THE KINGS majesties ALARUM For OPEN WAR, Declared by His setting up His Standard at Dunsmare-Heath.  
ALSO His affront at the City of Coventry, by denying Him entrance into the City, and His Resolution thereupon, to plant Ordnance against it, and batter down the City, and all other Cities and towns that shall deny His admittance.  
AND His command to all His subiects on the North side of Trent, or 20. miles Southward thereof, to attend His Person on the 24. of this month His majesties Army already consisting of 11000. Foot, and 6000. Horse, with 46. pieces of Ordnan●e.  
Joh. Brown, clear. Parl.  
Printed for Tho. Richards. August 25. 1642.   

THE KINGS MAJESTIES ALARUM To open war, Declared by his setting up his Standard at Dunsmore-Heath.  
IT doth now most evidently appear what were the intents of the malignant party when they carried the King from the Parliament to York, and there possessed him with a hatred of it, as his majesties Declarations have in bitter words upon all occasions testified; inveighing against all the proceedings of Parliament, drawing away the Members, commanding them to come to York, and instead of discharging their duty and consciences in the service of the Parliament, to contribute their advice and assistance to the destruction of it, endeavouring to possess the people, that the Parliament would take away the Law, and introduce an Arbitrary Government; and hereupon men were levied by the counsel of the Malignant Party of the Kingdom, and an Army raised to ruin the Parliament, then through the instigation of these malignants the King besieged Hull, and afterward issued out the illegal Commission of Array, which having been endeavoured to be put in execution, hath bread all the uproars and disturbances in most of the Counties of this kingdom: and the Kings majesty being opposed therein by those who with constant affections do stand for the Parliament and the privileges of the subject, is provoked and incensed unto such high indignation, as also by his affront received from Sir John Hotham by denying him entrance into Hull, that he is resolved to turn this land, which was a Canaan, flowing with milk and honey, into a read sea of blood and destruction, to make his subiects turn the edge of the sword one against the other, one friend to slaughter another, and such a bloody confusion by a civill war in England, as there hath been formerly by the bloody rebellion in Ireland: for how can it be otherwise, when the King by the advice of his malignant counsellors doth raise an army against his great counsel of the Parliament, and doth constrain and enforce many of his loving Subiects by compulsion and violence to yield to the illegal Commission of Array: and now having br●ug●t matters to a ripeness, that the harvest of contention and dissension may be reaped by the bloody suckles of swords, His majesty our of the high indignation of his supp●sed injuries, being full and confident in his own cause, hath with eleven thousand men strongly besieged the City of Coventry, and environed them so strongly, that there is no way possible for them to escape, unless that they betimes alloy the indignation of the Kings d●signes, which are hitherto so violent, that he intends to make their City the object of the thundering Canon, and that their houses shall be beaten down about their ears for their opposing of his majesty, in refusing to give him admittance into their City. With these and such like comminations and threatenings the people are much di●●eartened and affrighted, and to increase their fears, together with the whole kingdoms, the Kings majesty hath commanded all his subiects on the North side of Trent, and all places adjoining within twenty miles Southward thereof, on the obligation of their allegiance, to attend his royal Person upon monday being the two and twentieth day of this month of August, at Dunsmore-Heath, where his majesty intends to erect his Standard royal, being a great Colours or ensign richly adorned with the Kings arms and Motto therein displayed. His Majesties Army royal makes a great, daring, and illustrious show, consisting of eleven thousand Foot, and six thousand Horse, all in complete armor: and moreover he hath six and forty pieces of Ordnance. Thus being stored of Ammunition, and backed by his evil counsellors and Papists, he intends to make an expatiating diffusive war, not fixing upon a main Battalio, but to besiege and batter down Cities and towns that will not resign up themselves upon summons: so that his majesty is fully resolved to t●ie out the cause betwixt his Parliament and himself by the Sword. These matters therefore being of high co●sequence, and considerable in the minds of all true subiects, let them take courage, and show their resolutions now to oppose the malignity of evil counsellors, to defend the King and Parliament, and to relieve the distressed city of Coventry.  
The City of Chichester stands now in a good posture of defence, and have declared their Resolution to the Parliament, being resolved to adventure both their lives and fortunes for the defence and maintenance of the true Protestant Religion, the laws of the Land, the privileges of Parliament, and Liberty of the subject, against any that shall oppose it: yet some ill-affected persons have plotted to betray the town, and some Ministers have made seditious Sermons to that purpose. For the prevention of these and other disorders, and to prevent the danger that may arise by the malignity of the Popish party, The Lords and Commons do declare, That it shalbe lawful for any of his majesties Subiects to disarm all Popish Recusants, and such as shall execute the illegal Commission of Array, or shalbe actors and assistants in any of the aforementioned oppressions and violences, or shall furnish any Horse, arms, Money, or other aid or contribution for the maintenance of this unnatural war raised by his majesty against his Parliament: and to seize upon their Horses, arms, Money and other Provisions, whereby they might be enabled to disturb the Peace of the kingdom.  
Ordered to be forthwith printed& published, Joh. Brown Cleric. Parliament.  
FINIS.