Die Jovis 28. Julii . 1642. A DECLARATION OF The LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT , Vpon information received , that divers of His Majesties Souldiers under colour of his command , and in some places countenanced by his Majesties Presence , have violently attempted to seize on the Magazine in sundry places .

WHereas the Lords and Commons have received diverse informations from severall Counties , that the Souldiers raised by His Maiesty , and that other ill affected persons under the colour of his Command , and in some places countenaunced by His Maiesties presence do endeavor with violence , and in a hostile manner to take away the magazines of powder , and Armes out of the possession of the Counties ( whose proper goods they are , being purchased with their owne monies ) and likewise to disarme the trayned-Bands of the County , to the end that the said Counties being deprived of the meanes of their owne just defence , might bee exposed to the malice , and fury of those wicked persons that should bee armed with their owne weapons ; It is declared by the Lords and Commons , That whosoever shall endeavor to preserve the magazines of any county , or the Armes of the train'd , or voluntary Bands , and to defend them by force , if the same shall be attempted to bee taken away , shall doe according to Law , and their duty , as likewise all other persons shall , of what county soever , being assistant to them therein ; And they doe further Order and declare that all persons whatsoever , shall use their utmost endeavour to resist any attempt that shall bee made , for the surprise of any such magazine , or armes of the trayn'd or voluntary Bands , and that every person in so doing shall be protected , and saved harmelesse , by the authority , and power of both Houses of Parliament .