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<P>THE RESOLVTION OF HIS EXCELLENCE THE EARLE OF ESSEX.</P>
<P>LORD GENERALL OF THE Forces, now Rai&s;ed for the Defence of the King, Parliament, and Kingdome.</P>
<P>Together with the <HI>Parliaments</HI> Re&s;olution Con|cerning the &s;aid Earl of <HI>ESSEX.</HI></P>
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<P>Ordered, that this be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ing. Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>July</HI> 28. Printed for <HI>J. Wels,</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>THE RESOLVTION <HI>OF HIS Excellence the Earle of</HI> E&s;&s;ex, <HI>Lord Ge|nerall of the Forces now rai&s;ed for the Defence of the King and Kingdome.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_THe Earl of <HI>E&s;sex</HI> be|ing a member of the High Court of <HI>Parliament,</HI> and a Gentleman e|qually Endowed with Vertue, and with Honour, Gifts which few great men are po&s;&s;e&s;t of in the&s;e Dayes, for the which Vertues, each greedy Eye with Love and Awfull Reverence be|holds
<PB REF="3">him, extolling his ju&s;t merit a|bove an u&s;uall picth, to Excellency.</P>
<P>For &s;uch his Stile is now, being made by the High Court of <HI>Parliament,</HI> Lord Generall of the Forces now rai&s;ed for the defence of the King, Parliament, and Kingdom.</P>
<P>By who&s;e appointment on Tue&s;day, being the 27 of <HI>July,</HI> His Excellence appeared in the New Artillery ground, betwixt two and three of the clock in the afternoon.</P>
<P>Where he was attended on by many thou&s;ands that came to behold and ex|toll him, and to enter them&s;elves <HI>Volun|teers</HI> under his Command.</P>
<P>Which multitudes with &s;houts and joyfull Acclamations entertained him (no doubt) to the great Comfort and Encouragement of the &s;aid Earl, and all the Well wi&s;hers to the peace of the Kingdom,</P>
<P>His Excellence having received &s;uch encouragement, he was plea&s;ed to adde &s;omething to encrea&s;e their Joy.</P>
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<P> When the &s;houts and acclamations were cea&s;ed, his <HI>Excellence</HI> was plea&s;ed to Declare his Re&s;olution, to the end, he might &s;atisfie tho&s;e that came with a De&s;ire to be Re&s;olved of their doubts, and encourage tho&s;e, that were there a&s;|&s;embled and Re&s;olved to &s;erve under him <HI>for the Defence of the King, Parlia|ment, and Kingdome.</HI></P>
<P>The manner and form was as fol|loweth.</P>
<P>To tho&s;e that with a longing and earne&s;t De&s;ire pre&s;t to behold him, that was ordained to be the In&s;trument of their pre&s;ervation.</P>
<P>His Excellence gave admini&s;tred con|&s;olation, &s;aying unto them;</P>
<P><HI>Friends, be of good comfort, tru&s;t in God for if God be on your &s;ide, who can bee again&s;t you.</HI></P>
<P>His <HI>Excellence</HI> is to march in any part of this Kingdome by the direction and Authority of <HI>Parliaments.</HI></P>
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<P> But to tho&s;e that were a&s;&s;embled as <HI>Volunteers,</HI> he gave Encouragement, De|claring the Ju&s;tice of the Cau&s;e, the maintainance of Religion, the prote|ction of the King, the Liberty of the Subject, and the Priviledges of <HI>Parlia|ment.</HI></P>
<P>In the ju&s;t defence of which, he De|clared, that he was Re&s;olved to &s;pend his deare&s;t blood, hoping withall to find their ready Concurrence, and A&s;&s;i|&s;tance.</P>
<P>Promi&s;ing by his Honour, That hee would equally undergo all hazzard, and Danger in the Defence of tht &s;ame with them.</P>
<P>And as touching the Propo&s;itions for pay, he likewi&s;e promi&s;ed, that they &s;hould have due &s;atisfaction, according to the Propo&s;itions propounded, and if he received more, they &s;hould have more.</P>
<P>The High Court of Parliament be|ing Re&s;olved to reward every man
<PB REF="4">with a ju&s;t Guerdon that &s;hall any way be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting in &s;o acceptable a &s;ervice.</P>
<P>On Saturday la&s;t, it plea&s;ed Almighty God to give a &s;hew unto us of our revi|ving hopes, in that we did behold &s;ome of tho&s;e blood-thir&s;ty Per&s;ecutors taken and delivered up into the hands of Iu|&s;tice.</P>
<P>For after their cruel per&s;ecution, when they had &s;uckt their fill of Prote&s;tant blood, &s;ome of them were taken to their own Confu&s;ion.</P>
<P>This is the manner and meanes of their apprehen&s;ion.</P>
<P>They were gathered together in a great multitude about the City of <HI>Dub|lin,</HI> and in this their mutinous pro|gre&s;&s;e were intended to fire all the &s;mal and &s;cattering Hou&s;es about the City, &s;uppo&s;ing that they might by that means &s;urprize and invade the whole City. Notice whereof was given to the forces vvithin the City, which lay in a readine&s;&s;e, alwayes expecting an occa&s;ion for their &s;ervice.</P>
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<P> And now when they &s;aw their op|portunity, they i&s;&s;ued forth of the City in a full Body, and gave them an Encoun|ter, which was &s;o fierce, that the Rebels could not endure the heat of the Com|bate, and among&s;t the &s;laughtered bodies the&s;e nine per&s;ons were taken Pri&s;oners, which for a while were kept in cu&s;tody, but of late were &s;ent over to be adjudg|ed and determined of by the Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament,</HI> and on Saturday la&s;t, were brought to <HI>London,</HI> and are at this time pri&s;oners in <HI>New-Gate.</HI></P>
<P>The Lords and Commons do al&s;o Declare, that they will live and dy with the afore&s;aid Earl of <HI>E&s;sex,</HI> whom they have nominated Generall in this cau&s;e.</P>
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<P>Ordered that this bee printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ing Cler. Parl. D. Com</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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