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<P>A DECLARATION OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, Concerning an in&s;olent Letter &s;ent to M^r. CLARKE at <HI>Craughton</HI> neere <HI>Brackley</HI> in <HI>Northampton&s;hire;</HI> From Sir JOHN BIRON Knight, &s;ince the Inhabitants of that County apprehended divers Rebels under his command; as he with them and many Troops of Hor&s;e, in a warlike and trayterous manner marcht toward <HI>Oxford,</HI> to the great terror and aff<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ightment of His Maje&s;ties good Subjects in tho&s;e parts.</P>
<P>Whereunto is annexed a Coppy of the &s;aid LETTER.</P>
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<P>13. Septemb. 1642.</P>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Declaration and Letter &s;hall be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI> J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>J. Wright.</HI> 14. Septemb. 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION Of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas Sir <HI>Iohn Biron</HI> Knight, upon the 28 of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> la&s;t with divers Troopes of Hor&s;e in a Traiter|ous and warlike manner, did march into the County of <HI>Nor|thampton,</HI> with an intention to kill, rob, and &s;poyle his Maje&s;ties Subjects in that and other Counties, to the great terror and afright|ment of the Inhabitants of tho&s;e parts; wher|upon divers of His Maje&s;ties loyall and well affected Subjects of the &s;aid County, accor|ding to their duty did a&s;&s;emble them&s;elves to|gether, and pur&s;ue the &s;aid Traytors, and Rebells, and apprehended divers of them,
<PB REF="3"> and routed the re&s;t, whereby their Trayter|ous de&s;ignes were for that time prevented; Since which time the remainder of tho&s;e Troopes that e&s;caped, joyned againe in a bo|dy, and in manner as before, forcibly entred the City of <HI>Oxford,</HI> and plundered, robbed, and &s;poyled, his Maje&s;ties faithfull Subjects there, and forced divers to leave their owne habitations, and to fly el&s;ewhere for protecti|on from their fury. And whereas the Lords and Commons, have beene &s;ince informed, That the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iohn Biron,</HI> the head and ring|leader of tho&s;e Traytors, in a pre&s;umptuous and in&s;olent way, wrote a Letter to one Ma&s;ter <HI>Clarke</HI> of <HI>Craughton</HI> a Gentleman of quality in the &s;aid County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> a Coppy whereof is hereunto annexed, whereby mo&s;t fal&s;ely and impudently he pre&s;umes to &s;tile the faithfull, and dutyfull &s;ervice of His Maje&s;ties good Subjects in apprehending and cha&s;ing the &s;aid Rebells by the name of trea|chery and rebellion, indeavouring to trans|fer that odious crime and title due unto him|&s;elfe to them, and u&s;ing divers menacing &s;peeches again&s;t Ma&s;ter <HI>Clarke,</HI> and others,
<PB REF="3"> thereby as much as in him lyeth to dete<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> Maje&s;ties good Subjects from re&s;i&s;ting him and his a&s;&s;ociate<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> in their Traiterous at|tempts.</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons taking the &s;ame into their con&s;ideration, do declare that the A&s;&s;embling together of the &s;aid Inhabitants of the County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> and their pur|&s;uing, apprehending, and cha&s;ing the &s;aid Re|bells, was according to the Lawes of the Land and the duty they and all good Subjects owe to the King and Commonwealth, and their &s;ervice very acceptable to both Hou&s;es of Par|liament, who will take them and all others that &s;hall follow their good examples into their care and protection.</P>
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<HEAD>To M. Clarke at Craughton neere Brackley in Northampton&s;hire.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_IN my way to <HI>Oxford,</HI> I made &s;ome &s;tay at <HI>Brack|ley</HI> to refre&s;h my &s;elfe, and my Hor&s;es, after a long march, where I was unex|pectedly a&s;&s;aulted by &s;undry Troops of re|bels that came (as I am &s;ince informed) from <HI>Northampton,</HI> and the adjoyning places, and withall mo&s;t treacherou&s;ly &s;et upon by the towne of <HI>Brackley,</HI> &s;o that I was forced to make a &s;peedy retreate to the Heath to re&s;ist them, had they had the cou|rage to come forth of the towne. In this confu&s;ion one of my Groomes who had
<PB REF="4"> charge of my baggage was &s;urprized in the towne, another who had a Box, wherein was money, apparrell, and other things of valew, left it in a land of &s;tanding Corne, which &s;ince hath been found, and as I heare brought to you; I have therefore &s;ent this Me&s;&s;enger to require the restitution of it; which if you doe, I &s;hall repre&s;ent it to His Maje&s;ty, as an acceptable &s;ervice, if not, a&s;&s;ure your &s;elfe I will finde a time to repay my &s;elfe with advantage out of your estate; And con&s;ider, that as rebellion is a weed of a ha&s;ty growth, &s;o it will decay as &s;uddenly; and that there will be a time for the Kings loyall Subjects to repaire their lo&s;&s;es &s;u&s;tai|ned by rebels and traytors; So I re&s;t in ex|pectation of a &s;peedy an&s;wer by this bearer,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Oxford, <DATE>2. Sep. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your friend and &s;ervant, Iohn Biron.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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