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311 L¢Yi¢3%~  0fF0rC€3 Wifh0i1t‘  His
‘   M A: n s 1*: E s   expreflk-«A pleafure,
figfiifi¢d undcirl-Iis Great Seam andall   
~C<mtn:ib§ut;ions    Aififtan ca to
any‘ filcfi Lévics.

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 .31 

 V    Hereas ., under pretence that Wcintcnd.
 V *4 to   to make war againfi the Parliamcm(the

” " E contrary whereof is rs-otorioufly known
toall thatare here”, and as We hope by

 

.«- it   thistimeapparenty~rt‘oyi"‘a-Eelother Our8qb-or

   

 _ 1; t .' - je<‘3ts,asweii by”Oiur Declaration ofthc
   .,_ yfixteenthof'iI:zzze;yas bythe Tcflimony
V obiiitr and Commit‘, whoeareydehere uponi the
place) ‘ And byeoloer @557 the Authority Houfes of
Par1iarnenf( a major part rwhereeofarefdeow yabfent from Lon-

  den) by thcicotntrivance ofT0m"éiféiW'e’vi'.l1.pe‘rfons,difguifieg

and colouring~~-th‘ei‘t: ””p€rnitci6ttéi‘dfifigflesfiahfldf hoffile prepa-
ntirorsgunder the pihiifiblei nfi}ti1fE§*~0"i,~T/re prejfireatim ofpwém
Iique pedce,mr1defin:¢of‘Z):,anc{ Etarlyaf-Ivafizx of tPar1iamer:t,fi*o m
forte and 7;iolence.'It}§hr W h beetr;;:}¢ontd¢a—YOD1fCdfto raife Troops

A [fiofl-Ior{'c andother Lg:-f’~  
And for that purpo  haverjryprfi:tveiIed , not onely to

 prohibite Our own moneys itotiybe paiél to Us, or to our ufe,

but 5 by the Name and Authority of Parliament , to excite

 “Our Subjefis to contribute theiryy Afli fiance to them, by brin-

ging in Moneyr:,PI~ate,or underwriting» to furnifhend maim-

A taitieEiorfesgi-Iorfmenband Arm-95 And tofithait purpofe cer«--

tain Propofitions oriOrders (as they are fiiled by them)have
been printed , whereby they have endeavoured to engage
the Po weer and authority of P4rliament( as if the two Houfes
without Us, had that Power and Authority) to fave harm»

lefieall thofethat fimll fo ‘comributegfrom all Prejudice and A

inconvenience tliatimiafyfbefalltt them;E>yiiiyi?ioécafion thereof. 

~~ 7IAt1ide1thyoughWe well thope.thetthe¢i:e ym_a1i_grtant;%  ;
fans (fvvhofe Afiionsodto ho’w‘fti:fi1c1entiy de"c;'“Iar”c thei"r‘t'f'o‘r‘tn’er _
eInte’nttonsi)' will‘ be? abletto preva1le .‘hwith"féw?rofOur good

peoples“ t0tcoxatr.i;bt1tfe~tb¢irPewer orreAfliflarncet fifltu them 5

  rm, Iieiiéhii§f011i"iSi;t~1;ij'efHé""i(iik"irig”ii”;}oi1triifivwhat thofe

é‘eeeei:,cx the dan-

meo. am-me) 
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 n':l.l‘.l;vl,£A:g:»fillAgEr'tQAs{J.\9~§ themfelvesr ,1 and theiCommon-wealth , iwhlichll  

  woulldrenfherthereupon, {hould indetedbeleerve (What: thefej
 pcrfons would infinuate, and have them to beleeve) That

e?"w’*ié«.A~;fuchtheir Contribution and Afliflance would tend to the»

.5’  «:tt’?1i”_”g£‘qfervation of the publique Peace, and the Defence of [15 ‘L
 Aamly both houfes of Parliarnentfind thatat‘herebyA_the.y¢{boulAdA
hot incur any danger. A A A ‘   = A A A 1 AA! V A‘    
A rWe,that Wcmight not be wanting (asmuch as in Us ~lAi- 
eth) to forefhew and to prevent the danger which mayfal‘l 
thereupon, have hereby. thought good todeclare and. pixlqé
lifh unto _all Our loving Suhjeéts, That by the liawee. of the 
Land,the power of railing of Forces or Arms , or levyin‘g“bf' a
V War for the defence of theKjngdor.n, or othetW‘ife,hath;al« .
Awaies belonged to Us, and tolls onlgand that by noAAPo\lt}li§r
of either or both Houfcs of Patliiamentg, or otherwife con»-
trary to Our perfonall Commands, any Forces can be __rai‘{E-2d, A
or any war levied. ' A t V A   '   
And thereforegby the «Statute ofthe feventh yeere AofOur 
famous Progenitor , King Edward the firfl , whereas there
had been then {once variances betwixt him and fame great
Lordsof the Realrmand, upon Treaty thereupon, it was A
agreed, thatin the ‘next; Parliament after , provifionl fhlould
be made, That in all Patliatnents ., and all other aH;2mb1aesA::
which {hould be in the Kingdome for ever, that everykmzm
fhould comewithout forceand Armour , well and ‘Aptear:e-
ably ; Yet at the t:11ext» Pa rlia meme Aw henthey met together.
totake advice o-EtAhisiBt1fine[IeA (‘thoughit concerned ‘the-A
Parliament it {cl fe)the Lords and Commonswould nottalre
it uponhthme tn, butettfwered , That it belonged to ;theKing
to defend forceof Armour, and all other Force againll the
Peegel »at;1ll tiVmes'when;it pleafed Him, and to ptmifh Athem
whieh fltguld dog gontrarygtccordihg to the l_aws,8'c ufageé
ll pfthe Fl’§Wealfm,aqedrt*het theywerefbound touaiyd H.im_.,as their
§pryerA1;a7ignoC. Lcitd £il;lff€'a:l0n~s:w  iieedz fhould ’be»' A Arid‘
 fA  “ A A 2 W L‘   a-ccordieg   to A

.3 ccmdinglyin P‘arl’iament;in é1fterft~imes*5T ha King a§¥4Bfié'8i&:3

’ * affue A His Proclamatiksms   prohi*bicifig%; f;3'fe£"a-fiitwig %”oFAi*'m's3b"y

% ny pierfon, i n; or ueera the; icy whet-et‘he Parliamergxt wa9'j.,»
e%xceptimTgV.finch of thB‘King's farvants aa*sfh"e fhmlld deputegcivr,
1h70u1dbe deputed byflis Comma ndm§efit3;&f>andA alfo”%A"éxc&ip~
ting the ffiings ‘Minifi@%r¢s;i‘And\ by t¥h‘i%ie% :St*&-wtef off NM/izzmfééig
made in thaffecond yr:-ere’ 0FKing;Edm¢rd_‘1th*e tVhird54 it is Acn--
{a&*ed,A That no man,*bf;What conditi®n%’foa:“~ver he be (axtéept

the K§.ngs%.Serv4a um, i in His pr%ef?2e'ncq,<a%nd‘*"H;is Mi§}Ai{.’w‘rs%?‘in earn; A

eemi4mg thew:ngs’VPrs:ei::é§ptAs5OrV"%0€  0 ~ A7ce,~"at3d  »-a’s”b‘é

in their company affi fling the m)tgd,n0r”~T%i*de' a‘rmedby%nigBt

£11‘. day  Fairs, Markets, nor‘ in t-beApr‘ef?: use of‘ thc~]uAfi4i£:Qs§,

orothm Miniflers, not in not part clfewhéfrb.  M   Tr    7 
* shis-Apu,w-cr M ram 1:}. gm Forces m'~;fé1eiy:.in‘t’he A King‘,

. is f0~kr~io%wne zmd infepa 1‘-able 3 rig“ht i0;tHe’A"CroWne ,, That

whe&:i,AiAn1»rhe;rc-igneo£KingV Hémgithlé eighth ,:here4 being a

A fudden Rebellibn, the Earle of S/Brewxbuwy, Lwit—hput4wAa%r+“-

ram";§fi*0m‘:.the K%iing;§I"id raife %A‘rrr1s%”fQg:fifi'€‘{u?ppré*f§dnfhEre--
Mafldhappily fupp refféd it ,. yet was he forced to» 0A?5‘faine4
hi:-iwpardnn. And whereas the: Duke ‘ofaloaflerg and oaher

great Lords ,, %in%thee1ieventh yeere of King Rgcémd the fe--

A cond (upcan pretence of the good ofthe King and Kingdom,

W the King being then not ofa ge,and lad away asthey a‘liedg--
ed,by evil! counf::II4ors)aw§id raife F'orces,8<byVthe%m maflered
aha-5-ir adverfa ries.In that Parliame-nt(£‘uch asxit ‘was,for it was
maid and kept wi-thforcer, hcvw g_ood»ufe foever hath~been

A madcof the Prefidents Athbcmin  % theyprocured a fpeciall

A6} of pardon For their raifing of Men ,A and that thofe A5»-

A Iiembl+iesfhould' net Vb drawne into example For the time

toAcomc- , ‘   A 4% A A A A  %
And as no Man can le_vy War, orAraAifi: Forces without the
King, To much lefl?-3 againfl the perfonait Commanfls oft-he

V ,Kin7g Moppofed thereunto : For,by the fiat«ute* ofthe zA5.yecreV

I‘ 'o.fKi'ng«Edwazedrhc“Third~ (whichis bmdeclaratary” ofthe

om  

old »LaW in that pointy? if is  reafcln ti levy W3 rlagaiiaflftlie’
King in , His Rcéallme  5 lWli«thlin lthle confimélionlof which
1latu_te,it is true(whic:hwas {aid inthe late«Deelaration,uAnder A
the name of lamb I-Ioufzrs of Parlz?ament,@lftlAhe 5z6..l.oifMay lafi)
levying War (in fame» fenlk) Aagainfii.;th'eI§ingslAulthority
(though nmfintmded ialgainflfiliis Perfon  is: levyiing Wari
againfl the Kiimgz. And therlsrforle thf.‘ railing ofForce~s,thoughi
uponiiprctence of removing of lbme evirll Counfellors from
abA0u,l:tl1¢ _7Qt;1¢ene , limhi been'eA- adjudged Treafon, in the
Cafe; jQfth.e»lateA Eawle o€Efl?m_c,im the B.eignA of Qgeene Eliza-A
12_%_:t£:»,,an»cl.iz:: divas. other Cafes. A ( A mdAWe wilh all our Sub-»
icéts to conAfider,‘Jl/hlether, ifmqm {hall be raifed ncmry to-
Qur ProclajmatiQnA,; and aga~.i;n~fl Our Will, it be not againli“
Om: Authority...) But i»t;is.I as true~(and Was. never dleniecl, but“

A ii in lth:1tDecliara3»t"mnA  Than: the railing of F orcces: againfi the _

Kings perfonall Command(beir3g_n0 IdAeot,nor Infant,ulnca~
pable ofundexiignding to command) being accompainedl  
with His prefence, A is, and is mall propezrly llezlvyifng of"VWari
againfi the King».-pr if" it be a Fufficicnt pretence for railing of »
men againli theKings pc:rfon,,thm: it is for the defence ofthe A
 Kings Authorimy,,lanAd of His Kingdoms: {though againfl his
exprc {Te Command and prm:la;A1n:xtion); tine ml.» Rebels will
have colour for their horrid Re belliangfor thtzy fay (though A
V itbe notorioufly falfe) his flat the defence ofthe Kings Au-
thorityyand offlislfiingdmmcr. And Wat T:}le'r,;xn:cl Iackcpxdag, 
and Kett the Tannor,wantec1not puhlikie1’reto:nces,wl1icl:1
were perhaps jufl caufcxs o.fComplaims, though not of rain.
‘  Of l mam % A V _
U ml though theft: performs have gone about fubtilly to»
difiinguifhhctwixt OurlPerf"on and Our Authority, asiF_,_'
Betaufe Our Authority may bee where Our Perfon is not;
 that therefore , Our Péxfom may be ‘where Our Authority W  
is not 3, Wee rqguirft all OL_wr good Sulzqefits to take notice If ;:C<:>o~lc. 7; .
mg j..awA(wh1ch is m B2:1ntAand full Force = 1), ”‘ That ‘their wgg-egg;
A   A _ A   Allegiance... A * l

i¢:1’§£ill.egiianoe xi ié due unto :thel~t3afl1f3§l1iP€rnfon 1  l tl3t:iirlP1‘ihCe,ol ‘f ’
andinot _ “His"Crowne * or Kingdome difiinéi from Hiénla-rl no
turall Capacity. And th:I_t.by the Oath of Ligeance at the in
Common Law ‘( which-all perfons above the age of twelve  
xeeres ane, or bought to be fworne unto) I they are; bound to
betrue andlfaithfull, not to the King onely as King‘, but to l

A Our Perfon as King C H A R L E 5,, and to beare UsTruth e

and Faith of Life and Member, and earthly Honours and
that they {hall neither know nor hem: of any ill or damage
intended to Llsthat they {hall not defend; And that When,

in thetimc of King Edward the fecond A,» Eingfizlw Spencer be...

i ing difcontented with the King, lcaufed aifbiigll to be writ-
ten ,5 wherein was contained amongfi other things", That

Homage and the Oath of Allegiance was more byreafon of

the Kings Crowne   (that is,,vI-Iiss Kingdome) then of his Per-

fon  and thatféeing the King cannot be reformed by fuite V
of La W, if the King will not redrefle , and put away that ,

awhich is ill for the ‘Common People, and hurtfull to the
Crowne, Thatebe thing ought to be put away by force,

And that His‘ Lieges be bound to govern in aid of Him,and A
A indefanlt l of Him 5 he was condemned forit by two ‘P.<zrlz'af-

mentmindl perpetually blanifhed the Kingdome.  in l

* Weehave made mentiongof thefe Cafes, not fo much “ i

 to cleere Our Right, That Wee _'alone have the power of
1'aifingFor::es, oandinonle of Our Subjeéts, ’either‘l1nParlia»

warm’: or out of Parliament egainfl Our iWilL, l_or - perfonall ~

Command‘ (whichwee thinke no man that bath the leafi

. l£nowledgeinOurLawes,, and isinotlcadawaylbylprivate A

Interefis, and may fpezikelhismiindd f‘reeIy,,F_will deny, nor

was ever quefiionedin am y Parliawéeizt iwefoire this timed)‘ as”;

, toilet themofee how dangerous the iglntlconfeqxii-§nioe’~
l lofraifing'of Forces;without”U9,,*ma*y be“'hnto:IIs;iand ‘toll
in ‘the Common-V‘»7lealth,-,under p‘1*etenee of D*e£ence Ofboth; 

   And A thuuigil1”W'eecannotl d‘o~ubl: oii‘ the'A‘ffFe&iions oiiti~f¥l7 "

good

good lSub.jeé‘ts.,.‘ {con'fidc:ring their itltérefltis involved with
Ourgandnhow preficxousn the peace ofltho Klngdoxne is _., and
ought tonble unto them; and that 3€C0I‘dIng toltho words ‘

A of the Feature ofthe eleventh yeere of'Klng Hlmry‘th‘e re...

venthgg and the ei.ghteenth~Chaipter, BYill1f3>,~dUtyoftl'l‘5eirall-e
lg-glance ltheyare bonnden to’ fe=rv,o’ and, naflili “at: all  féa...
fonswhennee-d {hall r€q.uif€'-J  A v     ‘T   -‘  ;  
 Yet, to theend thatonr good Subjeé?csmaAy,lknowlw.hat
their duty is, and what we oxpeél from them , and tl1’ntsalfl
others, who, through malice or privatolinterc fis, {hall ho
tranfportod beyond th€lf'd1it‘l€S','.m'aY b’eleftlwi.t;l1outej:—-l 
eufe 5 Wo doe theineforeby thisOur Proclamation, charge
and command al'l'0nr Subjeéls upon their Allegiance V, and
as tl1eytenderOur Honour and Safety, and the peace and.
Safety ofthe Kingdomc, that they prefnmc not to raife or
levy any Horfes, Horfexnenpr Armcs,’ or any Forges A_wohaif7t.,
foever, by colour of any Authority whntfoever, winmxxc

lOnr exproffo pleafure fignificd uncle: Our great Segue,

(other then 1' och as {hall be raifed,l§vied, and em prefiod by
the Order A, ‘aswell of Our Sfllffig‘ Ins of.?boifth" iIHio’oI"€§ as Piqfl.
liamcnla =!°C0r<iin.£€lt-0.  made tl1«3i%’~l$s’:fiion's, intituloda
An Aéf for like bétieif ramng 'iaiiii‘Tééyin§ if Eézikléiiéfi fijwéitlac
preflant defence of the Kingdame: of Englcmdand Ireland (by
jufiices of Peace: ,_ and otherwife , in fuch manner‘as__is
prefcgxibcd in who find AA€’c,) For .:_CIontriVl;autp,’ or givoany  on
fifiance in Money, Plate, finding ofHorfes,Horl'emen,5 or
Armes, or any other ways-ls, to or for any {och preparation,
Levy, or Forces : And that fuch of Our goo Subje€ts,,whol
through Ignomnce have bin mil-nled to con ‘em or fubfcribe A

' to any fuel: Levy,contribution,or afli{lance,;forthwith,upon A

publication of this Our Proclamation, ldefill from continu-

V ingfuch their Contribution or Affillnnce, or giving any

connte'nance to any fuch Levies,,at‘1{heir utmofl; perils. o A
And We dolilcewileh flraitly cha;r‘g‘e and ,con:n'nnnd nswell

all i V

all Sheriffs,l Iutfices ef Pcalces WMa“j.ors,i Bai*liffs,l”l‘ cmsnabl es:-,l
nndl all other 0 hr} Oficers what'f'oev;er,'ll Tlhatthleyl ufe~th«e7iT.r
unnoftjende-avours, gaswell for publiflhing this Our Pr lg§"”“‘

4*‘ matiomasfor theffupprefiing ofall Levies,or Forcesrai ed;

A or tolbe raifed , without or againfl Ourlconfent :, As alfo 
all other Our loving Sub§e&s_,That they be Attending,Aid-‘-

l ~ing,and Ailifling Our faid Offiezcrs and Minifiers therein,
as they , andczvery ofthem will anfwer it at their utmoilj
‘perills. “  A      A A AA A “ ' *

Givm at our court at Yorketlae eigiaieentb dc} ofjune,

in like eighteen!/Jyecrc é}°0#r Ii;-ignar 64.2.

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     irflrprinted at Tor(e,,And now 1*eprin-

ted at Londwz by E. G. for L. C. 1 642.

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