His
MAIESTIES
Instructions
to
His
Commissioners
of
Array
for
the
severall
Counties
of
England
and
the
Principality
of
Wales
;
And
to
be
observed
by
all
Sheriffs
,
Majors
,
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Bayliffs
,
Headboroughs
,
Constables
,
and
all
other
His
Majesties
loving
Subjects
whatsoever
.
WHereas
a
desperate
and
dangerous
Rebellion
is
raised
,
and
an
Army
marching
against
vs
,
and
such
other
of
Our
good
Subjects
whole
Loyalty
and
Affection
is
eminent
unto
vs
,
in
severall
Counties
of
the
Kingdom
,
under
pretence
of
some
Authority
from
both
Our
Houses
of
Parliament
,
and
the
same
is
done
by
Our
consent
,
and
for
the
safety
of
Our
Person
,
whereby
many
of
Our
loving
Subjects
are
missed
and
engaged
in
undutifull
and
disloyall
Actions
against
vs
their
Soveraigne
,
and
to
oppose
persons
immediately
authorized
by
vs
,
as
disturbers
of
the
peace
;
We
do
,
for
the
Information
of
all
Our
good
Subjects
,
that
they
may
be
no
longer
corrupted
or
seduced
by
these
false
and
damnable
infusions
,
declare
,
That
We
do
disavow
Our
consent
to
any
of
the
pretended
Ordinances
,
and
do
protest
against
the
same
,
and
all
the
proceedings
thereupon
,
as
seditious
and
treasonable
to
Our
Person
,
Crown
,
and
Dignity
:
And
do
declare
,
That
the
Army
now
under
the
command
of
the
Earle
of
Essex
,
and
raised
in
any
part
of
the
Kingdom
by
his
direction
,
or
by
the
direction
of
any
pretended
Ordinance
,
is
raised
against
vs
,
and
to
take
away
Our
life
from
vs
,
And
that
he
,
and
all
who
shall
adhere
to
him
,
are
Traytors
by
the
known
established
laws
of
this
kingdom
:
And
therefore
Our
expresse
command
unto
you
,
and
to
every
of
you
is
,
I.
That
you
forthwith
raise
all
possible
power
for
the
apprehension
of
the
said
Earle
of
Essex
,
and
his
Confederates
;
and
that
with
such
forces
of
Horse
and
Foot
you
shall
fight
with
,
kill
,
and
slay
all
such
as
shall
by
force
oppose
you
in
the
execution
of
these
Our
Commands
,
and
such
who
shall
presume
to
put
the
Ordinance
of
the
Militia
in
execution
against
Our
expresse
pleasure
and
consent
.
And
you
shall
pursue
the
said
Rebels
and
Traytors
in
the
said
Counties
,
or
in
any
other
Counties
or
parts
of
the
Kingdom
into
which
they
shall
retire
themselves
.
All
which
forces
,
so
to
be
raised
,
shall
have
the
same
pay
as
the
rest
of
Our
Army
is
to
have
.
II
.
You
shall
defend
and
protect
all
Our
Subjects
from
violence
and
oppression
by
the
illegall
pretended
Ordinance
concerning
the
Militia
,
the
pretended
Ordinance
for
the
Earle
of
Essex
to
be
Generall
,
or
any
other
Ordinance
to
which
We
have
not
or
shall
not
give
Our
consent
.
And
shall
not
suffer
any
of
Our
loving
Subjects
to
be
troubled
or
molested
for
refusing
to
submit
to
the
said
pretended
Ordinances
,
but
shall
assist
and
defend
them
from
any
Summons
,
Messengers
,
Serjeant
,
or
Warrant
,
which
shall
disturbe
them
for
the
same
.
And
the
said
Messengers
or
Serjeants
you
shall
apprehend
and
commit
to
Prison
as
seditious
Disturbers
of
the
peace
of
the
Kingdom
.
III
.
You
shall
,
to
your
utmost
power
,
assist
the
execution
of
Our
Commission
of
Array
,
which
ought
to
be
obeyed
by
the
known
Laws
of
the
Land
;
And
if
any
Factious
or
Seditious
Persons
shall
raise
any
Power
to
oppose
Our
said
legall
Commission
,
or
the
execution
thereof
,
you
shall
,
in
your
severall
Counties
,
levie
men
,
and
them
lead
out
of
your
said
Counties
to
the
place
where
such
force
is
raised
,
and
suppresse
the
same
.
More
especially
,
you
shall
be
ayding
and
assisting
to
the
Lord
Marquesse
Hertford
,
who
is
authorized
,
by
Our
Commission
,
Generall
of
Our
Forces
in
the
Western
parts
;
and
to
the
Earle
of
Cumberland
Our
Lieutenant
Generall
for
the
County
of
York
;
and
to
the
Lord
Strange
,
and
Colonell
Goring
:
And
to
that
purpose
you
shall
levie
such
other
Forces
of
Horse
and
Foot
as
the
said
Marquesse
shall
,
by
his
Commission
,
give
you
power
to
do
,
under
such
Colonels
,
Commanders
,
and
other
Officers
as
shall
be
,
by
him
,
appointed
or
directed
within
the
severall
Counties
mentioned
in
His
Commission
,
as
the
Earle
of
Cumberland
,
and
as
the
Lord
Strange
shall
likewise
direct
in
the
Counties
within
their
severall
Commissions
.
IV
.
Our
expresse
pleasure
and
Command
is
,
That
you
disarm
all
Popish
Recusants
,
and
all
such
other
dangerous
and
ill-affected
Persons
,
and
Brownists
,
Anabaptists
,
and
other
Sectaries
,
as
well
Clergymen
,
as
others
,
as
have
testified
,
or
shall
testifie
their
ill
disposition
to
the
peace
and
government
of
the
Kingdom
.
And
you
shall
endeavour
,
by
causing
Our
severall
Declarations
,
Messages
and
Answers
to
be
publikely
read
in
Churches
and
other
places
,
to
clear
Our
proceedings
from
all
false
imputations
&
aspersions
;
and
shall
from
time
to
time
certifie
vs
of
all
things
necessary
for
the
publique
Service
.
And
that
Our
directions
to
you
,
and
your
advertisements
to
vs
may
have
a
cleer
and
ready
passage
,
We
do
hereby
Command
all
Post-masters
,
That
they
do
not
suffer
any
Letters
or
other
Dispatches
,
to
or
from
vs
,
to
be
intercepted
or
stayed
,
as
they
will
answer
the
contrary
at
their
utmost
perils
.
And
if
any
bold
person
,
by
what
authority
soever
,
shall
presume
to
make
such
stay
of
those
Dispatches
,
you
shall
apprehend
such
persons
,
and
shall
give
all
assistance
,
and
protection
to
those
persons
employed
in
such
Dispatches
.
V.
If
you
shall
finde
any
disaffected
persons
raising
any
parties
against
vs
,
spreading
scandals
or
imputations
to
Our
proceedings
,
like
to
disturbe
the
peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
you
shall
cause
all
such
persons
(
upon
good
proofs
of
their
misdemeanors
)
to
be
apprehended
and
committed
to
prison
,
till
they
shall
answer
their
offences
in
such
manner
as
is
agreeable
to
Law
and
Iustice
.
VI
.
You
shall
take
from
the
said
Rebels
and
Traytors
,
and
their
Adherents
,
all
Arms
,
Ordnance
,
and
Ammunition
;
and
such
as
they
have
taken
from
any
of
Our
good
Subjects
,
you
shall
restore
again
to
the
true
Owners
.
And
whereas
divers
Seditious
persons
,
under
pretence
of
Commissions
from
the
Earle
of
Essex
,
presume
to
Levie
Horse
and
Foot
,
and
to
collect
money
for
the
same
,
you
shall
seize
upon
all
Horses
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
Money
,
Plate
,
or
other
provisions
whatsoever
,
raised
or
provided
under
any
such
pretences
,
and
without
Our
expresse
Authority
,
for
the
somenting
,
or
maintaining
any
such
unnaturall
and
unlawfull
War
against
vs
,
the
Religion
,
and
Law
of
the
Kingdom
.
And
you
shall
assure
all
such
Our
well
affected
Subjects
,
who
shall
contribute
any
Aid
and
Assistance
to
vs
,
in
this
Our
great
necessity
,
or
observe
these
Our
Instructions
,
That
We
will
protect
them
with
Our
utmost
Power
,
and
venture
Our
Life
,
and
Crown
in
their
just
Defence
.
Which
Resolution
of
Ours
,
you
shall
publish
and
declare
upon
all
occasions
for
the
better
encouragement
of
all
Our
good
Subjects
in
that
behalf
.
Given
under
Our
Privy
Signet
,
at
Our
Court
at
Nottingham
,
the
29.
of
August
,
1642.
FINIS
.