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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78726	His Majesties declaration to all his loving subjects, occasioned by a false and scandalous imputation laid upon His Majesty of an intention of raising or leavying war against his Parliament, and of having raised force to that end. Also, His Majesties declaration and profession, together with that of the Lords and others of his councell there present, disavowing any preparations or intentions of leavying war against his two Houses of Parliament.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I).; England and Wales. Privy Council.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2237; Thomason E151_27; ESTC R15180	6,182	15

HIS MAjESTIES DECLARATION To all His loving SUBJECTS Occasioned by a false and scandalous Imputation laid upon His Majesty of an Intention of Raising or Leavying War against His Parliament and of having raised Force to that end ALSO His Majesties Declaration and Profession together with that of the Lords and others of His Councell there present disavowing any Preparations or Intentions of Leavying War against His two Houses of Parliament LONDON Printed by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of JOHN BILL 1642. His Majesties Declaration to all His loving Subjects occasioned by a false and scandalous Imputation laid upon His Majestie of an Intention of raising or leavying War against His Parliament and of having raised Force to that end Published at His Court at York the 16. day of June 1642. THough We have these last seven Moneths met with so many severall Encounters of strange and unusuall Declarations under the Names of both Our Houses of Parliament that We should not be amazed at any new Prodigie of that kinde And though their last of the 26 of May gave Vs a fair Warning that the Contrivers of it having spent all their Stock of bitter and reproachfull Language upon Vs We were to expect they should now break out into some bold and disloyal Actions against Vs And having by that Declaration as far as in them lies devested Vs of that preeminence and authoritie which God the Law the Custome and Consent of this Nation had placed in Vs and assumed it to themselves That they should likewise with expedition put forth the fruits of that supream Power for the violating and supressing that power they despised an effect of which Resolution their wilde Declaration against Our Proclamation concerning the pretended Ordinance for the Militia and the punishing of the Proclaimers appears to be yet We must confesse in their last attempt We speak of the last We know they may probably since or at this present have out-done that too they have out-done what We conceive was their present Intention And whosoever hears of Propositions and Orders for bringing in of Money or Plate to maintain Horse Horse-men and Arms for the preservation of the publike Peace or for the defence of the King and both Houses of Parliament such is their Declaration or what else they please to call it of the 10 of Iune will surely beleeve the Peace of this Kingdom to be extreamly shaken and at least the King himself to be consulted with and privie to these Propositions But We hope that when Our good Subjects shall finde that this goodly Pretence of The defence of the King is but a specious Bait to seduce weak and inconsiderate Men into the highest Acts of Disobedience and Disloyaltie against Vs and of Violence and Destruction upon the Laws and Constitutions of the Kingdom they will no longer be captivated by an implic●te Reverence to the name of both Houses of Parliament but will carefully examine and consider what number of Persons are present and what Persons are prevalent in those Consultations and how the Debates are probably managed from whence such horrid and monstrous Conclusions do result and will at least weigh the Reputation Wisdom and Affection of those who are notoriously known out of the very horrour of their proceedings to have withdrawn themselves or by their skill and violence to be driven from them and their Counsells Whilest their Fears and Iealousies did arise or were infused into the People from discourses of the Rebels in Ireland of s●ippers at Rotterdam of Forces from Denmark France or Spain how improbable and ridiculous soever that bundle of Information appeared to all wise and knowing Men it is no wonder if the easinesse to deceive and the willingnesse to be deceived did prevail over many of Our weak Subjects to beleeve that the Dangers which they did not see might proceed from Causes which they did not understand But for them to declare to all the world that we intend to make War against Our Parliament whilest We sit still complaining to God Almighty of the injury offered to Vs and to the very being of Parliaments and that We have already begun actually to leavie Forces both of Horse and Foot whilest We have onely in a legall way provided a smaller Guard for the security of Our own Person so neer a Rebellion at Hull then they have had without lawfull authority above these eight Moneths upon imaginary and impossible dangers to impose upon Our Peoples sense as well as their understanding by telling them We are doing that which they see We are not doing and intending that they all know as much as Intentions can be known We are not intending is a boldnesse agreeable to no power but the omnipotencie of those Votes whose absolute supremacie hath almost brought confusion upon King and People and against which no knowledge in matter of Fact or consent and authority in matter of Law they will endure shall be opposed We have upon all occasions with all possible Expressions professed Our fast and unshaken Resolutions for Peace And We do again in the presence of Almighty God Our Maker and Redeemer assure the world That We have no more thought of making a War against Our Parliament then against Our own Children That We voill maintain and observe the Acts assented to by Vs this Parliament without Violation of which That for the frequent assembling of Parliaments is one And that We have not or shall not have any thought of using any Force unlesse We shall be driven to it for the security of Our Person and for the defence of the Religion Laws and Liberty of the Kingdom and the just Rights and Priviledges of Parliament And therefore We hope the Malignant Party who have so much despised Our Person and usurped Our Office ●● all not by their specious fra●dulent Insinuations prevast with Our good Subjects to give credit to their wicked Assertions and so to contribute their Power and Assistance for the ruine and destruction of Vs and themselves For Our Guard about Our Person which not so much their Example as their Provocation inforced Vs to take it is known it consists of the prime Gentry in Fortune and Reputation of this County and of One Regiment of Our Trained Bands who have been so far from offering any Affronts injuries or disturbance to any of Our good Subjects that their principall end is to prevent such and so may be security can be no grievance to Our People That some ill affected Persons or any Persons have been imployed in other Parts raise Troops under colour of Our Service or have made large or any Offers of Reward and Preferment to such as will come in is for ought We know and as We beleeve an un-truth devised by the Contrivers of this false Rumour We disavow it and are confident there will be no need of such Art or Industry to induce Our loving Subjects when they shall see Vs

oppressed and their Liberties and Laws confounded and till then We shall not call on them to come in to Vs and to assist Vs. For the Delinquents whom We are said with an high and forcible hand to Protect let them be named and their Delinquencie and if We give not satisfaction to Iustice when We shall have received satisfaction concerning Sir John Hotham by his legall Triall then let Vs be blamed But if the Designe be as it is well known to be after We have been driven by Force from Our Citie of London and kept by Force from Our Town of Hull to protect all those who are Delinquents against Vs and to make all those Delinquents who attend on Vs or execute Our lawfull Commands We have great reason to be satis fied in the truth and justice of such Accusation lest to be Our servant and to be a Delinquent grow to be Termes so convertible that in a short time We be left as naked in attendance as they would have Vs in power and so compell Vs to be waited on onely by such whom they shall appoint and allow and in whose presence We should be more miserably alone then in desolation it self And if the seditious Contrivers and Fomenters of this Scandall upon Vs shall have as they have had the power to mis-lead the major Part present of either or both Houses to make such Orders and send such Messages and Messengers as they have lately done for the Apprehension of the great Earls and Barons of England as if they were Rogues or Felons And whereby persons of Honour and Quality are made Delinquents meerly for attending upon Vs and upon Our Summons whilest other men are forbid to come neer Vs though obliged by the Duty of their places and Oaths upon Our lawfull Commands It is no wonder if such Messengers are not very well entreated and such Orders not Obeyed neither can there be a surer and a cunninger way found out to render the Authority of both Houses scorned and vilified then to assume to themselves meerly upon the Authority of the name of Parliament a Power monstrous to all understandings and to do Actions and to make Orders Evidently and Demonstrably contrary to all Known Law and Reason As to take up Arms against Vs under colour of defending Vs To cause Money to be brought in to them and to forbid Our own Money to be paid to Vs or to Our use under colour that We will imploy it ill To beat Vs and sterve Vs for Our own good and by Our own Power and Authority which must in short time make the greatest Court and the greatest Person cheap and of no Estimation Who those sensible Men are of the publike Calamities of the Violations of the Priviledges of Parliament and the Common Liberty of the Subject who have been baffled and injured by Malignant Men and Cavaliers about Us We cannot imagine And if those Cavaliers are so much without the fear of God and Man and so ready to commit all manner of Outrage and Violence as is pretended Our Government ought to be the more esteemed which hath kept them from doing so insomuch as We beleeve no person hath cause to complain of any injurie or of any dammage in the least degree by any man about or who hath offered his service to Vs All which being duly considered if the Contrivers of these Propositions and Orders had been truely sensible of the Obligation which lyes upon them in Honour Conscience Dutie according to the high trust reposed in them by Vs and Our People they would not have published such a sense and apprehension of imminent danger when themselves in their consciences know that the greatest indeed only danger which threatens this Church and State the blessed Religion and Liberty of Our People is in their own desperate and seditious designes and would not endeavour upon such weak and groundlesse reasons to seduce Our good Subjects from their Affection and Loyalty to Vs to run themselves into Actions unwarrantable and destructive to the peace and Foundation of the Common-wealth And that all Our loving Subjects may see how causelesse and groundlesse this scandalous Rumour and Imputation of Our raising Warre upon Our Parliament is We have with this Our Declaration caused to be Printed the Testimony of those Lords and other persons of Our Councell who are here with Vs who being upon the place could not but discover such Our Intentions and Preparations and cannot be suspected for their Honours and Interests to combine in such mischievous and horrid Resolutions And therefore We straightly charge and Command all Our loving Subjects upon their Allegiance and as they will answer the contrary at their Perils That they yeeld no obedience or consent to the said Propositions and Orders and that they presume not under any such Pretences or by colour of any such Orders to raise or leavy any Horse or Men or to bring in any Money or Plate to such purpose But if notwithstanding this Cleer Declaration and Evidence of Our Intentions these Men whose Designe it is to compell Vs to raise War upon Our Parliament which all their skill and malice shall never be able to effect shall think fit by these Alarms to awaken Vs to a more necessary care of the defence of Our Self and Our People and shall themselves under colour of Defence in so unheard of a manner provide and seduce others to do so too to offend Vs having given Vs so lively Testimony of their Affections what they are willing to do when they have once made themselves able All Our good Subjects will think it necessary to look to Our Self And We do then excite all Our well affected People according to their Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie and according to their solemn Vow and Protestation whereby they are obliged to defend Our Person Honour and Estate to contribute their best Assistance to the Preparations necessary for the opposing and suppressing of the Traiterous Attempts of such wicked and Malignant Persons who would destroy Our Person Honour and Estate and engage the whole Kingdom in a Civill War to satisfie their own lawlesse Furie and Ambition and so rob Our good Subjects of the blessed fruit of this present Parliament which they already in some degree have and might still reap to the abundant satisfaction and joy of the whole Kingdom if such wicked hands were not ready to ruine all their possession and frustrate all their hopes We do therefore declare That whosoever of what degree or quality soever shall then upon so urgent and visible necessity of Ours and such an apparent distraction of the Kingdom caused and begotten by the malice contrivance of this Malignant partie bring in to Vs and Our use ready Money or Plate or shall underwrite to furnish any number of Horse Horse-men and Armes for the Preservation of the publike peace the defence of Our Person and the vindication of the Priviledge and Freedom of Parliament