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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78741	His Maiesties declaration to all his loving subjects, upon occasion of a late printed paper, entituled, A declaration and protestation of the Lords and Commons in Parliament to this kingdom, and the whole world, of the 22d of October.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2255; Thomason E126_30; ESTC R19034	4,836	12

HIS MAIESTIES DECLARATION To all His loving Subjects Upon occasion of a late Printed Paper ENTITVLED A Declaration and Protestation of the Lords and Commons in Parliament to this Kingdom and the whole World of the 22d of October Printed by His MAJESTIES Command AT OXFORD By LEONARD LICHFIELD Printer to the Vniversity 1642. HIS MAJESTIES DECLARATION TO ALL HIS LOVING SUBJECTS Vpon occasion of a late printed paper ENTITVLED A DECLARATION AND PROTEstation of the Lords and Commons in Parliament to this Kingdom and the whole World of the 22d of October IF in truth the framers of this Declaration are not engaged by any private passion or respect by any evill intention to Our Person or designe to the prejudice of Our Just Honour and Authority to rayse these forces and Army against Vs as they call Almighty God to witnesse they are not they will think it their duty to disclaime the Protection of the Conductors of that Army who the next day after this so solemne Protestation used their utmost power by the strength of that Army to have destroyed Vs and put Our Person for whose defence they would make the world believe this Army is raised into as much danger as the skill and malice of desperate Rebells could doe otherwise this Protestation now made will appeare of the same nature with those by which they promised to make Vs a glorious King when by their ninteen Propositions they endeavoured to strip Vs of all those Rights which made Vs a King and them Subjects What those Actions and proceedings have been which have manifested their Loyalty and Obedience unto Vs will be as hard to find as their humble Petitions and Remonstrances when in truth their Actions have been the greatest scornes of Our Authority and their Petitions the greatest reproaches and challenges of Vs which any age have produced And we have not only the cleer evidence of Our own Conscience but the testimony of all good men that Wee left no Action unperformed on Our part which might have prevented the misery and confusion which the Ambition Fury and Malice of these seditious Persons have brought upon this poor Kingdom neither is there any thing wanting to the happinesse of Church and State but that Peace and Order which the faction of these men have robbed them off But they directed their Generall the Earle of Essex to deliver an humble Petition to Vs wherein they desire nothing from Vs but that We would returne in peace to Our Parliament and by their faithfull Counsell and advice compose the distempers and confusions abounding in Our Kingdoms as We are bound to doe Wee were never so backward in receiving or so slow in answering the Petitions of either or both Our Houses of Parliament that there was need by an Army to quicken Vs which either or both Houses of Parliament have in no case no more shadow of Right or Power to rayse by any Law Custome or Priviledge then they have by their votes to take away the lives and fortunes of all the Subjects of England yet the Framers of this Declaration take it unkindly that upon their profession in the sight of Almighty God which is they say the strongest assurance that any Christian can give We did not put Our selfe into their hands those hands which were lifted up against Vs and filled at that time with Armes to destroy Vs and leave a strength God had supplied Vs with of good and faithfull Subjects who notwithstanding all their threats and menaces had brought themselves to Our Assistance If that Petition had been so humble as they pretended they would not have lost the advantage of publishing it in this their Declaration that the World might as well have been witnesse of our refusall of Peace as it hath been of their disdain of any way to it when they rejected Our severall earnest offers of a Treaty But why did they not send this humble Petition His Excellence twice sent unto Vs for a safe conduct for those who should be imployed therein and We refused to give any or to receive this humble and dutifull Petition Sure when Our good Subjects shall understand the strange enmity between these men and truth the no-conscience they use in publishing and informing those by whom they pretend to be trusted things monstrous and contrary to their own knowledge they will not be lesse offended with their falshood to them then their Treason to Vs. 'T is well known We never refused to give admittance to any Message or Petition from either or both Houses of Parliament their Messengers have been received entertained not only with that safety but with that candor as is due to the best Subjects when their Errand hath been full of Reproach Scorn the Bringers bold arrogant seditious in their demeanour and therefore there needed to have been no more scruple made in the delivery of this then the other Petitions which have been brought Vs the truth is We were no sooner acquainted at Shrewsbury by the Earle of Dorset that he had received a letter from the Earl of Essex intimating that he had a Petition from both Houses to be delivered to Vs and to that purpose asking a safe convoy for those who should be sent but We returned this Answer That as We had never refused to receive any Petition from Our Houses of Parliament so We should be ready to give such a reception and Answer to this as should be fit and that the bringers of it should come and goe with all safety only We required that none of those Persons whom We had particularly accused of high Treason should be by colour of that Petition imployed to Vs. After this We heard no more till a second letter at least a fort night after the first to the Earl of Dorset informed Vs that Our former Answer was declared to be a breach of Priviledge that We would not allow any Messengers to come to Us that is that We were not content that such Persons who had conspired Our death might securely come into Our presence Our second Answer differed little from Our former insisting that the addresse should not be made by any of those Persons whom We had particularly accused of high Treason amongst whom the Earle of Essex himselfe was one but declaring that Our eare should be still open to heare any Petition from Our two Houses of Parliament whether this were a denyall from Vs to receive their Petition or whether if Our two Houses of Parliament had indeed desired to Treat with Vs by Petition they might not as well have sent it to Vs as they have done since their Instructions to their Ambassadours into Ireland and their new Bill for rooting out Episcopacy and devising a new forme of Church-government let all the world judge We have reason to beleeve that the Petition then prepared for Vs if We have seen the true coppy of it was thought by the Persons trusted for the presenting it fitter to be