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         Declaration of his Highness William Henry, by the grace of God, Prince of Orange, &c. of the reasons inducing him to appear in arms for preserving of the Protestant religion and for restoring the laws and liberties of England, Scotland and Ireland.
         William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
      
       
         
           1688
        
      
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             The declaration of His Highnes William Henry, by the grace of God Prince of Orange, &c. of the reasons inducing him, to appear in armes in the kingdome of England, for preserving of the Protestant religion, and for restoring the lawes and liberties of England, Scotland and Ireland Here unto are added the letters of the aforesaid his illustrious Highnesse to the sea and land forces of England, together with the prayer for the present expedition.
             Declaration of his Highness William Henry, by the grace of God, Prince of Orange, &c. of the reasons inducing him to appear in arms for preserving of the Protestant religion and for restoring the laws and liberties of England, Scotland and Ireland.
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702. Declaration of His Highness William Henry by the grace of God Prince of Orange, &c. of the reasons inducing him to appear in arms for preserving of the Protestant religion, and for restoring the laws and liberties of the ancient kingdom of Scotland. aut
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
             Fagel, Gaspar, 1634-1688, attributed name.
          
           [2], 17, [1] p.
           
             by Arnold Leers, bookseller at the signe of Plutarch. By speciall order of his Highnesse,
             Printed at the Hague :
             1688.
          
           
             According to J.E.S. Clarke and H.C. Foxcroft, "Life of Gilbert Burnet" (p. 243), the declaration was actually written for William of Orange by Gaspar Fagel and was translated into English by Gilbert Burnet.
             At foot of title page: With priviledge of the great and mighty the states of Holland and Westfriesland.
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           THE
           DECLARATION
           OF
           HIS
           HIGHNES
           WILLIAM
           HENRY
           ,
           By
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           PRINCE
           OF
           ORANGE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Of
           the
           Reasons
           inducing
           him
           to
           appear
           in
           Armes
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           Preserving
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           for
           Restoring
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           SCOTLAND
           and
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           Here
           unto
           are
           added
           the
           Letters
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           his
           Illustrious
           Highnesse
           to
           the
           Sea
           and
           Land
           forces
           of
           England
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Prayer
           for
           the
           present
           Expedition
           .
        
         
           
             IE
             MAINTIENDRAY
          
           
             PROT.
             RELIGION
             AND
             LIBERTY
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           the
           Hague
           by
           ARNOLD
           LEERS
           ,
           Bookseller
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           Plutarch
           .
           By
           speciall
           order
           of
           his
           Highnesse
           ,
           1688.
           
        
         
           With
           Priviledge
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           Mighty
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           and
           Westfriesland
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           DECLARATION
           OF
           HIS
           HIGHNES
           WILLIAM
           HENRY
           ,
           By
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           PRINCE
           OF
           ORANGE
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           the
           reasons
           inducing
           him
           ,
           To
           Appear
           in
           Armes
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           
             IT
             is
             both
             certain
             and
             evident
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             publike
             Peace
             and
             Happines
             of
             any
             State
             or
             Kingdome
             ,
             can
             not
             be
             preserved
             ,
             where
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Customes
             established
             by
             the
             lawfull
             authority
             in
             it
             ,
             are
             openly
             transgressed
             and
             annulled
             :
             more
             especially
             where
             the
             alteration
             of
             Religion
             is
             endeavoured
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Religion
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             Law
             is
             endeavoured
             to
             be
             introduced
             :
             upon
             which
             those
             who
             are
             most
             immediatly
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             are
             indispensably
             bound
             to
             endeavour
             to
             preserve
             and
             maintain
             the
             established
             Lawes
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Customes
             :
             and
             above
             all
             the
             Religion
             and
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             established
             among
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             take
             such
             an
             effectuall
             care
             ,
             that
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             said
             State
             or
             Kingdome
             ,
             may
             neither
             be
             deprived
             of
             their
             Religion
             nor
             of
             their
             Civill
             Rights
             .
             VVhich
             is
             so
             much
             the
             more
             necessary
             because
             the
             Greatnes
             and
             Security
             both
             of
             Kings
             Royall
             families
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             such
             as
             are
             in
             Authority
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             happines
             of
             their
             Subjects
             and
             People
             ,
             depend
             in
             a
             most
             especiall
             manner
             upon
             the
             exact
             observation
             and
             maintenance
             of
             these
             their
             Lawes
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Customes
             .
          
           
             Upon
             these
             grounds
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             Wee
             cannot
             any
             longer
             forbear
             to
             Declare
             that
             to
             our
             great
             regret
             Wee
             see
             that
             those
             Councellours
             ,
             who
             have
             now
             the
             chiefe
             credit
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             have
             overturned
             the
             Religion
             ,
             Lawes
             and
             Liberties
             of
             those
             Realmes
             ,
             and
             subjected
             them
             in
             all
             things
             relating
             to
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             ,
             to
             Arbitrary
             Government
             :
             and
             that
             not
             only
             by
             secret
             and
             indirect
             waies
             ,
             but
             in
             an
             open
             and
             undisguised
             manner
             .
          
           
             Those
             Evill
             Councellours
             for
             the
             advancing
             and
             colouring
             this
             with
             some
             plausible
             pretexts
             ,
             did
             invent
             and
             set
             on
             foot
             the
             Kings
             
               Dispencing
               power
            
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             which
             ,
             they
             pretend
             that
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             he
             can
             Suspend
             and
             Dispence
             with
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             enacted
             by
             the
             Authority
             ,
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             the
             security
             and
             happines
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             rendered
             
             those
             Lawes
             of
             no
             effect
             :
             Tho
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             certain
             ,
             then
             that
             as
             no
             Lawes
             can
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             joint
             concurrence
             of
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             so
             likewise
             lawes
             so
             enacted
             ,
             which
             secure-the
             Publike
             peace
             ,
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             lives
             and
             liberties
             of
             every
             subject
             in
             it
             ,
             can
             not
             be
             repealed
             or
             suspended
             but
             by
             the
             same
             authority
             .
          
           
             For
             tho
             the
             King
             may
             pardon
             the
             punishment
             ,
             that
             a
             Transgressour
             has
             incurred
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             he
             is
             condemned
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             cases
             of
             Treason
             or
             Felony
             ;
             yet
             it
             can
             not
             be
             with
             any
             colour
             of
             reason
             inferred
             from
             thence
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             can
             entirely
             suspend
             the
             execution
             of
             those
             Lawes
             ,
             relating
             to
             Treason
             or
             Felony
             :
             unlesse
             it
             is
             pretended
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             clothed
             with
             a
             Despotick
             and
             Arbitrary
             power
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Estates
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             depend
             wholly
             on
             his
             good
             will
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             are
             entirely
             subject
             to
             him
             ;
             which
             must
             infallibly
             follow
             on
             the
             Kings
             having
             a
             power
             to
             suspend
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             to
             dispence
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Those
             Evill
             Councellours
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             giving
             some
             credit
             to
             this
             strange
             and
             execrable
             Maxime
             ,
             have
             so
             conducted
             the
             matter
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             obtained
             a
             Sentence
             from
             the
             Judges
             ,
             declaring
             that
             this
             
               Dispencing
               power
            
             is
             a
             Right
             belonging
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             as
             if
             it
             were
             in
             the
             power
             of
             the
             twelve
             Judges
             to
             offer
             up
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             by
             him
             Arbitrarily
             and
             at
             his
             Pleasure
             and
             expressly
             contrary
             to
             Lawes
             enacted
             for
             the
             security
             of
             the
             Subjects
             .
             In
             order
             to
             the
             obtaining
             this
             Judgment
             ,
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             did
             before
             hand
             examine
             secretly
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Judges
             ,
             and
             procured
             such
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             could
             not
             in
             Conscience
             concurre
             in
             so
             pernicious
             a
             Sentence
             ,
             to
             be
             turned
             out
             ,
             and
             others
             to
             be
             substituted
             in
             their
             rooms
             till
             by
             the
             changes
             which
             were
             made
             ,
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             they
             at
             last
             obtained
             that
             Judgment
             .
             And
             they
             have
             raised
             some
             to
             those
             Trusts
             ,
             who
             make
             open
             profession
             of
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             tho
             those
             are
             by
             Law
             rendred
             incapable
             all
             such
             Employments
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             manifest
             and
             notorious
             ,
             that
             as
             his
             Majestie
             was
             ,
             upon
             his
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             received
             and
             acknowledged
             by
             all
             the
             subjects
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             as
             their
             King
             without
             the
             least
             opposition
             ,
             tho
             he
             made
             then
             open
             profession
             of
             the
             
               Popish
               Religion
            
             so
             he
             did
             then
             promise
             ,
             and
             solemnly
             swear
             at
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             maintain
             his
             subjects
             ,
             in
             the
             free
             enjoyment
             of
             their
             Lawes
             ,
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             maintain
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
               as
               it
               was
               established
               by
               Law
               :
            
             It
             is
             likewise
             certain
             ,
             that
             there
             have
             been
             at
             diverse
             and
             sundry
             times
             ,
             severall
             Lawes
             enacted
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             those
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             :
             and
             among
             other
             Securities
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             enacted
             that
             all
             Persons
             whatsoever
             ,
             that
             are
             advanced
             to
             any
             Ecclesiasticall
             Dignity
             ,
             or
             to
             bear
             Office
             in
             either
             University
             ,
             as
             likewise
             all
             other
             that
             should
             be
             put
             in
             any
             Imployment
             ,
             Civill
             or
             Military
             ,
             should
             declare
             that
             they
             were
             not
             Papists
             ,
             but
             were
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             their
             taking
             of
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Allegange
             and
             Supreamacy
             and
             the
             Test
             ,
             yet
             these
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             in
             effect
             annulled
             and
             abolished
             all
             those
             Lawes
             ,
             both
             with
             relation
             to
             Ecclesiasticall
             and
             Civill
             Employments
             .
          
           
             In
             order
             to
             Ecclesiasticall
             Dignities
             and
             Offices
             they
             have
             not
             only
             without
             any
             colour
             of
             Law
             ,
             but
             against
             most
             expresse
             Lawes
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             set
             up
             a
             Commission
             of
             a
             certain
             number
             of
             persons
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             have
             committed
             the
             cognisance
             and
             direction
             of
             all
             Ecclesiasticall
             matters
             :
             in
             the
             which
             Commission
             there
             has
             been
             and
             still
             is
             ,
             one
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ,
             who
             makes
             now
             publike
             profession
             of
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             and
             who
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             first
             professing
             it
             ,
             
             declared
             that
             for
             a
             great
             while
             before
             ,
             he
             had
             beleeved
             that
             to
             be
             the
             only
             true
             Religion
             .
             By
             all
             this
             ,
             the
             deplorable
             State
             to
             which
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             is
             reduced
             is
             apparent
             ,
             since
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             are
             now
             put
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Persons
             ,
             who
             have
             accepted
             of
             a
             Commission
             that
             is
             manifesty
             Illegal
             ;
             and
             who
             have
             executed
             it
             contrary
             to
             all
             Law
             ;
             and
             that
             now
             one
             of
             their
             chiefe
             Members
             has
             abjured
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             and
             declared
             himselfe
             a
             Papist
             ;
             by
             which
             he
             is
             become
             Incapable
             of
             holding
             any
             Publike
             Imployment
             :
             The
             said
             Commissioners
             have
             hitherto
             given
             such
             proof
             ,
             of
             their
             submission
             to
             the
             directions
             given
             them
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             doubt
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             still
             continue
             to
             promote
             all
             such
             designs
             as
             will
             be
             most
             aggreable
             to
             them
             .
             And
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             take
             care
             ta
             raise
             none
             to
             any
             Ecclesiasticall
             dignities
             ,
             but
             persons
             that
             have
             no
             zeal
             for
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             that
             now
             hide
             their
             un
             concernednes
             for
             it
             ,
             under
             the
             specious
             pretence
             of
             Moderation
             .
             The
             said
             Commissioners
             have
             suspended
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             only
             because
             he
             refused
             to
             obey
             an
             order
             ,
             that
             was
             sent
             him
             to
             suspend
             a
             Worthy
             Divine
             ,
             without
             so
             much
             as
             citing
             him
             before
             him
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             own
             Defence
             ,
             or
             observing
             the
             common
             formes
             of
             processe
             .
             They
             have
             turned
             out
             a
             President
             ,
             chosen
             by
             the
             fellows
             of
             
               Magdalen
               Colledge
            
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             all
             the
             Fellows
             of
             that
             Colledge
             ,
             without
             so
             much
             as
             citing
             them
             before
             any
             Court
             that
             could
             take
             legall
             cognissance
             of
             that
             affair
             ;
             or
             obtaining
             any
             Sentence
             against
             them
             by
             a
             Competent
             Judge
             .
             And
             the
             only
             reason
             that
             was
             given
             for
             turning
             them
             out
             ,
             was
             their
             refusing
             to
             choose
             for
             their
             President
             ;
             a
             Person
             that
             was
             recommended
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             Instigation
             of
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             ;
             tho
             the
             right
             of
             a
             free
             Election
             belonged
             undoubtedly
             to
             them
             .
             But
             they
             were
             turned
             out
             of
             their
             freeholds
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             expresse
             provision
             in
             the
             
               Magna
               Chartae
               ;
               that
               no
               man
               shall
               loose
               life
               or
               goods
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               land
               .
            
             And
             now
             these
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             put
             the
             said
             Colledge
             wholly
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Popists
             ,
             tho
             as
             is
             abovesaid
             ,
             they
             are
             incapable
             of
             all
             such
             Employments
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             statutes
             of
             the
             Colledge
             .
             These
             Commissioners
             have
             also
             cited
             before
             them
             all
             the
             Chancellours
             and
             Archdeacons
             of
             England
             ,
             requiring
             them
             to
             certifie
             to
             them
             the
             names
             of
             all
             such
             Clergymen
             ,
             as
             have
             read
             the
             Kings
             declaration
             for
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             as
             have
             not
             read
             it
             :
             without
             considering
             that
             the
             reading
             of
             it
             was
             not
             enjoined
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             are
             their
             Ordinaries
             .
             The
             Illegality
             and
             Incompetency
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             of
             the
             Ecclesiasticall
             Commissioners
             was
             so
             notoriously
             known
             ,
             and
             it
             did
             so
             evidently
             appear
             that
             it
             tended
             to
             the
             subversion
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Most
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             ,
             William
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             Primate
             and
             Metropolitan
             of
             all
             England
             ,
             seeing
             that
             it
             was
             raised
             for
             no
             other
             end
             but
             to
             oppresse
             such
             persons
             as
             were
             of
             eminent
             vertue
             ,
             learning
             and
             piety
             ,
             refused
             to
             sit
             or
             to
             concurre
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             tho
             there
             are
             many
             expresse
             Lawes
             against
             all
             Churches
             or
             Chappell
             's
             ,
             for
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             and
             also
             against
             all
             Monasteries
             and
             Convents
             ,
             and
             more
             particularly
             against
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Iesuites
             ,
             yet
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             procured
             orders
             for
             the
             building
             of
             severall
             Churches
             and
             Chappels
             ,
             for
             the
             exercise
             of
             that
             Religion
             :
             They
             have
             also
             procured
             diverse
             Monasteries
             to
             be
             erected
             ,
             and
             in
             contempt
             of
             the
             Law
             they
             have
             not
             only
             set
             up
             severall
             Colledges
             of
             Iesuites
             ,
             in
             diverse
             places
             ,
             for
             the
             corrupting
             of
             the
             youth
             ,
             but
             have
             raised
             up
             one
             of
             the
             Order
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Privy
             Councellour
             and
             a
             Minister
             of
             State.
             By
             all
             which
             they
             doe
             evidently
             shew
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             restrained
             by
             no
             rules
             or
             Law
             whatsoever
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             have
             subjected
             the
             Honours
             and
             Estates
             of
             the
             subjects
             ,
             and
             the
             establisht
             
             Religion
             to
             a
             Despotick
             power
             and
             to
             Arbitrary
             Government
             :
             In
             all
             which
             they
             are
             served
             and
             seconded
             by
             those
             Ecclesiastical
             Commissioners
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             also
             followed
             the
             same
             methods
             with
             Relation
             to
             Civill
             affairs
             :
             For
             they
             have
             procured
             orders
             to
             examine
             all
             Lords
             Lieutenants
             ,
             Deputy
             Lieutenants
             ,
             Sheriffs
             ,
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             and
             all
             others
             that
             were
             in
             any
             Publike
             Imployment
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             concurre
             with
             The
             King
             in
             the
             repeal
             of
             the
             Test
             and
             
               Penal
               Lawes
            
             :
             and
             all
             such
             ,
             whose
             consciences
             did
             not
             suffer
             them
             to
             comply
             with
             their
             designes
             ,
             were
             turned
             out
             ;
             and
             others
             were
             put
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             who
             they
             beleeved
             would
             be
             more
             compliant
             to
             them
             in
             their
             designes
             of
             defeating
             the
             intent
             and
             Execution
             of
             those
             Lawes
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             made
             with
             so
             much
             care
             and
             caution
             for
             the
             security
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             .
             And
             in
             many
             of
             these
             places
             they
             have
             put
             professed
             Papists
             ,
             tho
             the
             Law
             has
             disabled
             them
             ,
             and
             warranted
             the
             subjects
             not
             to
             have
             any
             regard
             to
             their
             Orders
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             also
             invaded
             the
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             seised
             on
             the
             Charters
             of
             most
             of
             those
             Towns
             that
             have
             a
             right
             to
             be
             represented
             by
             their
             Burgesses
             in
             Parliament
             :
             and
             have
             procured
             surrenders
             to
             be
             made
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Magistrates
             in
             them
             have
             delivered
             up
             all
             their
             Rights
             and
             Priveledges
             ,
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             at
             the
             pleasure
             of
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             :
             who
             have
             thereupon
             ,
             placed
             new
             Magistrates
             in
             those
             Towns
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             can
             most
             entirely
             confide
             in
             :
             and
             in
             many
             of
             them
             they
             have
             put
             Popish
             Magistrates
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Incapacities
             under
             which
             the
             Law
             has
             put
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             whereas
             no
             Nation
             whatsoever
             can
             subsist
             without
             the
             administration
             of
             good
             and
             impartiall
             Justice
             ,
             upon
             which
             mens
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Estates
             ,
             doe
             depend
             ;
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             subjected
             these
             to
             an
             Arbitrary
             and
             Despotick
             power
             :
             In
             the
             most
             important
             affairs
             they
             have
             studied
             to
             discover
             before
             hand
             ,
             the
             Opinions
             of
             the
             Judges
             ;
             and
             have
             turned
             out
             such
             ,
             as
             they
             found
             would
             not
             conform
             themselves
             to
             their
             intentions
             :
             and
             have
             put
             others
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             of
             whom
             they
             were
             more
             assured
             ,
             without
             having
             any
             regard
             to
             their
             abilities
             .
             And
             they
             have
             not
             stuck
             to
             raise
             even
             professed
             Papists
             to
             the
             Courts
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             Incapacity
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             regard
             is
             due
             to
             any
             Sentences
             flowing
             from
             them
             .
             They
             have
             carried
             this
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             to
             deprive
             such
             Judges
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             common
             administration
             of
             Justice
             ,
             shewed
             that
             they
             were
             governed
             by
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             directions
             which
             the
             others
             gave
             them
             .
             By
             which
             it
             is
             apparent
             that
             they
             designe
             to
             render
             themselves
             the
             absolute
             Masters
             of
             the
             Lives
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Estates
             of
             the
             subjects
             ,
             of
             what
             rank
             or
             dignity
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             :
             and
             that
             without
             having
             any
             regard
             either
             to
             the
             equity
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             consciences
             of
             the
             Judges
             ,
             whom
             they
             will
             have
             to
             submit
             in
             all
             things
             to
             their
             own
             will
             and
             pleasure
             :
             hoping
             by
             such
             waies
             to
             intimidate
             those
             who
             are
             yet
             in
             Imployment
             ,
             as
             also
             such
             others
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             ,
             to
             put
             in
             the
             Rooms
             of
             those
             whom
             they
             have
             turned
             out
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             them
             see
             ,
             what
             they
             must
             look
             for
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             at
             any
             time
             act
             in
             the
             least
             contrary
             to
             their
             good
             liking
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             failings
             of
             that
             kind
             are
             pardoned
             in
             any
             persons
             whatsoever
             .
             A
             great
             deale
             of
             blood
             has
             been
             shed
             in
             many
             places
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             by
             Judges
             governed
             by
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             ,
             against
             all
             the
             rules
             and
             forms
             of
             Law
             ;
             without
             so
             much
             as
             suffering
             the
             persons
             that
             were
             accused
             to
             plead
             in
             their
             own
             Defence
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             also
             by
             putting
             the
             administration
             of
             justice
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Papists
             ,
             brought
             all
             the
             matters
             of
             Civill
             Justice
             into
             great
             uncertainties
             :
             with
             how
             much
             exactnes
             and
             Justice
             soever
             that
             these
             Sentences
             may
             have
             been
             given
             .
             For
             since
             the
             
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Land
             doe
             not
             only
             exclude
             Papists
             from
             all
             places
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             but
             have
             put
             them
             under
             an
             Incapacity
             ,
             none
             are
             bound
             to
             acknowledge
             or
             to
             obey
             their
             Judgements
             ,
             and
             all
             Sentences
             given
             by
             them
             ,
             are
             null
             and
             void
             of
             themselves
             :
             so
             that
             all
             persons
             who
             have
             been
             cast
             in
             trialls
             before
             such
             Popish
             Judges
             ,
             may
             justly
             look
             on
             their
             pretended
             Sentences
             ,
             as
             having
             no
             more
             force
             then
             the
             Sentences
             of
             any
             private
             and
             unauthorised
             person
             whatsoever
             .
             So
             deplorable
             is
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             are
             obliged
             to
             answer
             to
             such
             Judges
             ,
             that
             must
             in
             all
             things
             stick
             to
             the
             rules
             which
             are
             set
             them
             by
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             ,
             who
             as
             they
             raised
             them
             up
             to
             those
             Imployments
             ,
             so
             can
             turn
             them
             out
             of
             them
             at
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             who
             can
             never
             be
             esteemed
             Lawfull
             Judges
             ;
             so
             that
             all
             their
             Sentences
             are
             in
             the
             Construction
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             of
             no
             force
             and
             efficacy
             .
             They
             have
             likewise
             disposed
             of
             all
             Military
             Imployments
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             :
             For
             tho
             the
             Lawes
             have
             not
             only
             excluded
             Papists
             from
             all
             such
             Imployments
             ,
             but
             have
             in
             particular
             provided
             that
             they
             should
             be
             disarmed
             ;
             yet
             they
             in
             contempt
             of
             these
             Lawes
             ,
             have
             not
             only
             armed
             the
             Papists
             ,
             but
             have
             likewise
             raised
             them
             up
             to
             the
             greatest
             Military
             Trusts
             both
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             and
             that
             Strangers
             as
             well
             as
             Natives
             ,
             and
             Irish
             as
             well
             as
             English
             ,
             that
             so
             by
             those
             means
             having
             rendred
             themselves
             Masters
             both
             of
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             of
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             course
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             subjected
             them
             all
             to
             a
             Despotick
             and
             Arbitrary
             power
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             in
             a
             capacity
             to
             maintain
             and
             execute
             their
             wicked
             designs
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             and
             thereby
             to
             enslave
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             The
             dismall
             effects
             of
             this
             subversion
             of
             the
             established
             Religion
             ,
             Lawes
             and
             Liberties
             in
             England
             appear
             more
             evidently
             to
             us
             ,
             by
             what
             wee
             see
             done
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             Where
             the
             whole
             Government
             is
             put
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Papists
             ,
             and
             where
             all
             the
             Protestant
             Inhabitants
             are
             under
             the
             daily
             fears
             of
             what
             may
             be
             justly
             apprehended
             from
             the
             Arbitrary
             power
             which
             is
             set
             up
             there
             :
             which
             has
             made
             great
             numbers
             of
             them
             ,
             leave
             that
             Kingdome
             and
             abandon
             their
             Estates
             in
             it
             ,
             remembring
             well
             that
             cruell
             and
             bloody
             Massacre
             which
             fell
             out
             in
             that
             Island
             in
             the
             year
             1641.
             
          
           
             Those
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             also
             prevailed
             with
             the
             King
             to
             declare
             in
             Scotland
             that
             he
             is
             clothed
             with
             
               Absolute
               power
            
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             subjects
             are
             bound
             
               to
               obey
               him
               without
               Reserve
            
             :
             upon
             which
             he
             has
             assumed
             an
             arbitrary
             power
             ,
             both
             over
             the
             Religion
             and
             Lawes
             of
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             from
             all
             which
             it
             is
             apparent
             ,
             what
             is
             to
             be
             looked
             for
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             matters
             are
             duely
             prepared
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Those
             great
             and
             insufferable
             Oppressions
             ,
             and
             the
             open
             Contempt
             of
             all
             Law
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             the
             sad
             consequences
             that
             must
             certainly
             follow
             upon
             it
             ,
             have
             put
             the
             subjects
             under
             great
             and
             just
             fears
             ;
             and
             have
             made
             them
             look
             after
             such
             lawfull
             remedies
             as
             are
             allowed
             of
             in
             all
             Nations
             :
             yet
             all
             has
             been
             without
             effect
             .
             And
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             make
             all
             men
             apprehend
             the
             losse
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Estates
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             goe
             about
             to
             preserve
             themselves
             from
             this
             Oppression
             ,
             by
             Petitions
             ,
             Representations
             ,
             or
             other
             means
             authorised
             by
             Law.
             Thus
             did
             they
             proceed
             with
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             having
             offered
             a
             most
             humble
             petition
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             termes
             full
             of
             Respect
             ,
             and
             not
             exceding
             the
             number
             limited
             by
             Law
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             set
             forth
             in
             short
             the
             Reasons
             for
             which
             they
             could
             not
             obey
             that
             order
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Instigation
             of
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             ,
             was
             sent
             them
             ,
             requiring
             them
             to
             appoint
             their
             Clergy
             to
             read
             in
             their
             Churches
             the
             Declaration
             for
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ;
             were
             sent
             to
             prison
             and
             afterwards
             brought
             to
             a
             Triall
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             guilty
             of
             some
             enormous
             Crime
             .
             They
             were
             not
             
             only
             obliged
             to
             defend
             themselves
             in
             that
             pursute
             ,
             but
             to
             appear
             before
             professed
             Papists
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             taken
             the
             Test
             and
             by
             consequence
             were
             men
             whose
             interest
             led
             them
             to
             condemne
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             Judges
             that
             gave
             their
             opinion
             in
             their
             favours
             were
             thereupon
             turned
             out
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             it
             can
             not
             be
             pretended
             that
             any
             Kings
             ;
             how
             great
             soever
             their
             power
             has
             been
             ,
             and
             how
             Arbitrary
             and
             Despotick
             soever
             they
             have
             been
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             it
             ,
             have
             ever
             reckoned
             it
             a
             crime
             for
             their
             Subjects
             to
             come
             in
             all
             submission
             and
             respect
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             due
             number
             ,
             not
             exceeding
             the
             limits
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             represent
             to
             them
             the
             reasons
             that
             made
             it
             impossible
             for
             them
             to
             obey
             their
             orders
             .
             Those
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             also
             treated
             a
             Peer
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             as
             a
             criminall
             ,
             only
             because
             he
             said
             that
             the
             subjects
             were
             not
             bound
             to
             obey
             the
             orders
             of
             a
             Popish
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             :
             tho
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             they
             being
             by
             Law
             rendred
             incapable
             of
             all
             such
             trusts
             ,
             no
             regard
             is
             due
             to
             their
             orders
             .
             This
             being
             the
             security
             which
             the
             people
             have
             by
             the
             Law
             for
             their
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Honours
             and
             Estates
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             subjected
             to
             the
             Arbitrary
             procedings
             of
             Papists
             ,
             that
             are
             contrary
             to
             Law
             put
             into
             any
             Employments
             Civill
             or
             Military
             .
          
           
             Both
             Wee
             our selves
             ,
             and
             our
             Dearest
             and
             most
             Entirely
             Beloved
             Consort
             ,
             the
             Princesse
             ,
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             signify
             in
             termes
             full
             of
             respect
             to
             the
             King
             the
             just
             and
             deep
             Regret
             which
             all
             these
             Proceedings
             have
             given
             us
             ;
             and
             in
             Compliance
             with
             his
             Majesties
             desires
             signified
             to
             us
             ,
             Wee
             declared
             both
             by
             word
             of
             mouth
             ,
             to
             his
             Envoy
             ,
             and
             in
             writing
             what
             our
             Thoughts
             were
             touching
             the
             Repealing
             of
             the
             
               Test
               and
               Penall
               Lawes
            
             ;
             which
             wee
             did
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             Wee
             hoped
             Wee
             had
             proposed
             an
             Expedient
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Peace
             of
             those
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             a
             happy
             aggreement
             among
             the
             Subjects
             of
             all
             Persuasions
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             setled
             :
             but
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             have
             put
             such
             ill
             Constructions
             on
             these
             our
             good
             Intentions
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             alienate
             the
             King
             more
             and
             more
             from
             us
             :
             as
             if
             Wee
             had
             designed
             to
             disturb
             the
             quiet
             and
             happines
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             and
             great
             Remedy
             for
             all
             those
             Evills
             ,
             is
             
               the
               Calling
               of
               a
               Parliament
            
             ,
             for
             securing
             the
             Nation
             against
             the
             evill
             practises
             of
             those
             wicked
             Councellours
             :
             but
             this
             could
             not
             be
             yet
             compassed
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             be
             easily
             brought
             about
             .
             For
             those
             men
             apprehending
             that
             a
             lawfull
             Parliament
             being
             once
             assembled
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             brought
             to
             an
             account
             for
             all
             their
             open
             violations
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             Plots
             and
             Conspiracies
             against
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Lives
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ;
             they
             have
             endeavoured
             under
             the
             specious
             Pretence
             of
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             first
             to
             sow
             divisions
             among
             Protestants
             ,
             between
             those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             the
             Dissenters
             :
             The
             designe
             being
             laid
             to
             engage
             Protestants
             ,
             that
             are
             all
             equally
             concerned
             to
             preserve
             themselves
             from
             Popish
             Oppression
             ;
             into
             mutuall
             quarrellings
             ;
             that
             so
             by
             these
             ,
             some
             advantages
             might
             be
             given
             to
             them
             to
             bring
             about
             their
             Designes
             ;
             and
             that
             both
             in
             the
             Election
             of
             the
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             in
             the
             Parliament
             it selfe
             .
             For
             they
             see
             well
             that
             if
             all
             Protestants
             ,
             could
             enter
             into
             a
             mutuall
             Good
             Understanding
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             and
             concurre
             together
             ,
             in
             the
             Preserving
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             be
             possible
             for
             them
             to
             compasse
             their
             wicked
             ends
             .
             They
             have
             also
             required
             all
             Persons
             in
             the
             severall
             Counties
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             either
             were
             in
             any
             Imployment
             ,
             or
             were
             in
             any
             considerable
             Esteem
             ,
             to
             declare
             before
             hand
             that
             they
             would
             concurre
             in
             the
             Repeal
             of
             the
             
               Test
               and
               Penall
               Lawes
            
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             would
             give
             their
             voices
             in
             the
             Elections
             to
             Parliament
             ,
             only
             for
             such
             as
             would
             concurre
             in
             it
             .
             Such
             as
             would
             not
             thus
             preingage
             themselves
             were
             turned
             out
             of
             all
             Imployments
             ;
             and
             others
             who
             
             entred
             into
             those
             engagements
             were
             put
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             being
             Papists
             :
             And
             contrary
             to
             the
             Charters
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             those
             Burroughs
             ,
             that
             have
             a
             right
             to
             send
             Burgesses
             to
             Parliament
             ,
             they
             have
             ordered
             such
             Regulations
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             as
             they
             thought
             fit
             and
             necessary
             for
             assuring
             themselves
             of
             all
             the
             Members
             ,
             that
             are
             to
             be
             chosen
             by
             those
             Corporations
             :
             and
             by
             this
             means
             they
             hope
             to
             avoid
             that
             Punishment
             which
             they
             have
             deserved
             ;
             tho
             it
             is
             apparent
             that
             all
             Acts
             made
             by
             Popish
             Magistrates
             are
             null
             and
             void
             of
             themselves
             .
             So
             that
             no
             Parliament
             can
             be
             Lawfull
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Elections
             and
             Returns
             are
             made
             by
             Popish
             Sheriffs
             and
             Majors
             of
             Towns
             ;
             and
             therefore
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Authority
             and
             Magistracy
             is
             in
             such
             hands
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             to
             have
             any
             Lawfull
             Parliament
             .
             And
             tho
             according
             to
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             English
             Government
             and
             Immemoriall
             Custome
             ,
             all
             Elections
             of
             Parliament
             men
             ought
             to
             be
             made
             with
             an
             entire
             Liberty
             ,
             without
             any
             sort
             of
             force
             ,
             or
             the
             requiring
             the
             Electors
             to
             choose
             such
             Persons
             as
             shall
             be
             named
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Persons
             thus
             freely
             elected
             ought
             to
             give
             their
             Opinions
             freely
             upon
             all
             Matters
             ,
             that
             are
             brought
             before
             them
             ,
             having
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Nation
             ever
             before
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             following
             in
             all
             things
             the
             dictates
             of
             their
             Conscience
             ,
             yet
             now
             the
             People
             of
             England
             can
             not
             expect
             a
             remedy
             from
             a
             free
             Parliament
             ,
             Legally
             called
             and
             chosen
             ,
             but
             they
             may
             perhaps
             see
             one
             called
             ,
             in
             which
             all
             Elections
             will
             be
             carried
             by
             Fraud
             or
             Force
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             be
             composed
             of
             such
             Persons
             ,
             of
             whom
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             hold
             themselves
             well
             assured
             ,
             in
             which
             all
             things
             will
             be
             carried
             on
             according
             to
             their
             Direction
             and
             Interest
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             the
             Good
             or
             Happines
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             Which
             may
             appear
             evidently
             from
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Persons
             tried
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             last
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             gain
             them
             to
             consent
             to
             the
             Repeal
             of
             the
             
               Test
               and
               Penal
               Lawes
            
             ,
             and
             procured
             that
             Parliament
             to
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             when
             they
             found
             that
             they
             could
             not
             ,
             neither
             by
             promises
             nor
             threatnings
             ,
             prevail
             with
             the
             Members
             to
             Comply
             with
             their
             wicked
             Designs
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             crown
             all
             ,
             there
             are
             great
             and
             violent
             Presumptions
             ,
             inducing
             us
             to
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             their
             ill
             designes
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             gaining
             to
             themselves
             the
             more
             time
             for
             the
             Effecting
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             encouraging
             of
             their
             Complices
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             discouraging
             of
             all
             Good
             Subjects
             ,
             have
             published
             that
             the
             Queen
             hath
             brought
             forth
             a
             Son
             :
             tho
             there
             have
             appeared
             both
             during
             the
             Queens
             pretended
             Bignes
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             manner
             in
             which
             the
             Birth
             was
             managed
             ,
             so
             many
             just
             and
             visible
             grounds
             of
             suspicion
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             Wee
             our selves
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             good
             Subjects
             of
             those
             Kingdomes
             doe
             vehemently
             suspect
             ,
             that
             the
             pretended
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             was
             not
             born
             by
             the
             Queen
             .
             And
             it
             is
             notoriously
             known
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             many
             both
             doubted
             of
             the
             Queens
             Bignes
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Birth
             of
             the
             Child
             ,
             and
             yet
             there
             was
             not
             any
             one
             thing
             done
             to
             satisfy
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             their
             Doubts
             .
          
           
             And
             since
             our
             Dearest
             and
             most
             Entirely
             Beloved
             Consort
             ,
             the
             Princesse
             ,
             and
             likewise
             Wee
             our selves
             ,
             have
             so
             great
             an
             Interest
             in
             this
             Matter
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             Right
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             world
             knows
             ,
             to
             the
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             since
             also
             the
             English
             did
             in
             the
             year
             1672.
             when
             the
             States
             Generall
             of
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             were
             Invaded
             in
             a
             most
             injust
             warre
             ,
             use
             their
             uttermost
             Endeavours
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             that
             Warre
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             opposition
             to
             those
             who
             were
             then
             in
             the
             Government
             :
             and
             by
             their
             so
             doing
             ,
             they
             run
             the
             hasard
             of
             losing
             both
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             their
             Imployments
             ;
             And
             since
             the
             English
             Nation
             has
             ever
             testified
             a
             most
             particular
             Affection
             and
             Esteem
             ,
             both
             to
             pur
             Dearest
             Consort
             the
             Princesse
             ,
             and
             to
             Our selves
             ,
             WEE
             cannot
             excuse
             our selves
             from
             espousing
             their
             Interests
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             such
             high
             Consequence
             ,
             
             and
             from
             contributing
             all
             that
             lies
             in
             us
             for
             the
             maintaining
             both
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Liberties
             of
             those
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Securing
             to
             them
             the
             continual
             Enjoyment
             of
             all
             their
             just
             Rights
             .
             To
             the
             doing
             of
             which
             Wee
             are
             most
             earnestly
             solicited
             by
             a
             great
             many
             Lords
             ,
             both
             Spirituall
             and
             Temporall
             ,
             and
             by
             many
             Gentlemen
             and
             other
             subjects
             of
             all
             Ranks
             .
          
           
             THEREFORE
             it
             is
             that
             Wee
             have
             thought
             fit
             ,
             to
             goe
             over
             to
             England
             ,
             and
             to
             carry
             over
             with
             us
             a
             force
             sufficient
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             defend
             us
             from
             the
             violence
             of
             those
             Evill
             Councellours
             .
             AND
             WEE
             being
             desirous
             that
             our
             Intentions
             in
             this
             may
             be
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             have
             for
             this
             end
             prepared
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             in
             which
             as
             wee
             have
             hitherto
             given
             a
             true
             Account
             of
             the
             Reasons
             inducing
             us
             to
             it
             ,
             So
             Wee
             now
             think
             fit
             to
             DECLARE
             that
             this
             our
             Expedition
             is
             intended
             for
             no
             other
             Designe
             ,
             but
             to
             have
             a
             free
             and
             lawfull
             Parliament
             assembled
             as
             soon
             as
             is
             possible
             :
             and
             that
             in
             order
             to
             this
             ,
             all
             the
             late
             Charters
             by
             which
             the
             Elections
             of
             Burgesses
             are
             limited
             contrary
             to
             the
             ancient
             custome
             ,
             shall
             be
             considered
             as
             null
             and
             of
             no
             force
             :
             and
             likewise
             all
             Magistrates
             who
             have
             been
             Injustly
             turned
             out
             ,
             shall
             forthwith
             resume
             their
             former
             Imployments
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             all
             the
             Borroughs
             of
             England
             shall
             return
             again
             to
             their
             ancient
             Prescriptions
             and
             Charters
             :
             and
             more
             particularly
             that
             the
             ancient
             Charter
             of
             the
             Great
             and
             famous
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             shall
             again
             be
             in
             Force
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Writts
             for
             the
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             shall
             be
             addressed
             to
             the
             Proper
             Officers
             ,
             according
             to
             Law
             and
             Custome
             .
             That
             also
             none
             be
             suffered
             to
             choose
             or
             to
             be
             chosen
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             but
             such
             as
             are
             qualified
             by
             Law
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             being
             thus
             lawfully
             chosen
             they
             shall
             meet
             and
             sit
             in
             Full
             Freedome
             ;
             That
             so
             the
             Two
             Houses
             may
             concurre
             in
             the
             preparing
             of
             such
             Lawes
             ,
             as
             they
             upon
             full
             and
             free
             debate
             ,
             shall
             Judge
             necessary
             and
             convenient
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             confirming
             and
             executing
             the
             Law
             concerning
             the
             Test
             and
             such
             other
             Lawes
             as
             are
             necessary
             for
             the
             security
             and
             Maintenance
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ;
             as
             likewise
             for
             making
             such
             Lawes
             as
             may
             establish
             a
             good
             aggréement
             between
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             all
             Protestant
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             also
             for
             the
             covering
             and
             securing
             of
             all
             such
             ,
             who
             will
             live
             peaceably
             under
             the
             Government
             as
             becomes
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             from
             all
             Persecution
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             even
             Papists
             themselves
             not
             excepted
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             doing
             of
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             the
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             shall
             find
             necessary
             for
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Honour
             and
             Safety
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             may
             be
             no
             more
             danger
             of
             the
             Nations
             falling
             at
             any
             time
             hereafter
             ,
             under
             
               Arbitrary
               Government
            
             .
             To
             this
             Parliament
             wee
             will
             also
             referre
             the
             Enquiry
             into
             the
             birth
             of
             the
             pretended
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             things
             relating
             to
             it
             and
             to
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
             .
          
           
             And
             Wee
             for
             our
             part
             will
             concurre
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             that
             may
             procure
             the
             Peace
             and
             Happines
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             which
             a
             Free
             and
             Lawfull
             Parliament
             shall
             determine
             ;
             since
             wee
             have
             nothing
             before
             our
             eyes
             in
             this
             our
             undertaking
             ,
             but
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Covering
             of
             all
             men
             from
             Persecution
             for
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             the
             securing
             to
             the
             whole
             Nation
             the
             free
             enjoyment
             of
             all
             their
             Lawes
             ,
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             under
             a
             Just
             and
             Legall
             Government
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             designe
             that
             wee
             have
             proposed
             to
             our selves
             ,
             in
             appearing
             upon
             this
             occasion
             in
             Armes
             :
             in
             the
             Conduct
             of
             which
             ,
             Wee
             will
             keep
             the
             Forces
             under
             our
             Command
             ,
             under
             all
             the
             Strictnes
             of
             Martiall
             Discipline
             :
             and
             take
             a
             speciall
             Care
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Countries
             thro
             which
             Wee
             must
             march
             ,
             shall
             not
             suffer
             by
             their
             means
             :
             and
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Nation
             will
             admit
             of
             it
             ,
             Wee
             promise
             that
             Wee
             will
             send
             back
             all
             those
             Forreigne
             Forces
             ,
             that
             Wee
             have
             brought
             along
             with
             us
             .
          
           
           
             Wee
             doe
             therefore
             hope
             that
             all
             People
             will
             judge
             rightly
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             approve
             of
             these
             our
             Proceedings
             :
             But
             VVee
             chiefly
             rely
             on
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             for
             the
             successe
             of
             this
             our
             undertaking
             ,
             in
             which
             Wee
             place
             our
             whole
             and
             only
             Confidence
             .
          
           
             Wee
             doe
             in
             the
             last
             place
             invite
             and
             require
             all
             Persons
             whatsoever
             ,
             All
             the
             Peers
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             both
             Spirituall
             and
             Temporall
             ,
             all
             Lords
             Lieutenants
             ,
             Deputy
             Lieutenants
             ,
             and
             all
             Gentleman
             ,
             Citisens
             and
             other
             Commons
             of
             all
             ranks
             ,
             to
             come
             and
             assist
             us
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Executing
             of
             this
             our
             Designe
             ;
             against
             all
             such
             as
             shall
             Endeavour
             to
             Oppose
             us
             :
             that
             so
             VVee
             may
             prevent
             all
             those
             Miseries
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             follow
             upon
             the
             Nations
             being
             kept
             under
             Arbitrary
             Government
             and
             Slavery
             :
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Violences
             and
             disorders
             ,
             which
             have
             overturned
             the
             whole
             Constitution
             of
             the
             English
             Government
             ,
             may
             be
             fully
             redressed
             in
             a
             FREE
             AND
             LEGALL
             PARLIAMENT
             .
          
           
             And
             Wee
             doe
             likewise
             resolve
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             Nations
             are
             brought
             to
             a
             state
             of
             Quier
             ,
             Wee
             will
             take
             care
             that
             a
             Parliament
             shall
             be
             called
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             for
             the
             restoring
             the
             Ancient
             Constitution
             of
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             for
             bringing
             the
             Matters
             of
             Religion
             to
             such
             a
             Setlement
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             may
             live
             easy
             and
             happy
             ,
             and
             for
             putting
             an
             end
             to
             all
             the
             Injust
             Violences
             that
             have
             been
             in
             a
             course
             of
             so
             many
             years
             Committed
             there
             .
          
           
             Wee
             will
             also
             study
             to
             bring
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Ireland
             to
             such
             a
             state
             ,
             that
             the
             Setlement
             there
             may
             be
             Religiously
             observed
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Protestant
             and
             Brittish
             Interest
             there
             may
             be
             secured
             .
             And
             VVee
             will
             endeavour
             by
             all
             possible
             means
             ,
             to
             procure
             such
             an
             establishment
             in
             all
             the
             three
             Kingdomes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             all
             live
             in
             a
             happy
             Union
             and
             Correspondence
             together
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Honour
             and
             Happines
             of
             those
             Nations
             may
             be
             established
             upon
             Lasting
             Foundations
             .
          
           
             
               Given
               under
               our
               Hand
               and
               Seal
               ,
               at
               our
               Court
               in
               the
               Hague
               ,
               
                 the
                 Tenth
                 day
                 of
                 October
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 1688.
                 
              
            
             
               WILLIAM
               HENRY
               ,
               PRINCE
               OF
               ORANGE
               .
            
             
               
                 By
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 speciall
                 command
              
               C
               :
               HUYGENS.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             His
             Highnesses
             Additionall
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             AFter
             wee
             had
             prepared
             and
             printed
             this
             our
             Declaration
             ,
             wee
             have
             understood
             ,
             that
             the
             subverters
             of
             the
             Religion
             and
             Lawes
             of
             those
             Kingdomes
             ,
             hearing
             of
             our
             Preparations
             ,
             to
             assist
             the
             People
             against
             them
             ,
             have
             begun
             to
             retract
             some
             of
             the
             Arbitrary
             and
             Despotick
             powers
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             assumed
             ,
             and
             to
             vacate
             some
             of
             their
             Jnjust
             Judgments
             and
             Decrees
             .
             The
             sense
             of
             their
             Guilt
             ,
             and
             the
             distrust
             of
             their
             force
             ,
             have
             induced
             them
             to
             offer
             the
             City
             of
             London
             some
             seeming
             releefe
             from
             their
             Great
             Oppressions
             :
             hoping
             thereby
             to
             quiet
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             divert
             them
             from
             demanding
             a
             Secure
             Reestablishment
             of
             their
             Religion
             and
             Lawes
             under
             the
             shelter
             of
             our
             Armes
             :
             They
             doe
             
             also
             give
             out
             that
             wee
             Intend
             to
             Conquer
             and
             Enslave
             the
             Nation
             ,
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             that
             wee
             have
             thought
             fit
             to
             adde
             a
             few
             words
             to
             our
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             Wee
             are
             Confident
             ,
             that
             no
             persons
             can
             have
             such
             hard
             thought
             of
             us
             ,
             as
             to
             Imagine
             that
             wee
             have
             any
             other
             Designe
             in
             this
             Undertaking
             ,
             then
             to
             procure
             a
             setlement
             of
             the
             Religion
             and
             of
             the
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             of
             the
             subjects
             upon
             so
             sure
             a
             foundation
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             no
             danger
             of
             the
             Nations
             relapsing
             into
             the
             like
             miseries
             at
             any
             time
             hereafter
             .
             And
             as
             the
             forces
             that
             wee
             have
             brought
             along
             with
             us
             ,
             are
             utterly
             disproportioned
             to
             that
             wicked
             designe
             of
             Conquering
             the
             Nation
             ,
             if
             wee
             were
             Capable
             of
             Intending
             it
             ,
             so
             the
             Great
             Numbers
             of
             the
             Principall
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             that
             are
             men
             of
             Eminent
             Quality
             and
             Estates
             ,
             and
             persons
             of
             known
             Integrity
             and
             Zeal
             both
             for
             the
             Religion
             and
             Government
             of
             England
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             being
             also
             distinguished
             by
             their
             Constant
             fidelity
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             who
             doe
             both
             accompany
             us
             in
             this
             Expedition
             ,
             and
             have
             earnestly
             solicited
             us
             to
             it
             ,
             will
             cover
             us
             from
             all
             such
             Malicious
             Insinuations
             :
             For
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             imagined
             ,
             that
             either
             those
             who
             have
             Invited
             us
             ,
             or
             those
             that
             are
             already
             come
             to
             assist
             us
             ,
             can
             joyne
             in
             a
             wicked
             attempt
             of
             Conquest
             ,
             to
             make
             void
             their
             own
             lawfull
             Titles
             to
             their
             Honours
             ,
             Estates
             and
             Interests
             :
             Wee
             are
             also
             Confident
             that
             all
             men
             see
             how
             litle
             weight
             there
             is
             to
             be
             laid
             ,
             on
             all
             Promises
             and
             Engagments
             that
             can
             be
             now
             made
             :
             since
             there
             has
             been
             so
             litle
             regard
             had
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             to
             the
             most
             solemne
             Pormises
             .
             And
             as
             that
             Imperfeit
             redresse
             that
             is
             now
             offered
             ,
             is
             a
             plain
             Confession
             of
             those
             Violations
             of
             the
             Government
             that
             wee
             have
             set
             forth
             ,
             So
             the
             Defectivenes
             of
             it
             is
             no
             lesse
             Apparent
             :
             for
             they
             lay
             doune
             nothing
             which
             they
             may
             not
             take
             up
             at
             Pleasure
             :
             and
             they
             reserve
             entire
             and
             not
             so
             much
             as
             mentioned
             ,
             their
             claimes
             and
             pretences
             to
             an
             Arbitrary
             and
             Despotick
             power
             ;
             which
             has
             been
             the
             root
             of
             all
             their
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             totall
             subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             And
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             redresse
             nor
             Remedy
             offered
             but
             in
             Parliament
             :
             by
             a
             Declaration
             of
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Subjects
             that
             have
             been
             invaded
             :
             and
             not
             by
             any
             Pretended
             Acts
             of
             Grace
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             extremity
             of
             their
             affairs
             has
             driven
             them
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             that
             wee
             have
             thought
             fit
             to
             declare
             ,
             that
             wee
             will
             referre
             all
             to
             a
             Free
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             in
             a
             Lawfull
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             
               Given
               under
               our
               Hand
               and
               Seal
               ,
               at
               our
               Court
               in
               the
               Hague
               ,
               
                 the
                 24.
                 day
                 of
                 October
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 1688.
                 
              
            
             
               WILLIAM
               HENRY
               ,
               PRINCE
               OF
               ORANGE
               .
            
             
               
                 By
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 speciall
                 Command
              
               C
               :
               HUYGENS.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           DECLARATION
           OF
           HIS
           HIGHNES
           WILLIAM
           HENRY
           ,
           By
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           PRINCE
           OF
           ORANGE
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           the
           reasons
           inducing
           him
           ,
           To
           Appear
           in
           Armes
           for
           Preserving
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           for
           Restoring
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           ancient
           Kingdome
           of
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           both
           certain
           and
           evident
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           publike
           Peace
           and
           Happines
           of
           any
           State
           or
           Kingdome
           ,
           can
           not
           be
           preserved
           ,
           where
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Customes
           established
           by
           the
           lawfull
           authority
           in
           it
           ,
           are
           openly
           transgressed
           and
           annulled
           :
           more
           especially
           where
           the
           alteration
           of
           Religion
           is
           endeavoured
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Religion
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           Law
           is
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           introduced
           :
           upon
           which
           those
           who
           are
           most
           immediatly
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           are
           indispensably
           bound
           to
           endeavour
           to
           preserve
           and
           maintain
           the
           established
           Lawes
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Customes
           :
           and
           above
           all
           the
           Religion
           and
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           established
           among
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           such
           an
           effectuall
           care
           ,
           that
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           said
           State
           or
           Kingdome
           ,
           may
           neither
           be
           deprived
           of
           their
           Religion
           nor
           of
           their
           Civill
           Rights
           .
           VVhich
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           because
           the
           Greatnes
           and
           Security
           both
           of
           Kings
           Royall
           families
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           such
           as
           are
           in
           Authority
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           happines
           of
           their
           Subjects
           and
           People
           ,
           depend
           in
           a
           most
           especiall
           manner
           upon
           the
           exact
           observation
           and
           maintenance
           of
           these
           their
           Lawes
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Customes
           .
        
         
           Upon
           these
           grounds
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Wee
           cannot
           any
           longer
           forbear
           to
           Declare
           that
           to
           our
           great
           regret
           Wee
           see
           that
           those
           Councellours
           ,
           who
           have
           now
           the
           chiefe
           credit
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           have
           overturned
           the
           Religion
           ,
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           of
           those
           Realmes
           ,
           and
           subjected
           them
           in
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           to
           Arbitrary
           Government
           :
           and
           that
           not
           only
           by
           secret
           and
           indirect
           waies
           ,
           but
           in
           an
           open
           and
           undisguised
           manner
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           lamentable
           effects
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           and
           of
           Evill
           Counsells
           are
           so
           Manifest
           in
           the
           deplorable
           State
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           that
           
           both
           our
           reason
           and
           conscience
           doe
           prompt
           us
           to
           an
           abhorrence
           of
           them
           .
           For
           when
           wee
           consider
           the
           sad
           condition
           that
           Nation
           ,
           though
           always
           affectionate
           to
           the
           Royall
           Family
           ,
           and
           governed
           for
           many
           Ages
           by
           Laws
           made
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           by
           Common
           customes
           ,
           is
           reduced
           to
           ,
           by
           endeavours
           that
           have
           been
           used
           to
           change
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           regulate
           by
           Laws
           ,
           into
           a
           Despotick
           or
           Arbitrary
           Power
           :
           which
           doth
           evidently
           appear
           not
           only
           by
           the
           actings
           of
           Evill
           Councellours
           in
           power
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           deliberate
           and
           expresse
           publick
           Declarations
           ,
           bearing
           that
           the
           King
           is
           an
           Absolute
           Monarch
           ,
           to
           whom
           obedience
           ought
           to
           be
           given
           in
           all
           things
           without
           reserve
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           way
           to
           introduce
           what
           Religion
           they
           please
           ,
           without
           so
           much
           as
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Nation
           by
           their
           Estates
           in
           Parliament
           .
           Whilest
           wee
           consider
           and
           ponder
           these
           things
           as
           wee
           cannot
           but
           be
           touched
           with
           a
           tender
           sense
           of
           those
           miseries
           ,
           so
           the
           giving
           such
           a
           remedy
           to
           them
           as
           may
           be
           proper
           and
           may
           answer
           the
           expectation
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           true
           Protestants
           ,
           is
           the
           great
           thing
           which
           wee
           propose
           to
           our selves
           in
           this
           undertaking
           :
           the
           Equity
           where
           of
           will
           be
           justified
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           what
           hath
           been
           acted
           at
           the
           instigation
           of
           those
           Evill
           Councellours
           be
           further
           impartially
           weighed
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Priviledges
           and
           Rights
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           have
           been
           overturned
           to
           the
           great
           prejudice
           of
           King
           and
           people
           ,
           whilest
           thus
           all
           foundation
           of
           confidence
           and
           trust
           is
           removed
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           less
           known
           what
           have
           been
           the
           Arbitrary
           procedures
           of
           an
           encroaching
           Privy
           Councell
           ;
           for
           although
           by
           the
           Laws
           enacted
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           is
           expressly
           prohibited
           that
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           should
           be
           professed
           or
           Seminary
           Priests
           suffered
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           children
           of
           any
           Noblemen
           or
           Gentlemen
           should
           be
           sent
           abroad
           to
           be
           educated
           in
           Popish
           Colledges
           ;
           yet
           have
           these
           Evill
           Councellours
           ordered
           or
           suffered
           young
           Noblemen
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           their
           relations
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sent
           abroad
           to
           be
           instructed
           in
           Jesuites
           Colledges
           ,
           and
           have
           likewayes
           caused
           Schools
           to
           be
           erected
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Capitall
           City
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           In
           an
           open
           contempt
           also
           of
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           Papists
           are
           put
           into
           places
           of
           Highest
           Trust
           both
           Civil
           and
           Military
           ,
           and
           entrusted
           with
           all
           the
           Forts
           and
           Magazins
           .
           The
           rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Royall
           Burrows
           ,
           the
           Third
           Estate
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           having
           as
           many
           Deputies
           in
           it
           as
           all
           the
           Shires
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           are
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           they
           hindred
           in
           the
           free
           election
           of
           their
           Magistrats
           and
           Town-Councells
           ,
           to
           the
           manifest
           violation
           of
           their
           Charters
           ,
           established
           by
           Law
           and
           Immemoriall
           possession
           .
           And
           all
           this
           is
           done
           by
           meer
           Arbitrary
           power
           without
           any
           Citation
           ,
           Triall
           or
           Sentence
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           no
           Nation
           whatsoever
           can
           subsist
           without
           the
           administration
           of
           good
           and
           impartiall
           Justice
           ,
           upon
           which
           mens
           Lives
           aud
           Liberties
           their
           Honours
           and
           Estates
           depend
           ,
           yet
           those
           Evill
           Councellours
           have
           subjected
           these
           to
           an
           Arbitrary
           and
           Despotick
           power
           :
           having
           turned
           out
           Judges
           ,
           who
           by
           Law
           ought
           to
           continue
           during
           their
           Life
           or
           their
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           becase
           they
           would
           not
           conform
           themselves
           to
           their
           Intentions
           ,
           and
           put
           others
           in
           their
           Places
           ,
           who
           they
           believe
           would
           be
           more
           complyant
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           their
           abilities
           :
           by
           which
           it
           evidently
           appears
           that
           those
           Evill
           Councellours
           design
           to
           render
           themselves
           the
           Absolute
           Masters
           of
           the
           Lives
           ,
           Honours
           and
           Estates
           of
           the
           subjects
           ,
           without
           being
           restrained
           by
           any
           rule
           or
           Law.
           
        
         
         
           By
           the
           inflence
           of
           the
           same
           Evill
           Counsellours
           hath
           a
           most
           exorbitant
           power
           been
           exercised
           in
           imposing
           Bonds
           and
           Oaths
           upon
           whole
           Shires
           without
           any
           Law
           or
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           :
           in
           permitting
           Free
           quarters
           to
           the
           souldiers
           ,
           although
           they
           had
           a
           sufficient
           Establisment
           for
           their
           pay
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           doubly
           burdened
           without
           any
           redres
           ;
           in
           imprisoning
           Gentlemen
           without
           any
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           alledged
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           for
           ceing
           many
           to
           accuse
           and
           witness
           against
           themselves
           ,
           imposing
           arbitrary
           fines
           ,
           frighting
           and
           harassing
           many
           parts
           of
           the
           Countrey
           with
           Intercommoning
           and
           Justice-Aires
           ,
           making
           some
           incurre
           forfeiture
           of
           life
           &
           fortune
           for
           the
           most
           generall
           and
           harmless
           converse
           even
           with
           their
           nearest
           relations
           outlawed
           .
           And
           thus
           bringing
           a
           consternation
           upon
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           when
           Outlawries
           and
           Intercommonings
           went
           out
           against
           multitudes
           upon
           the
           slenderest
           pretexts
           ,
           was
           involved
           so
           universally
           in
           that
           danger
           ,
           that
           those
           Councellours
           themselves
           were
           so
           obnoxious
           as
           to
           find
           it
           necessary
           to
           have
           Pardons
           and
           Indemnities
           ,
           whilest
           the
           poor
           people
           were
           left
           to
           mercy
           ;
           impowering
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           to
           Act
           upon
           the
           subjects
           living
           in
           quiet
           and
           full
           peace
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Barbarities
           ,
           in
           destroying
           them
           by
           hanging
           ,
           shooting
           and
           drouwning
           them
           without
           any
           forme
           of
           Law
           ,
           or
           respect
           to
           Age
           or
           Sexe
           ,
           not
           giving
           some
           of
           them
           time
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           for
           mercy
           :
           And
           this
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           but
           because
           they
           would
           not
           answer
           or
           satisfy
           them
           in
           such
           questions
           as
           they
           proposed
           to
           them
           without
           any
           warrant
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Common
           Interest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           frees
           all
           men
           from
           being
           obliged
           to
           discover
           their
           secret
           thoughts
           ;
           Besides
           a
           great
           many
           other
           Violences
           and
           Oppressions
           ,
           to
           which
           that
           poor
           Nation
           hath
           been
           exposed
           without
           any
           hope
           of
           having
           an
           end
           put
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           Relief
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           Arbitrary
           and
           Illegall
           proceedings
           of
           those
           Evill
           Councellours
           might
           be
           justified
           and
           supported
           ,
           such
           a
           Declaration
           hath
           been
           procured
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           strikes
           at
           the
           root
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           overturns
           the
           most
           sacred
           Rights
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           making
           all
           Parliaments
           unnecessary
           ,
           and
           taking
           away
           all
           defences
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           by
           an
           assumed
           and
           asserted
           Absolute
           Power
           ,
           to
           which
           Obedience
           is
           required
           without
           Reserve
           :
           which
           every
           good
           Christian
           is
           perswaded
           to
           be
           due
           to
           God
           Almighty
           alone
           ,
           all
           whose
           Commandements
           are
           always
           Just
           and
           Good.
           
        
         
           These
           Evill
           Councellours
           have
           used
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           abolish
           Penall
           Laws
           excluding
           all
           who
           are
           not
           Protestants
           from
           publick
           Trust
           ,
           which
           give
           too
           great
           a
           check
           to
           their
           designes
           .
           For
           the
           accomplishing
           of
           this
           a
           Liberty
           hath
           been
           granted
           to
           Dissenters
           ,
           but
           such
           a●one
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           continuance
           thereof
           is
           plainly
           insinuated
           to
           depend
           upon
           their
           hearty
           concurrence
           for
           Abolishing
           the
           abovementioned
           Penall
           Laws
           ,
           the
           only
           legall
           defence
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           Although
           the
           Dissenters
           have
           just
           cause
           of
           distrust
           when
           they
           call
           to
           mind
           how
           some
           hundreds
           of
           their
           Ministers
           were
           driven
           out
           of
           their
           Churches
           without
           either
           accusation
           or
           citation
           :
           the
           filling
           of
           many
           of
           whose
           places
           with
           Ignorant
           and
           Scandalous
           persons
           hath
           been
           one
           great
           occasion
           of
           all
           those
           Miseries
           which
           that
           Countrey
           for
           a
           long
           time
           hath
           Groaned
           under
           .
           And
           Dissenters
           have
           but
           small
           ground
           to
           rest
           on
           any
           present
           ease
           founded
           upon
           a
           Proclamation
           which
           may
           be
           recalled
           every
           hour
           ,
           and
           which
           in
           the
           first
           and
           second
           Editions
           of
           it
           gave
           no
           relief
           to
           them
           ,
           especially
           considering
           that
           not
           many
           monts
           before
           ,
           the
           greatest
           of
           the
           forementioned
           severities
           and
           barbarities
           had
           been
           exercised
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           crown
           all
           ,
           there
           are
           great
           and
           violent
           Presumptions
           ,
           inducing
           us
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           
           that
           those
           Evill
           Councellours
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           their
           ill
           designes
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           gaining
           to
           themselves
           the
           more
           time
           for
           the
           Effecting
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           encouraging
           of
           their
           Complices
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           discouraging
           of
           all
           Good
           Subjects
           ,
           have
           published
           that
           the
           Queen
           hath
           brought
           forth
           a
           Son
           :
           tho
           there
           have
           appeared
           both
           during
           the
           Queens
           pretended
           Bignes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           manner
           in
           which
           the
           Birth
           was
           managed
           ,
           so
           many
           just
           and
           visible
           grounds
           of
           suspicion
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           Wee
           our selves
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           good
           Subjects
           of
           those
           Kingdomes
           doe
           vehemently
           suspect
           ,
           that
           the
           pretended
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           was
           not
           born
           by
           the
           Queen
           .
           And
           it
           is
           notoriously
           known
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           many
           both
           doubted
           of
           the
           Queens
           Bignes
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           Child
           ,
           and
           yet
           there
           was
           not
           any
           one
           thing
           done
           to
           satisfy
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           their
           Doubts
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           our
           Dearest
           and
           most
           Entirely
           Beloved
           Consort
           ,
           the
           Princesse
           ,
           and
           likewise
           Wee
           our selves
           ,
           have
           so
           great
           an
           Interest
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Right
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           world
           knows
           ,
           to
           the
           succession
           of
           these
           Kingdomes
           ,
           which
           those
           Men
           have
           attempted
           to
           violate
           ,
           for
           preventing
           of
           all
           redress
           of
           miseries
           ,
           by
           the
           lawfull
           Successors
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           educated
           by
           the
           good
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           true
           Profession
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           Wee
           cannot
           excuse
           our selves
           from
           espousing
           the
           true
           interest
           of
           these
           Nations
           in
           matters
           of
           such
           high
           Consequence
           ,
           and
           from
           contributing
           all
           that
           lies
           in
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           thereof
           ,
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           securing
           of
           the
           People
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           all
           their
           just
           Rights
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           our
           Intentions
           may
           be
           so
           manifest
           that
           no
           person
           may
           doubt
           or
           pretend
           to
           doubt
           thereof
           ,
           to
           excuse
           themselves
           from
           concurringh
           with
           us
           in
           this
           just
           Design
           for
           the
           Universall
           good
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Wee
           do
           Declare
           that
           the
           freeing
           that
           Kingdom
           from
           all
           hazard
           of
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           power
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           the
           delivering
           it
           from
           what
           at
           the
           present
           doth
           expose
           it
           to
           both
           ,
           the
           setling
           of
           it
           by
           Parliament
           upon
           such
           a
           solid
           Basis
           as
           to
           its
           Religions
           and
           Civill
           concerns
           as
           may
           most
           effectually
           redress
           all
           the
           above
           mentioned
           Grievances
           ,
           are
           the
           true
           reasons
           of
           our
           present
           undertaking
           as
           to
           that
           Nation
           ,
        
         
           And
           therefore
           Wee
           persuade
           our selves
           that
           our
           Endeavours
           to
           give
           the
           best
           assistance
           wee
           can
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           so
           distressed
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           shall
           not
           only
           not
           be
           misconstrued
           ,
           but
           shall
           also
           be
           accompanied
           with
           a
           chearfull
           and
           universall
           Concurrence
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           that
           even
           those
           who
           have
           been
           Instruments
           for
           the
           enslaving
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           now
           show
           their
           Dislike
           of
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           by
           their
           timeous
           and
           reasonable
           Diligence
           for
           its
           Rescue
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           any
           shall
           not
           give
           us
           that
           Assistance
           which
           their
           Conscience
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           their
           Respect
           to
           their
           Countrey
           oblige
           them
           to
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           justly
           charged
           with
           all
           the
           Evills
           that
           may
           be
           the
           effects
           of
           such
           a
           want
           of
           their
           duty
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           wee
           our selves
           desire
           to
           trust
           to
           the
           Almighty
           God
           alone
           for
           the
           success
           of
           our
           Arms
           ,
           so
           wee
           expect
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           apply
           themselves
           most
           earnestly
           to
           Him
           for
           his
           Blessing
           upon
           our
           Endeavours
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           rend
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Great
           Name
           ,
           to
           the
           Establishment
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             under
             our
             hand
             and
             Seal
             at
             our
             Court
             in
             the
             Hague
             ,
             
               the
               tenth
               of
               October
               in
               the
               Year
               of
               our
               Lord
               1688.
               
            
          
           
             WILLIAM
             HENRY
             ,
             PRINCE
             OF
             ORANGE
             .
          
           
             
               By
               his
               Highnesses
               speciall
               command
            
             C
             :
             HUYGENS.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
             To
             all
             Commanders
             of
             Ships
             and
             all
             Seamen
             that
             are
             now
             imployed
             in
             the
             English
             Fleet.
             
          
           
             
               GENTLEMEN
               AND
               FRIENDS
               ,
            
          
           
             OUr
             Right
             Trusty
             and
             Well
             beloved
             Admirall
             Herbert
             is
             fully
             Instructed
             by
             Us
             :
             And
             therefore
             Wee
             expect
             that
             you
             will
             give
             an
             Entire
             credit
             ,
             to
             every
             thing
             that
             he
             shall
             say
             to
             you
             in
             our
             Name
             :
             Wee
             have
             prepared
             a
             Declaration
             ,
             containing
             the
             Reasons
             that
             induce
             Us
             to
             undertake
             the
             Present
             Expedition
             ,
             in
             which
             Wee
             have
             no
             other
             designe
             but
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             restoring
             of
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Liberties
             of
             England
             .
             The
             totall
             ruine
             of
             your
             Religion
             being
             as
             much
             designed
             by
             the
             Papists
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             already
             accomplished
             in
             France
             ;
             and
             it
             will
             as
             certainly
             be
             effected
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             able
             to
             prevail
             at
             this
             time
             .
          
           
             Wee
             can
             not
             beleeve
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             must
             be
             already
             sensible
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             only
             made
             use
             of
             as
             Instruments
             ,
             to
             bring
             both
             your selves
             and
             your
             Countrey
             under
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             ,
             by
             the
             means
             both
             of
             the
             Irish
             and
             the
             Forreigners
             who
             are
             preparing
             to
             compleat
             your
             Destruction
             .
             And
             therefore
             Wee
             hope
             that
             God
             will
             put
             it
             in
             your
             hearts
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             to
             Redeem
             your selves
             ,
             your
             Countrey
             and
             your
             Religion
             from
             all
             those
             Miseries
             .
          
           
             This
             in
             all
             humane
             appearance
             can
             onely
             be
             done
             ,
             by
             your
             coming
             now
             to
             assist
             Us
             ,
             who
             are
             labouring
             for
             your
             Deliverance
             .
             And
             Wee
             doe
             assure
             you
             that
             Wee
             will
             be
             ever
             mindfull
             of
             the
             services
             that
             youw
             shall
             now
             doe
             Us
             :
             And
             Wee
             promise
             to
             you
             that
             Wee
             will
             place
             particular
             marks
             of
             our
             Favour
             on
             all
             those
             who
             will
             upon
             this
             Occasion
             deserve
             well
             of
             Us
             and
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             Wee
             are
             with
             all
             sincerity
             Your
             truely
             wel
             wishing
             and
             affectionate
             Friend
          
           
             
               Given
               at
               Our
               Court
               at
               Dieren
               
                 the
                 29.
                 day
                 of
                 Septembre
                 1688.
                 
              
            
             
               WILLIAM
               H
               :
               PRINCE
               OF
               ORANGE
               .
            
             
               
                 By
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 speciall
                 command
              
               C
               :
               HUYGENS.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             To
             all
             the
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             in
             the
             English
             Army
             .
          
           
             
               GENTLEMEN
               AND
               FRIENDS
               .
            
          
           
             WEe
             have
             given
             so
             true
             and
             so
             full
             an
             account
             of
             our
             Intentions
             in
             this
             Expedition
             ,
             in
             our
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             as
             Wee
             can
             adde
             nothing
             to
             it
             ,
             so
             Wee
             are
             sure
             that
             you
             can
             desire
             nothing
             more
             of
             Us.
             Wee
             come
             to
             preserve
             your
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             restore
             and
             establish
             your
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             :
             and
             therefore
             Wee
             can
             not
             suffer
             our selves
             to
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             Protestants
             and
             true
             Englishmen
             will
             come
             and
             concurre
             with
             us
             in
             our
             designes
             to
             secure
             these
             Nations
             from
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             .
             You
             must
             all
             see
             plainly
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             made
             use
             of
             only
             as
             Instruments
             ,
             to
             enslave
             the
             Nation
             and
             to
             ruine
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             :
             and
             when
             that
             is
             done
             you
             may
             judge
             what
             you
             your selves
             ought
             to
             expect
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             casheering
             of
             all
             the
             Protestant
             and
             English
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Irish
             Souldiers
             that
             are
             brought
             over
             to
             be
             put
             in
             your
             places
             ,
             of
             which
             you
             have
             seen
             so
             fresh
             an
             Instance
             ,
             that
             wee
             need
             not
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             it
             .
             You
             know
             how
             many
             of
             your
             Fellow
             Officers
             have
             been
             used
             ,
             only
             for
             their
             Standing
             firm
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             and
             to
             the
             Lawes
             of
             England
             :
             and
             you
             can
             not
             flatter
             your selves
             so
             farre
             ,
             as
             to
             expect
             to
             be
             better
             used
             ,
             if
             those
             who
             have
             broke
             their
             word
             so
             oft
             ,
             should
             by
             your
             means
             be
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             straits
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             are
             reduced
             at
             present
             .
          
           
             VVee
             hope
             likewise
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             not
             suffer
             your selves
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             a
             false
             notion
             of
             Honour
             :
             but
             that
             you
             will
             in
             the
             first
             place
             consider
             what
             you
             owe
             to
             Almighty
             God
             and
             your
             Religion
             ,
             to
             your
             Countrey
             ,
             to
             your selves
             and
             to
             your
             Posterity
             :
             which
             you
             as
             men
             of
             Honour
             ought
             to
             preferre
             to
             all
             Private
             Considerations
             and
             Engagements
             whatsoever
             .
             VVee
             doe
             therefore
             expect
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             consider
             the
             Honour
             that
             is
             now
             set
             before
             you
             ,
             of
             being
             the
             Instruments
             of
             saving
             your
             Countrey
             and
             of
             securing
             your
             Religion
             .
             VVee
             will
             ever
             remember
             the
             services
             that
             you
             shall
             doe
             upon
             this
             occasion
             :
             and
             VVee
             promise
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             VVee
             will
             place
             such
             particular
             marks
             of
             our
             Favour
             on
             every
             one
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             your
             behaviour
             at
             this
             time
             shall
             deserve
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             in
             which
             VVee
             will
             make
             a
             great
             distinction
             of
             those
             ,
             that
             shall
             come
             seasonably
             to
             join
             their
             Armes
             with
             Ours
             .
             And
             you
             shall
             ever
             find
             us
             to
             be
             Your
             VVell
             VVishing
             and
             assured
             Friend
          
           
             
               WILLIAM
               HENRY
               ,
               PRINCE
               OF
               ORANGE
               .
            
             
               
                 By
                 his
                 Highnesses
                 speciall
                 command
              
               C
               :
               HUYGENS.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Praier
           for
           the
           present
           Expedition
           .
        
         
           ALmighty
           God
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           and
           the
           aid
           and
           refuge
           of
           all
           that
           trust
           in
           thee
           ,
           Wee
           humbly
           pray
           thee
           ,
           to
           blesse
           and
           prosper
           this
           Undertaking
           ,
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           thy
           Name
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           good
           of
           thy
           People
           :
           Let
           not
           our
           sins
           provoke
           thee
           ,
           to
           deny
           thy
           blessing
           to
           thy
           Servant
           the
           PRINCE
           ,
           compasse
           him
           with
           thy
           favour
           as
           with
           a
           shield
           :
           Direct
           him
           in
           all
           his
           Councels
           ,
           and
           be
           thou
           ever
           present
           with
           him
           and
           assisting
           to
           him
           in
           all
           his
           Actions
           :
           that
           so
           he
           may
           be
           Successefull
           in
           this
           great
           Designe
           :
           and
           that
           he
           may
           Imploy
           all
           the
           power
           ,
           that
           thou
           puts
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           thy
           Great
           Name
           ,
           to
           the
           establishing
           and
           advancing
           of
           thy
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Procuring
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           Happines
           of
           these
           Nations
           :
           Blesse
           both
           the
           Army
           and
           Fleet
           under
           his
           Command
           ,
           with
           Successe
           and
           Victory
           .
           And
           grant
           ô
           Gracious
           God
           that
           all
           of
           us
           ,
           may
           be
           turning
           to
           thee
           ,
           with
           our
           whole
           hearts
           ;
           Repenting
           us
           truely
           of
           all
           our
           past
           sins
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           vowing
           to
           thee
           ,
           as
           wee
           now
           doe
           ,
           that
           wee
           will
           in
           all
           time
           coming
           ,
           amend
           our
           lives
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           carry
           our selves
           as
           becomes
           Reformed
           Christians
           .
           And
           that
           wee
           will
           show
           our
           Zeal
           for
           our
           holy
           Religion
           by
           living
           in
           all
           things
           suteably
           to
           it
           .
           Hear
           us
           Holy
           Father
           ,
           and
           set
           thy
           Angels
           to
           encamp
           round
           about
           us
           ,
           for
           wee
           put
           our
           whole
           trust
           in
           thy
           Protection
           and
           Defence
           ,
           which
           wee
           humbly
           pray
           thee
           to
           grant
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           only
           Saviour
           and
           Redeemer
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
  

