HIS majesties Message TO colonel GORING of portsmouth.  
WHEREIN he declares His Resolution in coming in Person to the said Town.  
Likewise the Parliaments Instructions to the earl of Essex concerning Portsmouth.  
Wherein is Declared the full Power that they have given to the said Eale for the besieging of the said town of Portsmouth.  
With their Resolution concerning the Ile of Wight, and their determination concerning adjourning the Parliament.  

Ordered that this be printed and published,  
Hen. Elsing, clear. Parl. D. come.   
LONDON, August 9. Printed for I. H. and T. Rider.   

THE KINGS MAJESTIES MESSAGE to colonel Goring of PORTSMOUTH.  
THE Resolutions and proceedings of His Majesty against Hull and other places of strength hath often been divulged to the eyes of the vaste World, but this relation which I will in this following subject describe unto thee was never divulged neither is it known to any but the high and Honourable Court of Parliament, and to other some eminent persons. The Relation whereof I have here set down in these ensuing particulars:  
Upon Thursday last there was a Messenger came to the House of Commons informing them that Portsmouth was taken by colonel Goring, he most traitorously betraying the trust reposed in him by both Hou●es of Parliament, who having got a great sum of money from the inhabitants of that County, being divers Papists inhabiting therein, made it known to the Officers and Souldiers that lay in Garrison, and so by that means won the hearts of divers of them, but a great part left the town; he also made them acquainted with the command that he had received from his Majesty, which was to this effect, That He had sent to him to put the town of Portsmouth into such a posture of Defence, he being governor thereof that it might bee fit for the guard and safety of His Majesties person, and that His Highnesse did expect to find a place of trust in the said town; This is the sum and full scope of His Majesties Message, to the governor of Portsmouth, colonel Goring, the said Goring being resolved to raise Fortifications and Bvlwarkes near to the town for the safety of the same.  
Both Houses of Parliament having taken the proceedings of colonel Goring into consideration, and foreseing the great danger that might ensue thereby, after some time of debate, resolved upon these instructions to be sent to Hampshire, and to Southampton, to this effect:  
That the earl of Essex( Lord general of the Army) for the defence of the King, kingdom, and Parliament, shall forthwith appoint Officers to levy Horse and Foot in those places, and march to Portsmouth, giving him command to those that shall oppose them in their passage, and that they shall also in the Name of the High Court of PARLIAMENT demand the said town of Portsmouth, and the Castle, and command colonel Groing governor thereof to deliver up unto them, and to demand the said Goring, and to apprehended him as guilty of High Treason, and if he denied to lay siege against the town, and to suppress all that shall come to oppose them, and that they shall also require the aid and assistance of all the next adjacent Counties, in the name of all the Commons in England, with many other directions concerning the said business; All which were carried up to the Lords, desiring their assent to them, that they may be forthwith put in execution. These are the instructions that are given to the earl of Essex, for the preserving of the peace of the kingdom. The said Houses of Parliament having taken into serious consideration the great danger that may ensue by the revolt of colonel Goring, in the Ile of Wight the earl of Portland governor thereof being a familiar friend with the said Goring and his Mother a Papist; They out of their judicious care and respect which they bear to the peace and welfare of this kingdom, have thought it very necessary to displace the said earl of Portland, and to repose the trust of the said Ile of Wight to the custody of the Right honourable the earl of Pembroke, which they have accordingly done, and hath given him command, that he shall see the same strongly fortified and guarded.  
The Honourable Court of Parliament, having for a long time sate with much pains taking for the safety of this kingdom, the Malignant party having got such a head, that they do daily seeek the utter ruin and destruction of this island, and long since had prevailed and brought their plots and conspiracies to perfection had it not been for the Honourable Court of Parliament, to whom we are all bound to defend to the uttermost of our Lives and Fortunes; and they also taking into consideration the great disturbances that are now in several Counties of this Realm there was a motion made in the House of Commons for adjourning the Parliament for 15. dayes, onely a grand Committee to be appointed to sit during that time, and the rest of the Members to go to their several places to settle the peace of the country; which Motion was referred to the grand Committee of both Houses appointed to consider for the safety of the kingdom.  
Ordered that this be printed and published, Hen. Elsing, clear. Parl. D. come.