DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion on one side and the Scottish unicorn on the other  
❧ By the King.  
❧ A Proclamation declaring those of Scotland, who have entered, or shall enter this Kingdom in a Warlike manner, and their Adherents, to be Rebels and Traitors to His MAJESTY.  
WHereas the Kings most Excellent Majesty, for a long time now together, by all ways of Mildness and Clemency (beyond that of Sovereign Princes) hath endeavoured to appease the disorders and Rebellious courses and proceed of His Subjects of Scotland, who upon pretences of Religion have sought to shake off His Regal Power and Government: His Majesty now findeth that His Princely Lenity towards them hath produced no better effects than their encouragements still to persist in their disloyalties and Rebellions against Him: And in these their Insolences they have now so far proceeded as to take up Arms, to gather Forces, and in a Hostile manner have entered and invaded this Kingdom of England. And as for their pretences of enjoying their Religion and Liberties, His Majesty hath already often assured them of His clear Intentions and Resolutions therein. Wherefore His Majesty out of His continued Princely and tender care of that His native Kingdom, hath thought fit (by the advice of His Privy Council) once more to make this public Declaration to the world, that He hath left no ways (beseeming a Prince) unattempted, whereby to reclaim and reduce them to that duty and obedience which Loyal Subjects do owe to their lawful Sovereign.  
And therefore His Majesty doth hereby further declare, That all those of Scotland who have already entered, or hereafter shall presume to enter, (in an Hostile or Warlike manner) into any part of this His Kingdom of England, and their Adherents and Assistants and parts of the Kingdom without any consent, nay without all knowledge of Us, Our Commissioner, or Council, and directly contrary to many standing Laws at this day in force in that Kingdom, and yet pretend violation of their Laws, as one of the main causes of their brainsick distemners.  
Here therefore We take God and the world to witness, We hold Ourselves forced and constrained to Arm, not only to reclaim them, and to set our kingly authority right again in that Our ancient and native Kingdom, but also for the safety of this Kingdom, Our loyal Subjects in it, with their wives, children, and goods, as well as Our own, against the rage and fury of these men and their Covenant. And this We think fit to let you further know, that We hope in time to make the best of them see that We will endure no such Covenant and Band in Our Kingdom, to which We shall not consent: So the question is not now, whether a Service Book to be received or not; nor whether Episcopal government shall be continued, or Presbyterial admitted, but whether We are their King or not: For though in some of their Libels they give Us good words, and speak Us fair for their own ends, especially in their last, Printed at Edinburgh, February quarto 1639. yet some of them refuse both the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy, and publicly maintain that they are not obliged to take the same. Now how can We think these men are dutiful and loyal in their hearts, that broach such dangerous Opinions, or Religiously minded that teach such Rebellious Doctrine, and so contrary to all which Protestant Divines teach towards the King and the Civil Magistrate; Nay, they have infected divers of their Countrymen (which are come into other parts) with the same Venom; for three Scots-men taken in Wales, are at this day Imprisoned for direct denial of Our Supremacy and their Allegiance, saying, They cannot take those Oaths, because they have sworn to the Covenant. But though We have been thus mild towards them, and continued so long, yet We would not have any of them, or any of Our other Subjects think, that We can or will permit Episcopal Government, established by many Acts of Parliament in that Our Kingdom, to be abolished, seeing it is known to the whole Christian world, that the same is most Christian in itself, and most Peaceable for the Civil State, and most consonant to Monarchical Government.  
And We would have Our Subjects of that Kingdom consider, what will become of the third Estate there in Parliament, if Episcopacy should be abrogated.  
And further, We think fit to Declare unto you, and to the Christian World, That by Our Intention of introducing the Service-Book into that Kingdom, We had not the least thought of Innovation of Religion in this or that, but merely to have a Conformity with that Worship of God which is observed within both Our other Kingdoms, though ill minded men have wrested some things in it to a sinister sense.  
We further give you to understand, that there is a large Declaration coming forth, containing all the particular passages which have occurred in this business from the very beginning, attested with their own foul Acts, to disannul and shame their fair, but false words. But because this cannot so soon be made ready, We hold it most expedient to let this short Declaration forerun it, that Our loyal Subjects here and elsewhere, may not be infected with their false, wicked, specious, but most Seditious Informations. For example sake in their last Pamphlet (besides divers other false, base, and fawning Passages) there are these scandalous and most notorious untruths: As first, they say, That We have committed the Arms We now take, and the Armies We now raise, into the hands of professed Papists, which is not more dishonourable to Ourselves, and the noble Persons entrusted by Us, then odiously and notoriously false. Again they say, That some of power in the Hierarchy of England, have been the cause of Our taking Arms to Invade Our native Kingdom, and of meddling with their Religion; whereas it is most certain, that no one of them have done any thing therein, but by Our own Princely direction and command. And for Arms, it is notoriously known to all Our Council then present, That their Counsels were for Peace, and have been the persuaders (as much as in them lay) of the undeserved Moderation wherewith We have hitherto proceeded towards so great Offenders.  
And further they say, That they intent no Act of Hostility against England, unless they shall be necessitated in their own defence. We would fain know, defence of what? Is it of disobedience? Defence against whom? Is it not against Us their True and Lawful Sovereign? If they will defend against Us, it ought to be by Law, and not by Arms: That defence We shall never deny them; This by Arms We shall never permit them. Now Our Laws which they seem so much to value, are in a manner oppressed by them, in so much that Our judges are so awed, as that they dare hardly proceed according to Law.  
With these, and the like mutinous Libels, We desire Our good Subjects should not be infected, but that all of them might know the present necessity We have to Arm Ourselves, which is for no other end, save only for the safety and security of this Our Kingdom, the reestablishment of Our Authorities in that, and the suppressing of such as have misled and abused Our Subjects there, and would (if not prevented) do the like here; but is no way to enforce any Innovation of Religion established in that Kingdom, or any ways to infringe the Laws thereof, or any of their Liberties whatsoever, which are according to Law.  
These are therefore to Will and Command all Our loving Subjects of this Our Kingdom, That they receive no more of their seditious Pamphlets sent from Scotland, or any other place concerning those affairs, which can have no other use or influence then to draw the hearts of Our loyal People to the like rebellious courses. And that such of Our Subjects here, as have already received any of these Rebellious Pamphlets, do presently deliver them to the next justice of Peace, that he may send them to one of Our Secretaries, as both they and the justices of Peace will answer it at their uttermost perils.  
And Our further Will and pleasure is, That this Our Proclamation and Declaration be read in time of Divine Service in every Church within the Kingdom, That all Our People to the meanest, may see the notorious carriages of these men, and likewise the justice and Mercy of all Our proceed.  
Given at Our Court at Whitehall the seven and twentieth day of February, in the fourteenth year of Our Reign of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. 
 ❧ God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: And by the Assigns of JOHN BILL. 1638.