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<P>THE KINGS MAIESTIES INTENTION CONCERNING The Setting up of His Standard, and Levying of warre again&s;t both Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament;</HI> Wherein he Declares his full Re&s;olution therein to both the &s;aid Hou&s;es.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e the Re&s;olution of the Lords that are now re&s;ident with His Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>Al&s;o the Parliaments De&s;ires to all his Maje|&s;ties loving Subjects, for a meet concurrence with them, to maintain the Peace of the&s;e Kingdoms.</P>
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<P><HI>Ordered by the Lords and Commons, that this be printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>IOHN BROWN Cler. Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON: Printed for <HI>H. Blunon. Augu&s;t</HI> 6. 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>HIS MAJESTIES RESOLUTION Concerning the &s;etting up of his <HI>Standard.</HI></HEAD>
<P>LOng hath the Subjects of this Kingdome bin po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed with Fears and Iealou&s;ies, and bore the heavie Burthens that hath beene ca&s;t upon them, by the Enemies of Gods true Re|ligion, and Adver&s;aries to the peace and pro&s;peri|ty of this Kingdome, the &s;aid Enemy is the Ma|lignant Party, who hath now rai&s;ed many Forces in a warlike manner in &s;everall Counties of this Realme, the greate&s;t part of them con&s;i&s;ting of Papi&s;ts and adherents to the See of <HI>Rome,</HI> who do now &s;ee and well perceive, that the Parlia|ment
<PB N="2" REF="3"> making progre&s;&s;e according to their begin|nings, will take away the lea&s;t hopes of ever E|&s;tabli&s;hing, that Antichri&s;tian Religion here a|mong&s;t us; yea, and take away the very Ground-worke of &s;uch their Plots and Projects this way: And therfore it &s;tands them now upon &s;ome Lat|bour with all might and main to adventure upon any De&s;ign (though never &s;o de&s;perate) and to give out them&s;elves in their E&s;tates, Lives, and Livelyhoods, to the uttermo&s;t they can.</P>
<P>For now or never mu&s;t the Pope up or downe in this Kingdome.</P>
<P>Let any &s;eeing man look back upon all former Proceedings, and con&s;ider who hath been prefer|red to the highe&s;t places in the Church.</P>
<P>The rea&s;on why this Parliament is hated more then other Parliaments have bin formerly, is, be|cau&s;e it hath found out more Delinquents then any other Parliaments have done formerly, and hath gone farther in &s;earching and curing wounds and Di&s;ea&s;es, and E&s;tabli&s;hing a perfect Refor|mation both in Church and State, then ever any did.</P>
<P>Long intermi&s;&s;ion of Parliaments having fil|led this Common-wealth &s;o univer&s;ally with ill Humours (that in this old doting Age, wherein it drawes to its period) wee can neither endure its Di&s;ea&s;es, nor the Remedies, And herein this Parliament is mo&s;t unhappy.</P>
<P>It cannot be broken without the con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons: Ever &s;ince which Act
<PB N="3" REF="3"> pa&s;t, all wayes have bin broken by the Court fa|ction, to di&s;&s;olve or de&s;troy it.</P>
<P>But becau&s;e I will not treat too long upon the Actions of the&s;e per&s;ons, I will now come unto the full Subject, wherein his Maje&s;ty hath declared his full Re&s;olution.</P>
<P>His Gracious Maje&s;ty having taken into con|&s;ideration the great &s;candall that hath beene laid upon his Highne&s;&s;e, concerning his intention to leavie warre again&s;t both his Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment, there having beene many Rumours &s;pread and informations given, which might have induced many to beleeve, that his Maje&s;ty intends to make Warre again&s;t his Parliament.</P>
<P>He profe&s;&s;eth before God, and Declares to all the world, that hee always hath and doth abhorre all &s;uch De&s;igns, and de&s;ires all His Nobility and Councell, who are now attending upon his Roy|all and Sacred Maje&s;ty, to Declare whether they have not bin witne&s;&s;es of his frequent and earne&s;t Declarations and Profe&s;&s;ions to this purpo&s;e, whether they &s;ee any colour of preparations of warre, that hee intendeth again&s;t his Hou&s;es of Parliament, or Coun&s;els that might rea&s;onably beget a Beleefe of any &s;uch De&s;ign, and whether they be not fully per&s;waded, that his Maj. hath no &s;uch intentions, but that all his endeavours (according to his many profe&s;&s;ions) tend to the firme and con&s;tant &s;ettlement of the true Prote|&s;tant Profe&s;&s;ion, the ju&s;t Priviledges of Parlia|ment, the liberty of the &s;ubject, and the peace and p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;perity of this Kingdome.</P>
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<P>And his Maje&s;ty no longer de&s;ires the ble&s;&s;ing and protection of Almigh|ty God, upon him&s;elf and his po&s;terity than he and they &s;hall &s;olemnly ob|&s;erve the due execution of the Laws, in defence of <HI>Parliaments,</HI> and the ju&s;t Li|berties and Priviledges therof.</P>
<P>And wheras it hath bin oftentimes divulged, that His Maje&s;ty had an in|tent to &s;et up his Standard neer to <HI>Hull Yorke,</HI> or <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> and to rai&s;e Armes a|gain&s;t his Parliament.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty doth prote&s;t, taking God the &s;earcher of all hearts to Witne&s;&s;e, that hee never had any &s;uch intention, nor the lea&s;t thought of any &s;uch thing, but alwayes de&s;ired the peace and pro|&s;perity of this Kingdom, and that if he doth &s;et up his &s;tandard, it is but for the defence of his Royall per&s;on; for it is Reported in <HI>Leice&s;ter-&s;hire,</HI> that his Ma|je&s;ty is re&s;olved to &s;et it up in that County.</P>
<P>But this his Maje&s;tie is Re&s;olved to do, that he will have a Guard for the
<PB N="5" REF="4"> &s;afety and &s;ecurity of his own Royall Per&s;on, to &s;ecure him&s;elf and his Prince|ly Po&s;terity.</P>
<P>The Lords and Gentry that are now re&s;ident with His Maje&s;ty, doe Declare and Prote&s;t, that His Maje&s;ty hath no intentions to leavie Warre again&s;t his Parliament; Neither hath he any de&s;ire to bring this his flouri&s;hing Kingdome to a Civill-Warre.</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in <HI>Parliament</HI> having taken into con&s;i|deration the Proceedings of His Maje|&s;ty, Do Declare, That the Cavaleers doe begin already to take mens Hor&s;es from them by force, and commit other Acts of Ho&s;tility, and have uncivilly u&s;ed and &s;earcht a Gentleman &s;ent from the Parliament with a Letter to his Maje|&s;tie.</P>
<P>They do al&s;o Declare, That his Maje|&s;ty is &s;hortly expected to come to <HI>Hull,</HI> with an army, and hath al&s;o &s;ent a &s;trong Garri&s;on to New-Ca&s;tle.</P>
<P>The Warre being thus begunne, the
<PB N="6" REF="5"> Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;|&s;embled, do hold them&s;elves bound in Con&s;cience to rai&s;e Forces for the pre|&s;ervation of the peace of the Kingdome and protection of the Subjects in their Per&s;ons and E&s;tates.</P>
<P>In the performing of which they de|&s;ire the concurrence of the well-di&s;po|&s;ed Subjects of this Kingdome, and &s;hall manife&s;t by their Cour&s;es and Endea|vours, that they are carryed away by no Re&s;pects but of the publique good, which they will always preferre before their own lives and fortunes.</P>
<P>This is the Re&s;olution of his Maje&s;ty it being Declared in the fore-going par|ticulars, and in this latter part is decla|red the De&s;ires of both the Honourable Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Ordered that this be printed and publi&s;hed.</HI> John Brown Cler. Parl.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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