His Maiesties message to both Houses, concerning disbandings of both armies and His Majesties returne to both Houses of Parliament. Oxford, 12. April, 1643.
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             His Maiesties message to both Houses, concerning disbandings of both armies and His Majesties returne to both Houses of Parliament. Oxford, 12. April, 1643.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
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           His
           Maiesties
           Message
           to
           both
           Houses
           ,
           concerning
           Disbanding
           of
           
             both
             Armies
             ,
             and
             His
             Majesties
             returne
             to
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             OXFORD
             ,
             
               12.
               
               
                 April
                 ,
              
               1643.
               
            
          
        
         
           TO
           show
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           how
           earnestly
           his
           Majesty
           longs
           for
           peace
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           successe
           shall
           make
           him
           desire
           the
           continuance
           of
           his
           Army
           to
           any
           other
           end
           ,
           or
           for
           any
           longer
           time
           than
           that
           ,
           &
           untill
           things
           may
           be
           so
           setled
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Law
           may
           have
           a
           full
           ,
           free
           ,
           and
           uninterrupted
           course
           ,
           for
           the
           defence
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           rights
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           his
           good
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             As
             soon
             as
             his
             Majesty
             is
             satisfied
             in
             his
             first
             Proposition
             concerning
             his
             own
             revenue
             ,
             magazines
             ,
             ships
             ,
             and
             Forts
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             desires
             nothing
             but
             that
             the
             just
             ,
             known
             ,
             legall
             rights
             of
             his
             Majesty
             (
             devolved
             to
             him
             from
             his
             Prog●nitors
             )
             and
             of
             the
             persons
             trusted
             by
             him
             ,
             which
             have
             violently
             been
             taken
             from
             both
             ,
             be
             restored
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             unto
             them
             ,
             unlesse
             any
             just
             and
             legall
             exceptions
             against
             any
             of
             the
             persons
             trusted
             by
             him
             (
             which
             are
             yet
             unknown
             to
             his
             Majesty
             )
             can
             be
             made
             appeare
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             soon
             as
             all
             the
             Members
             of
             both
             Houses
             shall
             be
             restored
             to
             the
             same
             Capacity
             of
             Sitting
             and
             Voting
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             upon
             the
             first
             of
             January
             ,
             1641.
             the
             same
             of
             right
             belonging
             unto
             them
             by
             their
             Birth
             rights
             ,
             and
             the
             free
             Election
             of
             those
             that
             sent
             them
             ,
             and
             having
             been
             voted
             from
             them
             for
             adhering
             to
             his
             Majesty
             in
             these
             distractions
             .
             His
             Majesty
             not
             intending
             that
             this
             should
             extend
             either
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             whose
             votes
             have
             been
             taken
             away
             by
             Bill
             ,
             or
             to
             such
             in
             whose
             places
             upon
             new
             Writs
             new
             Elections
             have
             been
             made
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             As
             soon
             as
             his
             Majesty
             and
             both
             Houses
             may
             be
             secured
             from
             such
             tumultuous
             Assemblies
             as
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             breach
             of
             the
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             the
             high
             dishonour
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             have
             formerly
             assembled
             about
             both
             Houses
             ,
             and
             awed
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             occasioned
             two
             severall
             Complaints
             from
             the
             Lords
             House
             ,
             and
             two
             severall
             desires
             of
             that
             House
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             to
             joyne
             in
             a
             Declaration
             against
             them
             ,
             the
             complying
             with
             which
             desire
             ,
             might
             have
             prevented
             all
             these
             miserable
             distractions
             ,
             which
             have
             ensued
             Which
             security
             his
             Majesty
             conceives
             can
             be
             only
             setled
             by
             adjourning
             the
             Parliament
             to
             some
             other
             place
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             twenty
             miles
             from
             
               London
               ,
            
             the
             choice
             of
             which
             his
             Majesty
             leaves
             to
             both
             Houses
             .
          
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           will
           most
           cheerfully
           and
           readily
           consent
           that
           both
           Armies
           be
           immediatly
           disbanded
           ,
           and
           give
           a
           present
           meeting
           to
           both
           his
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           at
           the
           time
           and
           place
           at
           and
           to
           which
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           be
           agreed
           to
           be
           adjourned
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           being
           most
           confident
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           will
           then
           recover
           the
           due
           credit
           and
           estimation
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           a
           free
           debate
           in
           a
           full
           and
           peaceable
           convention
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           such
           provisions
           will
           be
           made
           against
           seditious
           preaching
           and
           printing
           against
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           established
           Laws
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           causes
           of
           the
           present
           distractions
           ;
           and
           such
           care
           will
           be
           taken
           concerning
           the
           Legall
           and
           known
           rights
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           property
           and
           liberty
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           hath
           been
           published
           or
           done
           in
           or
           by
           colour
           of
           any
           illegall
           Declaration
           ,
           Ordinance
           or
           Order
           of
           one
           or
           both
           Houses
           ,
           or
           any
           Committee
           of
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           power
           to
           raise
           Armes
           without
           his
           Majesties
           consent
           ,
           will
           be
           in
           such
           manner
           recalled
           ,
           disclaimed
           and
           provided
           against
           ,
           that
           no
           seed
           will
           remaine
           for
           the
           like
           to
           spring
           out
           off
           for
           to
           future
           ,
           to
           disturbe
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           endanger
           the
           very
           being
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           such
           a
           Convention
           his
           Majesty
           is
           resolved
           by
           his
           readinesse
           to
           consent
           to
           whatsoever
           shall
           be
           proposed
           to
           him
           by
           Bill
           for
           the
           Reall
           good
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           (
           and
           particularly
           for
           the
           better
           discovery
           and
           speedier
           conviction
           of
           recusants
           ,
           for
           the
           education
           of
           the
           children
           of
           Papists
           by
           Protestants
           in
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           practices
           of
           Papists
           against
           the
           States
           ,
           and
           the
           due
           execution
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           true
           levying
           of
           the
           penalties
           against
           them
           )
           to
           make
           known
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           causelesse
           those
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           have
           been
           which
           have
           been
           raised
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           so
           distracted
           this
           miserable
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           if
           this
           offer
           of
           his
           Majesty
           be
           not
           consented
           to
           ,
           (
           in
           which
           he
           askes
           nothing
           for
           which
           there
           is
           not
           apparent
           Iustice
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           he
           deferres
           many
           things
           highly
           concerning
           both
           himself
           and
           people
           ,
           till
           a
           full
           and
           peaceable
           convention
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           in
           Iustice
           he
           might
           now
           require
           )
           his
           Majesty
           is
           confident
           that
           it
           will
           then
           appear
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           not
           only
           who
           is
           most
           desirous
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           whose
           fault
           it
           is
           that
           both
           Armies
           are
           not
           now
           disbanded
           ,
           but
           who
           have
           been
           the
           true
           and
           first
           cause
           that
           this
           peace
           was
           ever
           interrupted
           ,
           or
           these
           Armies
           raised
           ,
           and
           the
           beginning
           or
           continuance
           of
           the
           Warre
           ,
           and
           the
           destruction
           and
           desolation
           of
           this
           poor
           Kingdom
           (
           which
           is
           too
           likely
           to
           ensue
           )
           will
           not
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           interressed
           ,
           passionate
           ,
           or
           prejudicate
           Person
           ,
           be
           imputed
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             Printed
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Command
             at
          
           OXFORD
           ,
           1643
           :