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<P>THE PARLIAMENTS ENDEVORS FOR &s;etling of peace in this Kingdom, Being an order by them made to conioyne the Sub|iects hearts in unity, according to the Prote|&s;tation formerly &s;et forth. With the manner of apprehending Sir <HI>Ba&s;il Brooks</HI> at the City of Yorke; with the Parliaments order for bringing him to London. Their care and &s;edulous coun&s;ell for guarding the Tower; as al&s;o for &s;trengthening his Maie&s;ties Ca&s;tles and Forts towards the Sea for prevention of inva&s;ions. <HI>Being ordered the</HI> 29 <HI>of Ianuary</HI> 1642. Written and avowed by <HI>Richard Browene.</HI></P>
<P>LONDON, Printed by <HI>Iohn Hammond.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>The Parliaments Indeavours for &s;etling of Peace in this KINGDOME. <HI>Ordered</HI> <DATE>the 29. <HI>of Ianuary,</HI> 1642.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>THE &s;edulous care and indulgent indeavors of the Parliament, have been daily and ap|parantly manife&s;ted unto us, both for &s;etling of Religion, and removing of oppo&s;ition in State affaires; Notwith&s;tanding, the daily repul&s;es and inventions of malignant and approbrious per&s;ons have been the meanes of hindrance, that they could not produce tho&s;e good effects by them intended, nor give that lu&s;tre, according to their expectati|on, and due to their &s;o noble Propo&s;itions. Order upon order, warrant upon warrant have been by them enacted to the &s;ame effect, which were either intercepted, and the pro&s;ecution thereof denyed, or &s;ome other new commotions ari&s;ing through the a&s;|&s;iduous premeditation of theirs and our enemies, have entervened to the abrupt di&s;&s;olution, or at lea&s;t promulgation of their de&s;ires, that being forced of two evills to choo&s;e the lea&s;t, they have been com|pelled to leave the one unfurni&s;hed, and provide means for the re&s;i&s;tance of the other, The Kingdom having been hitherto &s;o devided in opinions, religi|ons, &s;ects and divi&s;ions, that they have had &s;carce op|portunities to pro&s;ecute any great and nece&s;&s;ary mat|ters
<PB REF="3">in removing of State-grievances, nor &s;etling of Religion in that exact way as it was intended, and ought to be done, The Parliament therefore (to the intent that our friends might be de&s;cifered, and knowne from our foes) taking into their con&s;idera|tion the difficulty of compo&s;ing matters in a good forme without it, hath revived the former Prote&s;ta|tion concerning the maintenance of Parliament pri|viledges to be &s;worne unto by all Subiects remain|ing within his Maie&s;ties Realme of England, the tenor whereof is in the&s;e words following.</P>
<Q>I <HI>A. B. doe in the pre&s;ence of Almighty God, promi&s;e, vow, and prote&s;t, to maintaine and defend, as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and e&s;tate, the true reformed Pro|te&s;tant Religion, expre&s;&s;ed in the Doctrine of the Church of England, again&s;t all Popery and Popi&s;h Innovations within this Realme, contrary to the &s;ame Doctrine, and according to to the duty of my Allegiance, his Maje&s;ties Royall Per&s;on, Honour and E&s;tate; as al&s;o the Power and Priviledges of Par|liament; The lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and every per&s;on that maketh this Prote&s;tation, in what&s;oever hee &s;hall doe in the lawfull pur&s;uance of the &s;ame. and to my po|wer, as farre as lawfully I may, I will oppo&s;e, and by all good wayes and meanes indeavour to bring to condigne puni&s;hment, all &s;uch as &s;hall either by Force, Practi&s;e Coun|&s;ells, Plots, Con&s;piracies, or otherwi&s;e, doe any thing to the con|trary of any thing in this pre&s;ent Prote&s;tation contained. And further, that I &s;hall in all ju&s;t and Honorable wayes indeavour to pre&s;erue the Vnion and Peace between the three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, And neither for hope, fear, nor other re&s;pect, &s;hall relinqui&s;h this Promi&s;e, vow, and Pro|te&s;tation.</HI></Q>
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<P>The Prote&s;tation before written, was ordered by the Parliament to be &s;ent through all places of this Kingdome, to be &s;worne unto by all loyall Subjects &s;peedily, and without delay. And that all that lived within Three&s;core miles of the City of <HI>London,</HI> &s;hould take the &s;ame by the Twelfth of <HI>February</HI> next en&s;uing; And tho&s;e that were of further di|&s;tance from hence, by the one and twentyeth of <HI>March</HI> next following, or to an&s;were their con|tempt to the Hou&s;e.</P>
<P>This will be a meanes to introduce the fir&s;t be|ginnings of peace to this Kingdome, our enemies &s;hall be knowne by their deniall of the &s;ame, and our friends by adhering unto it.</P>
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<HEAD>THE MANNER OF APPREHEN|ding Sir <HI>Ba&s;ill Brooks,</HI> being a Delinquent.</HEAD>
<P>SIR <HI>Ba&s;il Brookes</HI> finding him&s;elfe guilty of be|ing an enemy to the State and Commonwealth, and fearing le&s;t the iu&s;t cen&s;ure of the Parlia|ment (as an incendinary again&s;t them) &s;hould attach him, he fled to <HI>Ware,</HI> and &s;o onwards towards <HI>Yorke,</HI> notwith&s;tanding he left the road, and went towards <HI>Cambridge</HI> &amp; <HI>Lincolne,</HI> &s;omwhat out of the way, for feare of being &s;ent after, and &s;o de&s;cribed; but attai|ning his iourneyes end to <HI>York,</HI> hee re&s;olved to &s;tay there untill hee might have &s;ome conveniencie of tran&s;portation for Holland; and hee in that re&s;pect tooke up his Inne at one <HI>George Dickin&s;ons</HI> hou&s;e, being at the &s;igne of the three golden Cuppes upon Fo&s;&s;e Bridge, where he remained foure dayes pri|vately, never comming forth of his Chamber. There comming in the meane time to the Maior of the &s;aid Citie, a warrant for his apprehen&s;ion, being &s;u&s;pe|cted becau&s;e he concealed him&s;elfe. Hee was &s;eized upon by the &s;aid Maior, his man being fir&s;t exami|ned, who &s;imply confe&s;&s;ed his name, with whom he remained untill order &s;ince being &s;ent from the Par|liament for traducing him to London, and have the Sheriffes of the &s;everall Shires in his way, with a &s;trong guard to be his conduct untill he be produced
<PB REF="4">before the Parliament to heare his further examina|tion and cen&s;ure.</P>
<P>The Parliaments care and indulgences hath not onely been manife&s;ted towards this Kingdome, in &s;eeking the apprehending and removing of malevo|lent per&s;ons, but al&s;o by plotting and devi&s;ing &s;eve|rall meanes and wayes to &s;trengthen and fortifie the Forts and &s;tronge&s;t places of defence in it, as name|ly, the Tower, having been formerly delivered into the hands of &s;uch, who&s;e malignant intents have &s;ince palpably appeared, taking it into their con&s;iderati|ons, that it is one of the principall Forts &amp; &s;trengths of this Kingdome. Vpon the &s;ix and twentieth of this pre&s;ent moneth of Ianuory, they re&s;olved upon removing of &s;uch Warders in the &s;ame which were found not diligent and watchfull in the di&s;charging of their offices, and to have the trained Bands daily exerci&s;ed in their Armes, for the enabling of them for &s;ervice, if need were, they being many of them altogether unskilfull in their po&s;tures. There were likewi&s;e orders &s;ent downe into the &s;everall Coun|ties of Wilt&s;hire, Hamp&s;hire, and Dor&s;et&s;hire for the fortifications of their Ca&s;tles both in the I&s;land of Wight, and other where, that every Ca&s;tle &s;hould have a trained band to bee ready at an houres warning, to aid it if occa&s;ion &s;hould be given by any forraigne enemy, be&s;ides the Gunners and Matro&s;&s;es belonging thereto, and for the daily exerci&s;ing of their men in Arms, that they may bee both able and skilfull in the defence of their King and Countrey: as al&s;o for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of the Popi&s;h power, and
<PB REF="5" MS="y">their relinqui&s;hing their Armes, &s;o that their wills and deed may not be equall, if they &s;hould rai&s;e any mutiny, they having no Amunition but &s;words left them to defend them&s;elves, or offend us.</P>
<P>The&s;e are the quotidiall and inexpre&s;&s;ible good deeds of this honourable Parliament towards us who&s;e coun&s;els are delivered as precedents, not ora|tions; who&s;e endevours &s;o right, &s;o iu&s;t, &s;o equall, and carrying with them &s;uch an Empha&s;is of godli|ne&s;&s;e and piety, that we make no doubt but God will adde (of his wonderfull mercy) a happy end to the&s;e their hopefull beginnings, to his glory and honour, the Parliaments eternall renowne, and the continuall ioy of all &s;uch true and loyall &s;ubiects as delight to peru&s;e the effects of piety and true Religion.</P>
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