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<P>HIS MAJESTIES In&s;tructions To His Commi&s;&s;ioners of Array, for the &s;everall Counties of <HI>England,</HI> and the Principality of <HI>Wales;</HI> And to be ob&s;erved by all Sheriffs, Majors, Ju&s;tices of the Peace, Bayliffs, Headboroughs, Con&s;tables, and all other His Maje&s;ties loving Subjects what&s;oever.</P>
<P>YORK: Printed by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie: And by the A&s;&s;ignes of JOHN BILL. 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>His MAIESTIES In&s;tructions to His Commi&s;sioners of <HI>Array</HI> for the &s;everall Counties of <HI>England</HI> and the Principality of <HI>VVales;</HI> And to be ob&s;erved by all Sheriffs, Majors, Ju&s;tices of the Peace, Bayliffs, Headboroughs, Con&s;tables, and all other His Maje&s;ties loving Subjects what&s;oever.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas a de&s;perate and dangerous Rebellion is rai&s;ed, and an Army marching again&s;t Vs, and &s;uch other of Our good Subjects whole Loyal|ty and Affection is eminent unto Vs, in &s;everall Counties of the Kingdom, under pretence of &s;ome Authority from both Our Hou&s;es of Parliament, and the &s;ame is done by Our con&s;ent, and for the &s;afety of Our Per&s;on, whereby many of Our loving Subjects are mi&s;&s;ed and engaged in undutifull and di&s;loyall Actions again&s;t Vs their Soveraigne, and to oppo&s;e per&s;ons immediately authorized by Vs, as di&s;turb|ers of the peace; We do, for the Information of all Our good Subjects, that they may be no longer corrupted or &s;educed by the&s;e fal&s;e and damnable in|fu&s;ions, declare, That We do di&s;avow Our con&s;ent to any of the pretended Ordinances, and do prote&s;t again&s;t the &s;ame, and all the proceedings thereupon, as &s;editious and trea&s;onable to Our Per&s;on, Crown,
<PB N="2" REF="3">and Dignity: And do declare, That the Army now un|der the command of the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> and rai&s;ed in any part of the Kingdom by his direction, or by the direction of any pretended Ordinance, is rai&s;ed again&s;t Vs, and to take away Our life from Vs, And that he, and all who &s;hall adhere to him, are Traytors by the known e&s;tabli&s;hed laws of this kingdom: And therefore Our expre&s;&s;e command unto you, and to every of you is,</P>
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<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<P>That you forthwith rai&s;e all po&s;&s;ible power for the apprehen&s;ion of the &s;aid Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> and his Confe|derates; and that with &s;uch forces of Hor&s;e and Foot you &s;hall fight with, kill, and &s;lay all &s;uch as &s;hall by force oppo&s;e you in the execution of the&s;e Our Com|mands, and &s;uch who &s;hall pre&s;ume to put the Ordi|nance of the <HI>Militia</HI> in execution again&s;t Our expre&s;&s;e plea&s;ure and con&s;ent. And you &s;hall pur&s;ue the &s;aid Rebels and Traytors in the &s;aid Counties, or in any other Counties or parts of the Kingdom into which they &s;hall retire them&s;elves. All which forces, &s;o to be rai&s;ed, &s;hall have the &s;ame pay as the re&s;t of Our Army is to have.</P>
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<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>You &s;hall defend and protect all Our Subjects from violence and oppre&s;&s;ion by the illegall pretended Ordinance concerning the <HI>Militia,</HI> the pretended Or|dinance for the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> to be Generall, or any other Ordinance to which We have not or &s;hall not give Our con&s;ent. And &s;hall not &s;uffer any of Our loving Subjects to be troubled or mole&s;ted for refu|&s;ing to &s;ubmit to the &s;aid pretended Ordinances, but
<PB N="3" REF="3">&s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t and defend them from any Summons, Me&s;&s;engers, Serjeant, or Warrant, which &s;hall di|&s;turbe them for the &s;ame. And the &s;aid Me&s;&s;engers or Serjeants you &s;hall apprehend and commit to Pri|&s;on as &s;editious Di&s;turbers of the peace of the Kingdom.</P>
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<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>You &s;hall, to your utmo&s;t power, a&s;&s;i&s;t the execution of Our Commi&s;&s;ion of Array, which ought to be obeyed by the known Laws of the Land; And if any Factious or Seditious Per&s;ons &s;hall rai&s;e any Pow|er to oppo&s;e Our &s;aid legall Commi&s;&s;ion, or the execu|tion thereof, you &s;hall, in your &s;everall Counties, levie men, and them lead out of your &s;aid Counties to the place where &s;uch force is rai&s;ed, and &s;uppre&s;&s;e the &s;ame. More e&s;pecially, you &s;hall be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;t|ing to the Lord Marque&s;&s;e <HI>Hertford,</HI> who is autho|rized, by Our Commi&s;&s;ion, Generall of Our Forces in the We&s;tern parts; and to the Earle of <HI>Cumberland</HI> Our Lieutenant Generall for the County of <HI>York;</HI> and to the Lord <HI>Strange,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Goring:</HI> And to that purpo&s;e you &s;hall levie &s;uch other Forces of Hor&s;e and Foot as the &s;aid Marque&s;&s;e &s;hall, by his Commi&s;|&s;ion, give you power to do, under &s;uch Colonels, Com|manders, and other Officers as &s;hall be, by him, ap|pointed or directed within the &s;everall Counties men|tioned in His Commi&s;&s;ion, as the Earle of <HI>Cumber|land,</HI> and as the Lord <HI>Strange</HI> &s;hall likewi&s;e direct in the Counties within their &s;everall Commi&s;&s;ions.</P>
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<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Our expre&s;&s;e plea&s;ure and Command is, That you di&s;arm all Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, and all &s;uch other dangerous and ill-affected Per&s;ons, and Browni&s;ts,
<PB N="4" REF="4">Anabapti&s;ts, and other Sectaries, as well Clergy|men, as others, as have te&s;tified, or &s;hall te&s;tifie their ill dispo&s;ition to the peace and government of the Kingdom. And you &s;hall endeavour, by cau&s;ing Our &s;everall Declarations, Me&s;&s;ages and An&s;wers to be publikely read in Churches and other places, to clear Our proceedings from all fal&s;e imputations &amp; a&s;per|&s;ions; and &s;hall from time to time certifie Vs of all things nece&s;&s;ary for the publique Service. And that Our directions to you, and your adverti&s;ements to Vs may have a cleer and ready pa&s;&s;age, We do hereby Command all Po&s;t-ma&s;ters, That they do not &s;uffer any Letters or other Di&s;patches, to or from Vs, to be intercepted or &s;tayed, as they will an&s;wer the contra|ry at their utmo&s;t perils. And if any bold per&s;on, by what authority &s;oever, &s;hall pre&s;ume to make &s;uch &s;tay of tho&s;e Di&s;patches, you &s;hall apprehend &s;uch per&s;ons, and &s;hall give all a&s;&s;i&s;tance, and protection to tho&s;e per&s;ons employed in &s;uch Di&s;patches.</P>
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<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>If you &s;hall finde any di&s;affected per&s;ons rai&s;ing any parties again&s;t Vs, &s;preading &s;candals or im|putations to Our proceedings, like to di&s;turbe the peace of the Kingdom, you &s;hall cau&s;e all &s;uch per&s;ons (upon good proofs of their mi&s;demeanors) to be ap|prehended and committed to pri&s;on, till they &s;hall an&s;wer their offences in &s;uch manner as is agree|able to Law and Iu&s;tice.</P>
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<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>You &s;hall take from the &s;aid Rebels and Tray|tors, and their Adherents, all Arms, Ordnance, and Ammunition; and &s;uch as they have taken from any
<PB N="5" REF="4">of Our good Subjects, you &s;hall re&s;tore again to the true Owners. And whereas divers Seditious per&s;ons, under pretence of Commi&s;&s;ions from the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> pre&s;ume to Levie Hor&s;e and Foot, and to collect money for the &s;ame, you &s;hall &s;eize upon all Hor&s;es, Arms, Ammunition, Money, Plate, or other provi&s;ions what&s;oever, rai&s;ed or provided un|der any &s;uch pretences, and without Our expre&s;&s;e Authority, for the &s;omenting, or maintaining any &s;uch unnaturall and unlawfull War again&s;t Vs, the Religion, and Law of the Kingdom. And you &s;hall a&s;&s;ure all &s;uch Our well affected Subjects, who &s;hall contribute any Aid and A&s;&s;i&s;tance to Vs, in this Our great nece&s;&s;ity, or ob&s;erve the&s;e Our In|&s;tructions, That We will protect them with Our ut|mo&s;t Power, and venture Our Life, and Crown in their ju&s;t Defence. Which Re&s;olution of Ours, you &s;hall publi&s;h and declare upon all occa&s;ions for the better encouragement of all Our good Sub|jects in that behalf.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Privy Signet, at Our Court at <HI>Not|tingham,</HI> <DATE>the 29. of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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