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this_o romish_a cause_n and_o though_o continual_o petition_v for_o return_v and_o obte_v by_o bleed_a ireland_n make_v little_o stay_v till_o he_o come_v to_o york_n where_o after_o the_o court_n of_o that_o country_n and_o his_o many_o protestation_n take_v the_o lord_n in_o for_o security_n june_n 15._o 1642._o who_o honour_n be_v pawn_v for_o his_o majesty_n intention_n whereby_o it_o be_v think_v the_o people_n be_v better_o prepare_v then_o indeed_o they_o be_v he_o go_v to_o hull_v and_o upon_o sit_v john_n hotham_n refusal_n take_v occasion_n to_o raise_v a_o guard_n for_o his_o person_n in_o a_o place_n who_o loyalty_n be_v so_o much_o magnify_v which_o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o commission_n of_o array_n and_o foreign_a supply_n have_v engender_v a_o plentiful_a issue_n of_o three_o or_o four_o army_n but_o what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o such_o intention_n in_o the_o raise_v the_o army_n the_o papist_n who_o special_a interest_n it_o be_v shall_v have_v be_v take_v in_o who_o be_v by_o a_o proclamation_n date_v at_o york_n august_n 10._o 1642._o forbid_v not_o only_o the_o court_n a_o place_n so_o unfit_a for_o they_o the_o queen_n be_v now_o absent_a but_o any_o office_n or_o service_n in_o the_o king_n army_n and_o as_o if_o his_o majesty_n be_v so_o far_o from_o expect_v their_o assistance_n that_o he_o fear_v their_o vengeance_n in_o his_o instruction_n to_o the_o commissioner_n of_o array_n august_n 29._o 1642._o date_v at_o nottingham_n charge_n be_v give_v that_o recusant_n be_v disarm_v this_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o it_o may_v be_v contradict_v as_o it_o be_v by_o his_o majesty_n in_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o recusant_n of_o lancashire_n date_v at_o chester_n september_n 27._o 1642._o where_o they_o be_v not_o only_o allow_v but_o according_a to_o the_o know_a law_n of_o the_o land_n require_v to_o provide_v sufficient_a arm_n for_o 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