HIS majesty's MESSAGE Sent to the PARLIAMENT, April, 8. 1642.  
Concerning His Resolution to go into Ireland for suppressing the Rebels there.  
LONDON: Printed for JOSEPH SMITH, 1642.   


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HIS majesty's Message sent to the Parliament the Eighth of April, 1642.  
Concerning his Resolution to go into Ireland, for suppressing the Rebels there.  
HIs Majesty being grieved at the very soul, for the calamities of His good Subjects of Ireland, and being most tenderly sensible of the false and scandalous Reports dispersed amongst the people, concerning the rebellion there, which not onlywounds His Majesty in Honour, but likewise greatly Retards the reducing of that unhappy Kingdom, and multiplies the Distractions at home, by weakening the mutual confidence betwixt Him and his People: Out of his pious Zeal to the Honour of Almighty God, in establishing the true protestant profession in that Kingdom, and his princely care for the good of all His Dominions, hath firmly resolved with all convenient speed to go into Ireland, to chastise those wicked and detestable Rebels (odious to God and all good men) thereby so to settle the Peace of that Kingdom, and the security of this, that the very name of Fears and Jealousies may be no more heard of amongst us.  
As his Majesty doubts not, but that His Parliament will cheerfully give all possible assistance to this good work; so He requires them and all His loving Sobjects to believe, That he shall upon those Considerations as earnestly pursue this Design (not declining any hazard of his person, in performing that Duty which he oweth to the defence of God's true Religion, and his distressed Subjects) as for these, and only these Ends he undertakes it: to the sincerity of which profession he calls God to witness, with this further assurance, That His Majesty will never consent (upon whatsoever pretence) to a Toleration of the Popish profession there, or the Abolition of the Laws now in force against popish Recusants in that kingdom.  
His Majesty hath further thought fit to advertise his Parliament, That toward this Work He intends to raise forthwith by his Commissions, in the Counties near Westchester, a Guard for His own person (when He shall come into Ireland) consisting of 2000 Foot, and 200. horse, which shall be Armed at Westchester from his Magazine at Hull: At which time all the Officers and soldiers shall take the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance: The charge of raising and paving whereof His Majesty desires His Parliament to add to their former Undertakings for that war which His majesty will not only well accept; But if their Pay be found too great a burden to His good Subjects, His Majesty will be willing (by the advice of His Parliament) to sell, or pawn any of His Parks, Lands, or House towards the supplies of the Service of Jreland: with the addition of these levys to the former of English and Scots agreed upon in Parliament, He hopes so to appear in this Action, that (by the assistance of Almighty God) in a short time that kingdom may be wholly reduced and restored to peace, and some measure of happiness. whereby he may cheerfully seturne, to be welcomed home with the Affections and blessings of all his good English people.  
Toward this good work, as his majesty hath lately made dispatches into Scotland, to quicken the levys there for Ulster, So he heartily wishes that his Parliament here would give all possi expedition to those which they have resolved for Munster and Conaught: and hopes the encouragement which the Adventurers (of whose interest His majesty will be always very careful (will hereby receive (as likewise by the lately signing of ● Commission for the Affairs of Ireland, to such persons for were recommended to him by both houses of Parliament) will raise full sums of Money for the doing there of.  
His majesty hath been likewise pleased (out of of His earnest desire to remove all occasions, which do unhappily multiply M●s-understandings between Him and His Parliament) to prepare a Bill ro be offered to them by His attorney, concerning the Militia, whereby He hopes the Peace and Safety of this Kingdom may be fully secured, to the general satisfaction of all men, without violation of His majesty's just Rights or prejudice to the Liberty of the subject. If this shall be thankfully received; He is glad of it. If retused; He calls God, and all the world to judge, on whose part the default is: one thing his majesty requires, (if this Bill be approved of) That if any Corporation shall make their lawful Rights appear, they may be reserved to them.  
Before his majesty shall part from England, he will take all due care to entrust such persons with such authority in his absence, as he shall find to be requisite for the Peace and Safety of this Kingdom, and the happy progress of this Parliament.  
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