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A37845 A message sent unto His Majesty, by a speciall committee of both houses, concerning the present dangers of this kingdom England and Wales. Parliament. 1642 (1642) Wing E1661; ESTC R36393 1,328 1

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March 1. A Message sent unto His Majesty by a speciall Committee of both Houses concerning the present dangers of this Kingdom Most gratious Soveraign YOur Majesties most loyall and obedient Subjects the Lords and Commons in Parliament do finde their just Apprehensions of sorrow and fear in respect of the publike dangers and miseries like to fall upon your Majestie and the Kingdom to be much encreased upon the receipt of your unexpected denyall of their most humble and necessary Petition concerning the Militia of the Kingdom Especially grieving that wicked and mischievous Councellors should still have that power with your Majestie as in this time of Imminent and approaching ruine Rather to encline your Resolutions to that which is apt to further the accomplishment of the desires of the most malignant enemies of Gods true Religion and of the peace and safetie of your self and your Kingdom then to the dutifull and faithfull Councell of your Parliament Wherefore they are enforced in all humility to protest that if your Majestie shall persist in that denyall the dangers and distempers of the Kingdom are such as will indure no longer delay But unlesse you shall be gratiously pleased to assure to them by these Messengers that you will speedily apply your Royall Assent to the satisfaction of their former desires they shall be enforced for the safetie of your Majestie and your Kingdoms to dispose of the Militia by the Authoritie of both Houses in such manner as hath been propounded to your Majestie and they resolve to do it accordingly They likewise most humbly beseech your Majestie to believe That the dangerous and desperate designe upon the House of Commons mentioned in their Preamble was not inserted with any intention to cast the least aspersion upon your Majestie but therein they reflected upon that malignant party of whose bloudie and malitious practices they have had so often experience and from which they can never be secure unlesse your Majestie will be pleased to put from you those wicked and unfaithfull Counsellors who interpose their own corrupt and malitious designes betwixt your Majesties goodnesse and wisedom and the prosperitie and contentment of your Self and of your people And that for the dispatch of the great Affairs of the Kingdom the safetie of your Person the protection and comfort of your Subjects you will be pleased to continue your abode neer to London and the Parliament and not to withdraw your Self to any other remoter Parts which if your Majesty should do must needs be a cause of great dammage and destruction That your Majestie will likewise be gratiously pleased to continue the Princes Highnesse in these parts at St. James or any other of your Houses neer London whereby the designes which the enemies of the Religion and Peace of this Kingdom may have upon his Person and the jealousies and fears of your people may be prevented And they beseech your Majestie to be informed by them That by the Laws of the Kingdom the power of raising ordering and disposing the Militia within any Citie Town or other place cannot be granted to any Corporation by Charter or otherwise without the authoritie and consent of Parliament And that those parts of the Kingdom which have put themselves in a posture of defence against the common danger have therein done nothing but according to the Declaration and Direction of both Houses and what is justifiable by all the Laws of this Kingdom All which their most humble counsell and desires they pray your Majestie to accept as the effect of that Dutie and Allegiance which they owe unto you and which will not suffer them to admit of any thoughts intentions or endeavours but such as are necessary and advantagious for your Majesties Greatnesse and Honor and the safetie and prosperity of the Kingdom according to that Trust and Power which the Laws have reposed in them London Printed for Ioseph Hunscott 1641.