A declaration and protestation of VVill: Prynne and Cle: VValker, Esquires, Members of the House of Commons against the present actings and proceedings of the Generall, and Generall Councell of the army, and their faction now remaining and sitting in the said House. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A91170 of text R211155 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.13[72]). 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. 6 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 A91170 Wing P3937A Thomason 669.f.13[72] ESTC R211155 99869888 99869888 162968 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. A91170) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162968) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f13[72]) A declaration and protestation of VVill: Prynne and Cle: VValker, Esquires, Members of the House of Commons against the present actings and proceedings of the Generall, and Generall Councell of the army, and their faction now remaining and sitting in the said House. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Walker, Clement, 1595-1651. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1649] Imprint from Wing. Dated and signed at end: 19 Janu. 1648. Will: Prynne, Cle: Walker. The Generall = Thomas Fairfax, Baron Fairfax. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, -- Baron, 1612-1671 -- Early works to 1800. Prynne, William, 1600-1669 -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A91170 R211155 (Thomason 669.f.13[72]). civilwar no A declaration and protestation of VVill: Prynne and Cle: VValker, Esquires, Members of the House of Commons, against the present actings and Prynne, William 1649 955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Declaration and Protestation of VVill : Prynne and Cle : VValker , Esquires , Members of the House of Commons , against the present Actings and Proceedings of the Generall , and Generall Councell of the Army , and their Faction now remaining and sitting in the said House . WHereas long since , for ease of the People , both Houses in a full and free Parliament Voted the Disbanding of this Army : in opposition to which , some great Officers of the said Army , ( to continue their rich Commands ) with some Members of the House of Commons , ( who daily inrich themselves by the troubles of the times ) secretly mutinied the Army against the Parliament . And whereas , lately the farre major part of the House of Commons , pitying the bleeding condition , and teares of the oppressed People , Voted , and entred into a Personall Treaty with the King : without which ( by the Armies own confession in their Remonstrance at St. Albons , pag. 64. ) there can be no Peace ; which the Army interrupted by obtruding upon the Commons a Treasonable Remonstrance , 20 Novemb. 1648. tending to destroy the King , and His Posterity , and wholly to subvert all Parliaments , Religion , Lawes , and Liberties for ever ; whereby the Commons in Parliament found it absolutely necessary to prevent such pernitious innovations , by concluding a safe Peace with His Majesty ; whereupon ( after mature debate ) the House of Commons the 5 Decemb. 1648. Voted , That the Kings Answer to the Propositions of both Houses upon the Treaty , were a ground for the Houses to proceed to the settlement of a safe and well-grounded Peace : Upon which , the Generall , and Councell of Warre , Wednesday morning 6 December 1648. Seized and Imprisoned 41 of the Members going to the House of Commons to do their Duty , secluded above 160 other Members , besides 40 or 50 Members who voluntarily withdrew themselves to avoid their violence ; leaving only their own engaged party of 40 or 50 Members sitting , who now passe Acts of Parliament , of the House of Commons ( as they call them ) without the Lords ; and comply with the said Councell of Warre , to carry on their said Remonstrance : To which purpose this present remnant of the Commons have un-voted in a thinne House , under the force of the Army , what was deliberately Voted in a full and free House ; whereas by their own Ordinance passed upon the Tumult of Apprentises , 20 August 1647. to null , and make void ab initio , all Acts , Orders , Votes , &c. passed under the said force ; This remaining Party ought not to sit , act , nor take upon them the style of a House , under so visible , actuall , and horrid a Force . The premisses considered , We , whose names are hereunto subscribed , Members of the House of Commons , doe Declare and Protest , That the said Generall , Commissioned Officers , and Genenerall Councell of the Army , by the said Act of violence , upon the major part of the House , which legally , and virtually is the whole House , have waged Warre , and Rebelled against the Parliament , their Masters , who raised them to defend the Priviledges of Parliament , and the Kings Person and Authority , in defence of Religion , Lawes , and Liberties , and have thereby forfeited their Commissions , and have broken and dis-continued this Parliament ; so that , untill this force be removed , punished , the Honour of the Parl. and their wronged Members vindicated , and all the Members resummoned , all the Votes , Orders , and Actings , Passed , and to be Passed by this nominall House of Commons , are , and will be void , ab initio , and all such as do , or shall obey them , are and will be punishable , both by the Armies own Judgment in their Remonstrance , August 18. and by the Houses Declaration , and the said Ordinnnce , 20 August 1647. We doe farther Declare , and protest against this present House of Commons illegall Acts , Order , or Ordinance , for erecting a High Court of Justice , and usurping a Power , without any Law or president , to Try , Depose , and bring to capitall punishment the King , and to dis-inherit His Posterity , or any of them , and against the said Generall Councell of Officers , aiding & abetting them therein , as highly impious against the Law of God , Nations , & the Protestant Profession , Traitors against the Stat. of Treasons , 25 Ed. 3. and against all Lawes & our Statutes , Perjurious and perfidious , against the Oaths of Allegeance , Supremacy , Nationall Covenant , and Protestation ; all the Parliaments Declarations and Remonstrances held forth to the world ; their treaties and promises made to the Scots , when they delivered the Kings person into our hands ; against our promises made to the Hollanders , and other Nations , and against all the Professions , Declarations , Remonstrances , and Proposalls made by this Army , when they made their Addresses to the King at New-market , Hampton Court , and other places . 19 Janu. 1648. Will : Prynne , Cle : Walker .