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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90461	A perfect declaration of all the promises and protestations made unto the Kings Majestie by the Parliament; by way of accommodation of peace. Wherein the Parliament have made knowne to the world, their owne ends and intentions; and offered to His Majestie all that a treaty can produce, or His Majestie expect: security, honour, service, obedience, support, and all other effects of an humble, loyall, and faithfull subjection.		1643 (1643)	Wing P1482; Thomason E249_1; ESTC R212562	4,880	10

A Perfect DECLARATION OF ALL THE PROMISES and PROTESTATIONS made unto the Kings Majestie by the Parliament By way of Accommodation of PEACE Wherein the Parliament have made knowne to the World their owne ends and intentions And offered to His Majestie all that a Treaty can produce or His Majestie expect Security Honour Service Obedience Support and all other effects of an Humble Loyall and Faithfull Subjection VIRES SIT VVLNERE VERITAS LONDON Printed for Robert Wood. 1643. A Perfect Declaration of all the Promises and Protestations made unto the Kings Majestie by the Parliament by way of Accommodation Wherein the Parliament have made known to the World their own ends and intentions and offered to His Majestie all that a Treaty can produce or His Majestie desire WHereas by a Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament of the 26. of Ianuary 1642. It is said That having taken into serious consideration the present state and condition of eminent danger in which the Kingdome now stands by reason of a Malignant Party prevailing with His Majestie putting him upon violent and perilous wayes and now in Armes against us to the hazarding of His Majesties person and for the oppression of the true Religion the Lawes and liberties of this Kingdome and the power and privildges of Parliament all which every honest man is bound to defend especially those who have taken the late protestation by which they are more perticulerly tyed unto it and the more answerable before God should they neglect it wherefore they finding themselves ingaged in the necessity to take up Armes likewise for the defence of these which otherwise must suffer and perish and having used all good waies and meanes to prevent extremities and preserue the peace of the Kingdome which good endeauors of theirs the Malignity of their Enemies have rendred altogether successelesse and vain therefore they did now thinke fitt to give this accompt unto the world to be a satisfaction unto all men of the Justnesse of their proceedings and a warning unto those who are involued in the same danger with them to let them see the necessity and duty which lyes upon them to saue their Religion and Countrey for which purpose they set forth this declaration wherein is most excellently shewed the eminent danger of the kingdome and how farre the malignant party hath prevailed and in the latter end of this declaration it followes in these words we the Lords and Commons are resolved to expose our lives and fortunes for the defence and maintenance of the true Religion the Kings person honour and estate the power and priviledges of Parliament and the iust rights and libertyes of the Subject and for the prevention of that mischievous design which gives motion to all the rest and have beene so strongly persued these many yeares the altering of our Religion which if God in his great mercy had not miraculously diverted long ago had beene brought to the condition of poore Ireland weltering in our owne blood and confusion and doe here require all those who have any sence of piety honour or commpassion to help a distressed state especially such as have taken the protestation and are bound in the same duty with us unto their God King and Countrey to come in to ayd and assist this being the true cause for which we raise an Army under the Command of the Earle of Essex with whom in this cause we will live and die And after many humble Petions to his Majesty whereby the Parliament presented their dutifull affections in aduising and desireing those things which they held most necessary for the preservation of Gods true Religion his Majestyes safety and honour and the peace of his Kingdom By their Petition the 16 of Iuly 1642 there be these words viz we doe in this our humble and loyall Petition prosterate our selves to your Majestyes feet beseeching your royall Majesty that you would be pleased to forbeare anb remove all preparations and accomodtions of Warre perticulerly the forces from about Hull from Newcastle Plymouth Lincolne Lincolneshire and other places and that your Majesty will recall the Commissions of Array which are illegal and dismisse Troops and extraordinary gaurds by you raised your Majesty would come neere to your Parl and harken to their faithfull advise and humble petions which shall noely to the defence and advancment of Religion your owne royall honour and safety the preservation of Our Laws and Liberties and we have been and shall ever be carefull to prevent and punish all tumults and seditious actions speeches writings which may give your Maiesty iust cause of distaste and apprehension of danger from which publike ayms and resolutions no synister or private respect shall ever make us to declyne c. To which if your Maiesties courses and Councels shall from henceforth concur wee doubt not but we shall quickly make it appeare to the world by the most eminent effects of loue and duty that your Maiestyes Personall safety your royall honouor and greatnesse are much deerer to us then our owne lives and fortunes which we doe most hartily dedicate and shal most willingly imploy for the support and maintanance thereof And in a Declaration and Protestation of the Lords and Commons in Parliament of the 22 of October 1642 they being in these words we the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled doe in the presence of Almighty God for the satisfaction of our Consences and discharge of that great trust which lyes upon us make this Protestation and Declaration to this Kingdom and Nation and to the whole world That no private passion or respect no evill intention to his Maiestyes person noe designe to the preiudice of his iust honour and authority ingaged us to raise forces and take up Armes against the authors of this Warre wherewith the Kingdome is now inflamed And we have allwaies desired from our hearts and souls manifested in our actions and proceedings and in severall humble Petitions and Remonstrances to his Maiesty professe our loyalty and obedience to his Crown readinesse and resolution to defend his person and support his estate with our liues and forunes to the uttermost of our power that we have beene willing to passe by not onely those Iniuryes ignomines slanders and false accusations wherewith we have been privatly oppressed and greened but likewise many publike incroachments and high usurpations to the preiudice of Religion and liberty divers bloody trayterous practises and designes for the utter ruyne and destruction of the Church and state so as we might for the time to come beene secured from that wicked and malignant party those periurous and trayterous Councels who have beene the authors and fomenters of the former mischiefes and present calamities which have and still doe distemper the Church and state And for divers waighty reasons expressed in this Declaration and protestation it is said we are resolved to enter into a sollemn oath and covenant with God to

give up ourselves into his hands and that we will to the uttermost of our power and iudgment maintayne his truth and conforme our selves to his will That we will defend this cause with the hazard of our lives against the Kings Army and against all that shall ioyn with them in the persecution of this wicked designe according to the forme to be agreed upon by both houses of Parliament to be subscribed by our hands and that we will for the same ends associate ourselves and unite with all the well affected in the City of London and other parts of of his Majestiie dominions c. and we doubt not but the God of truth and the great protector of his people will assist and inable us in this our iust defence to restraine the malice and fury of those that seek our ruyne and to secure the persons estates and liberties of all that ioyn with us and to procure and establish the safety of Religion and fruition of our Lawes and liberties in this and all other his Majesties dominions which we do here againe professe before the everliving God to be the cheife end of all our Councels and resolutions without any intention or desire to hurt or iniure his Majesty either in his person or power And in the Parliaments humble answere to his Majesties message of 11 of September 1642 page 2. are th●… words Neither had your Ma●jesty cause to complaine that you are denied a Treaty when we offer all that a treaty could produce or your Maiesty expect securely honour service obedience support and all other effects or an humble loyal and faithfull subiection and seek nothing but that Religion liberty peace of the Kingdom and safety of the Par● may be secured from the open violence and cuning practices or a wicke party who have long plotted our ruyne and distruction c. And after divers other things contayned in that message they conclude thus all this notwithstanding as we never gave your Majesty any iust cause of withdrawing your selfe from your great Counsell so it hath ever beene and shall ever be farr from vs to give any impediment to your returne or to neglect any proper meanes of curing the distempers of the Kingdome and ●●●sing the dangerous breaches betwixt your Majesty and the Parliament according to the great trust which lyes upon us and your Majesty shal now be pleased to come back to your Parliament without your forces we shal be ready to secure your royall person Crown and dignity with our lives and fortunes your presence in this great Covncell being the onely meanes of any treaty betwixt your Maiesty and them with hope of successe And in none of our desires to your Maiesty shall we be swayed by any perticuler mans advantage but shall give a cleere testimony to your Maiesty and the the whole world that in all things done by us wee faithfully intend the good of your Maiesty and of your Kingdoms and we will not be diverted from this end by any private or selfe respects whatsoever So by whot hath beene already gathered it doth most cleerely appeares not to degresse feom their owne words in that Declaration of the 26 of Iuly 1642 that all this while the two houses of Parliament have with all duty and loyalty still applyed themselves unto his Maiesty and laboured by humble prayers and cleere convinceing reasons and arguments in severall perticulers to satisfie him of their intentions the ●●nesse of their proceedings their desire of the safety of his royall person and the peace of the Kingdome and l●kewise as hath beene declared in some speeches that if his Maiesty would be gratiously pleased to apply himselfe to the faithfull advice of his Parliament they would make him the greatest King that ever swayed scepter in this Kingdome Therefore in my opinion I conceive it not amisse that the Kingdome should once more be put in minde of some part of the Declaration or the 15 of October 1643 in these words That it be comended to ●e●ious consideration of those in the Kings Army and of a●●o her that inc●●nd to assist and serve his Maiesty in this unp●o●s and 〈◊〉 War amongst whom it may be hoped there a●e ●om● 〈◊〉 men and I contestants what it is that moves them in this quarrell Is it for fear or some Innouations and alterations of Religion or Church gouerment let such as are possest with his vaine and cause esse apprehension know that no● thing is intended or desired but to take away the Gouerment ●●y Bishops which hath beene so constantly evidently mische●… and dangerou● to the Church and state and such other thing as shall be found to be ●…y offensive and nothing to be settled and introduced but by authority of Parliament after a consultation first had with an assembly of Learned and reverent Divines Is it to uphold the authority prerogative and honour of the King and safety of his royall Person Surely the Parliament is and ever hath beene ready to doe any thing that belongs to them to secure all those which they have often testyfied by many hemble Petitions to his Maiesty If there can be no cause for any of these respects to seeke the destruction of the Parliament and the bloud and ruine of their kindred and friends and acquaintance what 〈…〉 to be the matter of quarrell and the motiues of such great 〈…〉 and the effects and consequence of their victory●● if they should prevayl that priests Iesuits and the Popes Nunticioes may do●…●…ere and govern in the Kings Counsell as heretofore that the A●… of 〈…〉 York their Suffragants may suppresse dilligent a●… 〈…〉 and banish and oppresse all the most pious and best 〈…〉 of the Kingdome and introduce the Romish Religion 〈…〉 profession till they have strength and boldnes to cast off 〈…〉 and openly apear that which indeed they are and would not 〈◊〉 to be That the Earle of Bristoll and his sonne the Lord Digby Mr. Germine and other such Traytors may possesse the great places of gouerment of this Kingdom and be the Arbitrers of preferments and disgraces to such as shall further or oppose their designes that the Delinquants opposers and dsstroyers of the Kingdome may not onely escape the Iustice of the Parliament but Tryumph in the sopyles of all honest and good patriots and that through our troubles and divisions the Rebels in Jreland may prevaile that we may cease to be free Nation and become the obiect of cruelty and oprpession at home and scorne and infame abroade If there can be no other fruite of their hazard and indeavor on that side let them then cosinder whether by adhering to the parliament they may not expect effects more suitable to the desires of honest men the glory of God in the preservation of his truth the peace of the Church by securing it against the pride ambition of the Clargy the greatnesse and security of the King by freeing him from false and Trayterous Councels and establish him in the hearts and affections of his people the prosperity of the whole Kingdom by the blessing of good Lawes and righteous goverment FINIS