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<P>THE PARLIAMENTS PROTESTATION: OR The Re&s;olution of the LORDS, and COMMONS, to maintaine the iu&s;t Priuiledge of <HI>Parliament;</HI> and to &s;pend their Lives and Fortunes again&s;t tho&s;e who are the Promoters of this <HI>War,</HI> or have any way endeavored to put the <HI>King</HI> and his <HI>Parliament</HI> a&s;under. WHERETO Is annexed their <HI>Determination</HI> concerning the defence of HVLL, which is in great danger of being taken by the malignant Partie.</P>
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<P>Ordered, that this be printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>Iohn Browne, <HI>Cler. Parl. D. Com.</HI></P>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>Io&s;eph Horton.</HI> MDCXLII.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="proclamation">
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<HEAD>THE Parliaments Prote&s;tation: OR, The <HI>Re&s;olution</HI> of the <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Commons</HI> to main|taine the ju&s;t <HI>Priviledge</HI> of <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_THE Greate&s;t mi&s;ery that can fall upon a Kingdome is Civill <HI>War,</HI> which being well knowne to the Malignants of this Kingdome, who found that all their Plots and Strata|gems were made fru&s;trate by the providentiall fore&s;ight of the great Councell of the <HI>Kingdom,</HI> the high <HI>Court</HI> of PARLIAMENT; they then endeavoured to foment Iealou&s;ies and Feares betwixt the King and his <HI>Parliament;</HI> they cau&s;ed Tumults dayly to bee made, which being done by their wicked In&s;truments, they in&s;inuated into favour with his <HI>Maje&s;tie,</HI> and per&s;waded the King that the <HI>Parliament</HI> countenanced &s;uch Tu|mults.</P>
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<P>Then they per&s;waded his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> that his Royall Per&s;on could not be in &s;afety at his Royall Pal|lace at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> but that it were more &s;afe to retire to &s;ome place of Strengh: and having pre|vailed &s;oe farre with his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> as that he had for|&s;aken <HI>White-hall</HI> and left the City.</P>
<P>Then by their pernitious per&s;wa&s;ions they got his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> to <HI>Yorke:</HI> being there, they &s;ought by all means po&s;&s;ible to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them&s;elves of the <HI>Maga|zine,</HI> knowing that if they could be but &s;o fortunate as to obtaine &s;o great a Strength, that then the law would be in their owne hands.</P>
<P>But the wi&s;dome of the <HI>Parliament</HI> (by the pro|vidence of GOD) tooke order timely to prevent &s;o great a mi&s;cheife: To which end they &s;ent downe Sir <HI>Io: Hotham</HI> a Member of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons</HI> and a Gentleman of knowne Wi&s;dome, Courage and Di&s;cretion, in whom they knew they might con&s;ide, giving him full Power by the Authority of <HI>Parliament</HI> to put a <HI>Garrizon</HI> into the &s;aid Towne, and to keepe it for the defence of the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Par|liament,</HI> again&s;t all tho&s;e of that Partie that &s;hould any way endeavour to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them&s;elves of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Neverthele&s;&s;e, they finding that their former De&s;igne would not take, and that the hopes of the <HI>Earle</HI> of <HI>New-ca&s;tle</HI> were made fru&s;trate; Sir <HI>Iohn Hotham</HI> (having Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Towne before the arivall of the &s;aid <HI>Earle)</HI> they then per&s;waded his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> to goe to <HI>Hull</HI> in his owne Per&s;on, ho|ping
<PB N="3" REF="3"> by that meanes to arive at the Haven of their de&s;ires.</P>
<P>His <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> comming before <HI>Hull,</HI> was denyed acce&s;&s;e into the Towne, being accompanyed with &s;uch numbers of evill affected per&s;ons, that it &s;tood not with the Honour of Sir <HI>Iohn Hotham</HI> &s;o to ha|zard the Towne and <HI>Magazine,</HI> wherein con&s;i&s;ted the peace of King and Kingdome; which hee &s;ea|&s;onably con&s;idering, cho&s;e rather to deny his <HI>Ma|je&s;tie</HI> an entrance, then by granting to undoe both his Maie&s;tie and his Po&s;terity.</P>
<P>They &s;eeing that their hopes were vaine, and that they could not obtaine their wi&s;hed ends, &s;trove to incen&s;e his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> again&s;t Sir <HI>Iohn Hotham,</HI> cau|&s;ing him to be proclaimed Traitor round about the walls of the Towne.</P>
<P>Since which time by their pernicious Councells, they have cau&s;ed his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> to ingage him&s;elfe in a Warre again&s;t <HI>Hull,</HI> for which purpo&s;e they have levied many hor&s;e and Foote, and armed them in a War-like manner.</P>
<P>All which the <HI>Parliament</HI> taking into con&s;idera|tion, and knowing what the &s;aid effect will be, if they u&s;e not a &s;peedy prevention; to which end they have beene forced to u&s;e all po&s;&s;ible &s;peed in the rai&s;ing of Forces to &s;trengthen the Towne of <HI>Hull,</HI> again&s;t all tho&s;e that &s;eeke forcibly to ceize it and to pre&s;erve the peace of the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Kingdome</HI> which they onely endeavour to de&s;troy.</P>
<P>And that the world may be truly &s;atisfied in the
<PB N="4" REF="4"> iu&s;tice of their proceedings they have thought it ne|ce&s;&s;ary to declare that they will be ready with their lives and fortune to obey His Maie&s;ty and to defend him as their mo&s;t deare and dread Soveraigne, accor|ding to their Allegiance and Re&s;olution, to defend the iu&s;t Priviledges of <HI>Parliament</HI> according to their free and iu&s;t Protte&s;tation.</P>
<P>And that as God, and the Fundementall Lawes of this Kingdome have ioyned His Maie&s;ty and Parlia|ment together &s;o they cannot agree to di&s;ioynted obedience but declare them&s;elves enemies to all &s;uch as goe about to put a&s;under, and to make a &s;eparation twixt his <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI> and the Parliament.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>IVLY, 29.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Ordered by the LORDS and Com|mons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this be Printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Browne, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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