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<HEAD>A DECLARATION OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons taking into con&s;idera|tion the mi&s;erable di&s;tractions and calamities with which this whole Kingdome and Nation is now infe&s;ted, the face and cruell effects of an unnaturall civill Warre, being too vi&s;ible, and apparent in all the parts thereof, and the power of the Sword &s;o prevailing, as that the pub|lique Iu&s;tice of the Kingdome cannot be expe|cted to be admini&s;tred in a ju&s;t and indifferent way, but that the Iudges and Mini&s;ters thereof may be terrified, and awed by the power of Armed men; And al&s;o for preventing of inconvenien|ces, which may happen by a&s;&s;emblies of multitudes of people, in the&s;e times of &s;uch mi&s;erable di&s;tractions; Have thought fit to order, and the &s;aid Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;em|bled doe Ordaine and Declare, That the &s;everall Iudges and Iu&s;tices of the A&s;&s;ize, and <HI>Ni&s;i-prius</HI> and Iu&s;tices of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> and Goale-delivery, and their A&s;&s;ociates, and the Clerkes of A&s;&s;ize, and every of them, of or within any the Coun|ties or Cities of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> doe forbeare to execute any the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions, or to hold or keepe any A&s;&s;izes or Goale-delivery, at any time during this Summer vacation; Or to i&s;&s;ue any Warrant for &s;ummoning the A&s;&s;izes, within any County in which they &s;hall be appointed Iudges or Iu&s;tices; And if they have already i&s;&s;ued any, that they forthwith revoke, and recall the &s;ame; And herein their ready and perfect obedience is expected and required, as they will an&s;wer the contempt and neglect hereof before the Lords and Commons in Parliament.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 10 Julii. 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Declaration &s;hall be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Wright,</HI> in the Old baily, 11 <HI>July.</HI> 1643.</P>
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