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A26084 The Association, agreement, and protestation of the covnties of Cornwall, and Devon January 5, 1643. 1643 (1643) Wing A4053; ESTC R38547 4,015 8

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where the Cornish Committee appoint to take the monethly Accompts of the Receivers of the Weekly Rates and Treasurer of the Army and what else concerns these Articles And in case of impediment the Commissioners of Oier and Terminer in each County respectively name other Committees or supply the place of any one himself 17 That there be Copies of this Protestation delivered out by the Sheriffe at the Sessions of each County to the Constables of each Hundred respectively and that the said Hundred Constables do immediatly deliver out severall Copies to all the Petty-Constables which are by the Minister of every Parish Church and Chappell to be published the next Sunday following after the receipt and then every man present to take the same and 2ubscribe his name thereunto before the said Minister Constable or Church-wardens or two of them and such of his Parish as shall not be present at the time to take the same within ten daies following And the Ministers and Constables are to give in the List or Certificate of their names that take it and of them that are absent or refuse to the Constables of the Hundred who are to deliver the same to the Commissioners at their next generall meeting after the Twentieth of February next Whereas a few Malevolent and Ambitious persons in the name of two Houses of Parliament have by Treasonable practises imbroyled this Kingdom in a Civill Warre pursued His Majesties Person murthered His good Subjects some barbarously by the common Hangman against Law and Justice others by Hostile assaults brought a generall devaslation upon the whole Kingdom taking away all liberty from the Members of both Houses by awing terrifying and assaulting them with Tumults and Armies usurping the Royall power Counterfeiting a Great Seale and to she their horrid intentions against the King Kingdom and Government finding their Acts nor likely to protect them from the punishment due to their merits have unnaturally invited and brought in the Scots to invade this Kingdom and in these distractions to make a totall conquest of this Nation For resistance whereof and preserving the Common-Peace the inhabitants of Cornwall and Devon have united themselves and for continuance of which Union this ensuing Protestation is to be taken The Protestation I A. B. Do in the presence of Almighty God promise vow and protest with my utmost power to maintain and defend the true Reformed Protestant Religion established by Law in this Kingdom against all Popery Popish and other innovations of Sectaries and Schismaticks as also His Majesties person and Rights against all forces whatsoever and in like manner the Laws Liberties and Privil●dges of Parliament and of this Kingdom And I shall to the utmost of my power preserve and defend the Peace of the two Counties of Cornall and Devon and all Persons that shall unite themselves by this our Protestation in the due performance thereof And to my power assist His Majesties Armies for reducing the Town of Plymouth and resistance of all Forces of Scots invaders and others levyed under pretence of any authority of two Houses of Parliament or otherwise without His Majesties personall consent In regard of the restlesse endeavours of the Contrivers of the present distractions who after the unnaturall divisions they have wrought and move misery by calling in the Scots to make the desolation of this Nation it recoverable and it being the duty of all good Subjects and lovers of their country in such times to unite themselves that they may the better resist the disturbers of the publique Peace We of the Counties of Cornwall and Devon by rcason of scituation and allyance of families neerly concerned in each others condition for the preservation of the Peace already obtained among us and for a further increase and security of it do associate andunite our selves according to our duty to God His Majesty and our Countrey for the common defence of these Counties against all forees that oppose His Majesties Army or Commissioners authorized under His Great Seal of England and against all Towns Castles and Forts that shall resist His Majesties said Army or Commissioners And we do promise in the presence of Almighty God that we will not break this union nor desist from following all just necessary and Honourable wayes to the urmost of our power for perfecting and securing the said Peace and the reducing all Places Persons Towns Castles and Forts within the said Counties to His Majesties obedience and particularly the Town of Plymouth And in case either of the said Counties be invaded by Sea or Land we do bind our selves to mutuall defence of each other against all persons raised without His Majesties personall consent and to resist all such power with all the strength each County can raise for the others defence FINIS