His Majesties message to both Houses of Parliament, die Lunæ 14. Febr. 1641 England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78891 of text R230942 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2451A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A78891 Wing C2451A ESTC R230942 99896597 99896597 134623 2240926412

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78891) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 134623) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2424:12) His Majesties message to both Houses of Parliament, die Lunæ 14. Febr. 1641 England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. England and Wales. Parliament. Proceedings. 1642. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill, Imprinted at London : [1642] Dates given according to Lady Day dating. Steele notation: passed sed in. Reproduction of original in the Society of Antiquaries, London. eng Church of England -- Government -- Early works to 1800. Church and state -- England -- Early works to 1800. Royal supremacy (Church of England) -- Early works to 1800. Trade regulation -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- London A78891 R230942 (Wing C2451A). civilwar no His Majesties message to both Houses of Parliament, die Lunæ 14. Febr. 1641. England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 1 596 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
❧ His Majesties Message to both Houses of Parliament . Die Lunae 14. Febr. 1641.

THough His Majestie is assured , that His having so suddenly passed these two Bills , being of so great importance , and so earnestly desired by both Houses , will serve to assure His Parliament , that He desires nothing more then the satisfaction of His Kingdom ; yet that He may further manifest to both Houses , how impatient He is till He finde out a full remedie to compose the present Distempers , He is pleased to signifie :

That His Majestie will by Proclamation require , That all Statutes made concerning Recusants , be with all Care , Diligence , and Severity put in execution .

That His Majestie is resolved , That the seven Condemned Priests shall be immediately Banished ( if His Parliament shall consent therunto : ) And His Majestie will give present Order ( if it shall be held fit by both Houses ) that a Proclamation issue , to require all Romish Priests within twenty dayes to depart the Kingdom ; and if any shall be Apprehended after that time , His Majestie assures both Houses , in the Word of a King , That He will grant no pardon to any such , without consent of His Parliament .

And because His Majestie observes great and different Troubles to arise in the hearts of His People , concerning the Goverment and Liturgie of the Church , His Majestie is willing to declare , That He will refer that whole Consideration to the Wisdom of His Parliament , which He desires them to enter into speedily , that the present Distraction about the same may be composed : But desires not to be pressed to any single Act on His part , till the whole be so digested and setled by both Houses , that His Majestie may cleerly see what is fit to be left , as well as what is sit to be taken away .

For Ireland ( in behalf of which His Majesties heart bleeds ) as His Majestie hath concurred with all Propositions made for that Service by His Parliament , so He is resolved to leave nothing undone for their Relief , which shall fall within His possible Power , nor will refuse to venter His owne Person in that War , if His Parliament shall think it convenient for the reduction of that miserable Kingdome .

And lastly , His Majestie taking notice by severall Petitions of the great and generall decay of Trade in this Kingdom , and more particularly of that of Clothing , and new Draperies ( concerning which He received lately at Greenwich a modest , but earnest Petition from the Clothiers of Suffolk ) of which decay of Trade , His Majestie hath a very deep sence , both in respect of the extream want and poverty it hath brought , and must bring upon many thousands of His loving Subjects , and of the influence it must have in a very short time upon the very subsistence of this Nation , Doth earnestly recommend the consideraton of that great and weighty Businesse to both Houses ; Promising them , that He will most readily concur in any Resolution their Wisdoms shall finde out , which may conduce to so necessary a Work .

Imprinted at London by Robert Barker , Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie : And by the Assignes of John Bill .