ANOTHER DECLARATION FROM BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT: Sent to His Majesty, March 23. 1641.  
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LONDON, Printed by R. Oulton& G. Dexter. 1641.   

ANOTHER DECLARATION FROM BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT to His majesty.  
May it please your majesty,  
YOUR Majesties most loyal Subjects, the Lords and Commons, cannot conceive that the Declaration which your Majesty received from Us at Newmarket, was such as did deserve that Censure your Majesty was pleased to lay upon Us, in that Speech which your Majesty made to Our Committees there, and sent in writing to both Houses: Our addresses therein being accompanied with plainness, Humility and Faithfullnes, We thought more proper for the removing the Distraction of the kingdom, then if We had then proceeded according to your Majesties Message of the 20. of January, by which your Majesty was pleased to desire that we would declare what we intended to do for your Majesty, and what We expected to be done for ourselves; in both which, We have been very much hindered by your Majesties denial to secure Us and the whole kingdom, by disposing the Militia, as We had divers times most humbly Petitioned; and We have not been altogether negligent of either, having lately made good proceedings, in preparing a Book of Rates to be passed in a Bill of tonnage and Poundage, and likewise the most material Heads of those Humble desires which We intended to Make to your Majesty, for the good and contentment of your majesty, and your People: But now, if these could not bee perfected till the kingdom bee put into Safety, by settling the Militia; and until your Majesty shal be pleased to concur with your Parliament in those necessary things, We hold it impossible for you to give the world, or your People such satisfaction, concerning the fears and Jealousies which We have expressed, as We hope your Majesty hath already received, touching that Exception which you were pleased to take to Mr. PYMS Speech.  
As for your own fears and Doubts, the ground whereof being from Seditious Pamphlets and Sermons, We shall as carefully endeavour to remove it, assoon as We understand what Pamphlets are by your Majesty intended, as we have been to prevent all dangerous Tumults. And if any Extraordinary Concourse of People out of the City to Westminster, had the face and show of Tumult and Danger, in your Majesties apprehensions, it will appear to be caused by your Majesties denial of such a Guard to your Parliament, as they might have cause to confided in; And by taking in White-Hall such a Guard for yourself, as gave just Cause of jealousy to the Parliament, and of terror and offence to your People. We seek nothing but your Majesties peace, and the prosperity of your kingdoms; and Wee are hearty sorry We have such plentiful Matter of an answer to that Question, Whether you have violated Our Laws? We beseech your Majesty to remember, that the Government of this kingdom, as it was in great part managed by your Ministers, before the beginning of the Parliament, consisted of many continued and multiplied Acts of violation of Laws, the wounds whereof were scarcely healed, when the Extremity of all their violations was far exceeded by this late, strange, and unheard of breach of our Laws in the accusation of the Lord Kimbolton, and the five Members of the Commons House, and proceedings thereupon, for which we have yet received no full satisfaction.  
To your Majesties next Question, Whether you had denied any Bill for the ease and security of your Subjects? We wish we could stop in the midst of our Answer, That with much thankfulness we aclowledge that your Majesty hath passed many good Bills, ful● of contentment and advantage to your People, but truth and necessity enforceth us to add this, That even in or about the time of passing those Bills some design or other hath been a foot, which if it had taken effect would not only have deprived us of the fruit of those Bills, but have reduced us to a worse condition of confusion then that, wherein the Parliament found us.  
And if your Majesty had asked us the third Question Intimated in that Speech, What Wee had done for yourself? Our answer would have been much more easy; That Wee have paid two Armies, wherewith the kingdom was burdened last year. That we have undertaken a war with Ireland: all which great mischief, and the Charges thereupon have been occasioned by the evil Councells, so powerful with your Majesty, which have and will cost this kingdom more then two Millions, all which in Justice ought to have been born by your Majesty.  
As for the free and general pardon, your majesty hath been pleased to offer, it can be no security to our fears and Jealousies, for which your Majesty seems to propound it, because they arise not from any Guilt of our own Actions, but from the evil designs and attempts of others.  
To this our humble Answer to that Speech we desire to add an information which we lately received from the Deputy governor of the merchant Adventurers, at Rotterdam in Holland, That an unknown Person appertaining to the Lord Digby, did lately solicit on james Henly a mariner, to go to Ellinore and there to take charge of a Ship in the fleet of the King of Denmark, there prepared, which he should conduct to Hull, in which Ships likewise he said a great Army was to be transported: And although we are not apt to give credit to Informations of that nature, yet we cannot altogether think it fit to be neglected, but that it adds somewhat to our fears and Jealousies, considering with what Circumstances, it is accompanied of the Lord Digbyes preceding expressions, in a Letter to her Majesty, and Sir Lewis dives; and your Majesties succeeding course of withdwrawing yourself North-ward from your Parliament, in a manner very suitable and correspondent with that evil counsel, which we doubt will make much deeper impression in the generality of your people: and therefore we most humbly desire, for the procuring and settling our and their confidence, and the other Reasons concerning the recovery of Ireland, and securing this kingdom, which have been formerly presented to your majesty, you will be graciously pleased, with all convenient speed to return to these parts, and to close with the advice and desire of your Parliament: Where you shall find their dutiful affections and endeavours, ready to attend your majesty, with such entertainment as shall not onely give your majesty just cause of security in their faithfulness, but other manifest evidences of their earnest desires, to advance your Majesties service, Honour and contentment, and to establish it upon the sure foundation of the Peace and Prosperity of all your kingdoms.  
FINIS.