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A37351	A Declaration made at Bodmin in the county of Cornvvall the 21. of November, 1643 by the high-sheriffe, justices of the peace, His Majesties commissioners, gentlemen, & the grand-iury, constables, and freeholders of the said covnty : with their generall and unanimous consents, and so entred in the session rolls, to be kept in record for the satisfaction of all men, concerning the legality of their proceedings in the present wars, in the raising men, money, armes, & amunition for the defence of our religion, laws, and liberty of the subject, and to suppresse all rebells, and specially, now these of the town of Plimouth, to reduce them to loyall obedience.		1643 (1643)	Wing D600; ESTC R40376	3,154	9

A DECLARATION MADE AT BODMIN IN THE COUNTY OF CORNVVALL The 21. of November 1643. BY THE HIGH-SHERIFFE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE His MAjESTIES Commissioners Gentlemen the Grand-Iury Constables and Freeholders of the said COVNTY With their generall and unanimous Consents and so entred in the Sessions Rolls to be kept in Record for the satisfaction of all men concerning the Legality of their proceedings in the present Wars in the raising Men Money Armes Amunition for the defence of Our Religion Laws and Liberty of the Subject and to suppresse all Rebells and specially now these of the Town of Plimouth to reduce them to Loyall obedience OXFORD February 3. Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD Printer to the Vniversity 1643. A DECLARATION MADE AT BODMIN IN THE County of CORNWALL the 21. of November c. WHereas by the Statute made in the 7th year of Edw. the first it is Declared That to the King it belongeth and his part it is to defend all Force against his Peace at all times when need shal be and thereto all his Subjects are bound to ayd him at all seasons And whereas by other Statutes made in the 11. year of Henry the 7. the first the 19. of the same King the first it is declared That all Subjects are by their Allegiance bound to ayd His Majesty against every Rebellion Power and Might reared against him And likewise by another Statute made in the 18. year of Richard the 2. the 5. It appeareth That all the Subiects of this Realm do thereby binde themselves to stand with our Lord the King in all cases that shall be attempted agaist Him His Crown regality in all poynts and therein to live and dye as by relation to the said Statutes it doth and will more punctually appear We therefore having taken notice of the said Lawes and the obligation wherewith We and all other His Majesties Subjects are bound by them with the usefulnesse of the said Lawes and the present urgent necessities that lye upon us and the whole Realm intending to stand fast to the observation of our Lawes the laudable Usages and Customes of this Kingdom in performance of our duties in that behalfe have thought it convenient to Declare That upon these Reasons according to our Allegiance by vertue of His Majesties Commissions and gratious directions granted and signified unto us of His good pleasure therein We have done Our best endeavours for the preservation of Our Religion His Majesties Peace the Lawes of the Kingdom and the Liberties of the Subject for suppressing the hideous and unparalleld Rebellions that have been moved in these Westerne parts of the Kingdom wherein with God's blessing We have so far prevailed that the Peace of our Country hath been hitherto so preserved and kept that We have enjoyed the benefit of our Lawes of the Kingdom within the said County these Armies which have been issued hence to those good ends with the assistance of such others His Majesties faithfull Subjects that have joyned with them have obtained Victories over the Rebells have quieted the Rebelliō in divers of the Western shires of this Realm and specially in the Neighbouring County of Devon excepting only the Town of Plimouth who continue obstinately in their Rebellion for these great blessings We ascribe as is due all honour praise to Almighty God We hereby make known to all men our purposes to proceed go on according to the Lawes and our duties Allegiance in the same course we have done by the continuance of supplies of Men Money and Armes with our best abilities for the subduing that Rebellious Town of Plimouth to their obedience and for inforcing them to restore His Majesties Fort and Island traiterously taken and detained from His Majesty with Force by these Rebells unto His quiet possession again And We have now made this our Declaration for the satisfaction of all His Majesties Loyall Subjects of the legality of our Adions and the clearnesse of our intentions in the course We have taken and which we are resolved upon to continue to be only that which We are in duty bound to do to which every good Subject ought to be obedient wherein if any of this County be hereafter refractory or negligent they are to expect punishment for the same in a legall way according to the quality of their offences And further in regard some ill disposed seditious persons under fair shews of Religion and teaching liberty only to seduce and deceive the people of this County others to their own ruine alleadging that by some other Statutes now in force the Subjects of this Kingdom are not bound nor cannot be drawn or inforced to go out of their Counties where they dwell or to arme themselves to that purpose against their wills by this means endeavouring to move the people to faction discontent with all the power that in them lyeth to Foster continue the Rebellion in the Town of Plimouth elsewhere though to the disturbance of the Peace of this County the whole Realm And in regard it may be some men that have no evill purposes are deceived in their judgements that have not fully considered the words and intentions of the said Statutes which were made only to declare that the Subjects should not be so drawn out of their Counties at His Majesties pleasure or to any forraign War but there is nothing contained in any of the said Statutes against or contrary to the aforemētioned Statutes whereby every Subject is bound to be ayding to His Majesty for the preservation of His Peace And in the Statute made the first of Ed. the 3. the 5. which We have taken notice of and doth contain in substance all that is of any effect in any other Statutes which concern that liberty of the not compelling the Subjects to be by force against their wills drawn out of the Counties where they dwell in the body of that Statute these words are expressed But where necessity requires sudden comming of strange Enemies into the Realm Whereby it evidētly appeareth on such occasions they are obliged by their Allegiance and may lawfully be compelled to serve out of the Counties And we wish all men to consider that both these things mentioned in that Statute are most manifest in the case of the Rebellion of Plimouth where they have now yet under pretence of Religion and have still had strangers of Forraigne Nations entertained by them the Rebellion it selfe in themselves is most notorious by the traiterous taking of the Kings own Fort and Island by force from Him and so keeping it their unlawfull making Fortifications in and about their Town their violently taking their Neighbours prisoners at their wils and barbarous usage of them and transporting them by Sea their illegall exactions of Mony Thefts Robberies Murthers of His Majesties Subjects committed continued by them their severall bloody Invasions into this County of Cornwall their violent and inhumane assaulting Mount-Edgecombe House their next Neighbour in the same County with other horrid Actiōs of theirs tedious to relate hardly to be exampled in their impieties in any story We therefore herein clearly declare our opinions that it is not the meaning of any of the said Statutes or of any other Law or Statute to free the Subjects from going out of their County in any case of this nature when necessity requires to preserve the Peace of the Realm against Rebells Traitors of this Kingdom or against any strangers that come into this Kingdom to invade the Land which if they were so to be construed would be most pernitious to the Subjects themselves for those reasons We beleeve there was ever care had by the Kings of this Realm the wisdom of our Ancestors to have no such thing enacted by them that any County should be thereby restrained not to be able to ayd their Neighbour Counties and the whole Realm Subjects thereof from being able to ayd His Majesty for the preservation of His Peace His Royall Person and the supportation of His Regality Crown dignity and just Prerogative Royall their own Liberties in all they are interessed And We are assured the subjects of this all other Countries of this Kingdom are by their Allegiance bound to support and uphold the same And We do hereby Declare our wills and intentions are to prosecute the same in all that we are able and therein as we are confident all the good subjects of this County do will most cordially condescend and agree with us so we desire and hope all others His Maiesties good subjects will contribute their best ayds and assistance in the lame against this Intestine wicked Rebellion of Plimouth against all other Rebells Traitors which are in the Kingdom risen up against the Kings Majesty against all other Powers or Might that is or shall be raised against His Majesty for the preservation of the Peace His Royall Person the supportation of His Crown and Dignity and for preservation of the Religion here established in this Kingdom and the known Lawes and Liberties of the same according to our and their Duties and Allegiance FINIS