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<P> A DECLARATION Of the LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT: For the Vindication of Ferdinando Lord Fairefax, and others imployed in their &s;ervice again&s;t the Earle of <HI>New-Castle,</HI> and his Ar|my of Pap&s;ts, which threatens ruine and De&s;ola|tion of our Religion Lawes and Liberties.</P>
<P>Al&s;o requiring and commanding all Per&s;ons what&s;oever, as they tender the good and pro&s;perity of the true Prote&s;tant Religion, forthwith to with|draw them&s;elves from his A&s;&s;i&s;tance, and no longer to aid him nor any of his Adherents.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris, 3 Feb. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Browne, Cler. Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Feb. 4. Printed for <HI>Iohn Wright</HI> in the Old Bailey. 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION Of the LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Veneris,</HI> 3. <HI>Februarii,</HI> 1642:</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas <HI>Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> &amp; <HI>Wil|liam</HI> Earle of <HI>Newca|&s;tle,</HI> have not only trai|teroufly ray&s;ed War again&s;t the Parlia|ment, but likewi&s;e the &s;aid Earle of <HI>New|ca&s;tle,</HI> out of a wicked De&s;igne to &s;uppre&s;&s;e the Prote&s;tant Religion, and to advance the Popi&s;h Idolatry and Super&s;tition, hath
<PB REF="3"> ray&s;ed and Armed a great number of Pa|pi&s;ts, And having brought them together in the body of an Armie, is become their head and Captaine Generall, And further in pur|&s;uance of that wicked De&s;igne, and for the terrifying and de&s;troying of tho&s;e, who out of con&s;cience and dutie to God and the Kingdome, &s;hould oppo&s;e them in the execu|tion thereof, they have by &s;everall Procla|mations, that is to &s;ay, by one bearing Date the fir&s;t of <HI>December</HI> la&s;t, under the name of the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> and another Dated the &s;eventeenth of <HI>Ianuary</HI> la&s;t, under the name of the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> Fa&s;ly, and Maliciou&s;ly, and Trayterou&s;ly publi&s;hed <HI>Ferdinando</HI> Lord <HI>Fairefax,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Fairefax</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>Edward Loftus</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>Mathew Bointon</HI> Knight and Baronet, Sir <HI>Henry Fowlis,</HI> and Sir <HI>Thomas Maileverer</HI> Baronets, Sir <HI>Richard Darley,</HI> Sir <HI>Chri&s;topher Wray,</HI> Sir <HI>Henry Ander&s;on,</HI> Sir <HI>Iohn Savile,</HI> Sir <HI>Edward Rodes,</HI> Sir <HI>Hugh Cholmley,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Reinington,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Norcli&s;&s;e</HI> Knights, <HI>Iohn Hotham, Thomas Hatcher, William Li&s;ter, Iohn Legard,</HI> of <HI>Malton, Iohn Dod&s;|worth, Iohn Wa&s;tell, Iohn Peir&s;e,</HI> E&s;quiers, <HI>William White, Iohn Robin&s;on, Arthur Beckwich, Thomas Robin&s;on,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Stackdell</HI> Gent. and divers others, and all
<PB REF="3"> their Adherents to be Traytors, The Lords and Commons now a&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment doe hereby Declare, that the &s;aid <HI>Fer|dina do</HI> Lord <HI>Fairefax,</HI> is by them or by Au|thority directed from them, appoynted Cap|taine Generall of the Forces ray&s;ed, and to be ray&s;ed for the defence of Religion, the Libertie of the Kingdome, and of the Par|liament; And what&s;oever he or any of the per&s;ons aforenamed, or any under him or them, have done by vertue of that Authority, they have done lawfully and according to that duty which all good Subjects owe to God, the King, and their Country; And that they &s;hall for their &s;o doing, be main|tained by the power and Authority of Par|liament; And they doe further Authorize, and regard the &s;aid <HI>Ferdinando Fairefax,</HI> the &s;aid per&s;ons aforenamed, and all others to continue and proceed in this &s;o nece&s;&s;ary and acceptable a Service: And that all meanes may be u&s;ed for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing that Army of Papi&s;ts, and per&s;ons Popi&s;hly affected, now under the command of the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle&punc;</HI> which evidently threatens Ruine and De&s;olution to our Religion, Lawes and Liberties, and will (if not prevented) make us undergoe tho&s;e Cruelties, Ra|pines, Spoyling, and Murthering, that our Brethren of <HI>Ireland,</HI> have &s;uffered by
<PB REF="4"> the Popi&s;h Rebels there, which mu&s;t al&s;o ex|pect from the&s;e if they be not timely and pow|erfully re&s;i&s;ted, The &s;aid Lords and Com|mons doe further Declare the &s;aid <HI>Henry</HI> Earle of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> and all that &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t them or ei|ther of them in their per&s;ons, or with Armes, Money, Provi&s;ion, or otherwi&s;e how&s;oever to be guilty of High Trea&s;on, for ray&s;ing Armes again&s;t the Parliament and King|dome; And that the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> having made him&s;elfe head of a Popi&s;h par|ty now in Armes, hath thereby after a more horrid and dete&s;tible manner, manife&s;ted him&s;elfe to be a Traytor and an Enemy to all true Religion and goodne&s;&s;e&punc; And there|fore the &s;aid Lords and Commons doe fur|ther require and command, all per&s;ons of what E&s;tate, degree, or quality, what&s;oever they be, as they tender the good and pro&s;pe|rity of the true Prote&s;tant Religion by Law e&s;tabli&s;hed, and pre&s;ervation of them&s;elves, their Lawes, and Liberties, and as they will an&s;wer it before Almighty God, that they doe forthwith wholly and ab&s;olutely withdraw them&s;elves from giving any Ayde or A&s;&s;i&s;tance to the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> or any of the Forces ray&s;ed by him or under his command, and that they faile not to give all ready and chearefull obedience, and a&s;&s;i|&s;tance
<PB REF="4"> to the command and Authority of the &s;aid Lord <HI>Fairefax,</HI> &s;o much conducing to the pre&s;ervation of Religion, and to the peace of the County of <HI>Yorke,</HI> and Weale of the whole Kingdome, whereunto, the Lords and Commons are confident, that all per&s;ons which are, or de&s;ire to be accounted true Prote&s;tants, and rightly affected to Gods true Religion, the peace of the King|dome, and the Liberty of the Subject will (to their utmo&s;t endeavours) willingly and re&s;olutely &s;ubmit, comforme, and apply them|&s;elves.</P>
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