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<FIGDESC>depiction of a crown</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE>CHARLES REX. HIS MAJESTYES Declaration, to all HIS loving Subjects of His KINGDOM of England and Dominion of Wales.</HEAD>
<P>WEE Shall not rype vp the CAUSES of the vnhappy Differences, betwixt OUR ROYALL Father, and the Two Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT; IT shall be our Study, that they be for ever buried: AND that our Subjects of ENGLAND may returne to the Obedience they owe Us, as their lawfull KING: And to the Ancient and happy Governement of the Kingdom, by King, Lords, &amp; Commons (Wherein they and their Ance&s;tors have lived &s;o long &s;o happily) Without the Effu&s;ion of more Blood. WITH the&s;e Thoughts wee are now returning vnto our Kingdom of ENGLAND, with an Army by the ble&s;sing of GOD, able to protect our Loyall Subjects, who &s;hall joyne with vs and a&s;&s;i&s;t vs in doing Iu&s;tice vpon Murtherers of our Royall Father: And to defend vs from the Violence of &s;uch as will continue the exclu&s;ion of Us from Our ju&s;t RIGHTS, the &s;ubver&s;ion of the lawfull Governement of the Kingdom, and the oppre&s;&s;ion of our good Subjects by Armies &amp; exorbitant impo&s;itions. And before wee enter the Kingdom; Wee have thought fitt by this &s;hort DECLARATION to let our good Subjects there know, that our de&s;yres are not more to be re&s;tored to our own Rights, than to procure and mantayn to them their Fredom; And as wee have given full and inteere Satisfaction to Our &s;ubjects of SCOTLAND, both in what might concerne Religion, and their Lawes, and Libertyes (Which GOD willing wee &s;hall inviolably pre&s;erve to them) So it &s;hall be our Study, and would bee our greate&s;t joy, that wee might attayne the &s;ame happiene&s;s in ENGLAND: And becau&s;e wee do think our &s;elves bound in Duety to look more at the Glory of GOD, than Our own intere&s;t.</P>
<P>VVee do in the Fir&s;t Place Declare; That wee &s;hall faythfullie endeavour in Our STATION and CALLING, as Wee are bound by the CO|VENANT, to &s;etle Religion in Doctrine, Wor&s;hip, Di&s;ciplene, and Governement; according to the WORD of GOD, and example of the be&s;t Reformed Churches.</P>
<P>VVee &s;hall al&s;o endeavour; That Parliaments may bee re&s;tored to their Freedome, and Priviledges, by who&s;e advy&s;e We do declare Our Re&s;olutions are to governe, and to &s;etle all Differences and di&s;tempers; That our people may enjoy their Libertie, and Propertie free from Armyes, Quarterings, or illegall impo&s;itions.</P>
<P>The&s;e being our cleare Intentions and Re&s;olutions; Wee do ex&s;pect and invite all our good &s;ubjects of ENGLAND, to concurre with, and a&s;i&s;t vs according to their Duety &amp; alleadgence; and &s;uch as are in Arms eyther in SCOTLAND or ENGLAND, vnder Oliver Cromwell pre&s;ent|lie after knowledge heereof, to lay them down, or to come in, and joyne with vs in our Army, where they &s;hall receive protection and full a&s;&s;urance of Satisfaction in their Arreires. AND to evidence how farr we are from Revenge, or continueing the vnhappy Differences betwixt vs and our &s;ubjects; Wee do declare and engage our Selves to give our con&s;ent to a full Act of Oblivion, and indemnity for the Securitie of all our Subjects of ENGLAND in their per&s;ons, fredomes, and e&s;tates for all things don by them: relateing to the Warres, the&s;e eleaveenth years pa&s;t: And that they &s;hall never bee called in que&s;tion by vs for any of them; Provyding that immediatly after knowledge of this gracious Offer and DECLARATION, they de&s;i&s;t from a&s;&s;i&s;ting the v&s;urped Authoritie of the pretended Common-wealth of ENGLAND, and returne to their Obedience to Us, excepting only from this Our gracious offer; Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, Iohn Bread&s;haw, Iohn Cooke, their pretended &s;olicitor, and all others who did actuallie &s;itt &amp; vote in the Murther, of Our Royall Father.</P>
<P>AND &s;eing in this Service; Wee have made v&s;e of the affection, and a&s;&s;i&s;tance of our Loyall Subjects of our Kingdome of SCOTLAND, who cannot po&s;&s;iblie mantayn their whole Army in ENGLAND; Wee do requyre &s;ome of quality or authoritie in each Countie where wee &s;hall march to come to Us, that nece&s;&s;ary provi&s;ions may be regularlie brought in to the Army. And wee do declare that the Counties, from whom &s;uch &s;hall come, &s;hall receive no other prejudice, except &s;uch of them as &s;hall oppo&s;e vs, or drive away their cattell or provi&s;ions from vs. And becau&s;e it &s;hall be our mayne endeavour that our &s;ubjects of ENGLAND may bee &s;afe in their per&s;ons, free in their goods, and as little burthened as is po&s;&s;ible: As we are re&s;olved to permitt no plundering or raping, or taking any mans per&s;on (who is not in actuall oppo&s;ition of Us:) Which wee &s;hall not with all &s;everi|tie puni&s;h: So if our army &s;hall bee forced to be more burden&s;ome to &s;ome places and per&s;ons, than to others; It &s;hall be our endeavour that as &s;oone as is po&s;&s;ible they may receive proportionable &s;atisfaction, and the Burthen be made equall.</P>
<P>AND la&s;tly; Wee do declare, that the &s;ervice being done: The SCOTS Army &s;hall quietly retiere; That &s;o all Armyes may bee di&s;banded And an la&s;ting peace &s;etled with Religion and Righteou&s;nes.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>GIVEN at Our Royall Campe, at Woodhou&s;s <DATE>the 5 of Augu&s;t 1651.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>ABERDENE Printed by James Brown, the 20 of Augu&s;t 1651.</P>
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