A solemn protestation of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the Commons House against the horrid force and violence of the officers and soldiers of the Army, on Wednesday and Thursday last, being the sixth and seventh dayes of December. 1648. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A93479 of text R211088 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.13[53]). 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 A93479 Wing S4454 Thomason 669.f.13[53] ESTC R211084 ESTC R211088 99869826 99869826 162949 2240946955

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A93479) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162949) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f13[53]) A solemn protestation of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the Commons House against the horrid force and violence of the officers and soldiers of the Army, on Wednesday and Thursday last, being the sixth and seventh dayes of December. 1648. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Imprint from Wing. In this edition line 1 of text ends "Com-". Variant; line 1 of text ends: 'of'. Dated at end: at Westminster, December 11. 1648. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A93479 R211088 (Thomason 669.f.13[53]). civilwar no A solemn protestation of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the Commons House: against the horrid force and violence of the officers an anon. 1648 1 505 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. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Solemn PROTESTATION OF THE Imprisoned and secluded Members OF THE COMMONS HOVSE , Against the horrid Force and Violence of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army , on Wednesday and Thursday last , being the sixth and seventh dayes of December . 1648.

WEE the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament , ( above one hundred in number ) forcibly seised upon , violently kept out of , and driven from the House , by the Officers and Souldiers of the Army under Thomas Lord Fairfax , comming thither to discharge our Duties on Wednesday and Thursday last , being the sixt and seventh of this instant December ; do hereby , in our own Names , and in the Names of the respective Counties , Cities , and Burroughs for which we serve , and , of all the Commons of England , Solemnly Protest and Declare to the whole Kingdome ; That this Execrable Force and open Violence upon our Persons , and the whole House of COMMONS , by the Officers and Army under their Command in Marching up against their Command , and placing strong armed Guards of Horse and Foot upon them , without and against their Order , is the highest and most detestable force and breach of Priviledge and Freedome ever offered to any PARLIAMENT of ENGLAND ; and that all Acts , Ordinances , Votes and Proceedings of the said House made since the sixt of December aforesaid , or hereafter to be made , during our restraint and forcible seclusion from the House , and the continuance of the Armies Force upon it , are no way obligatory , but voyd and null to all intents and purposes : And that all Contrivers of , Actors in , and Assistants to this unparallel'd Force and Treasonable Armed Violence , are open Enemies to , and professed Subverters of the Priviledges , Rights , and Freedome of Parliament , and disturbers of the Peace and Settlement of the Kingdome ; and ought to be proceeded against as such : and that all Members of Parliament and Commoners of England , by their Solemn Covenant and Duty , under pain of deepest Perjury , and eternall Infamie , are obliged unanimously to oppose and endeavour to their utmost power , to bring them to exemplary and condign Punishment for this transcendent Offence , tending to the dissolution of the present , and subversion of all future Parliaments , and of the Fundamentall Government and Laws of this Realm .

All which we held it our Duties to Declare and Publish to the World , for fear our stupid silence should give any tacit consent or approbation to this most detestable crime , and make us guilty of betraying the Priviledges , Freedome and Honor of this Parliament , to our perpetuall reproach , and the prejudice of all succeeding Parliaments . Dated at Westminster . December 11. 1648.