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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>20 <HI>Junii,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD> SEVERAL VOTES OF The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, Concerning &s;uch as take up Arms again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> or a&s;si&s;t in &s;uch a WAR.</HEAD>
<P>VVHereas the Lords and Commons in <HI>Parliament</HI> a&s;&s;embled did upon the Twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> 1642. for
<PB N="4" REF="3"> the preventing of the late VVar, pa&s;s the&s;e three Votes:
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<ITEM>I. That it appears, That the King (&s;educed by wicked Coun&s;el) intends to make War again&s;t the Parliament, who in all their Con&s;ultations and Actions, have propo&s;ed no other end unto them|&s;elves, but the care of the Kingdoms, and the performance of all Duty and Loyalty to His Per&s;on.</ITEM>
<ITEM>II. That when&s;oever the King maketh War upon the Parliament, it is a Breach of the Tru&s;t repo&s;ed in Him by His People, contrary to His Oath, and tending to the Di&s;&s;olution of this Government.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>III. That who&s;oever &s;hall &s;erve or a&s;|&s;i&s;t Him in &s;uch Wars, are Traytors, by the Fundamental Laws of this Kingdom, and have been &s;o adjudged by two Acts of Parliament, and ought to &s;uffer as Traytors, <HI>11 Richard. 2. 1 Hen. 4.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>And whereas there are now at this time divers per&s;ons in Arms, who endeavor to rai&s;e war again&s;t the Par|liament; The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, for better enforming of the Subjects of this Kingdom in their Duty, do now at this time Declare, That it doth ap|pear, That divers who have a&s;|&s;i&s;ted the King in the late war a|gain&s;t
<PB N="6" REF="4"> the Parliament, as al&s;o di|vers others do endeavor to &s;educe the people, and do actually Levy VVar again&s;t the Parliament.</P>
<P>That who&s;oever &s;hall make war again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> or a&s;si&s;t in &s;uch war, are Traytors, by the Fundamental Laws of this Kingdom, and have been &s;o ad|judged by two Acts of Parliament, and ought to &s;uffer as Traytors, 11 <HI>Ric. 2. 1 Hen.</HI> 4.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>20 <HI>Junii,</HI> 1648.</HEAD>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the&s;e Votes be forthwith Printed, and Publi&s;hed by the Sheriffs in every Market Town in &s;everal Counties, at the next Market days after the receipt hereof; And that the Judges do deliver them in their &s;e|veral Circuits.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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