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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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A NEW DECLARATION of the Lords and Commons in Parlia|liament a&s;&s;embled, in an&s;wer to his Maje&s;ties Let|ter to the Lord Major and the Court of Alder|men of the City of London, and concerning his De|claration to the County of Yorke at Heyworth Moore by His la&s;t &s;peciall Summonds, <HI>Luna</HI> 20. day of <HI>Junae,</HI> 1642.</P>
<P><HI>Ordered by the Lords in Parliament that this Declaration be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed,</HI> Joh: Brown Cler. Parl.</P>
<P>With a Letter from the Lord <HI>Paget,</HI> Lord Lievtenant of the County of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> to the Earle of <HI>Holland,</HI> &s;hewing the readine&s;&s;e of that County to obey the Ordinance of Parliament touching the <HI>Militia And the examination of the Lord</HI> Mag|wire, <HI>Colonell</HI> Read, <HI>Cou&s;in-germane to</HI> Tyrone, <HI>Capt.</HI> Mac Mallion, <HI>Brother-in-Law to</HI> Philomy O-neale, <HI>the Relation being truly taken from their owne mouths word for word as followeth, before a Commitee of both Hou&s;es in the Court of Wards on</HI> Munday <HI>the</HI> 21. <HI>of</HI> June, 1642.</P>
<P>London Printed for <HI>W. Gay.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>A Declaration of the Lords and Commons concerning a Paper directed by his MAIESTY to the Lord MAIOR and Sheriffs of <HI>London,</HI> Dated <HI>Iune</HI> fourteenth, 1642.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas in a paper in&s;cribed to our tru&s;ty and well-be|loved the Lord MAIOR, <HI>Aldermen</HI> and <HI>Sheriffs</HI> of the City of <HI>London,</HI> dated the fourteenth of <HI>June</HI> 1642. It is affirmed that great labour is u&s;ed to per&s;wade his MAJESTIES Subjects to rai&s;e Hor&s;e and to fur|ni&s;h money upon pretence of a Guard for the Parlia|ment, but in truth to bee imployed again&s;t his MAJESTY, The Lords and Common doe declare that the de&s;igne of tho&s;e Propo&s;itions is, as was formerly declared, to maintaine the Prote&s;tant Religion, the KINGS Authority and Per&s;on in his Royall Dignity, the free cour&s;e of Ju&s;tice, the Lawes of the Land, the Peace of the Kingdome and pri|viledges of Parliament, again&s;t any force which &s;hall oppo&s;e them. And they doe further declare, that as the forces already attending his MA|IESTY and the preparation which his MAIESTY is now making of Armes, Hor&s;e and Ordinance from within his Kingdome and
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without, at fir&s;t coloured under the pretence of a Guard, doe evidently appeare to be intended for &s;ome great and extraordinary De&s;igne, &s;o they give ju&s;t cau&s;e of feare and jealou&s;y to the Parliament. And doe fully ju&s;tify tho&s;e Votes of the KINGS intention of levying Warre again&s;t the Parliament, to be altogether free from any imputation of &s;candall as is injuriou&s;ly ca&s;t upon them by that paper; For &s;o long as his MAIESTY &s;hall continue tho&s;e levies and preparation. The Lords and Commons in Parliament, having been &s;o often threatned and revi|led for their proceedings about <HI>Hull,</HI> and the <HI>Militia,</HI> &s;o nece&s;&s;arily un|dertaken for the good and peace of the Kingdome, they cannot bee &s;e|cured by his MAIESTIES &s;olemne Prote&s;tation alone, expre&s;&s;ed in this and other Declarations, That all his de&s;ires and purpo&s;es are for the publick peace, and that he hath not the lea&s;t thought of u&s;ing force, except he be compelled to it for the defence of his Per&s;on and protecti| of the Lawes, &s;eeing his MAIESTY in a Declaration publi&s;hed at <HI>Hyworth More,</HI> doth interpret the protection of the Lawes in &s;uch a manner as giveth ju&s;t and full occa&s;ion to beleeve, that by protecting the Lawes, his MAIESTY intendeth force upon, or again&s;t tho&s;e who &s;hall &s;ubmit to the Ordinance of the <HI>Militia,</HI> it appeares by di|vers expre&s;&s;ions of his MAIESTY, he hath di&s;covered an intention of making &s;ome attempt upon <HI>Hull.</HI> And becau&s;e in both which ca&s;es they doe declare that what&s;oever violence &s;hall be u&s;ed either again&s;t tho&s;e who exerci&s;e this <HI>Militia,</HI> or again&s;t <HI>Hull,</HI> they cannot but take it as done again&s;t the Parliament.</P>
<P>And whereas the Hou&s;es have upon loane received great &s;ummes of money for the &s;ervice of <HI>Ireland,</HI> from the Companies of the City of <HI>London,</HI> (for which they give them grtat and hearty thankes.) They doe declare that the&s;e &s;ummes &s;hall be di&s;pended as the former have beene to that onely &s;ervice. Notwith&s;tanding an Infinuation laying an a&s;per&s;ion upon them as if they had done otherwi&s;e. Fur|ther, whereas it is declared to the great reproach of the Parliament, that the &s;ummes de&s;ired towards the rai&s;ing of Hor&s;e and Armes is contrived upon generall pretences by &s;ome few Factious per&s;ons we leave it to the World to judge how it is po&s;&s;ible, that Hou&s;es &s;hould have all their members, &s;eeing diver&s;e of them are by his Maje&s;tie &s;ummoned to <HI>Yorke,</HI> and there contrary to the Lawes of the Land;
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and priviledges of Parliament deteined, may be protected from the Ju&s;tice of both Hou&s;es.</P>
<P>And &s;econdly, how that can po&s;&s;ibly be called a Faction which is done by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, the greate&s;t Court of <HI>England,</HI> the mo&s;t faithfull Councell his Maje&s;ty hath. But at &s;uch language as this they wonder not, con&s;idering by what wicked Councell his Maje&s;ties affaires are guided, and by what malignant &s;pirits his Ma|je&s;ties affections to the Parliament of late have been mi&s;-led.</P>
<P>Both Hou&s;es well weighing the premi&s;&s;es doe forbid any Majors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, or other Officers what&s;oever to publi&s;h or &s;pread that paper as they will an&s;wer their contempt to the Parliament. And doe a&s;&s;ure them&s;elves that neither his Maje&s;ties commands nor his threats will withdraw or deterrmen well affected to the publique from doing their duty, in contributing &s;uch money, hor&s;e and plate, as will be nece&s;&s;ary for the pre&s;erving the being of Parliament, the peace of the Kingdome, and tho&s;e other ends before mentioned, for which they are de&s;ired. The dangerous and mi&s;chievous intentions of &s;ome about his Maje&s;tie being &s;uch, that what&s;oever is mo&s;t precious to men of con|&s;cience and honour, as religion, liberty, and publique &s;afety, are like to be overwhelmed and lo&s;t in the generall confu&s;ion and calamity of the Kingdome, which will not only que&s;tion, but overthrow the Charter of the City of <HI>London,</HI> expo&s;e the Citizens, their Wives, and Chil|dren to violence and villany, and leave the wealth of that famous City, as a prey to tho&s;e de&s;perate and nece&s;&s;itous per&s;ons.</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons as they hope by this means tho&s;e horrid Mi&s;chiefs may be prevented: So tho&s;e of the City (which contribute hereunto) whereof none are &s;o mean and ba&s;e, as to de&s;erve the re|proches ca&s;t on them by that paper. And all his Maje&s;ties good Sub|jects may be a&s;&s;ured that in doing their duty herein, they &s;hall be pro|tected and &s;ecured in their per&s;ons, Liberties, and E&s;tates, by the po|wer and authority of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, according to their former ingagements, which they will ever faithfully perform.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>A copy of a Letter &s;ent from the Right Honourable the Lord</HI> Paget, <HI>Lord Lieutenant of the County of</HI> Buckingham, <HI>To the Right Honourable the Earle of</HI> Holland; <HI>&s;hewing the great readine&s;&s;e of that County, to obey the Ordinance of the Parliament touching the</HI> Militia.</HEAD>
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<P>I Have received &s;o great expre&s;&s;ions of my Countreymen of Buck|ingham&s;hire, of their good affections to the Publique, and rea|dy Obedience to the commands of Parliament, in the pre&s;ent Mu&s;ter this day begun for a fourth part of this County, that I held it my duty to make your Lord&s;hip acquainted here with, to the end an account may be given of it to the Parliament, if your Lord&s;hip &s;hall thinke fit.</P>
<P>Ten of my Deputy Lievtenants met me this morning at <HI>Beckonsfield,</HI> where we called over the Traine Band, con&s;i&s;ting but of one hundred and fifty men, who made a very good appearance with their Armes and &s;upplyes, and as full as they have been formerly upon any o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">her &s;ummons. Be&s;ides eight&s;core Volunteers and upwards within this Di|vi&s;ion, pre&s;ented them&s;elves to us very well armed, and exerci&s;ed in two Companies; more in number then the Trained Band; &s;ummoned to this place. I am al&s;o informed of another Company of an hundred and fifty Volunteeres more within this Divi&s;ion, that intend to &s;hew them&s;elves in our way to the next place of meeting, and of another Company of an hundred more, who there intend to meet us, be&s;ides the Trained Band.</P>
<P>This publique te&s;timony of my Countrymens good affections, for the &s;afety of the King and Kingdome, I thought not unfit to make knowne. And re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Beckonsfield</HI> <DATE>23. <HI>May.</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your Lord&s;pips mo&s;t dutifull &s;onne, and humble &s;ervant, WILLIAM PAGET.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Newes from Yorke. WITH HIS MAJESTIES PRO|po&s;itions to the Lords there.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Conceive my Lord of <HI>Lind&s;ey</HI> is Admirall of <HI>England,</HI> and the Lord o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>O<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">mond</HI> Lord Lievtenant of <HI>Ireland.</HI> The King hath this day made diver&s;e Propo&s;itions to the Lords here; As, Fir&s;t, to have the Declaration of both Hou&s;es of the ninth of <HI>May</HI> to be di&s;avowed.</P>
<P>Secondly, to have Ju&s;tice in <HI>Hull</HI> bu&s;ine&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Thirdly, to have the <HI>Militia</HI> declared to be his right.</P>
<P>Fourthly, to have tumults puni&s;hed.</P>
<P>Fiftly, to have the Parliament adjourned to <HI>Oxford, Cambridge, Winche&s;ter, Yorke, Coventry, Bri&s;toll, Nottingham,</HI> or any of tho&s;e places where his Maje&s;ty &s;hall command, and other things which I have not lei&s;ure to adde.</P>
<P>To morrow they meet againe, and I beleeve the maine que&s;tion will be, whether a Declaration &s;hall be made here, or the Lords to agree here, and vote in the Hou&s;e, and in what equipage to goe. Our Court increa&s;eth daily, and we beleeve, notwith&s;tanding the offer of an hundred thou&s;and pound, by the Common Councell, that the King may have as much money from the Citizens as they, and I be|leeve here is ground for &s;uch a conceit. Here is no po&s;&s;ibility for the Kings &s;uddaine remove hence, though &s;ome thinke he may &s;tep hence to <HI>Lincolne,</HI> for three or foure dayes, to &s;ettle that Countrey, but I am not of that opinion,</P>
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<HEAD><HI>The examination of three notorius Rebels before a Committee &s;itting in the Court of</HI> Wards.</HEAD>
<P>THey were brought la&s;t Monday before a Committee of both Hou&s;es, &s;it|ting in the Court of Wards, where when they fir&s;t appeared at their ex|amination before the Committee, they an&s;wered, that they were Recu&s;ants, and being borne and brought up in the &s;ame Religion, which the Catholique Church of <HI>Rome</HI> profe&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">d, they were al&s;o re&s;olved to live and die in the maintenance thereof: renouncing what&s;oever &s;hall be in oppo&s;ition to the &s;ame. And that though the might be &s;uppo&s;ed to be Rebels, and &s;o re|puted, yet they did nothing (as they &s;trongly did a&s;&s;everate) but what the lawfulne&s;&s;e of th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">ir Con&s;ciences did &s;ugge&s;t unto them. Wherepuon it was Ordered by the Hou&s;e, that they &s;hould be committed to &s;trong Cu&s;tody, till the further cen&s;ure of the Hou&s;e.</P>
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