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<HEAD>A DECLARATION OF THE HOVSE OF COMMONS, TOVCHING A LATE BREACH of their Priviledges; And for the Vindication thereof, and of divers Members of the &s;aid Hou&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas the Chambers, Studies, and Trunks, of Ma&s;ter <HI>Denzill Hollis,</HI> Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigg,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>John Pym,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>John Hampden,</HI> and Ma&s;ter <HI>William Strode</HI> E&s;quires, Members of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons,</HI> upon Munday, the 3. of this in&s;tant <HI>January,</HI> by colour of His Maje&s;ties Warrant have been &s;ealed up by Sir <HI>William Killigrew,</HI> &amp; Sir <HI>William Flemen,</HI> and others, which is not only again&s;t the Priviledge of Parliament, but the Common Liberty of every Subject: Which &s;aid Members afterwards, the &s;ame day were under the like colour, by Ser|jeant <HI>Francis,</HI> one of His Maje&s;ties Serjeants at Arms, contrary to all former Pre&s;idents demanded of the Speaker &s;itting in the Hou&s;e of <HI>Com|mons,</HI> to be delivered unto him, that he might Arre&s;t them of high Trea&s;on. And whereas, afterwards the next day His Maje&s;tie in His Royall Per&s;on, came to the &s;aid Hou&s;e attended with a great multitude of men armed in warlike manner, with Halberts, Swords, and Pi&s;tols, who came up to the very doore of the Hou&s;e, and placed them&s;elves there, and in other places, and pa&s;&s;ages neer to the &s;aid Hou&s;e, to the great ter|rour and di&s;turbance of the Members then &s;itting; and according to their duty in a peaceable, and orderly manner, treating of the great affairs of <HI>England,</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI> And his Maje&s;tie having placed him&s;elf in the Speakers Chair, demanded of them the per&s;ons of the &s;aid Members to be delivered unto him, which is a high Breach of the Rights, and Priviledges of Parliament, and Incon&s;i&s;tent with the Liberties, and Freedom thereof. And whereas afterwards his Maje&s;tie did i&s;&s;ue forth &s;everall Warrants to divers Officers, under his own hand, for the apprehen&s;ion of the Per&s;ons of the &s;aid Members, which by Law he cannot do; there being not all this time, any Legall charge or accu&s;ation, or due Proce&s;&s;e of Law i&s;&s;ued again&s;t them, nor any pretence of charge made known to that Hou&s;e; all which are again&s;t the Fundamentall Liberties of the Subject, and the Rights of Parliament. Whereupon we are nece&s;&s;itated, according to our duty, to declare; And we do hereby declare, that if any Per&s;on &s;hall Arre&s;t M. <HI>Hollis,</HI> Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigg,</HI> M. <HI>Pym,</HI> M. <HI>Hampden,</HI> and M. <HI>Strode,</HI> or any of them, or any other Member of Parlia|ment, by pretence or colour of any Warrant i&s;&s;uing out from the King onely, is guiltie of the Breach of the Liberties of the Subject, and of the Priviledge of Parliament, and a publike enemy to the Common-wealth. And that the Arre&s;ting of the &s;aid Members, or any of them, or of any other Member of Parliament, by any Warrant what&s;oever, without a legall Proceeding again&s;t them, and without con&s;ent of that Hou&s;e, whereof &s;uch Per&s;on is a Member, is again&s;t the Libertie of the Subject, and a Breach of Priviledge of Parliament; And the Per&s;on which &s;hall Arre&s;t any of the&s;e Per&s;ons, or any other Member of the Parliament, is declared a publike enemy of the Common-wealth. Notwith&s;tanding all which we think fit, further to declare that we are &s;o farre from any endeavours to protect any of our Members, that &s;hall be in due manner pro&s;ecuted according to the Laws of the Kingdom, and the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament for Trea&s;on, or any other mi&s;demeanours, That none &s;hall be more readie and willing then we our &s;elves, to bring them to a &s;peedy, and due triall, being &s;en&s;ible that it equally imports us, as well to &s;ee ju&s;tice done again&s;t them that are Criminous, as to defend the ju&s;t Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, and Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>And whereas upon &s;everall examinations taken the 7. day of this in&s;tant <HI>January,</HI> before the Committee appointed by the Hou&s;e of Com|mons, to &s;it in <HI>London,</HI> it did fully appear, that many &s;ouldiers, Papi&s;ts, and others, to the number of about 500. came with His Maje&s;tie on Tue&s;day la&s;t, to the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Commons, armed with Swords, Pi&s;tols, and other weapons; and divers of them pre&s;&s;ed to the door of the &s;aid Hou&s;e, thru&s;t away the door Keepers, and placed them&s;elves, between the &s;aid door and the ordinary attendants of hs Maje&s;ty; holding up their Swords, and &s;ome holding up their Pi&s;tols ready cock'd neer the &s;aid door; and &s;aying, I am a good Mark&s;man, I can hit right I war|rant you, and they not &s;uffering the &s;aid door, according to the cu&s;tome of Parliament to be &s;hut, but &s;aid they would have the door open, and if any oppo&s;ition were again&s;t them, they made no que&s;tion, but they &s;hould make their party good, and that they would maintain their par|tie; and when &s;everall Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons were coming into the Hou&s;e, their attendants de&s;iring that Room might be made for them, &s;ome of the &s;aid Souldiers an&s;wered, A Pox of God confound them, and others &s;aid, A Pox take the Hou&s;e of Commons, let them come and be hang'd, what a do is here with the Hou&s;e of Commons, and &s;ome of the &s;aid Souldiers did likewi&s;e violently a&s;&s;ault, and by force di&s;arm &s;ome of the Attendants, and &s;ervants of the Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons, waiting in the Room next the &s;aid Hou&s;e, and upon the Kings return out of the &s;aid Hou&s;e, many of them by wicked oath<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc; and otherwi&s;e, expre&s;&s;ed much di&s;content, that &s;ome Members of the &s;aid Hou&s;e, for whom they came were not there, and others of them <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">id, when comes the word, and no word being given at his Maje&s;ties coming out, they cried a lane, a lane; afterwards &s;ome of them being demanded, what they thought the &s;aid company intended to have done, an&s;wered, That que&s;tionle&s;&s;e in the po&s;ture they were &s;et, if the word had been given, they &s;hould have fallen upon the Hou&s;e of Commons, and have cut all their throats. Upon all which we are of opinion, that it is &s;ufficiently proved, that the coming of the &s;aid Souldiers, Papi&s;ts, and others with his Maje&s;tie to the Hou&s;e of Commons on Tue&s;day la&s;t, being the fourth of this in&s;tant <HI>January,</HI> in the manner afore&s;aid, was to take away &s;ome of the Members of the &s;aid Hou&s;e; and if they &s;hould have found oppo&s;ition, or deniall, then to have fallen upon the &s;aid Hou&s;e in an ho&s;tile manner, And we do hereby declare that the &s;ame was a traiterous de&s;igne again&s;t the King and Parliament. And whereas the &s;aid M. <HI>Hollis,</HI> Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigg,</HI> M. <HI>Pym,</HI> M. <HI>Hampden,</HI> and M. <HI>Strode,</HI> upon report of the coming of the &s;aid Souldiers, Papi&s;ts, and others in the warlike and ho&s;tile manner, afore&s;aid, did with the approbation of the Hou&s;e ab&s;ent them&s;elves from the &s;ervice of the Hou&s;e, for avoiding the great, and many inconveniences, which otherwi&s;e apparantly might have hapned: Since which time a printed paper in the form of a Proclamation, bearing date the &s;ixth day of this in&s;tant <HI>January,</HI> hath i&s;&s;ued out for the apprehending, and impri&s;oning of them, Therein &s;ugge&s;ting that through the con&s;cience of their own guilt, they were ab&s;ent and fled, not willing to &s;ubmit them&s;elver to Ju&s;tice; We do further declare that the &s;aid printed paper is fal&s;e, &s;candalous and illegall, and that notwith&s;tanding the &s;aid printed paper, or any Warrant i&s;&s;ued out, or any other matter; yet appearing again&s;t them or any of them, they may and ought to attend the &s;ervice of the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Com|mons, and the &s;everall Committees now on foot. And that it is lawfull for all per&s;ons what&s;oever to lodge, harbour or conver&s;e with them, or any of them; And who&s;oever &s;hall be que&s;tioned for the &s;ame, &s;hall be under the protection and priviledge of Parliament.</P>
<P>And we do further declare, That the publi&s;hing of &s;everall Articles purporting a form of a charge of high Trea&s;on again&s;t the Lord <HI>Kim|bolton,</HI> one of the Members of the Lords Hou&s;e, and again&s;t the &s;aid M. <HI>Hollis,</HI> Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigg,</HI> M. <HI>Pym,</HI> M. <HI>Hampden,</HI> and M. <HI>Strode,</HI> by Sir <HI>William Killigrew,</HI> Sir <HI>William Flemen,</HI> and others in the Innes of Court, and el&s;ewhere in the Kings Name, was a high Breach of the Pri|viledge of Parliament, a great &s;candall to his Maje&s;tie and his Government: A &s;editious Act manife&s;tly tending to the &s;ubver&s;ion of the Peace of the Kingdom, and an injury, and di&s;honour to the &s;aid Members, there being no legall charge or accu&s;ation again&s;t them.</P>
<P>That the Priviledges of Parliament, and the liberties of the Subject &s;o violated and broken, cannot be fully and &s;ufficiently vindicated, un|le&s;&s;e his <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> will be gratiou&s;ly plea&s;ed, to di&s;cover the names of tho&s;e per&s;ons, who advi&s;ed his Maje&s;ty to i&s;&s;ue out Warrants, for the Sea|ling of the Chambers and Studies of the &s;aid Members, to &s;end a Serjeant at Arms to the Hou&s;e of Commons, to demand their &s;aid Members, to i&s;&s;ue out &s;everall Warrants under his Maje&s;ties own hand, to apprehend the &s;aid Members. His Maje&s;ties coming thither, in his own Roy|all Per&s;on. The publi&s;hing of the &s;aid Articles, and printed Paper in the form of a Proclamation again&s;t the &s;aid Members, in &s;uch manner as is before declared; To the end that &s;uch per&s;ons may receive condigne puni&s;hment.</P>
<P>And this Hou&s;e doth further declare, That all &s;uch per&s;ons as have given any Councell, or endeavoured to &s;et or maintain divi&s;ion or di&s;like, between the King and Parliament, or have listed their names, or otherwi&s;e entred into any combination or agreement, to be ayding, or a&s;si&s;ting, to any &s;uch councell or endeavour, or have per&s;waded any other &s;o to do, or that &s;hall do any the things above mentioned; And &s;hall not forthwith di&s;cover the &s;ame to either Hou&s;e of Parliament: Or the Speaker of either of the &s;aid Hou&s;es re&s;pectively, and di&s;claim it, are declared publike enemies of the State and Peace of this Kingdome, and &s;hall be inquired of, and proceeded again&s;t accordingly.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae 17. Januarii. 1641.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>It is this day ordered, By the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this Declaration &s;hall be forthwith publi&s;hed in Print.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ing. Cler. Parl. Do. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Io&s;eph Hun&s;cott.</HI> 1642.</P>
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