WHEREAS severall Warrants have beene presented to vs , under the hands of the Earle of Stanford , Sir Edward Bainton , and others , directed to diverse of Our loving Subjects of Our Counties of Glocester , Somerset and Wilts , whereby they are required in Our name and for Our Service to appeare with their Armes , and other warlike preparations at a certaine time and place ; We doe hereby Declare for the satisfaction of all Our Loving Subjects of those Counties , and that they may not be seduced from their obedience by the cunning and subtilty of those men , That the said Earle of Stanford , or the other men under whose hands the Warrants have issued , have no Authority from vs to grant any such Warrants , but that the said Earle , and his Confederates are in open and Actuall Rebellion against vs , and doe endeavour to take away Our Life from Vs. And We doe therefore straightly Charge and Command all Our loving Subjects whatsoever , upon their Allegiance , not to obey any of the said Warrants , or any other Warrants of the like nature granted or issued without Our Expresse Consent , and such as by colour of such Authority have assembled together , that they immediately disband and repaire to their houses . And We doe once more renew Our offer of a free and gratious Pardon to all Our Subjects of Our said three severall Counties , excepting those whom We before excepted in Our severall Proclamations concerning those Our Counties , and excepting Sir Edward Bainton , who hath exercised such cruell traiterous and unheard of Insolencies over his fellow Subjects , as cannot be paralelled , against all which We shall proceed according to the Rules of the Law , as against Persons guilty of high Treason . And whom We doe hereby require all Our Officers and Ministers of Iustice , and all Our loving Subjects whatsoever , to apprehend and cause to be kept in safe Custody . And Our Expresse Pleasure is , and We doe hereby will and Command all the severall Tenants of the Persons excepted in Our Proclamation , for those three Counties of Glocester , Somerset , and Wilts , and all other persons who are any wayes indebted unto them , and all the Tenants to any other person of any of the said Counties , who is now in Actuall and open Rebellion against vs , or who after the publishing of this Our Proclamation shall contribute to the maintenance of the Armies now in Rebellion against vs , under the Conduct of Robert Earle of Essex , the said Earle of Stanford , or of any other Person or persons , That they forbeare to pay any Rents or Debts due to the said severall Persons , but deteine the same in their hands towards the maintenance of the Peace of the Counties , and the reparation of such men who have suffered by the violence of the others . And if any Souldier or Souldiers now under Command against vs , in either of Our said three Counties , shall within sixe dayes after the publishing of this Proclamation , apprehend and bring before vs or any Officers of Our Army , or any other Our Minister of Iustice , so that the Person apprehended be kept in safe Custody , the bodies of any of the Persons so excepted by vs , or of any of the Commanders or Officers now in Rebellion against vs in any of the said three Counties , such Souldier or Souldiers , besides their Pardons , shall receive such liberall Rewards by Pensions or otherwise , as their severall Services in respect of the qualities of the Persons so apprehended shall deserve . And if any Commander or Officer ( except the Persons before excepted ) now in Rebellion against vs in any of the said three Counties , shall within five dayes after this Our Proclamation published , being convinced in his Conscience of his damnable offence against God and vs , in assisting this odious Rebellion , returne to His Allegiance , and repaire to Our Army , and commit no hostile Act in the meane while against vs , We shall not only Pardon him , but so farre imploy him as his quality and demeanour shall deserve . And We doe hereby require all Our Loving Subjects of what degree or quality soever , within Our said three severall Counties , upon their Allegiance , and as they tender the cause of God , the Protestant Religion , being invaded and threatned to be rooted up by Anabaptists , Brownists , and Atheists , of vs , and Our Posterity , ( Our Life being sought after by this Rebellion , and of themselves the Law and Liberty of the Subject being in apparant hazard to be subjected to an Arbitrary Lawlesse power , of a few Schismaticall , Factious and ambitious Persons ) to assist Us in Person , or with the Loane of Money , Plate , and Horses , in this Our great necessity . And having said thus much out of Our tender regard of Our Subjects of those Our Counties ; If they shall henceforward be guilty of the premisses , and shall either by Loane or Contribution assist the said Army of Rebells , assemble and Muster themselves in Armes without Authority derived from vs under Our Hand , or shall enter into any Oath of Association for opposing vs and Our Army , and so compell vs to send part of Our Forces thither , to reduce them to their Obedience , they must answer the miseries , that must follow , to God , and their Countrey . And Our Pleasure is , That this Our Proclamation be read in all the Parish Churches and Chappells in the said three severall Counties .