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<HEAD>HIS MAIESTIES LETTER TO THE MAIOR OF <HI>King&s;ton</HI> upon <HI>Hull,</HI> <DATE>25. of <HI>Aprill.</HI> 1642</DATE></HEAD>
<P><HI>To Our tru&s;ty and welbeloved, the Major, Aldermen, and Burge&s;&s;es of Our Towne and Port of King&s;ton upon Hull.</HI></P>
<P>_TRu&s;ty and welbeloved, Wee greet you well, Whereas Wee have beene long &s;en&s;ible of the ju&s;t Complaints and great Burdens of Our Subjects in the&s;e Northern parts, by occa&s;ion of the Garri&s;on in our Town of <HI>Hull;</HI> And whereas We were upon Friday the 22. of this Moneth petitioned by divers of the Gentry, and others, Inhabitants of this County, That the Munition at <HI>Hull</HI> might remaine in the Magazin there, for the &s;ecurity of Our Per&s;on, and of all the&s;e Northern parts, their Feare, being much grounded upon the Par|liaments Relations of forreign Inva&s;ions: Vpon which, the more to expre&s;&s;e Our care of Our peoples &s;afe|ty, We did our Selfe go in Per&s;on to that Our Town, that upon Our own view, We might con&s;ult what proportion of it might be fily removed upon any pre&s;&s;ing Occa&s;ion, having a re&s;pect to the promi&s;ed &s;up|ply for <HI>Scotland,</HI> the nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e of Arms for <HI>Ireland,</HI> as well as for the &s;afeguard and &s;atisfaction of the&s;e Northern parts: But much contrary to Our expectation, and the Duty and Allegiance of Our Subjects, We found the Gates of that Our Town &s;hut, and the Bridges drawn up again&s;t Vs; and though We came in a peaceable way, repo&s;ing the greate&s;t Confidence in the Loveand Loyalty of our People, by offering (as We did) to put Our own Per&s;on, and Our two Sons, but with twenty Hor&s;e, into that Town, there being in it a Garri&s;on of about eight hundred &s;ouldiers; Yet We were not onely denied entrance, but in a warlike manner oppo&s;ed by <HI>Sir Iohn Hotham,</HI> the armed men being placed in all the Ports, and about all the Walls of the Town, alleadging(though fal&s;ly) for his excu&s;e, The Command of the Parliament, and being pre&s;|&s;ed by Vs to &s;hew &s;uch an Order in writing, he could not do it; for We were ever very confident that there was never any publike Order of theirs, that could &s;o much as imply a denyall to Our admi&s;&s;ion; We know|ing well enough, that he was entru&s;ted by them for a Guard and Security of that place again&s;t forreign E|nemies, or tho&s;e at home who are di&s;-affected in Religion, and not again&s;t His naturall Soveraign, which ho&s;tile Oppo&s;ition and adtuall Levying of War again&s;t Our Per&s;on, being by the Statute of 25 <HI>Ed. 3.</HI> enacted High Trea&s;on: Which Statute con&s;idered, and that for the avoyding of all lealou&s;ies, as We have &s;aid, Wee were content to have been admitted with &s;o very &s;mall a number in our Company, We were thereupon con&s;trained to proclaim the &s;aid &s;ir <HI>Iohn Hotham,</HI> and all tho&s;e that &s;hould adhere to, or a&s;&s;i&s;t him, Traytors. Of all which above&s;aid pa&s;&s;ages, We have acquainted Our Parliament, demanding lu&s;tice to be done upon him, that they might thereby have oportunity to vindicate the imputation laid on them by &s;ir <HI>Iohn Hotham,</HI> and Wethe ea&s;ier way to cha&s;tize, according to the Law, &s;o high a Trea&s;on. And le&s;t a mi&s;under&s;tanding of Our Intentions, or of the Law may mi&s;guide any of Our loyall and wel-affected Subjects, the Inhabi|tants, Captains, Officers, or &s;ouldiers in that Town, We have thought fit to commend to your Con&s;idera|tion the aforenamed &s;tatute, with that of the 11. of <HI>Hen. 7. Cha. 1</HI></P>
<P>Wherein it is dec<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ared, by the unanimous A&s;&s;ent of Parliament, <HI>That the Subjects of this Realme are bound, by the Duty of Allegiance, to &s;erve the King for. the time being, for the defence of His Per&s;on and the Land, again&s;t every Rebellion, Might, or Power rai&s;ed again&s;t Him, and with His Maje&s;ty to ente, or abide in Service in Battell, if cau&s;e &s;o require.</HI> And it was therefore then enacted, <HI>That from thenceforth no per&s;on what&s;oever that &s;hall attend upon the King, or be in place, by His command within or without the Land That for the &s;ame deed and true &s;ervice of Allegiance, he, and they be no wayes attaint or convict of high Trea&s;on, or of other Offences for that Cau&s;e, by any Proce&s;&s;e of Law, whereby he, or any of them &s;hall lo&s;e or forfeit Lives, Lands, Tenements, Goods or any thing; but be for that Deed and Service utterly discharged of any vexation, trouble, or lo&s;&s;e; And if any Act or Acts, or other Proce&s;&s;e of Law thereupon for the &s;ame happen to be made contrary to this Ordinance, that then that Act or Acts, or other Proce&s;&s;e of the Law what&s;oever they &s;hall be, &s;tand and be utterly void.</HI></P>
<P>All which, together with the Copies of Our Me&s;&s;age and Petition (which We &s;end here inclo&s;ed) We require you to publi&s;h to the Inhabitants, and all &s;uch Commanders and Souldiers as will heare them: That knowing both the Perill of the Law on the one &s;ide, and the &s;ecurity of &s;uch as &s;hall adhere to Vs on the other, they be not mi&s;led (through ignorance)to decline their Allegiance; and that the Soul|diers may lay down their Arms, and admit Our entrance in a peaceable way. In &s;o doing, you &s;hall both di&s;charge your duties, and tho&s;e that &s;hall have need, be a&s;&s;ured to finde (upon &s;uch their &s;ubmi&s;ion) Our ready Mercy and Pardon. And We doe likewi&s;er require, and charge all you, the Inhabitants (as well Souldiers as others) upon your Allegiance, Thatyou permit not any part of our Magazin or Munition to be removed or tran&s;ported out of that Town under any pretence of Order or Power what&s;oever, without our Royall A&s;&s;ent in writing under Our Hand. A&s;&s;uring you, That it will be much more plea|&s;ing to Vs to have Occa&s;ion admini&s;tred by the Fidelity of the Inhabitants to enlarge tho&s;e Graces and Immunities granted to that Town by Our predece&s;&s;ors, then to have any occa&s;ion to que&s;tion your Charter.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Yorke,</HI> <DATE>the 25 of April, <HI>1642</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at <HI>Yorke,</HI> and now re-Imprinted in <HI>London.</HI></P>
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