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<P> A DECLARATION OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, CONCERNING His MAJESTIES late Proclamation threatning Fire and Sword to all Inhabitants in the County of <HI>Oxford</HI> and <HI>Berks,</HI> and parts adjacent, that will not bring in all their provi&s;ions for Men and Hor&s;e, to the Garri&s;on of <HI>Oxford.</HI></P>
<P>With the re&s;olution of both Hou&s;es thereupon, for to hazard their lives and fortunes, to prevent the&s;e mi&s;eries, and &s;ecure tho&s;e places and the whole Kingdome.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 22 April. 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this Declaration and Proclamation be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Iohn Wright</HI> in the Old-baily, <HI>April.</HI> 23. 1644.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="declaration">
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<HEAD><HI>A DECLARATION OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, Concerning <HI>His Maje&s;ties late Proclamation.</HI></HI></HEAD>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons a&s;&s;em|bled in the Parliament of <HI>Eng|land</HI> doe ob&s;erve that the &s;ame Councels now predominate at <HI>Oxford,</HI> which have contrived and effected the de&s;truction of <HI>Ireland</HI> by Fire and Sword, doe further labour to bring the like de&s;olation upon this Kingdome, and in
<PB N="2" REF="3"> pur&s;uance thereof have dared to publi&s;h this unparalleld Paper in the forme of a Procla|mation, threatning de&s;truction by Fire and Sword, under the Title of pre&s;erving the Country; The Lords and Commons doe thereupon declare, that they will u&s;e their hearty endeavours, with the hazard of their lives and fortunes to prevent the&s;e mi&s;eries, whereof they are mo&s;t &s;en&s;ible, and have taken Order that con&s;iderable Forces &s;hall &s;peedily advance for the defence and protecti|on of the people, wherein they de&s;ire the a&s;|&s;i&s;tance of their Countreymen, and humbly pray to God for his ble&s;&s;ing.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<HEAD>By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A Proclamation for the better Pre|&s;ervation of the Country and the Garri&s;on at <HI>Oxford,</HI> and &s;ecuring of their Corne, and other provi&s;ions of Victuals, and food for Men and Hor&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by Our Proclamation of the 29. of March now la&s;t pa&s;t, We invited Our loving Sub|jects of the Counties of <HI>Ox|ford</HI> and <HI>Berks,</HI> and other Counties adjacent, who are owners of Corne and Graine, and other Victu|als, in a greater proportion then is nece&s;&s;ary for
<PB N="4" REF="4"> their owne private Families, that for their owne benefit to &s;ecure the &s;ame again&s;t the &s;udden incur&s;ion and violence of the Rebels, and for the better furni&s;hing of Our Garri&s;on at <HI>Oxford,</HI> again&s;t a time of need, they &s;hould &s;peedily bring the &s;ame into this City, and there &s;tore it up in &s;uch places as them&s;elves &s;hould provide, or as We in Our care by Our Commi&s;&s;ioners, to whom they are to re&s;ort, have there provided for them, where the own|ers thereof by them&s;elves, or &s;uch as they &s;hould nominate and tru&s;t &s;hould keepe the &s;ame, and from thence as the true owners thereof &s;hould i&s;&s;ue the &s;ame, to furni&s;h the Markets from time to time for their be&s;t advantage. Since which time Wee finde that the Inhabi|tants of the&s;e places not being &s;o &s;en&s;ible of their owne good as We expected they would have beene, have beene very negligent in ap|plying them&s;elves to Our de&s;ires, but doe ex|po&s;e them&s;elves, and that part of their E|&s;tates to that danger which may fall up|on them, Wee know not how &s;oone; Wee therefore, by the advice of the Lords and Gen|tlemen, Members of the two Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment now a&s;&s;embled at <HI>Oxford,</HI> doe admoni&s;h
<PB N="5" REF="4"> all Our loving Subjects whom it may con|cerne, That within five dayes now next en&s;u|ing at the furthe&s;t, for &s;uch as live within &s;e|ven miles from this Towne, and for &s;uch as dwell further off within eight dayes after the date hereof, they bring or cau&s;e to be brought into this City of <HI>Oxford,</HI> all &s;uch Corne of all &s;orts, ready thre&s;hed, or in the Straw, and all &s;uch other Victuals, &s;erving for the food of Men or Hor&s;e, which they can &s;pare, here to be &s;tored up by them&s;elves, or &s;old at, and for rea&s;onable prices, for ready Money. And al|&s;o that they bring in hither all &s;uch Hay and Straw as they have, and may &s;pare here to bee &s;old to Us, and to the Nobility and Gentry here re&s;iding for ready Money at rea&s;onable prices. And We, by the advice afore&s;aid, doe further let them know, and doe hereby declare, That if they faile herein, upon what pretence &s;oever, We &s;hall e&s;teeme them as per&s;ons di&s;|affected to Us and to Our Service, and as the cour&s;e of Warre and the nece&s;&s;ity thereof re|quireth, upon the approach of the Rebels, who are Enemies to Us and them, Wee mu&s;t and will by Our owne Souldiers fetch &s;o much thereof away, as We can, for the provi&s;ion of
<PB N="6" REF="5"> Our owne Army, and the re&s;t con&s;ume and de&s;troy by Fire, rather then &s;uffer the &s;ame to fall as a prey into their hands, who will there|by be the more enabled to annoy Us and Our good Subjects. Of all which We expect a &s;trict performance, and will require a &s;evere account. And all Hor&s;es, Carts, and Carriages which are imployed for this &s;ervice, &s;hall have free pa&s;|&s;age in their going and coming, and not be ta|ken for any other &s;ervice.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Oxford,</HI> <DATE> this fifteenth day of April, in the twentieth yeere of Our Reigne.</DATE></DATELINE> God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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