joyful News FROM Portsmouth And the Jsle of WIGHT: Wherein is Declared, the Resolution of the County of the inhabitants of the said town, not to obey any Command, or admit any forces into the said Town, that should take part with the Malignant Party, against the King and Parliament. Likewise, The Resolution of the inhabitants in the Isle of Wight, to use all possible means to prevent the Landing of any men from France, or any other Nation. WITH, a true Declaration, How the earl of warwick hath Ordered his navy, for the preservation of future designs against the said town.  

Ordered that this be Printed and Published.  
jo. Bro. clear. Par.   
Printed for John jones. August 8, 1642.   


IOYFVLL news FROM Portsmouth AND The Jsle of WIGHT:  
THe evil affencted Malignan: Party having long time endeavoured to possess themselves of hull to which end they persuaded his Majesty to leavy an army; and besiege it, but after some time spent in a tedious Siege, being repelled by the governor of of the said town, they finding that their desires could not arrive at their wished effect, they then began to cast about, striving to invent some new found Strattagem, and finding that none were so convenient for their purpose, as this ensuing one, they presently put it in speedy execution; for knowing that colonel Goring had the command of the town and Cinque-port of Portsmouth, and withall conceiving the great advantage that it would be to them if so be that they could obtain rhey presently endeavoured by theit power and porlicie, to win the said colonel Goring to their party, which as appears ihey quickly effected; for the town and Fort( if report speak truth) is delivered to the King, by the consent of the said Collone●l Goring.  
nevertheless the inhabitants of the town are resolved to stand firm in their obedience to the Parliament, and withall to oppose as far as in them lies, any forces that shall be brought in, that shalbe brought in, that shall take part with the malignant party against the king and Parliament. Likewise the inhabitants in the Isle of Wight do declare themselves for the King and Parliament, wirhall promising to use their utmost endeavours to prevent all designs that shal be discerned by them, and to stop the incoming of any foreign forces, either from France or spain: withall promising the earl of Warwick to sand him what supplies of fresh victual he should be pleased to accept of,  
Which pofer was accepted of by the said earl with many thanks, desiring them to continue firm to the Parliament, this being the time of their chiefest necessity, likewise promising his navy should be for the most part employed to keep the encroaching enemy from them, it being thought that if the French have any design for or against England( their friends being already possessed of Portsmonth) that they will first land in the Isle of Wight.  
In the midst of these distractions and troubles, this is some comfort, that God discovers these plots and strattagems of those evil affencted persons, that seeks to destroy both our Religion and Christian liberty, and doubtless did not God laugh them and their devices to scorn. So many plots and cunning devices as they Have, Had in agiration, and endeavoured to put in execution against the Parliament, could not by any human Providence have been prevented. But God that fees the secreets of all hearts, hath dealt with us according to His mercies, and not according to his Iustice, He hath delivered us from the snare of the Hunter. They that haue terrinized over the poor Israelites, are now themselves in worse case then egyptian bondage, those that haue been drunk with the babylonish whore, and haue surfeited on the blood of the Saints, they are now forced to drink of the water of repentance, and to go home by weeping cross: Therefore let us take up the cross of Christ cheerfully, let us sight for our Religion valiantly, let us pray earnestly to the Lord for the pardon of our sins, and to pray earnestly for our King and Parliament, that God would unite their hearts as one, that the Church may be purged of all Romish Superstition and Idolatry, and let us obey the King and Parliament willingly and let us with them take up this resolution.  

1 Let us with them resolve to live and dy, in the defence of the true Protestant Religion.  
2 To maintain the Kings royal prerogative.  
3 To defend and protect the privileges of Parliament with the lawful authority of the same.  
4 To uphold the liberty and propriety of the subject.   
This the High Court of Parliament do declare to be their Resolution. And this ought to be the Resolution of all those that desire to se religion and the gospel flourish A happy union between the King and Parliament and Religious peace, to Gods glory His majesties Honour, and the comfort of all true hearted Subiects.   

news FROM HVL.  
DIving into the center of these plots which have threatened the downfall of our depressed Common-wealth, I addressed myself as well to impeach the clouded enemy, as infuse comfortt to our sinking spirits, to point out the unwilling truth with straggling penmanship.  
We are daily eye-witnesses of seditious Pamphlets, which( as false alarms) either terrify us at first view, with conceited flashes, or else house us in dangerous security by their silver speeches, so that muffled with such penny stuff, wee cannot judge of affairs without truths enemy, Partiality.  
always are we stisted with the unsavoury sent of unfortunate progresses, which drives us into a medley, as whose reeling faith knows not which way to incline, whether to King or Parliament.  
Tha honourable Assembly in Parliament is envied against by some, as if those Pillars had Our kingdom now is cut in twain, two parties more indeed then enough, dwell among us: the one volunteers stand to, the other Cavaliers, on whose forces depends the safety of our Common-wealth, which I pray God may not turn to ruin, as they are thwarted, we may justly fear the worst, for still ere they flirt each upon other, not onely to the spoil of their persons, but the unresolved realm. Some of their counter buffs we are struck with, which begin to totter with their steadfast fury. Many and sundry rhymes have the Kings Cavaliers cast about for the subversion of Hull, whose persisting exploits are ininterpreted in the language of Rebellion, however they, by the benignity of Fortune, have behave behaved thrmselves, or through cruelty of Fate, or knowledge is trusted with. Divers times have they in he eyes of the world, attempted Hull, but since they have not proecded Masters of their Art, they have canopied their plots with dark secrecy. It was agitated amongst them that the onely way to crown their actions was privately to creep into the heart of the town for the full possession whereof they with a mutual consent intended intrinsically to mask them.   
FINIS.