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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90372	The Earle of Pembroke his declaration and resolution, to the high court of Parliament, concerning his election by the Parliament to be generall for the westerne parts of the kingdome containing these counties following: viz. Wiltshire. Somersetshire. Hampshire. Dorsetshire. Devonshire. Cornwall. the Isle of Wight. Wherein is shewed his good affection to the King and Parliament, with his noble and undaunted resolution for preserving the peace of the kingdome. Also an ordinance of Parliament for setting out ten ships for a winter-guard for Ireland, with letters of surprisall for the taking of the rebels ships, or any others that shall offer to assist them.	Pembroke, Philip Herbert, Earl of, 1584-1650.	1642 (1642)	Wing P1117; Thomason E126_3; ESTC R15571	2,081	8

THE EARLE OF PEMBROKE HIS DECLARATION and RESOLUTION to the High Court of Parliament CONCERNING His Election by the Parliament to be Generall for the Westerne Parts of the Kingdome containing these Counties following viz. Wiltshire Somersetshire Hampshire Dorsetshire Devonshire Cornwall The Isle of Wight Wherein is shewed his good affection to the King and Parliament with his noble and undaunted Resolution for preserving the peace of the Kingdome ALSO An Ordinance of Parliament for setting out ten ships for a Winter-guard for Ireland with Letters of Surprisall for the taking of the Rebels ships or any others that shall offer to assist them LONDON Novemb. 1. Printed for Thomas Holt. 1642. THE EARLE OF PEMBROKE HIS DECLARATION and RESOLUTION concerning his being made Generall for the Westerne parts of the Kingdome ALSO An Ordinance of Parliament for the setting forth of ten ships more for a winter-guard for Ireland with a Letter of Surprisall for taking of the Rebels ships and all others that shall assist them THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament taking into consideration the great danger and manifold inconveniences which might happ●● to the whole Kingdome if Sir Ral●● Hopton and the other Malignants th●● take part with him should in that rebellious manner as they have already begun contin●e ●o raise more Force in the County and commit such outrages as they have done in plundering and disarming those who stand well-affected to the King and Parliament in that County have thought it necessary to nominate the Earle of Pembroke to be Generall for the Westerne parts of the Kingdome a Person of honour power fidelity and undaunted courage whose affection to this cause is such that he hath in a publike manner declared his willingnesse to obey the commands of both Houses of Parliament in adventuring his life and fortunes in this cause which so much conduceth to the honour and good of the King the preservation of the Priviledges of Parliament the maintenance of Religion and the generall peace and safety of the whole Kingdome His Lordship hath sufficiently declared his resolution good affection to the publike good in his late Speech at Guild-Hall intimating that he had ever so good a heart to this businesse that he was resolved to live and die in it The Counties of which he is made Generall are these viz. Wiltshire Somersetshire Hampshire Dorsetshire Devonshire Cornwall and the Isle of Wight and hath the like power with the Lord Generall the Earle of Essex and is to disarme the malignants and ill-affected parties of those Counties and to quarter on their estates for the service of the Common-wealth After the late battell betwixt Banbury and Stratford upon Avon betweene the Earl of Essex and the Kings Forces wherein many were slaine on both sides and diverse eminent men of the Kings Party taken prisoners as the Earl of Lindsey Lord chiefe Generall of His Majesties Forces the Lord Willoughby of Eresby his sonne Sir Edmund Stradling Colonell Vavasor Colonell Lunsford and divers more his Excellency remaining Master of the field marched with his Forces to Warwick and is come safe thither and hath laid his prisoners in the Castle but the Earle of Lindsey who was sorely wounded when he was taken prisoner in the said battell is since dead There was a Priests lately taken at Clarkenwell who had a Letter found about him full of treachery against the King and Parliament wherein are discovered their policy used for the subversion of the Protestant Religion the substance of it was as followeth in the vere words of the Letter found about him We have now many strings to our bow and have strongly fortified our faction and we have added two bulwarks more For when K. JAMES was very violent against Arminianisme and interrupted with his pestilent wit and deep learning our strong designes in Holland and was a great friend to that old rebellious heretick the Prince of Orange now we have planted the soveraigne drug of Arminianisme which we hope will purge the Protestants from their heresie and will flourish and bear fruit in due season But to return again to our main fabrick In the first place we take into consideration the Kings honour present necessity and we shew how the King may free himselfe from his wardship as Lewis the 11. did and for his great splendor and lustre he may raise vast summes and not be beholden to his subjects which is by way of imposition and Excise we instance the Low-Countreyes and shew what a masse of money they raise to pay their armies both by sea and land meerly out of Excise Then our Church Catholikes proceed to shew the means how to settle this Excise which must be by an Army of horse and foot for we have made it sure they shall be Forraigners and Germans vvho vvill eat up the Kings revenues and spoile the countreys vvheresoever they come though they be vvell paid vvhat havock vvill they make then vvhen they have no pay If the countrey be too hard for the souldiers they must consequently outrage vvhich is equally advantagious to us There are three Troupes of horse gone out of Lincolne-shire into Yorkshire for the aid of the Lord Fairfax and Captaine Hotham against the Earle of Cumberland and his Cavaliers Captaine Hotham hath made good Cawood Castle and Selby and is now to joyne his Forces with the Lord Fairfax who hath raised great store of men for the defence of the King Parliament There is a Lieutenant Colonell and a Serjeant Major of the Kings Party taken in Buckinghamshire and brought up to the Parliament and committed to safe custody Both Houses of Parliament have passed an Ordinance for the present setting forth to sea of ten ships for a winter guard for Iteland and that for all the prizes they shall take a third part be divided amongst the Commanders and Saylors in the Ship for their better encouragement besides the Parliament have also granted Letters of Surprisall to other Merchants to take the Rebels ships or any others that shall offer to assist them FINIS