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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
      
       
         
           1689
        
      
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             Their Majesties declaration against the French King
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
             Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb ...,
             London :
             1689.
          
           
             "Given at Our court at Hampton-Court the seventh day of May, 1689, in the first year of Our reign."
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           Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702.
           Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
        
      
    
     
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           DECLARATION
           Against
           the
           FRENCH
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             WILLIAM
             R.
             
          
        
         
           IT
           having
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           to
           make
           Us
           the
           happy
           Instruments
           of
           Rescuing
           these
           Nations
           from
           Great
           and
           Imminent
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           to
           place
           Us
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           We
           think
           Our Selves
           obliged
           to
           endeavour
           to
           the
           uttermost
           to
           Promote
           the
           Welfare
           of
           Our
           People
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           effectually
           secured
           ,
           but
           by
           preventing
           the
           Miseries
           that
           threaten
           them
           from
           Abroad
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           consider
           the
           many
           unjust
           Methods
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           hath
           of
           late
           Years
           taken
           to
           gratifie
           his
           Ambition
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           only
           Invaded
           the
           Territories
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Empire
           now
           in
           Amity
           with
           Us
           ,
           laying
           Waste
           whole
           Countries
           ,
           and
           destroying
           the
           Inhabitants
           by
           his
           Armies
           ,
           but
           Declared
           War
           against
           Our
           Allies
           without
           any
           Provocation
           ,
           in
           manifest
           Violation
           of
           the
           Treaties
           Confirmed
           by
           the
           Guaranty
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
          
           ;
           We
           can
           do
           no
           less
           then
           Joyn
           with
           Our
           Allies
           in
           opposing
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           Disturber
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           of
           the
           Christian
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           besides
           the
           Obligations
           We
           lie
           under
           by
           Treaties
           with
           Our
           Allies
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           sufficient
           Justification
           of
           Us
           for
           taking
           up
           Arms
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           since
           they
           have
           called
           upon
           Us
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           the
           many
           Injuries
           done
           to
           Us
           and
           to
           Our
           Subjects
           ,
           without
           any
           Reparation
           ,
           by
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           (
           however
           of
           late
           Years
           they
           were
           not
           taken
           Notice
           of
           ,
           for
           Reasons
           well
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           nevertheless
           )
           We
           will
           not
           pass
           them
           over
           without
           a
           Publick
           and
           Just
           Resentment
           of
           such
           Outrages
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           long
           since
           the
           
             French
          
           took
           Licences
           from
           the
           
             English
          
           Governor
           of
           
             New-found-Land
             ,
          
           to
           Fish
           in
           the
           Seas
           upon
           that
           Coast
           ,
           and
           paid
           a
           Tribute
           for
           such
           Licences
           ,
           as
           an
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           sole
           Right
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
          
           to
           that
           Is
           ;
           land
           ;
           and
           yet
           of
           late
           ,
           the
           Encroachments
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           upon
           Our
           said
           Island
           ,
           and
           Our
           Subjects
           Trade
           and
           Fishery
           ,
           have
           been
           more
           like
           the
           Invasions
           of
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           then
           becoming
           Friends
           ,
           who
           enjoy'd
           the
           Advantages
           of
           that
           Trade
           only
           by
           Permission
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           should
           Invade
           Our
           
             Charibbee
          
           Islands
           ,
           and
           possess
           himself
           of
           Our
           Territories
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           
             New-York
          
           and
           of
           
             Hudsons-Bay
          
           in
           a
           Hostile
           manner
           ,
           seizing
           Our
           Forts
           ,
           burning
           Our
           Subjects
           Houses
           ,
           and
           enriching
           his
           People
           with
           the
           Spoil
           of
           their
           Goods
           and
           Merchandizes
           ,
           detaining
           some
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           under
           the
           Hardship
           of
           Imprisonment
           ,
           causing
           others
           to
           be
           inhumanely
           kill'd
           ,
           and
           driving
           the
           rest
           to
           Sea
           in
           a
           small
           Vessel
           ,
           without
           Food
           and
           Necessaries
           to
           support
           them
           ,
           are
           Actions
           not
           becoming
           even
           an
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           declaring
           himself
           so
           ,
           that
           at
           that
           very
           time
           he
           was
           Negotiating
           here
           in
           
             England
          
           by
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           a
           Treaty
           of
           Neutrality
           and
           good
           Correspondence
           in
           
             America
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           against
           Our
           Subjects
           in
           
             Europe
          
           are
           so
           Notorious
           ,
           that
           We
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           them
           ;
           His
           countenancing
           the
           Seizure
           of
           
             English
          
           Ships
           by
           
             French
          
           Privateers
           ,
           forbidding
           the
           Importation
           of
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Product
           and
           Manufactures
           of
           Our
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           imposing
           exorbitant
           Customs
           upon
           the
           rest
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           vast
           Advantage
           he
           and
           the
           
             French
          
           Nation
           reap
           by
           their
           Commerce
           with
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           sufficient
           Evidences
           of
           his
           Designs
           to
           destroy
           the
           Trade
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           ruine
           the
           Navigation
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Wealth
           and
           Safety
           of
           this
           Nation
           very
           much
           depends
           .
        
         
           The
           Right
           of
           the
           Flag
           ,
           Inherent
           in
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           has
           been
           Disputed
           by
           his
           Orders
           in
           Violation
           of
           Our
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           Narrow
           Seas
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           Ages
           has
           been
           Asserted
           by
           Our
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           We
           are
           resolv'd
           to
           Maintain
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           Our
           Crown
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           Nation
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           must
           nearly
           touch
           Us
           ,
           is
           his
           unchristian
           Prosecution
           of
           many
           of
           Our
           
             English
          
           Protestant
           Subjects
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           for
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           express
           Treaties
           ,
           forcing
           them
           to
           abjure
           their
           Religion
           by
           strange
           and
           unusual
           Cruelties
           ,
           and
           Imprisoning
           some
           of
           the
           Masters
           and
           Seamen
           of
           Our
           Merchant
           Ships
           ,
           and
           Condemning
           others
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           having
           on
           Board
           ,
           either
           some
           of
           his
           own
           miserable
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           their
           Effects
           ;
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           for
           some
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           endeavoured
           by
           Insinuations
           and
           Promises
           of
           Assistance
           ,
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Government
           of
           
             England
          
           ;
           So
           now
           by
           open
           and
           violent
           Methods
           ,
           and
           the
           actual
           Invasion
           of
           Our
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           in
           support
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           Us
           ,
           he
           is
           promoting
           the
           utter
           Extirpation
           of
           Our
           good
           and
           Loyal
           Subjects
           in
           that
           Our
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Being
           therefore
           thus
           necessitated
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Relying
           on
           the
           help
           of
           Almighty
           God
           in
           Our
           just
           undertaking
           ,
           We
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           Declare
           ,
           and
           do
           hereby
           Declare
           War
           against
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           We
           will
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           Our
           Allies
           ,
           Vigorously
           Prosecute
           the
           same
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           (
           since
           he
           hath
           so
           unrighteously
           begun
           it
           )
           being
           assured
           of
           the
           hearty
           Concurrence
           and
           Assistance
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           in
           support
           of
           so
           good
           a
           Cause
           ;
           Hereby
           Willing
           and
           Requiring
           Our
           General
           of
           Our
           Forces
           ,
           Our
           Commissioners
           for
           Executing
           the
           Office
           of
           High
           Admiral
           ,
           Our
           Lieutenants
           of
           Our
           several
           Counties
           ,
           Governours
           of
           Our
           Forts
           and
           Garisons
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Officers
           and
           Soldiers
           under
           them
           ,
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           execute
           all
           acts
           of
           Hostility
           in
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           this
           War
           against
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           his
           Vassals
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           to
           oppose
           their
           Attempts
           ,
           Willing
           and
           Requiring
           all
           Our
           Subjects
           to
           take
           Notice
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           whom
           We
           henceforth
           strictly
           forbid
           to
           hold
           any
           Correspondence
           or
           Communication
           with
           the
           said
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           And
           because
           there
           are
           remaining
           in
           Our
           Kingdoms
           many
           of
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           ;
           We
           do
           Declare
           and
           give
           Our
           Royal
           Word
           ,
           that
           all
           such
           of
           the
           
             French
          
           Nation
           as
           shall
           demean
           themselves
           dutifully
           towards
           Us
           ,
           and
           not
           Correspond
           with
           Our
           Enemies
           ,
           shall
           be
           safe
           in
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           all
           molestation
           and
           trouble
           of
           any
           kind
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             Our
             Court
             at
             
               Hampton-Court
            
             
               the
               Seventh
               Day
               of
               
                 May
                 ,
                 1689.
                 
              
               In
               the
               First
               Year
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
          
           
           God
           Save
           King
           
             WILLIAM
          
           and
           Queen
           
             MARY
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Charles
             Bill
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Newcomb
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Queen's
           most
           Excellent
           Majesties
           .
           1689.
           
        
      
    
  

