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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82060	The declaration and resolution of Robert Earle of VVarvvick, Lord Admirall for the King, Parliament of England, and all the officers, and sea-men a boord, his Navie touching the personall treaty: and their resolution to joyne with the Prince, in the case the treaty shall be either retarded, obstructed, or opposed by any party, as well the Army, as all others: and their vowes, and ingagement to stand for the three states, King, Lords, and Commons; against all opposers, and gain-sayers whatsoever.	Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1658, attributed name.	1648 (1648)	Wing D552A; Thomason E469_9; ESTC R204168	4,102	8

THE DECLARATION And Resolution of ROBERT EARLE of VVARVVICK Lord Admirall for the King Parliament of England And all the Officers and Sea-men A Boord His NAVIE touching the Personall TREATY And their Resolution to Joyne with the Prince in Case the Treaty shall be either Retarded Obstructed or Opposed by any Party as well the Army as all others and their Vowes and Ingagement to stand for the three States King Lords and Commons Against all Opposers and Gain-sayers Whatsoever LONDON Printed in the Yeare 1648. The Declaration and Resolution of Robert Earle of Warwick c. IT is not unknown unto all the whole Kingdom how faithfully and zealously we have behaved our selves in the service of King and Parliament and we leave all the world to judge how readily we ventured our lives and laid out our estates towards this work of Reformation to the ends of the Covenant and our first ingagement and we beleived that the bringing home of the King to his Parliament was the only means which might perfect the work in hand and we were verily perswaded that our present and pressing troubles could no wayes have a period but by a free convention betwixt King and Subjects in Parliament conceiving that to be the means to remove all mistakes and mis-understanding betwixt King and people we shall not stand to rehearse all the Covenant Vowes and protestations put upon us by the Parliament for the maintenance of the protestant Religion the Kings honour Person and Estate the priviledges of Parliament and the established known Lawes of the Land for which we first ingaged both lives and fortunes against those we supposed were the Common Enemies But now sinding by wofull experience that we are likely to be worse inslaved by a company who behave themselves like the Turkish Janizary in imposing taxes on our estates and forcing our person out to fight against we know not who for woe know not what to satisfie the bondles lusts of a company of factious seditious and covetous persons who have the influence and greatest stroak in the houses and Army wee know them very well but shall forbeare to particularize them til another oportunity but it is not necessary to insert their names by reason they are too well knowne to this Kingdome the totall ruine and downfall of all religion government and discipline not only in this but in the other two Kingdomes And this we should not offer but upon good grounds will prove what we say and declare to be as true as their actions are unjust and dangerous and indeed the wickednesse of these men we did not of a long time and till now of late deserne the continuall masking themselves under the names of Reformers and would forsooth be called the honest and faithfull party none more forward to speak good words to the people and make great promises where and to whomsoever they came of inlargement from slavery and pressures then they when indeed as is apparent they meant nothing more then to destroy and ruine them Thus have they kept their vizards on for these many years to the blinding deluding of many poor soules in this Kingdome who being thus mislead by their specious pretents and dauncing after their pipes to the losse of both lives and estates under these men by their false suggestions insomuch that these three Kingdomes have bled and groaned this many years to the desperat hazard of their utter dissolution and loss And now these men appearing in their own colours and letting the world be spectators of their insolencyes and imperious carriages to the great terror and amazement of all modest and peaceable people And truly had they not appeared thus audacious and bold without limits or bonds as hye as the distruction of both King Lords and Gentrie and that they pretend the house of Commons to be the only supream power and that house they will not take notice on unles it be moulded of a party of their owne chusing and faction We say that was one main cause of our now declaring and ingaging And truly our affection were so great to that Army and Party both in the house and City that we would have willingly layd downe our lives to justifie them and who soever spoke against them wee either thought them Malignants or men voyd of grace and charity but now their insolencies and our burden force us to speake that which heretofore we should have blusht to think And now we have great cause to blesse God for his goodnesse in making us such clear discerners of their jugling and Machavonills demeanors and do look upon it as the greatest mercy that we are undeceived in that we have some hopes left us to secure our selves help our poor distressed fellow subjects from under the ejection slavery which these men have brought us to wade to the knees in already we cannot but beleive but that this faction which doth so predominate both in the house and field are of a Jesuiticall spirit knowing very well that that Army abounds with Preists and Jesuits under whose Councells wee cannot think our selves in safety or this Kingdome since they are the only men that carryes on and hath the businesse and hath the transaction of most things done both in the house and Army these things appearing plain to the understanding of us we conceived we could not prosper nor expect a blesing from heaven so long as we remain silent after it had pleased our maker to make us knowers off since it is a matter of so great concernment as Religion law and liberty we doubt not but we shall have assistence from Heaven above and al honest and Godly men who love the happinesse flourishing of 3 now dying Kingdoms which must inevitably come to ruine if we suffer these cruell Egyptian Taskmasters thus to rule over us which slavery we are resolved to quit our selves from and bring our selves from under and we doubt not but heaven will smile upon us as well as it did when we were abused by an exorbitant power gotten from the King by a party who loved him not And now we shall declare who we will not have to bare rule amongst us 1 We declare against that party who denyed to observe the Parliament Orders at New-market and ingaged themselves contrary to the Orders Votes and Resolution of both houses to stand in Armes till they were satisfied in unjust and treasonable demands 2. We Declare against those who violently carried his Majesty away from Holmby contrary to the Order Votes and Ordinances of both houses of Parliament from house to house whither they pleased on purpose to force him to own them in their treasonable undertakings 3. We declare against that party which deserted the house and ran to the Army and brought them into the City of London and joyned with them for the expelling and driving away all the honest Godly peaceable members of the houses and City 4. We declare against those who plotted