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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Jovis</HI> 6. <HI>October.</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>A DECLARATION OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN <HI>PARLIAMENT:</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">In Commendation of the Inhabitants of the Towne of <HI>Manche&s;ter,</HI> for their valiant re&s;i&s;ting the late Lord <HI>Strange,</HI> and now Earle of <HI>Darbie;</HI> And to incourage them in their valour which they have &s;hewed for their owne defence, and to endeavour to &s;uppre&s;&s;e or apprehend the &s;aid Earle, or any his Complices, a&s;&s;uring them of allowance and payment for all Disbur&s;ements or Lo&s;&s;es in that Service.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>John Browne Clerk Parliament.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas upon credible Information made unto this Hou&s;e, That <HI>James</HI> late Lord <HI>Strange,</HI> and now Earl of <HI>Darby,</HI> heretofore impeached in the name of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons,</HI> and of all the Commons of <HI>England,</HI> by the name of <HI>James</HI> Lord <HI>Strange,</HI> for high Trea&s;on, Hath in pur&s;uance of his Trayte|rous Actions, procured divers Papi&s;ts, and other ill-affected Per&s;ons, in a ho&s;tile, and Rebellious manner, with Gunnes and other warlick weapons, to make warre upon his Maje&s;ties Subjects in the Town of <HI>Manche&s;ter,</HI> in the County Palatine of <HI>Lan|ca&s;ter,</HI> and have killed and murthered divers in that Town, and hath rob'd and &s;poiled di|vers others of his Maje&s;ties good Subjects inhabiting neer the &s;ame; The Inhabitants whereof with the Chri&s;tian aid and help of divers well affected Gentlemen, and others of that County, have valiantly re&s;i&s;ted the &s;aid Earl, and his Complices, and hath thereunto bravely defended them&s;elves and the Town; It is thereupon ordered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That &s;uch Gentlemen, and others, of his Maje&s;ties good Subjects who hath already hazarded their lives, and &s;pent of their e&s;tates, and all &s;uch others as &s;hall hereafter, either with their per&s;ons, or pur&s;es, give aid unto the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Town of <HI>Manche&s;ter,</HI> for their defence, and &s;hall endeavour to &s;uppre&s;&s;e or apprehend the &s;aid Earl, or any of his Complices, &s;hall have allowance, and payment made of all &s;uch Moneys or other Charge, which they &s;hall expend or disbur&s;e in that Service, upon Account made unto the Hou&s;e of Commons: And &s;uch their Actions, and endea|vours, are declared to be a Service both agreeable unto the Law of the Land, acceptable to both Hou&s;es of Parliament; and beneficiall to the Common-wealth.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Brown Cler. Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>Tho. &V;nderhill,</HI> at the Bible in Wood-&s;treet. 1642.</P>
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