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         Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
      
       
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             His Majesties letter of instrvction directed and sent to the iudges of assize of the severall circuits at the last summer assize.
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
           6 p.
           
             Printed by Leonard Lichfield,
             Oxford :
             1642.
          
           
             Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Judges -- Great Britain.
           Justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649.
        
      
    
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           HIS
           MAJESTIES
           LETTER
           OF
           INSTRVCTION
           DIRECTED
           AND
           SENT
           to
           the
           IUDGES
           of
           ASSIZE
           of
           the
           severall
           Circuits
           ,
           AT
           THE
           LAST
           SUMMER
           ASSIZE
           .
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           by
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Command
           ,
           
             AT
             OXFORD
             ,
             February
          
           7.
           
        
         
           By
           LEONARD
           LICHFIELD
           Printer
           
             to
             the
             Vniversity
             .
          
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           HIS
           MAJESTIES
           LETTER
           OF
           INSTRUCTION
           directed
           and
           sent
           to
           the
           JUDGES
           of
           Assize
           of
           the
           severall
           Circuits
           .
        
         
           TRusty
           and
           well-beloved
           ,
           Wee
           greet
           you
           well
           .
           We
           call
           to
           mind
           ,
           that
           in
           former
           times
           the
           constant
           Custome
           was
           ,
           by
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           for
           the
           time
           being
           ,
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Star-chamber
             ,
          
           in
           the
           end
           of
           
             Trinity
          
           Terme
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           Judges
           of
           Assize
           (
           shortly
           after
           to
           undertake
           their
           severall
           Circuits
           ,
           )
           in
           mind
           of
           such
           things
           as
           were
           then
           thought
           necessary
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           government
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           This
           course
           in
           Our
           Judgement
           ▪
           We
           doe
           so
           well
           approve
           of
           ,
           that
           although
           We
           want
           that
           oportunity
           
           which
           We
           and
           Our
           Predecessors
           then
           had
           ,
           of
           Communicating
           Our
           thoughts
           to
           Our
           Iudges
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Our
           People
           :
           yet
           We
           doe
           still
           retaine
           the
           same
           care
           for
           the
           safety
           and
           prosperity
           of
           Our
           good
           Subjects
           ;
           And
           much
           more
           by
           how
           much
           the
           distempers
           and
           distractions
           of
           the
           present
           times
           ,
           unhappily
           fallen
           ,
           have
           given
           Us
           more
           occasion
           .
           We
           have
           therefore
           thought
           it
           fit
           to
           supply
           this
           defect
           by
           these
           Our
           Letters
           ;
           wherein
           beside
           the
           generall
           care
           of
           Our
           Iustice
           committed
           to
           Us
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           Us
           delegated
           to
           Our
           Iudges
           by
           Our
           severall
           Commissions
           ,
           We
           recommend
           unto
           you
           in
           your
           Circuit
           ,
           as
           We
           shall
           doe
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           Brethren
           in
           their
           severall
           Circuits
           ,
           more
           especially
           these
           particulars
           following
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           That
           ye
           take
           care
           by
           all
           the
           best
           meanes
           you
           can
           ,
           to
           suppresse
           Popery
           in
           all
           those
           Counties
           whither
           you
           are
           to
           goe
           ,
           by
           putting
           the
           Lawes
           made
           against
           them
           in
           due
           execution
           :
           And
           that
           you
           take
           the
           like
           care
           to
           give
           a
           stoppe
           to
           the
           overhasty
           growth
           of
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           and
           other
           Schismes
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           by
           the
           good
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Land
           you
           may
           ,
           and
           to
           punish
           the
           delinquents
           with
           an
           equall
           hand
           ;
           and
           those
           especially
           of
           either
           sort
           ,
           whom
           you
           shall
           discover
           to
           be
           
           seditiously
           stirrers
           and
           moters
           of
           others
           ,
           to
           any
           Act
           of
           disobedience
           to
           Us
           ,
           and
           to
           Our
           Government
           .
           And
           that
           in
           your
           Charges
           and
           otherwise
           ,
           as
           you
           shall
           have
           fit
           opportunity
           ,
           you
           assure
           Our
           good
           Subjects
           in
           Our
           name
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           (
           who
           calls
           God
           to
           witnesse
           of
           His
           integrity
           and
           sincerity
           therein
           )
           That
           by
           His
           gratious
           assistance
           ,
           We
           are
           constantly
           resolved
           to
           maintain
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           established
           by
           Law
           in
           this
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           the
           purity
           thereof
           ,
           without
           declining
           either
           to
           the
           right
           hand
           or
           to
           the
           left
           ,
           as
           We
           found
           it
           at
           Our
           Accesse
           to
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           was
           maintained
           in
           the
           happy
           times
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           and
           King
           
             Iames
          
           (
           Our
           deer
           Father
           )
           both
           of
           happy
           memory
           ;
           and
           therein
           both
           to
           live
           and
           dye
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           you
           shall
           let
           Our
           people
           of
           those
           Counties
           know
           ,
           That
           according
           to
           Our
           Kingly
           duty
           and
           Oath
           ,
           We
           are
           also
           constantly
           resolved
           to
           maintain
           the
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Our
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           by
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           governe
           Our
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           any
           Arbitrary
           power
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           malevolent
           Spirits
           of
           any
           ill-affected
           to
           Our
           Person
           ,
           or
           Government
           have
           suggested
           ,
           or
           shall
           suggest
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           shall
           also
           maintain
           the
           Just
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
           as
           farre
           as
           any
           of
           Our
           Predecessors
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           as
           farre
           as
           may
           stand
           with
           that
           Iustice
           which
           We
           owe
           to
           Our
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           honour
           thereof
           .
           But
           that
           We
           may
           not
           ,
           nor
           will
           admit
           of
           any
           such
           unwarranted
           power
           in
           either
           or
           both
           houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           in
           somethings
           hath
           been
           lately
           usurped
           ,
           not
           only
           without
           ,
           but
           against
           Our
           Royall
           Consent
           and
           Command
           ;
           And
           We
           require
           and
           Command
           you
           ,
           as
           there
           shall
           be
           just
           occasion
           offered
           ,
           in
           a
           legall
           way
           ,
           that
           you
           take
           care
           to
           preserve
           Our
           just
           Right
           in
           those
           Cases
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           We
           charge
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           tender
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           government
           whereof
           ,
           according
           to
           Our
           Lawes
           ,
           you
           Our
           Judges
           of
           the
           Law
           have
           a
           principall
           part
           under
           Us
           )
           that
           you
           take
           care
           for
           the
           suppressing
           of
           all
           Insurrections
           (
           if
           any
           such
           should
           happen
           )
           and
           of
           all
           Riots
           ,
           and
           unlawfull
           Assemblies
           ,
           under
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           not
           warranted
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           whosoever
           shall
           transgresse
           therein
           ,
           that
           you
           let
           them
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           expect
           that
           punishment
           which
           by
           the
           Law
           may
           be
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           at
           your
           hands
           We
           shall
           look
           for
           such
           an
           accompt
           herein
           ,
           within
           your
           Circuit
           ,
           as
           becometh
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           place
           wherein
           you
           serve
           Us
           .
        
         
         
           
             Fourthly
             ,
          
           Because
           these
           distempers
           of
           the
           present
           times
           ,
           unhappily
           stirred
           up
           ,
           and
           fomented
           by
           some
           ,
           under
           specious
           ,
           but
           unjust
           pretences
           ,
           are
           probable
           to
           stirre
           up
           loose
           and
           ungoverned
           persons
           ,
           under
           hope
           of
           impunity
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           they
           dare
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           prey
           of
           Our
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           We
           strictly
           charge
           and
           command
           you
           to
           take
           the
           best
           order
           you
           can
           in
           those
           Counties
           ,
           that
           Rogues
           and
           Vagabonds
           ,
           and
           other
           disorderly
           people
           may
           be
           apprehended
           ,
           dealt
           with
           ,
           &
           punished
           according
           to
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           whereby
           the
           good
           and
           quiet
           People
           of
           Our
           Kingdom
           may
           be
           secured
           ,
           and
           the
           wicked
           and
           licentious
           may
           be
           suppressed
           .
           And
           We
           Charge
           and
           Command
           you
           to
           give
           it
           in
           Charge
           in
           all
           the
           Counties
           whither
           you
           are
           sent
           by
           Our
           Commissions
           ,
           that
           Watches
           and
           Wards
           ,
           be
           strictly
           kept
           in
           all
           Parishes
           &
           Places
           convenient
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Lawes
           made
           against
           such
           disorders
           may
           be
           put
           in
           due
           execution
           .
        
         
           
             Fiftly
             and
             lastly
             ,
          
           you
           shall
           let
           Our
           People
           of
           those
           Counties
           know
           from
           Us
           ,
           and
           by
           Our
           Command
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           shall
           preferre
           unto
           Us
           ,
           or
           unto
           you
           in
           Our
           stead
           ,
           any
           thing
           wherein
           they
           hold
           themselves
           grieved
           ,
           in
           an
           humble
           and
           fitting
           way
           ,
           and
           shall
           desire
           a
           just
           reformation
           or
           reliefe
           ,
           We
           shall
           give
           a
           gratious
           Eare
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           conveniency
           return
           them
           such
           an
           
           Answer
           ,
           as
           shall
           give
           them
           cause
           to
           thank
           Us
           for
           Our
           Justice
           and
           Favour
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           ye
           shall
           have
           published
           Our
           cleer
           intentions
           to
           Our
           People
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           least
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           hearing
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           so
           fully
           apprehend
           Our
           sence
           therein
           ,
           you
           shall
           deliver
           a
           Copy
           of
           these
           Our
           Letters
           to
           the
           Foreman
           of
           the
           Grand-jury
           ,
           and
           to
           any
           other
           ,
           if
           any
           shall
           desire
           Copies
           of
           these
           Our
           Letters
           for
           their
           better
           information
           ,
           you
           may
           deliver
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           end
           that
           Our
           Service
           in
           your
           Circuit
           may
           not
           suffer
           through
           the
           absence
           of
           Our
           learned
           Councell
           ;
           Our
           will
           and
           Command
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           assigne
           in
           every
           place
           of
           your
           Sessions
           some
           of
           the
           ablest
           Lawyers
           who
           ride
           that
           Circuit
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           Councell
           for
           Us
           ,
           to
           assist
           in
           such
           pleas
           of
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           most
           necessary
           for
           Our
           service
           ,
           in
           the
           examination
           and
           punishment
           of
           notorious
           delinquents
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           these
           things
           We
           shall
           expect
           that
           good
           Accompt
           from
           you
           ,
           as
           We
           shall
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           Brethren
           Our
           Iudges
           ,
           to
           whom
           We
           have
           also
           written
           to
           the
           like
           purpose
           ,
           (
           of
           whose
           fidelity
           and
           good
           affections
           We
           are
           confident
           ,
           )
           as
           becometh
           Us
           to
           look
           for
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           for
           you
           to
           render
           to
           Us
           ,
           from
           whom
           you
           have
           so
           great
           a
           trust
           committed
           .
        
         
           Given
           at
           Our
           Court
           at
           
             YORKE
          
           the
           5
           of
           
             Iuly
          
           1641.
           
        
         
      
    
    

