WHereas it hath pleased Almighty God to Deliver Our Realm of England , and the Subjects thereof , from the Persecution lately threatning them for their Religion , and from the Oppression and Destruction which the Subversion of their Laws , and the Arbitrary . Exercise of Power and Dominion over them , had very near Introduced ; We finding in Our Subjects a True and just Sense hereof , and of the Miseries and Oppressions the French Protestants lye under : For their Relief , and to Encourage them that shall be willing to Transport themselves , their Families , and Estates into this Our Kingdom , We do hereby Declare , That all French Protestants that shall seek their Refuge in , and Transport themselves into this Our Kingdom , shall not only have Our Royal Protection for themselves , Families and Estates within this Our Realm ; But We will also do Our Endeavour in all reasonable ways and means , so to Support , Aid , and Assist them in their several and respective Trades and Ways of Livelyhood , as that their living and being in this Realm may be comfortable and easie to them .