A true Copy of the Instructions agreed upon by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, and sent to his Excellency the Earl of Essex, Lord General of the Army, concerning the advancing of his Forces towards his Majesty, &c.  
Also the last Declaration and Votes Of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, concerning the late Treaty of Peace in yorkshire.  
wherein they renounce the said agreement as being very prejudicial and dangerous unto the whole kingdom, that any one County should stand as neuter, and withdrew themselves from the assistance of the rest.  
Together with the instructions, sent to Mr. Edward Hotham, and Sir Edward Rhodes, with power to them to publish it, and withall to pardon all those that shall submit within ten dayes.  


Die Martis, Octob. 4. 1642.  
ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, that this Declaration and Votes be forthwith printed and published.  
John Brown, clear. Parli.    
Printed for Fr. coals. 1642. Octob. 6.   

A true copy of the Instructions agreed upon by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, and sent to his Excellency the earl of Essex, &c.  

FIRST you shall carefully restrain all Impieties, profaneness, and Disorders, riot, Insolence, and plundering in your Souldiers, as well by strict and severe punishment of such offences as by all other means which you in your wisedoms shall think fit.  
SEcondly, your Lordship is to march with such forces as you think fit towards the Army, raised in his Majesties Name against the Parliament and kingdom, and with them, or any part of them, to fight at such time and place as you shall judge to conduce to the peace and safety of the kingdom; And you shall use your utmost endeavours by battle or otherwise to rescue his Majesties person, and the persons of the Prince, and Duke of york out of the hands of those desperate persons who are now about them.  
THirdly, you shall take an opportunity in some safe and Honourable way to cause the Petition of both houses of Parliament herewith sent unto you, to be presented unto his majesty, and if his Majesty shall please thereupon to with- draw himself from the forces now about him, and to resort to the Parliament, you shall cause all these forces to disband, and shall secure and defend his Majesty with a sufficient strength in his return.  
FOurthly, You shall publish and declare, that if any, who have been seduced by the false aspersions cast upon the proceedings of the Parliament, as to assist the King in the acting of those dangerous Counsels, shall willingly within ten dayes after such publication in the Army, return to their duty, not doing any hostile act within the time limited and join themselves with the Parliament, in defence of Religion, his Majesties person, the Liberties and laws of the kingdom, and priledges of parliament, with their persons and Estates, as the Members of both Houses, and the rest of the kingdom have done: That the Lords and Commons will be ready upon their submission to receive such persons in such manner as they shall have cause to aclowledge they have been used with clemency and favour: Provided, that this shall not extend to admit any man into either House of Parliament who stands suspended, without giving satisfaction to the House whereof he shalbe a Member: and except all persons who stand impeached, or particularly voted in either house of Parliament for any delinquency whatsoever; Excepting likewise such Adherents of those who stand impeached in Parliament of Treason, as have been eminent persons & chief Actors in those Treasons; And except the earl of bristol, the earl of Cumberland, the earl of New-Castle, the earl Rivers, Secretary Nicholas, Mr. endymion Porter, Mr. Edward hid, the Duke of Richmond, the earl of Carnarvan; the Lord Viscount Newarke, the Lord Viscount Faulkland being one of the principal Secretaries of State to his Majesty.  
FIfthly, you shall apprehended the persons of all these who stand impeached in parliament, or have been declared traytors by both or either house of Parliame●t, or other Delinquents, and you shall sand them unto the Parliament to receive condign punishment according to their offences.  
SIxthly, you shall receive the loans, or Con●r●butions of Money, Plate, or Horse from all his Majesties loving Subjects, which they shall be willing to make for the support of the charge of the Army, and better discharge of the service of the Common-wealth; And you shall certify all such sums of Money, and the value of such horses, that the persons thereupon may have the public faith for payment to be made unto them, as to others of his Majesties subjects upon the subscription of money, Plate, and Horse.  
SEventhly, you shall carefully protect all his Majesties loving Subjects from Rapine and violence by any of the cavaliers, or other of his Majesties pretended Army, or by any of the souldiers of the Army which you command; and you shall cause the armor and Goods of any person to be restored to them from whom they have been unjustly taken.  
EIghthly you shall observe such further Directions and Instructions as you from time to time receive from both Houses of Parliament.    

A Declaration of the Lords and Commons Assembled in parliament.  
UPon perusal of certain Articles dated the 29. of September 1642. betwixt the L. Fairefax and divers other well-affected to the peace of the kingdom, and Mr. Bellasis and others, who have declared themselves in sundry Actions, opposers of the proceedings of the Parliament, and furtherers of the war raised against them, and of many grievous pressures lately exercised upon the good Subjects, inhabitants of the County of york, And being confident that if the L. Fairefax and the rest of the Gentlemen on his part had known by what Acts and designs this agreement was plotted on the other side, and how dangerous and mischievous it must needs be both in the effect, and in the consequence; their good intentions to the peace of that County, and of the kingdom, are such, that they would never have consented to any thing so prejudicial thereunto, as this seeming neutrality would be, by making that County many ways serviceable to those ill counsels, whereby his Majesty is incited against his subjects, and no way useful to the Parliament, in protecting of them. Wherefore the Lords and Commons do declare.  
First that none of the parties to that agreement had any authority by any Act of theirs to bind that County to any such neutrality as is mentioned in that agreement, it being a peculiar and proper power and privilege of Parliament, where the whole body of the kingdom is represented▪ to bind all or any part thereof.  
2 That it is very prejudicial and dangerous to the whole kingdom, that one County should withdraw themselves from the assistance of the rest, to which they are bound by Law, and by several Orders and declarations of Parliament.  
3 That it is very derogatory to the power and authority of Parliament, that any private men should take upon them to suspend the execution of the Ordinance of the Militia, declared by both Houses to be according to Law, and very neessary at this time for the preservation of of the peace and safety of the kingdom.  
4 That many things in that agreement are very unequal, contrary to the nature of a neutrality,( being much more advantageous to one side, then to the other) prejudicial to the public defence of the kingdom, undertaken by the Parliament and would be a great impediment to that good agreement betwixt his Majesty and his subjects, which both houses do so earnestly desire and endeavour.  
For these and other Reasons▪ we hold ourselves bound in conscience, in performance of the several Protestations that wee have made, to ●inder all further proceedings upon that agreement, And therefore it is Ordered by both Houses of Parliament, that no such neutrality be observed in that County, which will advantage the Forces raised against the Parliament and no way benefit York-shire, but rather most dangerous to them by keeping that County without any defensive force, whereby it will be open to the King to bring back his Army at his pleasure, and to make that his winter quarter, to which the plenty of that County, and nearness of Newcastle for supplies by sea, are like to invite him; whereby it will become the seat of the War, and if this should not fall out, yet if the rest of the kingdom be suppres'd, what hope can York-shire have but to be involved in the public misery? And therefore in wisdom for themselves, and justice to the state, they ought not to withdraw themselves from the common cause, but to join with the Parliament in the defence of the Religion and liberty of the whole kingdom, and with them to labour by all good means to procure a general Peace, and protection from the King for all his subjects, which both the Houses of Parliament have by many humble Petitions desired of his Majesty, but cannot yet obtain: And if they should suffer any particular Counties to divide themselves from the rest of the kingdom, it will be a means of bringing all to ruin and destruction; Wherefore it is further Declared, that neither the L. Fairefax, nor the Gentlemen of yorkshire, who are parties to those Articles, nor any other inhabitants of that County, are bound by any such agreement, but they are required to pursue their former Resolutions, of maintaining and assisting the Parliament in defence of the common cause, according to their general protestation, wherein they are bound with the rest of the kingdom, and against the particular Protestation by themselves lately made; And according to such Orders and Commissions as they shall receive from both Houses of Parliament, From the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed for the safety of the kingdom, or from the earl of Essex Lord general.   

Die Martis, Octob. 4. 1642.  
Resolved upon the Question by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament.  
THat Master Hotham, and Sir Edward Rodes and other the Committees for raising of money, plate, and Horse, for the defence of King and kingdom in the County of york; And such as they or any two of them shall nominate, sha●● be Commissioners for the advancing and raising of moneys, Horse, and Plate upon the propositions, and shall have power to appoint Commissaries to value the Horse, and Treasurers to receive the moneys and plate.  
Resolved upon the Question. 
 That Master Hotham and Sir Edward Rodes, shall have the like Instructions as other Counties, with this addition that they shall have power to seize and apprehended all Delinquents that are so Voted by the Parliament, and al such others as delinquents, as have or do show themselves opposite and disobedient to the orders and proceedings of Parliament.  
Resolved upon the Question, &c. 
 That the 4 Article of the Lord Generalls instructions, shall be extracted and sent to Mr. Hotham, &c. with power to them to publish it.  
FINIS.