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A92095
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Prince Rupert his declaration.; Declaratie van Prins Robert. English
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Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.
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1642
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Wing R2290; Thomason E242_32; ESTC R1017
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Preachers of London vvitnesse Doctor Featly Doctor Hayward Doctor Holdsworth Master Shute Master Squire Master Griffiâ—â— â—â—d many others for so I am informed these men are because they preach that vvhich their conscience tells them is the knowne truth And vvho are countenanced but ignorant and seditions teachers vvho like the Masse Priests of old call mightily on the people for their plate and money for their patrons and themselves vvho besides their daily Pulpit treasons vent such other Divinity as if Luther vvere living he vvould blush to call them Protestants And if this be not cruelty injustice and tyranny let God and posterity judge Mow for any loosenesse or incivility in our souldiers more then vvhat is incident and common to great Armies I vvish they vvould not mention it lest some impartiall readers who know their courses understand it to be meant by some of their great Reformers vvho are that way as notoriously guilty as any And for my selfe I appeale to the consciences of those Lords and Gentlemen vvho are my daily witnesses and to those people vvheresoever our Army hath been vvhat they know or have observed in my carriage which might not become one of my quality and the son of a King And whereas they slander us for Popish Cavaliers I vvish there were no more Papists in their Army then vve have in ours but to me t is no vvonder with what face they can slander us for men dis-affected to the Protestant Religion vvhen as their grand Reformers refuse to come to Church For His sacred Majesty I have been a frequent vvitnesse here in England and all the world knowes he never shewed himself otherwise and therefore hold it to be my part and duty to tell them that His Majesty is the most faithfull and best defender of the Protestant Religion of any Christian Prince in Europe and is so accounted by all the Princes in Christendome And vvhat a gracious supporter hath he been in particular to the Queene of Bohemia my vertuous Royall mother and to the Prince Elector my Royall brother no man can be ignorant of if therefore in common gratitude I do my utmost in defence of His Majesty and that cause whereof hee hath hitherto been so great and happy a patron no ingenuous man but must thinke it most reasonable And for my selfe the vvorld knows how deeply I have smarted and vvhat perils I have undergone for the Protestant cause vvhat stately large promises vvere offered me vvould I consent and vvhat a wretched close imprisonment vvas threatned if I refused to change my Religion vvhen I was captive to the Emperour of Germany enough to satisfie any man of moderation But if it be not sufficient I vvould to God all Englishmen were at union amongst themselves then vvith what alacrity vvould I venture my life to serve this Kingdome against those cruell Popish Rebels in Ireland for though I will never fight in any unrighteous quarrell yet to defend the King Religion and Lawes of a Kingdome against subjects who are up in armes against their Lord and Soveraigne and such all good wise men know this and that of Ireland to be though the pretence looke severall waies such a cause my conscience tells mee is full of piety and justice and if it please God to end my daies in it I shall thinke my last breath spent vvith as much honour and religion as if I were taken off my knees at my prayers I thinke there is none that take me for a Coward for sure I feare not the face of any man alive yet I should repute it the greatest victory in the vvorld to see His Majesty enter London in peace without shedding one drop of bloud where I dare say God and His Majesty are witnesses I lye not no Citizen should be plundered of one penny or farthing whereby that ancient and famous City would manifestly perceive how desperately it hath been abused by most strange false and bottomlesse untruths for which some body without repentance must be ashamed at the day of Judgement if they escape a condigne legall punishment in this world I therefore conclude with this open profession and I am confident our whole Army will say Amen unto it he that hath any designe against the Protestant Religion the Lawes of England or hopes to enrich himselfe by pillaging the City of London let him be accursed And so whether peace or warre the Lord prosper the worke of their hands who stand for GOD and King CHARLES RVPERT