WHereas it appeares that the King (seduced by wicked Councel) intends to make war against his Parliament, and in pursuance thereof under pretence of a Guard for his person, hath actually begun to levy forces both of horse and foot, and sent out summons throughout the County of Yorke, for the calling together of greater numbers and some ill affected persons have been imployed in other parts to raise troops under the Colour of his Maiesties service making large offers of reward and preferment to such as will come in, and that his Ma­jestie doth with a high and forcible hand protect and keepe away delinquents, not permitting them to make their appearance to answer such affronts and injuries as have bin by them offered unto the Par­liament. And those Messengers which have bin sent from the houses for them have been abused, beaten, and Imprisoned, so as the Orders of Parliament, which is the highest court of Iustice in this Realme, are not obeyed, and the authority of it is altogether scorned, and vilified, and such persons as stand well affected to it, and declare themselves sensible of these publike calamities, and of the violations of the privi­ledges of Parliament, and common liberty of the subject are bafled and injured, by severall sorts of [Page] malignant men who are about the King, some where­of under the name of Cavaliers, without having res­pect to the lawes of the land, or any feare either of God or man, are ready to commit all manner of out­rage and violence, which must needs tend to the disso­lution of this Government, The destroying of our Religion, Laws, libertie and propriety, all which will be exposed to the malice and violence of such des­perate persons as must be imployed in so horrid and unnatural an act, as the overthrowing of a Parliament by force, which is the support and preservation of them.

All which being duely considered by the Lords and Commons, and how great an obligation lies up­on them, in honor, conscience, and duty, according to the high trust reposed in them to use all possible meanes in such cases for the timely prevention of so great and irrecoverable Evills, they have thought fit to publish their sence and apprehension of th [...]s emi­nent danger, thereby to excite all well affected per­sons to contribute their best assistance according to their solemne vow and protestation, to the preparati­ons necessary for the opposing and suppressing of the Trayterous attempts of these wicked and malignant Counsellors, who seeke to engage the King in so dan­gerous and destructive an enterprise and the whole K [...]ngdome in a Civill war, and destroy the priviled­ges and being of Parliaments, This recourse to the good affections of those that tender their religion & [...]ust liberties, & the enjoyment of the blessed fruits of his present Parliament, which were almost ready to [...]e reaped, & are now as ready to be ruined by those wicked hands, being the onely remedy left them un­der [Page] God and without which they are no longer able to preserve themselves or those by whom they are entrusted.

1. They the Lords and Commons do declare that whosoever shall bring in any proportion of ready money or plate or shall under-write to furnish and mainetaine any number of Horse, horse­men and armes, for the preservation of the pub­like peace, and for the defence of the King, and both houses of Parliament from force and violence, and to uphold the power and priviledges of Parliament ac­cording to his protestation, it shall be held a good and acceptable service to the Common wealth and a te­stimony of his good affection to the protestant Reli­gion the Lawes, liberties, and peace, of this King­dome and to the Parliament and priviledges thereof.

And because a considerable ayd cannot bee raised by few hands and the condition of all mens estates and occasions is not alwayes porportionall to their affection, The Lords and Commons doe declare, that no mans affection shall bee measured according to the proportion of his offer, so that he expresse his good will to this service in any proportion whatso­ever.

2. And it is further declared by the Lords and Com­mons in Parliament that whosoever shal bring in any money or plate or shall furnish and maintaine any horse, horsemen, and armes, for the purposes afore­said shall have their money repaid with the interest according to eight per centum & the ful value of their plate with consideration for the fashion not exceed­ing one shilling per ounce, and shall have full recom­pence for all their charges in finding, furnishing and [Page] maintaining of Horse, horsemen, and armes, And for this, both houses of Parliament doth engage the publike faith.

3. And it is ordained that Sir Iohn Woollaston Knight, and Alderman, Alderman Towse, Alderman Warner, and Alderman Andrewes shall be Treasu­surers to receave all such money and plate as shall be brought in for the purposes aforesaid, and that the ac­quittances of them or any two of them, for the receipt of the same shall be a sufficient ground for the partie so lending money or plate to demand the same againe with the Interest, and likewise consideration for the fashion of the plate.

4. It is ordered, That [...] shall bee Commissaries to value the horse and armes that shall be furnished for this service, and that a sig­nification under the hands of them or any two of them of such values of the horse and armes and of the time when they were first brought in, shall bee a warrant to demand satisfaction according to the said values and they shal keep an account of the time from the first enrollment of any such Horse and Horse­men, that all such as finde and maintaine them may be repaid according to the rate of two shillings six pence per diem for so long time as they have main­tained them in this service, and the Comissaries are to attend at Guild-hall for the receiving and inrolling of such numbers of horse as shall be brought in.

It is ordered, that whosoever shall bring in mo­ney or plate, or shall provide and maintaine Horse, Horsemen, and Armes for this service, shall doe ac­cording to their dutie therein. And the Lords and Commons doe engage the power and authoritie of [Page] Parliament, to save them harmelesse from all preju­dice and inconvenience that may befall them by oc­casion thereof

It is ordered, that the members of either House who are present, shall be desired to declare in their houses respectively, what money or plate they will bring in, or what Horse, Horsemen, and Armes they will finde and maintaine.

It is desired that all such as have their residence in or about London, or within 80. miles, will bring in their money plate, or horse, within a fortnight af­ter notice, and they that dwell further off within three weekes, and because every person may not bee provided with present money, or with horse, or not have his plate with him, which he meanes to bring in, and yet resolves to contribute his part, within the time limited, and that it is necessary it should be pre­sently knowne what the provision will be for the ef­fecting of this great and important service. It is or­dered that the committees of either House appoin­ted for that purpose respectively shall receive the subscriptions of such members of each house as have not declared themselves in the house or are ab­sent upon the publike service or for their private oc­casions. 2 That the Committee of London in­trusted with the Militia shall receave the subscripti­ons in London and Middlesex. 3. That some per­sons nominated by the Knights and Burgesses of each Countie, and approved by both Houses, shall be appointed to receive the subscriptions in the se­verall Counties. And lastly it is declared that what­soever is brought in shall not at all be imployed up­on any other occasion than to the purposes afore­said, [Page] which are to maintaine the Protestant religion, the Kings authoritie, and his person in his Royall dig­nitie, the free course of justice, the lawes of the land, the peace of the Kingdome, and the priviledges of Parliament against any force which shall op­pose them, And this by the direction of both Houses of Parlia­ment.