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<P>HIS MAIESTIES PROPOSITIONS To the Lords at Yorke.</P>
<P>Al&s;o Propo&s;ition made by both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT. to the Kings MAIESTIE The Declaration of both hou&s;es of Parliament to his Maie&s;ty concerning the <HI>Militia. Iune</HI> 20.</P>
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<P>And now Printed by Order, with the former faults amended.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;yng. Cler. Par. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Likewi&s;e the <HI>Lord Pagets</HI> Letter to the Honorable Hou&s;e of <HI>PARLIAMENT.</HI></P>
<P>The Earle of <HI>Bristole</HI> Speech in <HI>the</HI> High Courte of parliament.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed <HI>Iune</HI> the 20. for <HI>William Gey</HI> 1642.</P>
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<P>_YOur Maje&s;ties mo&s;t humble and faithfull Subjects, the Lords nd Commons in Parliament, having nothing in their thoughts and de&s;ires more precious, and of higher e&s;teem (next to the ho|nor and immediate &s;ervice of God) then the ju&s;t and faithfull performance of their dutie to your Maie&s;ty and this Kingdome; And being very &s;en&s;ible of the great di&s;tractions, and di&s;tem|pers and of the imminent dangers and calamities which tho&s;e di&s;tractions, and di&s;tempers are like to bring upon your Maie&s;ty and your Subiects, all which have proceeded from the &s;ubtill in&s;inuations, mi&s;chievous practices, and evill Coun&s;els of men di&s;affected to Gods true Religion, your Maie&s;ties honour and &s;afety, and the publike peace and pro&s;peritie of your people. After a &s;erious ob&s;er|vation of the cau&s;es of tho&s;e mi&s;chiefes, doe in all humilitie and &s;incerity pre&s;ent to your Maie&s;tie their mo&s;t dutifull Petition and advi&s;e, that out of your Princely wi&s;dome, for the e&s;tabli&s;hing your owne honor and &s;afety, and gracious tenderne&s;&s;e of the welfare of your Subiects and Dominions, you will be plea&s;ed to grant and accept the&s;e their humble de&s;ires and propo&s;itions, as the mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary effectuall meanes, through Gods ble&s;&s;ing, of removing tho&s;e jealou&s;ies and differences which have unhappily fallen betwixt you and your people and procuring both your Maie|&s;ty and them a con&s;tant cour&s;e of honour, peace, and happine&s;&s;e.</P>
<P N="1">1. That the Lords and other of your Maie&s;ties Privy Coun&s;ell, and &s;uch great Officers and Mini&s;ters of State, either at home or beyond the Seas, may be put from your Privy Councell, and from tho&s;e Offices and imployments, excepting &s;uch as &s;hall be approved of by both hou&s;es of Parliament. And that the per&s;ons put in|to the places and imployments of tho&s;e that are removed, may be approved of by both Hou&s;es of Parliament. And that all Privie Coun&s;ellors &s;hall take an Oath for the due execution of their places, in &s;uch forme as &s;hall bee agreed upon by both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<P N="2">2. That the great affaires of this Kingdome may not be concluded or tran&s;acted by the advice of private men, or by any unknowne, or un&s;worne Coun&s;ellours; but that &s;uch matters as concern the publique, and are proper for the high Court of Parliament, which is your Maie&s;ties great and &s;upreame Coun&s;ell, may be de|bated, re&s;olved, and tran&s;acted onely in Parliament, and not el&s;ewhere; And &s;uch as &s;hall pre&s;ume to doe any thing to the contrary, &s;hall be re&s;erved to the cen&s;ure and judgement of Parliament; and &s;uch other matters of State as are proper for your Maie&s;ties privie Coun&s;ell, &s;hall be debated and concluded by &s;uch of the No|bilitie and others as &s;hall from time to time be cho&s;en for that place by approbati|on of both Hou&s;es of Parliament; And that no publique Act concerning the af|faires of the Kingdome, which are proper for your privy Coun&s;ell, may be e&s;tee|med of any validitie as proceeding from the royall Authoritie, unle&s;&s;e it bee done
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by the advice and con&s;ent of the major part of your Councell atte&s;ted, under their hands. And that your Councell may be limited to a certaine number, not excee|ding twenty-five, nor under fifteene. And if any Councellors place happen to bee voyd in the Intervals of Parliament, it &s;hall not bee &s;upplyed without the a&s;&s;ent of the major part of the Councell, which choyce &s;hall be confirmed at the next &s;itting of the Parliament, or el&s;e to be voide.</P>
<P N="3">3. That the Lord high Steward of <HI>England,</HI> Lord high Con&s;table, Lord Chaun|cellor, or Lord Keeper of the great Seale, Lord Trea&s;urer, Lord Privie Seale, Earle Mar&s;hall, Lord Admirall, Warden of the Cinque Ports, chiefe Governour of <HI>Ire|land,</HI> Chancellour of the <HI>Exchequer,</HI> Ma&s;ter of the Wards, Secretaries of State, two chiefe Ju&s;tices and chiefe Barons, may alwaies be cho&s;en with the approbation of both Hou&s;es of Parliament: And in the Intervalles of Parliament by a&s;&s;ent of the the Major part of the Councell, in &s;uch manner as is before expre&s;t in the choice of Councellors.</P>
<P N="4">4. That hee or they unto whom the Governement and education of the Kings Children &s;hall be committed &s;hall bee approved of by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, and in the Intervalls of Parliaments, by the a&s;&s;ent of the maior part of the Coun|&s;ell, in &s;uch manner as is before expre&s;t in the choice of Coun&s;ellors; And that all &s;uch &s;ervants as are now about them, again&s;t whom both Hou&s;es &s;hall have any ju&s;t exception, &s;hall be removed.</P>
<P N="5">5. That no Marriage &s;hall bee concluded, or treated for any of the Kings Chil|dren, with any forraigne Prince, or other per&s;on what&s;oever abroad, or at home, without the con&s;ent of Parliament, under the Penaltie of a premunire unto &s;uch as &s;hall &s;o conclude, or treate any Marriage as afore&s;aid, and that the &s;aid penaltie &s;hall not bee pardoned, or di&s;pen&s;ed with, by the con&s;ent of both Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment.</P>
<P N="6">6. That the Lawes in force again&s;t Je&s;uites, Prie&s;ts, and Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, bee &s;trictly put in execution, without any tolleration, or di&s;pen&s;ation to the contrary; And that &s;ome effectuall cour&s;e may bee enacted, by authority of Parliament, to di&s;|able them from making any di&s;turbance in the State, or eluding the Law by tru&s;ts or otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P N="7">7. That the Votes of Popi&s;h Lords in the Hou&s;e of Peeres may bee taken away, &s;o long as they continue Papi&s;ts. And that His Maje&s;tie would con&s;ent to &s;uch a Bill as &s;hall be drawne for the education of the Children of Papi&s;ts by Prote&s;tants, in the Prote&s;tant Religion.</P>
<P N="8">8. That your Maje&s;tie will bee plea&s;ed to con&s;ent that &s;uch a reformation bee made of the Church-governement, and Liturgie, as both Hou&s;es of Parliament &s;hall advi&s;e, wherein they intend to have con&s;ultations with Divines, as is expre&s;&s;ed in their Declaration to that purpo&s;e. And that your Maje&s;tie will contribute your be&s;t a&s;&s;i&s;tance to them, for the rai&s;ing of a &s;ufficient maintenance for Preaching Mini&s;ters through the Kingdome. And that your Maje&s;tie will bee plea&s;ed to give your con|&s;ent to Lawes, for the taking away of innovations, and &s;uper&s;tition, and of Plurali|ties, and again&s;t &s;candalous Mini&s;ters.</P>
<P N="9">9. That your Maje&s;tie will bee plea&s;ed to re&s;t &s;atisfied with that cour&s;e that the Lords and Commons have appointed for ordering the <HI>Militia,</HI> untill the &s;ame &s;hall
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bee further &s;etled by a Bill. And that your Maje&s;ty will recall your Declaration, and Proclamations again&s;t the Ordinance made by the Lords and Commons con|cerning it.</P>
<P N="10">10. That &s;uch members of either Hou&s;e of Parliament, as have during this pre|&s;ent Parliament been put out of any place and Office, may either be re&s;tored to that place and office, or otherwi&s;e have &s;atisfaction for the &s;ame, upon the Petition of that Hou&s;e whereof he or they are Members.</P>
<P N="11">11. That all Privie Councellors and Judges may take an Oath, the forme where|of to be agreed on and &s;etled by act of Parliament, for the maintaining of the Peti|tion of Right, and of certaine Statutes made by this Parliament, which &s;hall be men|tioned by both Hou&s;es of Parliament. And that an inquire of all the breaches and violations of the&s;e Lawes may bee given in charge, by the Ju&s;tices of the Kings Bench every Terme, and by the Judges of A&s;&s;ize in their Circuits, and Ju&s;tices of peace at the Se&s;&s;ions, to be pre&s;ented and puni&s;hed according to Law.</P>
<P N="12">12. That all the Judges and all Officers placed by approbation of both Hou&s;es of parliament, may hold their places <HI>Quam diu bene &s;e ge&s;&s;erint.</HI></P>
<P N="13">13. That the Ju&s;tice of parliament may pa&s;&s;e upon all Delinquents, whether they be within the Kingdom or fled out of it. And that all per&s;ons cited by either Hou&s;e of parliament, may appear and abide the cen&s;ure of parliament.</P>
<P N="14">14. That the generall pardon offered by your Maje&s;tie may be granted with &s;uch exceptions as &s;hall be devi&s;ed by both Hou&s;es of parliament.</P>
<P N="15">15. That the Forts and Ca&s;tles of this Kingdom may be put under the command and cu&s;tody of &s;uch per&s;ons as your Maje&s;tie &s;hall appoint, with the approbation of your parliament. And in the intervals of parliament with the approbation of the major part of the Councell in &s;uch manner as is before expre&s;&s;ed in the choice of Councellors.</P>
<P N="16">16. That the extraordinarie Guards and militarie forces now attending your ma|je&s;tie, may be removed and di&s;charged. And that for the future you will rai&s;e no &s;uch guards or extraordinarie forces, but according to Law, in ca&s;e of actuall rebel|lion or inva&s;ion.</P>
<P N="17">17. That your maje&s;tie will be plea&s;ed to enter into a more &s;trict alliance with the States of the united provinces and other Neighbour princes and States of the prote&s;tant Religion, for the defence and maintenance thereof again&s;t all de&s;ignes and attempts of the pope and his adherents, to &s;ubvert and &s;uppre&s;&s;e it, wherby your maie&s;tie will obtain a great acce&s;&s;e of &s;trength and reputation, and your Subjects be much encouraged and enabled in a parliamentary way for your aid and a&s;&s;i&s;tance, in re&s;toring your royall Si&s;ter, and the princely i&s;&s;ue, to tho&s;e dignities and domi|nions which belong unto them, and relieving the other di&s;tre&s;&s;ed prote&s;tant princes, who have &s;uffered in the &s;ame cau&s;e.</P>
<P N="18">18. That your maje&s;tie will be plea&s;ed by Act of parliament, to cleer the Lord <HI>Kimbolton,</HI> and the five members of the Hou&s;e of Commons, in &s;uch manner, that future Parliaments may be &s;ecured from the Con&s;equence of that evil pre&s;ident.</P>
<P N="19">19. That your maje&s;tie will be gr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to pa&s;&s;e a Bill for re&s;training peers made hereafter, from &s;itting, or Voting in Parliament; Unle&s;&s;e they be ad|mitted thereunto, with the con&s;ent of both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<P><PB REF="4">And the&s;e our humble de&s;ires, being granted by Your Maje&s;tie, we &s;hall forth|with apply our&s;elves to regulate your pre&s;ent Revenue, in &s;uch &s;ort as may be for your be&s;t advantage; and likewi&s;e to &s;ettle &s;uch an ordinary and con&s;tant increa&s;e of it, as &s;hall be &s;ufficient to &s;upport Your Royall dignity, in Honour and plentie, beyond the proportion of any former Grants of the Subjects of this Kingdom to your Maje&s;ties Royall predece&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>We &s;hall likewi&s;e put the Town of <HI>Hull,</HI> into &s;uch hands as Your maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint, with the con&s;ent and approbation of parliament, and deliver up a ju&s;t ac|count of all the magazine; and cheerfully employ the uttermo&s;t of our power and endeavour, in the reall expre&s;&s;ion and performance of our mo&s;t dutifull and Loyall affections, to the pre&s;erving, and maintaining the Royall Honour, Greatne&s;&s;e, and Safety of Your maje&s;tie, and your po&s;teritie.</P>
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<HEAD>A NEW DECLARATION OF THE LORDS And Commons in Parliament, Concerning the executi|on of the <HI>Militia,</HI> 20. <HI>Iune,</HI> 1643. <HI>ALSO</HI> Concerning a Writt &s;ent to the high Sheriffe of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> by his Maje&s;ty for the publi&s;hing of His late proclamation.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas <HI>Robert Smith</HI> E&s;quire, now high Sheriffe of the Coun|ty of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> hath lately received a Writ bearing date the 27. day of May, in the eighteenth yeare of his now Maje&s;ties reigne, thereby commanding him to publi&s;h a Proclamati|on, whereby all his Maie&s;ties Subjects belonging to the Trained Bands or Militia of this Kingdome, are forbidden to rai&s;e, March, Mu&s;ter, or exerci&s;e by vertue of any Order or Ordinance, of one or both Hou&s;es of Parliament, with|out con&s;ent or warrant from his Maje&s;tie upon paine of puni&s;hment according to the Lawes. And whereas the &s;aid high Sheriffe hath now addre&s;&s;ed him&s;elfe to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, for advice and directions therein concerning the &s;aid Proclamation to be contrariant and repugnant to the Ordinance and Judgement of both Hou&s;es of Parliament concerning the Militia.</P>
<P>It is therefore Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parliament (they inten|ding nothing by the &s;aid Ordinance, but the protection and &s;ecurity of his Maje&s;ties per&s;on, the defence of the Kingdome again&s;t Forraigne inva&s;ion, and pre&s;ervation of the publike peace again&s;t inte&s;tine Rebellions and In&s;urrections here at home, the maintenance of the Priviledges and Authority of Parliament according to the prote&s;tation.</P>
<P>That the &s;aid Writ is illegall for that the con&s;titution and policy of this King|dome,
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and the King by his Proclamation cannot declare the Law contrary to the re&s;olution of any of the inferiour Courts of Ju&s;tice, much le&s;&s;e again&s;t the high Court of Parliament. And likewi&s;e for that this Writ forbiddeth that to be done which they are obliged unto by their duty to God, their allegiance to his Maie&s;ty, and the tru&s;t repo&s;ed in them by the Common-wealth, (the Law having intru&s;ted them to provide for the good and &s;afety thereof.) And that the &s;aid high Sheriffe hath done nothing in forbearing to publi&s;h the &s;aid proclamation, but according to his duty, and in obedience to the Order of both Hou&s;es. And he is hereby requi|red not to publi&s;h the &s;aid proclamation, or any other proclamations or declarations of the like nature, that concerne the parliament, without fir&s;t acquainting the &s;aid Hou&s;es.</P>
<P>And it is further declared that the &s;aid high Sheriffe and other Sheriffes of other Counties within this Kingdome of <HI>England</HI> and the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> for their obedience to the orders and ordinances of parliament: Or that have, or hereafter &s;hall do any thing in the execution thereof, &s;hall be protected by the power and authority of both the &s;aid Hou&s;es.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maie&s;ties propo&s;ition to the Lords</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIS,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Conceive my Lord of <HI>Lin&s;ey</HI> is Admirall of <HI>England,</HI> and the Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> Lord Lievtenant of <HI>Ireland.</HI> The King hath this day made divers Propo&s;itions to the Lords here; As</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, to have the Declaration of both Hou&s;es of the Ninth of <HI>May</HI> to bee di&s;a|vowed;</P>
<P>Secondly, To have Ju&s;tice in <HI>Hull.</HI></P>
<P>Thirdly, to have the <HI>Militia</HI> declared to be his right.</P>
<P>Fourthly, to have tumults puni&s;hed.</P>
<P>Fifthly, To have the Parliament, adjourned to <HI>Oxford, Cambridge, Winche&s;ter, Yorke, Coventrey, Bri&s;toll, Nottingham</HI> or any of tho&s;e places where his Maje&s;tie &s;hall command, and other things which I have not lea&s;ure to adde.</P>
<P>Tomorrow they meete againe, and I beleeve the maine que&s;tion will be, whe|ther a Declaration &s;hall be made here, or the Lords to agree here, and Vote in the Hou&s;e, and in what equipage to goe. Our Court increa&s;eth daily, and wee beleeve notwith&s;tanding the offer of a hundred thou&s;and pound by the Common Councell; that the King may have as much money from the Citizens as they, and I beleeve here is ground for &s;uch a conceit. Here is no po&s;&s;ibility of the Kings &s;uddaine re|move hence, though &s;ome thinke he may &s;tep hence to <HI>Lincolne,</HI> for 3. or 4. daies to &s;ettle that Countrey, but I am not of that opinion.</P>
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<HEAD>The Lord <HI>Pagets</HI> Letter to the Honorable Hou&s;e of <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<P>IT may &s;eeme &s;trange that I, who with all zeale and earne&s;tne&s;&s;e have pro&s;ecu|ted in the beginning of this Parliament, the Reformation of all di&s;orders in Church, and Common-wealth, &s;hould now in a time of &s;uch great di&s;tractions, de|&s;ert
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the cau&s;e. Mo&s;t true it is that my ends were the common good: And whil&s;t that was pro&s;ecuted, I was ready to lay downe both my life and fortune: But when I found a Preparation of Armes again&s;t the King, under the &s;hadow of Loyaltie, I rather re&s;olved, to obey a good Con&s;cience, then particular ends, and am now on my way to his His Maje&s;ty, where I will throw my &s;elfe downe at his feet, and die a loyall Subject.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>PAGET.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The <HI>Earle</HI> of <HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> Speech in the High Court of parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>MY zeale to the peace of this Kingdome, and my apprehentions of our neere approaching mi&s;eries doe cau&s;e me to &s;peake of the &s;ubject of Accommoda|tion. This Ki<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">gdome exceedes all the Monarchies of <HI>Europe,</HI> both for &s;cituation, plenty, rich, comodities, and power both by Sea and Land, continued raigne of Queene <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> who not onely impeached the Monarchy of <HI>Spaine,</HI> protected the Vnited Provinces, and relieved the <HI>French</HI> in mi&s;erie, but al&s;o was reverenced by all the Princes of <HI>Germany,</HI> flouri&s;hing in the tranquilty of this Kingdom, which which peace pro&s;pered in King <HI>Iames</HI> his Governement, and continued downe to the Raigne of his now Maje&s;tie, till the&s;e late unhappy interruptions. Now if in &s;tead of this happy condition, wee impartially inquire into the now di&s;tractions hereof, we &s;hall finde our&s;elves reduced to the brinke of mi&s;erie. The&s;e enemies are not forraign, but of our owne Hou&s;e, &s;uch as our jealou&s;ies and di&s;&s;entions have rai&s;ed, and civill di&s;cord is a plentifull Sour&s;e, from whence all mi&s;eries flow into a Kingdome. Our former di&s;tempers have growne from the conduct of evill Mi|ni&s;ters invading the &s;ubjects ju&s;t libertie, and a State is never &s;ound, till Soveraigne power, and common right are equally ballenced by ju&s;t rules: but the &s;ickne&s;&s;e thereof is rather continued of feares and jealou&s;ies, then out of any reall di&s;temper, the King hath conde&s;cended unto many excellent petitions pre&s;ented by many No|ble Lord, and hath offered to concurre with us in the &s;etling all libet<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ies for the pro|priety of our goods: and willing to all our rea&s;onable propo&s;itions: and for the e&s;tabli&s;hing of the true Prote&s;tant Religion he woes us to it. We on the other &s;ide make profe&s;&s;ion, that we intend to make his Maje&s;tie a glorious King, to &s;upport his Dignity, Regality, and Prerogatives, and to pay uno his that duty, and obedi|ence; which by our allegiance, &s;everall Oathes and prote&s;tations wee owe unto him.</P>
<P>So that we being both thus reciprocally united, which would make both the King and people happy, &s;hall be mo&s;t unfortunate if we &s;hall not brtng both incli|nations together. But it is the greate&s;t difficulty to compo&s;e the variances betwixt a King and his people di&s;-united: For it is much ea&s;ier to compo&s;e differences ari|&s;ing from rea&s;on, yea even from wrongs, then ir is to &s;atisfie jealou&s;ies, which ari|&s;ing out of the diffidence and di&s;tru&s;t will grow upon every occa&s;ion greater, if not removed. Nay mutuall replyes are grown to tho&s;e direct termes of oppo&s;ition, that they will pa&s;&s;e farther then verball conte&s;tations, if not &s;topped. The mo&s;t plen|tifull
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Countries of Europe have been brought to unexpre&s;&s;ible calamities by a civill Warre. It is better keeping out of them, then getting out of them, and in a State the wi&s;dome of prevention is infinitely beyond the wi&s;edome of Remedies. Nay, if for the &s;ins of this Nation, Forces and Armies &s;hould be mutually rai&s;ed, The very charge of maintaining them would con&s;ume the wealth of the Kingdome: And of this we had lately a co&s;tly example in tho&s;e unhappy troubles betwixt us and Scotland, where the keeping of the two Armies co&s;t this Kingdome a Million of pounds. And if two Armies be once on foot here in England, either a &s;uddaine encounter mu&s;t de&s;troy one of them, or the keeping them both on foot mu&s;t de&s;troy the Kingdome. Let us hearken in moderation to the wi&s;e advice of our Brethren in Scotland, that all meanes may be forborn, which may make the breach wider, and the wound deeper, that no place be given to the evill Spirit of divi&s;ion, which at &s;uch times worketh unce&s;&s;antly, and re&s;teth not: but that the faire&s;t way be taken by &s;o wi&s;e a King and parliament, as may make his Maie&s;tie and his po&s;terity more glorious, and his Kingdome more happy, then ever. The be&s;t way hereunto in my opinion is, That there may be a &s;elect Committee of choi&s;e per&s;ons of both Hou&s;es, who may reconcile fir&s;t tho&s;e differences, and then de&s;cend to the parti|culars, which may be expected from each other, either in point of our &s;upporting him, or his relieving us: and la&s;tly, how all rhe&s;e conditions being agreed upon may be &s;o &s;ecured, as may &s;tand with the honour of his Maie&s;ty, and the &s;atisfaction of the Subiect. The Ordinance of parliament commandeth all per&s;ons in Autho|rity to obey it according to the fundamentall Lawes of the Land: The King de|clareth it to be contrary to the fundamentall Lawes, and commandeth all his Sub|iects upon their Allegiance not to obey the &s;aid Ordinance, as they will an&s;wer it to their perils. The King commandeth al&s;o divers of us to attend his per&s;on, where|unto we are oblidged by our &s;everall &s;ervices and oathes: in ca&s;e wee comply not with his commands, we are lyable to his di&s;plea&s;ure, and the lo&s;&s;es of tho&s;e places of honour which we hold under him, if wee obey his Commands without the leave of parliament, we are lyable to the cen&s;ure of parliament, therefore untill it &s;hall plea&s;e God to ble&s;&s;e us with a right under&s;tanding betwixt the King and the parliament, and a conformity in their commands, neither the Kingdom in publick, nor particular men in private, can be reduced to a &s;afe and comfortable condition. And I doubt not (what&s;oever &s;ucce&s;&s;e this propo&s;ition may have) it will be accom|panied with the good wi&s;hes of your Lord&s;hips, and of all peaceable and well-minded men.</P>
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