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<P> A LETTER Sent from Both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT, to his EXCELLENCE, The Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> Lord generall of the Army for the <HI>King</HI> and Parliament.</P>
<P>ALSO <HI>Certain Articles which pa&s;&s;ed between the</HI> King <HI>and both Hou&s;es.</HI></P>
<P>WITH The Re&s;olution and Prote&s;tation of the County of <HI>Yorke</HI> and <HI>Lincolne,</HI> to &s;tand for the King and Parliament to main|tain the true Prote&s;tant Religion.</P>
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<P><HI>Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament that this Prote|&s;tation be printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;inge Cler: Parl: D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>Joh. Franc. Octob,</HI> 11. 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>ALETTER &s;ent from both Hou&s;es of Parliament, to his Excellence, the Earle <HI>of</HI> ESSEX, <HI>Lord Generall of the Army for the King and Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>THat con&s;idering the many unhappy di&s;tractions lately growne in Church and Common wealth, through the malitiou practice of a mavignant par|ty, labouring to breed Jealou&s;ies betwen the King and his People; wee are inforced to expre&s;&s;e in this our humble Declaration our de&s;ires and re&s;olutions to &s;pend our lives and e&s;tates in defence of hrs Maje&s;ties Per&s;on, the true Prote&s;tant Religion, the peace of the Realme, the maintenance of the Rights and Priviledges of Parlia|ment, the Lawes of the Land, and the lawfull liberties of the Subjects; according to our late Prote&s;tation a|gain&s;t all &s;uch as &s;hall attempt to &s;eperate his Maje&s;ty from his great and faithfull Councell of Parliament, and by that meanes to alienate his Maje&s;ties affection from his loyall &s;ubjects. And this our Declaration we humbly de&s;ire your Lord&s;hip to repre&s;ent from us to the High and honourable Court of Parliament.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>To the right Honorable, the Lords and Commons</HI> in Parliament a&s;&s;embled: The humble Petition of the Gentry, Mini&s;ters, Free|holders, and other Inhabitants of the County of <HI>Yorke,</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>THat they cannot be afraid them&s;elves or any other &s;hall incurre your di&s;plea&s;ure, for declaring their ju&s;t feares in an humble way, or repre&s;enting that the&s;e generall di&s;tractions have a more powerfull influence upon this particular County, then upon any other part of the Kingdome; and the many inconveniences that we have endured, doe make us already &s;en&s;ible of more dan|gerous effects then hath hitherto befallen us; and from thence, apprehending the greate&s;t of Calamities to fol|low, unle&s;&s;e God ble&s;&s;ing and a &s;peedy union doe hap|pily prevent them; we are bold, in all humility to Pe|tition that a timely remedy may be applied, le&s;t our di&s;|ea&s;e grow de&s;pirate, pa&s;t eure, without &s;uch applicati|on, as may indanger the vitall &s;pirits of the Kingdome: that &s;uch regard may be had to his Maje&s;ties Honour, together with the faith of the Kingdome, as may evidence to all the worly that nothing is deerer to us then the &s;e|curity and giory of our King and Kingdome, who&s;e honour and reputation both at home and abroade mu&s;t &s;tand and fall together. That wee may not be di&s;tracted by contrary commands, but that the knowne lawe of the Land, which wee humbly conceive is the fundamentall liberty of the Subjects, and noe arbitrary government may be the rule of our obedience, and the guide and determiner of all our actions and differences. And wee according to our alegiance &s;hall be ready to maintaine his Maje&s;ties royall Per&s;on, Crowne and Dignity, his
<PB REF="3"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">u&s;t rights and prerogative, together with the lawfull <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">riviledges of Parlaiment, the ju&s;t liberty of the &s;ubjects, the true Prote&s;tant profe&s;&s;ion, and the peace of the Land.</P>
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<HEAD>Propo&s;itions for accommodation for the Compo&s;ing of the pre&s;ent Differences <HI>botweene his Majesty and the PARLIAMENT.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IT Plainly appearing by a Declarition made in Parliment, that the Commi&s;&s;ion of Array is again&s;t the Laws and &s;tatutes of this Kingdome; and that his Maje&s;ty is graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to declare his re&s;olution to governe his people onely by the Law: that his Maje|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">y would be now plea&s;ed, for the more apparant expre&s;|&s;&s;ion of that his royall purpo&s;e to recal his &s;aid Commi|&s;&s;ion and all in&s;tructions and commands which have been given therein.</P>
<P N="2">2 His Maje&s;ty having acknowledged that in the&s;e times of danger, the propo&s;ition made unto him by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, for the &s;etling of the Ma|litia very fit, theredy to put the Kingdome into a po&s;ture of defence, and hath al&s;o approved of &s;uch per&s;ons for the ordering ordering of the &s;ame, who have been nominated by the Parliament, that he would be graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to give his royal a&s;&s;ent to an Act of Parliament, for the e&s;tabli&s;hing thereof, for two yeers &s;pace, which after may be continued, or laid downe, as the nece&s;&s;ity of the time &s;hall then require.</P>
<P N="3">3 That all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o nominated by the Par|liament, and approved of by his Maje&s;ty, to be Lievte|nants in every County for the ordering of the Mili|tia, may receive their Commi&s;sions onely from his
<PB REF="4"> Maje&s;ty, with a provi&s;o, that they &s;hall not be di&s;pla|ced, nor their power taken from them, but by con&s;ent of Parliament, thereby to pre&s;erve the honour of his Maje&s;ty, and al&s;o to remove all doubts and feares from his Subjects.</P>
<P N="4">4 That no Commi&s;sions for the Array or Militia which have beene made or given by the King or Par|liament, may be further executed, but that all Armes &s;hall be laid downe untill the Militia be &s;etled by Act of Parliament.</P>
<P N="5">5 That a generall hardon may be granted, in &s;uch manner as his Maje&s;ty hath beene graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to offer unto all his Subjects.</P>
<P N="6">6 That a particular Declaration in that Act may be made, that neither Sir <HI>John Hotham,</HI> nor any other per&s;on &s;hall be que&s;tioned for any Act done in obedi|ence to the directions and command of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or which hath beene &s;ince allowed and approved of by them.</P>
<P N="7">7 That that the Towne of <HI>Hull,</HI> with all the Arms and Amunition removed from them, may be delive|red into the actuall and peaceable po&s;&s;e&s;sion of his Maje&s;ty; and that his Maje&s;ty would be then plea&s;ed to commit the government therof with the &s;aid Arms, unto &s;uch other per&s;on which both Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment &s;hall nominate. And that no &s;uch Governour &s;hall be di&s;placed, nor the Armes removed, but by con&s;ent of Parliament. And that <HI>Newcastle</HI> and all other Townes of &s;trength may be in like manner di&s;|po&s;ed of.</P>
<P N="8">8 That all the Lords and members of the Hou&s;e of Commons that are now with the King, &s;hall pre&s;ently repaire to their &s;everall hou&s;es, and not be que&s;tioned for their ab&s;ence.</P>
<P N="9"><PB REF="4"> 9 That his Maje&s;ty would be plea&s;ed to turne againe to <HI>Whitehall,</HI> or &s;ome other place neere his City of <HI>Lon|don,</HI> there to make his re&s;idence, as formerly he hath don; thereby to revive the dejected hearts of his afflicted &s;ub|jects, who have thus unhappily been deprived of the com|fort and honour of his royall pre&s;ence.</P>
<P N="10">10 That all di&s;tractions and mi&s;apprehen&s;ions may be removed, by the happy concurrence of his Maje&s;ty with the Parliament, whereby &s;uch good Lawes may be made as may conduce to the e&s;tabli&s;hing of a &s;etled peace in the whole State.</P>
<P N="11">11 That the reliefe of the di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Prote&s;tants, his Maje&s;ties faithfull and loyall &s;ubjects in <HI>Ireland</HI> may be &s;peedily re&s;olved on, and their wants &s;upplied, for the &s;uppe&s;sing of the Rebels, Papi&s;ts, in that Kingdome.</P>
<P N="12">12 That all abu&s;es in the Church may be removed in a more perfect Reformation, in Di&s;cipline and Cere|monies, by an A&s;&s;embly of &s;uch learned Divines as &s;hall be named to that purpo&s;e by both Hou&s;es of Parliament</P>
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<HEAD>The Earle of ESSEX his In&s;tructions for <HI>Englands</HI> &s;afety.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 That the &s;afe&s;t and &s;ure&s;t defence of this King|dome is our Navie, and that we can never be hurt by Land by a forraigne Enemy, unle&s;&s;e we are fir&s;t beaten at &s;ea.</P>
<P N="2">2 That the favouring and cheri&s;hing of &s;ouldiers, will be no &s;mall &s;ecurity to this Kingdome.</P>
<P N="3">3 A &s;weet harmony betwixt a loving Prince and loyall &s;ubjects.</P>
<P N="4">4 A &s;weet reprehen&s;ion of the &s;uperfluous expence
<PB REF="5"> of the&s;e times, which if &s;ome cour&s;e were taken therein to limit them, it would make much to the generall good of this Common-wealth.</P>
<P N="5">5 La&s;tly, if his Maje&s;ty would re&s;erve the places pro|perly belonging to the wars, whereof he hath the fewe&s;t of any great Prince in chri&s;tendom; as the governments of his I&s;les, the keeping of the Fores &amp; Ca&s;tles and places of command in <HI>Zeland</HI> only for &s;ouldiers, and men &s;ound in Religion: It would be a great encouragement to his Subjects to follow the wars, to enable them&s;elves to doe him &s;ervice, though to their co&s;t and charge, when they have to hope thar though they &s;erve a &s;trange Prince or &s;tate, to their no advantag, yet thereby enabling them|&s;elves to doe their owne King &s;ervace, they may in time be provided for in their owne Country, whereas if char|ges of commands, advancement of honour may be had better cheap by &s;taying at home there will but few ever take the paines and labour.</P>
<P>His Excellency the Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> &s;ent a Letter to the Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> de&s;iring his advice how hee might u&s;e the be&s;t meanes to pre&s;ent the Petition of both hou&s;es of Parliament to his Maje&s;ty in an humble manner, and that tho&s;e that &s;hould be imployd therin might have ac|ce&s;&s;e to his Maja&s;ty and &s;afe conduct; and the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> acquainting his Maje&s;ty therewith, his Maje&s;tie an&s;wered that his eares &s;hould be alwaies open to any Petitioner, but that came from his Parliament, but hee would not receive any Petition from the hands of any that hee had proclaimed traiters.</P>
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