THE SEA-MANS PROTESTATION Renewed, Confirmed, and Enlarged.  
THE FIRST, Concerning their Ebbing and Flowing to and from the Parliament House at Westminster, the 11th of january 1642.  
THE LATTER, As the Cause and Matters, now stand.  ORdered again, by the Vice-Admirall, to bee published and set forth throughout the whole kingdom, as a manifestation of the Seamans Loyalty to their King, and love to their Country. 
LONDON, Printed for H. H. 1643.   

The Seamans Protestation.  
our appearance above the Bridge, being a passage the Histories of England cannot exemplify, may cause our good intents and well meaning, in the various apprehensions of most men to be misconstrued: For the speedier and more exact remedy of which, we have all resolved at length thus to declare our-selves.  
FIrst, as in duty we ought, We Protest to our great Lord and Master ( his most Excellent majesty) That it was an act of our own free voluntary disposition, not all, or any of us called or invited by the Parliament or Citizens of London, but came as well to protect White-hall, had his Majesty been there, as the Parliament house: but a tumour being spread amongst us that that great Court was in fear to be dissovled, and knowing too well the happiness of this kingdom consists in their Sessions; remembering the words of Arch-bishop Cranmer, a Martyr of ever blessed memory, which were; Wo be to England when there is no Parliament.  
We seeing and hearing the whole City to be in complete arms, presently turned freshwater soldiers, and with as sudden expedition as we could, attended by water their progress thither, and joined our thunder of powder with the City Muskets, at their entrance into the House( the Temple of our safety) to the terror we hope of all Papists, and the Lands Enemies, who wish for nothing more then the dissolation of both houses, Whose harmony( if they proceed) will be to our perpetual good, and their sudden Confusion.  
We who are always abroad, can best tell no government upon the Earth is comparable to it; especially, for the keeping of a Crown upon a Kings head, for the procuration of the Subjects Loyalty, and un●●igned fidelity to their Monarch, for the flourishing of traffic and recognising( this Kingdoms right-hand) the continuation of all, which is, was, and necessary must be by Parliaments.  
witness the heavy and lamentable distractions in France, Spain, and germany for want of them or the like government.  
Long therefore may they here flourish: In vain is it for us to keep the narrow Seas, if some go the way to lose the Land. This confusion is that alone which glads the hearts of our Enemies abroad, and makes them fat with laughter: while we sit and sit, but effect nothing: Yet although the Conception is long, the birth will be the nobler, and that which Rome with all her curses shall not blast, we mean, the firm establishing of our Protestant Religion: in defence of which chiefly, we display our Colours on the seas, and expose each drop of blood we have, to hourly danger; and all in behalf of our good and most gracious King, who is himself the Defender of our Faith.  
Now to the City we manifest ourselves, and the occasion of our conflux, although we are a sort of people in this Commonwealth, which by the Preciser sort of you, are defined but little different from Atheists; and therefore should breed more wonder we should stickle for Religion Be plea●e● to understand although we have no Churches, we make our prayers as well as you, and the sam● God you have at shore is ours at sea: whom we will serve although not so decently as we would, being for the most part of our daies restrained from a Church, to dwell upon the seas for your better security; for be it well known to you, your safety consists in ours, your churches yea and your houses too, would quickly fall and lye in the dust, should we let pass Those who long to prey upon your lives and Fortunes. But for our Religion, King, and Country,( we do and will advance our Colours against the world: and for a Confermation to you all of our true hearts, we have all Protested in this manner.  
I A, B, C,  
DO Protest before Almighty God, to maintain with my dearest life and blood, the Protestant Religion as it was established in the dayes of Queen Elizabeth: To aclowledge CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland: To stand, for the privileges of Parliament. Utterly form my heart to abhor all popery, and Popish innovations.  
So help me God.  
NOw it may appear to you all, the main and chiefest cause of our gathering together, we who are used to tempests at sea never stood in fear of a greater then this at Land; That great vessel the Parliament house, which is so richly fraught with no less value then the price of a kingdom, is fearfully shaken, and in great danger: Rome has Rocks, and spain hath Quick-sands, to swallow her up; Now what remaines, but that on our knees we sand up our prayers to that great Pilot of Heaven and Earth, who steers the world with his Finger, that he would protect and defend her, to his own glory and our comfort: so shall our King be safe and Firm in his Throne, while his Religion flourishes, and his Subjects peacefully and joyfully live smiling under his sceptre, To the eternal disgrace and shane of those, who have and would intend to subvert our proceedings. Thus much the former Protestation  

Now followeth the Continuation, confirmation, and augmentation of the same.  
AS there are abundance of Land Malignants in and about London and elsewhere; that is, malevolent or evil minded persons, to the proceeding of the most high and honourable Court of Parliament, which apears by their frequent breathing and fomenting forth false and scandalous words and Languages of and against the Parliament; so we are not ignorant that there a generarion of sea-men or sailors that( not for want of malice) are Malignants also in their actions and vapouring discourses; but what are they, for the most part? but debauched persons, drunkards, swearers &c. And Wapping as well as Westminster is not without the infection of some such men: Yea and divers women as well as men( that not for want of ignorance) are Malignants also and will take upon them ●ft soons to be prating and prattling against the proceedings of Parl. but best of it is, womens tongues are their best& worst weapons. And to return to sea-men, blessed be God, the mayor and better sort of us are not like salt that hath lost its savour, but we having learnt to fear God and obey the King, we will Protest before almighty God, our former recited protestation: and now the Kingdom is involved in a civill War,& a mighty Army of Papists( and Atheists) contrary to the known laws of the Land are in Arms against the Parliament, if they could, to destroy the famed, and so trample the Common Laws and the Commons of England under foot, and to make us all slaves in our Religion imunities and privileges, It behoves us that are sea men, to bestir us and look about us the better, and the rather because we, and who but we, are to manage the Navy of ships, which are and ever have been accounted the brazen sells of this kingdom, against all foreign invasion, witness our memorable and never to be forgotten defeating the( falfly termed) Invincible Armado in 8● which was in the blessed, happy, and haleluyon days and reign of our Deborah, the Nurse of our English Israel, Queen Elisabeth of immortal Memory which victory was to god alone against the potent Monarch Phillip the second King of spain.  
And verily it is a pregnant argument to us that sea-men are as ready to do service as ever, the willing and voluntary resorting of so many of us unto the navy now at sea under the command of the right honourable and most noble Robert Earl of Warwick Lord Gen. of the Sea forces for the King and Parliament, whom we beseech God preserve and protect for the good of our Faerie land. And for those Arch-Pyrates that have taken upon them to come in opposition to our great navy, to have and rob his Majesties good Subjects of their ships and goods, and for that end( as is said) they have taken Falmouth Haven in Cornwall, which with almsgiving and robberies they make a kind of Algier. We hope in due time we shall meet with them, and bring them to their deserved and condign reward at Wapping Dock. In the mean time unanimously join with all true hearted serving-men, especially the honourable City of London, to pray for the happy proceedings of the A●mies as well by land as sea that are in arms for King and parliament, against all our enemies as well domestike as fortain, and for our parts, let them nor theirs prosper, that will not say to the same with us, AMEN.  
FINIS.