A ROYAL Message From the Kings most Excellent Majesty to the Honourable Houses of PARLIAMENT.  
With the Answer of the House of Commons concerning the said Message.  
Likewise the true Relation of a Bloody CONSPIRACY▪  
By the Papists in Cheshire.  
Jntended for the destruction of the whole Country.  
Invented by the treacherous Lord Choomes and Henry Starky his Steward.  
Also the Relation of a bloody skirmish between the Train Band of Chester and the Conspirators, with the number of those that were slain,  
Likewise the Confession of the said Henry Starkey being grievously wounded in the said skirmish.  
LONDON, Printed for John Greensmith. 1641.   

His Majesty's message to the Lords, Knights and Burgesses, of the high and Honourable Houses of Parliament.  
His Royal Majesty, was graciously pleased to send a Message to the upper house on Friday last being the next day after his Entertainment from Scotland, on which day he was expected by both houses, but his Royal Majesty being otherwise disposed, deferred his going till some other time.  
Yet nevertheless out of his Royal disposition & clemency toward his subjects, he was graciously pleased to make the sum of his desires known to the houses of Parliament, wherefore he sent a Lord to the upper house, to inform them that it was his Majesty's Royal Pleasure, that the Train bands should be discharged, so great is his care of his Subjects and so gracious a consideration he had of the great care, cost, and damage they sustain, by reason of the long time that they had continued under command, and had attended on both houses.  
His Majesty's pleasure was made known by the Lords to the house of Commons.  
The house of Commons having received this message sent instantly to the Lords, desiring them to move his Majesty to condescend to their requests so fare, as to give leave that the Train Band might continue their service till such time as the affairs of the Kingdom were better settled.  
Which was granted by the Lords, and a messenger immediately sent to the King being at his Royal Palace at Hampton-court.   

A bloody Conspiracy of the Papists in Cheshire, intended for the destruction of the whole Country.  
ALas poor England, how do thy enemies the bloody Romish Catholics plot thy downfall, how art thou beset with grief and sorrow round about.  
But shall the Philistines prevail against Israel for ever? shall their Goliath still defy the host of God? No no, but Israel trust in the mighty Jehovah, and pray to him, & he will send a David from the sheep-fold to cut off the insulting uncircumcised Goliah's head, the wicked shall not be able to withstand the righteous, but shall fall as the corn before the Reaper, wherefore England still serve the Creator God of Heaven, and he will, as he hath done hitherto defend thee and discover all the wicked designs of these Treacherous enemies, for God doth daily bring them to light, as you shall now perceive by the plot lately discovered in Cheshire.  
There was an order made by the High Court of Parliament, that all Papists throughout England should be disarmed, which command the primate Officers in Cheshire went about to obey, but the Papists there were so resolute that they told them plainly they would not be disarmed, which answer being carried to the Major of the City, he very wisely, commanded the Trained Bands to go search, each one charging his Musket with a Bullet, and those Papists which would not yield to have their houses searched, presently to shoot down their house above their ears, which was to be done the next day being the 20. day of November 1641. which the Papists having intelligence of, gathered themselves altogether to my Lord Chomes his house, the chief Leader was one Mr. Henry Starkey, and in the night time some of them having Armour on, the watch heard them to make a very great noise without the City gates, and going, to see what might be the cause thereof, they discovered fifteen in Arms, battering down the City walls, at which the watch were very much amazed, and being for the most part old men, to go to resist them they were fearful, but went into the City gate again and cried out Treason, Treason, against the City, upon which the Citizens presently did arise, the Trained Bands presently were in readiness, but thirteen of the Traitors escaped away, but two of them were taken, who confess that the others were run to the Lord Chomes his house, who were presently pursued thither, and taken at the Lord Chomes his house gate, for the Porter thereof and the Guard thinking them to be some of the Train Band would not suffer them to enter in thither, away they were carried to prison, a strong Guard being left at the Lord Chomes his house, that none of the Papists might issue out there.  
So soon as those fifteen were laid fast, the train Bands came to the aforesaid Lord Chomes his house, & comm●●ded the door to be opened, but they were denied to have any entrance.  
Then ten of the Train Band discharged their Muskets and battered down part of the house, at which the aforesaid Lord made an escape by a postern door which opens into the fields, the Train Band most of them went into the house and searched it, wherein they were like all to have been slain, for coming into a private Wood-house there stood 50. Papists with Muskets ready charged, and so soon as they saw the Train Band they discharged altogether, and slew 25. of the Protestants, and then retreated back and run out of a back door which led into the Wood-house, but being met by the rest of the Train Band which were without, between whom grew a bloody skirmish, but at length the Papists trusted to the swiftness of their feet, but the bullets made great haste after them, and slew nineteen of them, Starky their Leader was wounded in the thigh which forced him to yield, and was presently committed to prison. A great uproar there was in the City, & much lamentation of both sides for the loss of their husbands which were traitorously slain in the aforesaid Woodhouse, all being still the aforesaid Starkey the Leader of the Rebels was examined being ready to departed the world by reason of the multitude of his wounds. Who confessed what their intents were, being urged thereunto by the Lord Chomes to have beat down privately the greatest part of the City walls, and before they could be possibly builded, again the Papists in Lancashire and Cheshire should have had an advantage to use the Protestants as they pleased themselves, which would have been welcome News to the Rebels in Jreland, much more he did not confess but died, and he together with the other nineteen Rebels which were slain, running away, were buried in the highway together, but the Protestants in se●●●all Churches; those Rebels which were taken await the Parliaments pleasure for their judgement, which will be very speedily.  
FINIS.