           of
           your
           Power
           endeavor
           an
           Establishment
           for
           Him
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           
           as
           His
           Predecessors
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           had
           ;
           and
           like
           true
           Subjects
           that
           you
           will
           acknowledge
           Him
           for
           your
           King
           ,
           and
           His
           Royall
           Person
           De●end
           and
           protect
           against
           all
           Traytors
           and
           Treacherous
           Attempts
           which
           shall
           or
           may
           be
           made
           against
           Him
           by
           any
           usurped
           pretended
           
             Power
          
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           other
           which
           shall
           disalow
           or
           disavow
           His
           Government
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Hope
           you
           can
           not
           chuse
           but
           be
           satisfyed
           in
           your
           Consciences
           of
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           my
           Soveraigns
           Cause
           ,
           and
           my
           Demands
           for
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           other
           but
           for
           his
           owne
           Birthright
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           are
           very
           sensible
           how
           weakly
           your
           
             Liberties
          
           and
           
             Lawes
          
           are
           likely
           to
           be
           preserved
           by
           those
           pretended
           usurping
           Magistrates
           in
           whose
           hands
           they
           now
           are
           ,
           and
           how
           your
           promis'd
           
             Freedome
          
           is
           turn'd
           to
           Slavery
           and
           Bondage
           by
           an
           Arbitrary
           Tyrannicall
           Government
           ,
           farre
           worse
           then
           ever
           the
           King
           could
           exercise
           upon
           you
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           the
           greatest
           Tyrant
           ,
           by
           reason
           he
           in
           such
           cases
           is
           limited
           by
           the
           Known
           
             Lawes
             ,
          
           which
           these
           are
           not
           ,
           but
           onely
           their
           Wills
           is
           Law
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           maintained
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           without
           all
           colour
           of
           Law
           or
           Justice
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           inlarge
           my self
           further
           ,
           and
           instance
           you
           many
           things
           which
           might
           make
           you
           more
           sensible
           of
           your
           approaching
           Ruine
           ,
           if
           you
           doe
           not
           suddenly
           Crowne
           and
           settle
           your
           Lawfull
           King
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           forbeare
           at
           present
           ,
           by
           reason
           I
           doe
           not
           much
           doubt
           your
           Loyalty
           ,
           having
           had
           pritty
           good
           experience
           of
           it
           formerly
           ;
           I
           shall
           onely
           therefore
           publish
           to
           you
           this
           following
           
             Declaration
             ,
          
           whereby
           to
           manifest
           the
           reallity
           of
           my
           Intentions
           to
           my
           King
           and
           Countries
           Weale
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           happinesse
           ;
           And
           so
           shall
           leave
           you
           to
           the
           Answer
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           be
           done
           according
           to
           my
           Expectation
           and
           good
           Opinion
           of
           your
           Fidelity
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           my
           faithfull
           and
           true
           Assistance
           ready
           upon
           all
           Occasions
           to
           back
           your
           undertakings
           .
           Thus
           much
           at
           present
           ,
           hoping
           you
           will
           not
           faile
           to
           prosecute
           your
           Alegiance
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
        
         
           
             I
             remaine
             ,
          
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Friend
             ,
             and
             lover
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             and
             Subjects
             
               Liberty
               ,
            
             R.
             H.
             
          
           
             From
             the
             Navy
             Royall
             ,
             
               this
               8.
               
                 of
              
               Febr.
               1648.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Honourable
           RALPH
           Lord
           HOPTON
           .
        
         
           VVHereas
           there
           is
           a
           tyrannous
           ,
           murthering
           ,
           blood-thirsty
           and
           rebellious
           ARMY
           under
           the
           immediate
           Conduct
           of
           Generall
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           who
           have
           cu●d
           out
           from
           the
           late
           House
           of
           Commons
           a
           select
           number
           of
           pernicious
           factious
           Rebels
           ,
           men
           of
           very
           desperate
           principles
           with
           whom
           they
           are
           associated
           ,
           and
           call
           themselves
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           Parliament
           assembled
           ,
           and
           assume
           the
           Legislative
           power
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           be
           in
           them
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           never
           before
           heard
           of
           )
           by
           which
           they
           have
           disabled
           the
           Lords
           for
           ever
           having
           any
           voyce
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           as
           members
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           and
           have
           by
           their
           pretended
           power
           constituted
           a
           Court
           of
           Justice
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           only
           to
           mock
           justice
           ,
           and
           introduce
           tyranny
           under
           a
           faire
           colour
           by
           pretence
           of
           doing
           justice
           to
           inslave
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           men
           to
           submit
           unto
           their
           unheard
           of
           Authority
           :
           by
           which
           illegall
           Court
           ,
           they
           have
           traiterously
           and
           like
           unparaleld
           Regici
           is
           murdered
           their
           lawfull
           King
           to
           satisfie
           their
           libidinous
           blood-thirsty
           appetites
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           ful
           enough
           gorg'd
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           subjects
           ,
           but
           must
           needs
           dip
           their
           hands
           and
           dy
           their
           black
           souls
           scarlet
           with
           the
           innocent
           blood
           of
           the
           best
           of
           kings
           to
           upold
           their
           wicked
           Democracy
           and
           Anarchical
           tyranny
           ;
           likewise
           they
           have
           manifested
           (
           since
           that
           wicked
           fact
           parpetrated
           upon
           their
           Soveraign
           )
           by
           their
           mock-acts
           and
           proclamations
           ;
           that
           any
           one
           shall
           be
           proceeded
           against
           as
           a
           traitor
           that
           doth
           proclaime
           the
           Prince
           (
           who
           is
           now
           our
           lawful
           King
           by
           hereditory
           succession
           )
           or
           any
           other
           to
           be
           King
           or
           chief
           Magistrate
           ,
           which
           the
           kingdome
           
           of
           
             England
          
           without
           their
           consent
           (
           which
           doubtlesse
           shall
           never
           be
           obtained
           ,
           )
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           all
           other
           circumstances
           ,
           probable
           consequences
           of
           their
           actions
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           are
           very
           plaine
           Testimonies
           ▪
           that
           they
           intend
           nothing
           lesse
           then
           to
           subvert
           the
           Auncient
           Lawes
           and
           Constitutions
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ;
           by
           which
           the
           People
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           made
           capable
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Estates
           ,
           with
           more
           Propriety
           ,
           of
           which
           each
           subject
           will
           be
           absolutely
           dispoyled
           ,
           and
           their
           Estates
           Goods
           and
           ●ives
           laid
           open
           to
           their
           fellow
           subjects
           (
           now
           more
           i●
           authority
           then
           Kings
           )
           wills
           ;
           all
           which
           foregoing
           obsurdities
           and
           illegall
           Practises
           ,
           but
           especially
           that
           horrid
           Designe
           of
           murdering
           their
           King
           may
           be
           sufficient
           motives
           to
           stir
           up
           all
           m●ns
           hearts
           who
           have
           any
           sparks
           of
           g●ace
           in
           them
           to
           assist
           their
           King
           in
           so
           just
           a
           Quarrell
           as
           his
           is
           against
           such
           de●perate
           Monsters
           ,
           whose
           delight
           is
           to
           be
           drunke
           with
           Blood
           :
           and
           bring
           all
           good
           men
           into
           Bondage
           .
           Now
           if
           there
           be
           any
           amongst
           them
           who
           wi●
           (
           as
           it
           becomes
           their
           Loyalty
           and
           Alegiance
           )
           leave
           these
           wicked
           
             Machiavel●s
             ,
          
           and
           repayre
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           serve
           in
           behalf
           of
           their
           KING
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           onely
           be
           civilly
           entertained
           ,
           and
           receive
           pardon
           and
           Indempnity
           for
           what
           they
           have
           formerly
           done
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           also
           be
           accommodated
           and
           rewarded
           according
           to
           their
           Degrees
           and
           Worth
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           sp●ak
           of
           the
           Church
           Government
           ,
           which
           was
           once
           a
           great
           Pretence
           of
           their
           Quarrell
           ,
           but
           now
           is
           lay'd
           aside
           as
           a
           thing
           impertinent
           ,
           and
           Religion
           become
           a
           confused
           
             Chaos
          
           of
           Sects
           without
           all
           forme
           or
           shape
           .
           Really
           I
           should
           thinke
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           guilty
           of
           any
           other
           crime
           but
           the
           abhorred
           murder
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           enough
           to
           make
           
             Vengeance
          
           with
           thunder-clapps
           to
           ring
           Peals
           in
           their
           eares
           from
           each
           part
           of
           the
           Compasse
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           ere
           long
           it
           will
           give
           shrill
           Alarms
           to
           their
           blood-stained
           Consciences
           ,
           rather
           to
           give
           all
           People
           Satisfaction
           concerning
           my
           Ingagement
           ,
           in
           prosecution
           of
           which
           I
           'am
           ready
           to
           hazzard
           that
           which
           is
           most
           dear
           to
           me
           ,
           even
           my
           life
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           as
           by
           my
           duty
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Alegiance
           to
           my
           King
           ,
           I
           am
           obliged
           ;
           (
           
             Viz.
          
           )
        
         
         
           
             I.
             
          
           To
           defend
           my
           lawfull
           King
           (
           
             Charles
          
           the
           second
           )
           from
           the
           violence
           of
           all
           his
           enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           so
           much
           as
           I
           may
           a
           setlement
           for
           him
           in
           his
           just
           rights
           ,
           Regall
           anthority
           ,
           Kingly
           power
           and
           dignity
           against
           all
           opposers
           which
           shall
           by
           any
           meanes
           impedite
           and
           hinder
           His
           Royall
           Person
           from
           being
           King
           and
           chief
           Magistrate
           on
           the
           realmes
           of
           England
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           with
           all
           other
           dominions
           which
           of
           light
           did
           belong
           to
           His
           Royall
           Father
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           propogate
           and
           increase
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           the
           just
           rights
           and
           priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           likewise
           the
           ancient
           and
           fundamentall
           Lawes
           of
           the
           land
           established
           by
           act
           of
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           .
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           I
           do
           declare
           that
           I
           have
           no
           intention
           to
           inslave
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           nor
           never
           shall
           consent
           or
           assent
           to
           have
           any
           Tyrannicall
           power
           exercised
           upon
           them
           ;
           but
           shall
           maintain
           and
           defend
           their
           freedomes
           and
           liberties
           in
           as
           ample
           manner
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           the
           Person
           and
           power
           of
           my
           Soveraign
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           whom
           God
           preserve
           and
           make
           prosperous
           as
           ever
           any
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           were
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           THis
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           pledge
           to
           you
           of
           my
           reallity
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           not
           doubt
           it
           ;
           when
           I
           was
           amongst
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           known
           I
           did
           preserve
           you
           ,
           and
           did
           Permit
           no
           injuries
           by
           any
           to
           be
           done
           to
           you
           ;
           and
           so
           will
           ever
           do
           ,
           if
           you
           willingly
           entertaine
           me
           in
           the
           name
           of
           my
           Lord
           and
           King
           :
           in
           whose
           commission
           I
           am
           the
           same
           I
           was
           in
           His
           loyall
           Fathers
           dayes
           .