WHereas by the Votes of both Houses of Parliament, that no Addresses be made to the King, his Majesty is totally outed of his Government, and by his impri­sonment the reverence and high esteeme due to his Royall Person is much lessened, if not (with some) totally with­drawne, his Person with more opportunity and secrecie exposed to private Murder and Poyson (as appeares by late experience) and his Majesties Attendants being only such as the Faction of Indepen­dents (opposite to Kingly Government) have against his Majesties liking, placed about his Person, there cannot want Executioners for any secret and bloody designe.

And for that the many Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, for his Majesties freedome and returne to Parliament, have received onely dilatory and fruitlesse answers: Wee cannot esteeme the Houses of Parliament so carefull of the honour and safety of his Majesties Person, as they have often pretended.

Wee therefore doe heereby publish to the VVorld that wee have solemnly promised and vowed to God, that if our Sove­raigne Lord the King shall by Murder, Poyson, or othervvise de­part this life (which God forbid) before his inlargement and freedome from Prison, wee shall esteeme it (as all good Subjects will) the effect of his restraint and hard usage, and them (detai­ning his inlargment) as the abetters thereof, and shall accordingly (though with the hazard and losse of our owne lives) stricktly and severely require his bloud at the hands of all such who de­nyed or delayed (upon what pretences soever) his and their voyce or assistance for his Majesties inlargement, and doubt not but we shall heerein finde ayde and assistance from very many thou­sands of Loyall Subjects.