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<HEAD>A DECLARATION of the Officers and Souldiers under the Com|mand of Colonell <HI>Twi&s;leton,</HI> Governor of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Denbigh</HI> in <HI>Wales.</HI></HEAD>
<P>KNowing the di&s;tempers that are already and the practi&s;es of our Enemies, both &s;ecret and open to di&s;trube the peace of the Kingdome, thereby to &s;uppre&s;&s;e the Authority of Parliament, and in it to invade and de&s;troy all that is deare unto us, our Religion, Lawes, and Liberty, and in&s;tead thereof to bring a Tyranny under the pretence of the Kings rights, and taking notice to the great griefe of our hearts, how many Per|&s;ons and Countries haue beene by their In&s;inuations and pre|tences drawne into a &s;econd Ingagement again&s;t the Parliament and their Army; We doe therefore out of the &s;ence of our du|ty to God, the Kingdome and Parliament, unanimou&s;ly declare as well for the &s;atisfaction of each other, as others that are true friends to the Parliament and Kingdome, that we will according to our Nationall Oath and Covenant which we have Solemnly taken in our places and callings, and to the utmo&s;t of our power defend and maintaine this Hold and Garri&s;on of <HI>Denbigh</HI> and each other in pur&s;uance thereof, under the command of the pre&s;ent Governour Colonell <HI>George Twi&s;leton,</HI> again&s;t any power what&s;oever that is not derived by Commi&s;&s;ion from his Excel|lency the Lord <HI>Fairfax</HI> and the Parliament to demand the &s;ame, and will neither for feare nor favour de&s;ert this our duty, nor in the di&s;charge thereof de&s;ert nor for&s;ake each other, in the performance of all mutuall duties proper to our places, in which no extremity what&s;oever by Gods a&s;&s;i&s;tance &s;hall make us un|faithfull or incon&s;tant in our re&s;olutions or meanes to di&s;cover them, &s;o to bring them to condigne puni&s;hment, which ba&s;ene&s;&s;e or Treachery we abhor the very thoughts of, and this Declarati|on as we make it freely from our hearts, &s;o we as freely &s;ub&s;cribe it under our hands.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Denbigh</HI> <DATE>this 12. of <HI>June,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>George Twi&s;leton. &amp;c.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London Printed for <HI>John Wright,</HI> at the Kings-Head in the Old-Bayley, 1648.</P>
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