WHEREAS the mutual obligations which lye upon vs and Our people are indissolvable by any act either of vs can commit , and that therefore how undutifully or unjustly soever Our people may have behaved themselves towards vs , instigated thereto by the false and calumnious suggestions of Ambitious , Irreligious and Profligate Men ; yet We are resolved indispensibly to pursue the obligations of Our side , and to watch all opportunities of relieving Our people from the Tyranny and Oppressions they lye under ; of which , with grief , We see daily new instances in Our Kingdoms of England and Scotland , committed by the Prince of Orange and his Adherents , Vsurpers of Our Royal Right , upon the Persons and Estates of Our Subjects against the known Laws , Customs and Constitutions of these Our Kingdoms . For remedy whereof , We do hereby declare , that as We will protect all such as shall continue firm in their Obedience to vs , so We are resolved on the other part to punish with the utmost severity all such as shall be aiding or assisting to the said Vsurpers any manner of way , especially by oppressing Our People : And forasmuch as many of Our good Subjects are by the Vsurped Authority of the P. of Orange and his Associates , put in Goals and Prisons , and there detained contrary to Law , pretending dispensation from an unlawful Assembly of rebellious men , impowering themselves to be a Parliament by the Authority of a Head every way as unlawful as the Body . We do therefore declare , that whosoever shall be so detained in Prison by the Authority aforesaid , or any authority flowing from the said Vsurper of his adherents , shall have just suit for damages , &c. against all such persons who shall give order or warrant for seizing , apprehending , Imprisoning or Detaining ; and likewise all who shall Seize , Apprehend , Imprison or Detain any of Our good Subjects by the Authority aforesaid in any way or manner for any cause whatsoever , and if any shall be prosecuted for any pretended crimes or any sentence of death given against any person whatsoever , the Relations of such person so Condemned and Executed shall have just cause to prosecute all such Iudges , Iurors , Clerks , Councellors , Sheriffs or others who shall any manner of way be Concerned in the Tryal , Condemnation , or Execution of any person so Tryed , Condemned or Executed , and We do further declare all Sentences , Iudgments , Decrees or Decisions given by vertue of the same Authority to be Null and Void .

And Whereas the said Vsurper and his pretended Parliament do take upon them contrary to all Law , to impose heavy Land Taxes , Sesses , Excises and other grievous payments upon Our Subjects , and that at a time when they are Excluded from all Trade and Commerce with any Forreign Nation , instead of the Trade of the whole Vniverse , which they might now have enjoyed Vndisturbed , by the want whereof they must be in a short time reduced to poverty and misery , whilst they see their Rivals in Trade , the Hollanders enjoy the fruits of their Labours and bravade in their Ports contrary to the Act of Navigation as well as the true interest of the Nation ; We do therefore think fit to discharge Our Subjects from the payment of any such Tax , Subsidie , Sess , Excise , or any other imposition whatsoever Imposed , Collected or required by the aforesaid Vsurped Authority , and We do Prohibit any of Our Subjects from Collecting Our Revenue , or any Branch thereof , or any other Tax , Subsidie , Sess , Excise or any other Imposition , imposed by the Vsurped Authority aforesaid , Declaring hereby , that all such as shall impose , Collect or bring in any part of the same , that they and their Heirs shall be liable to repay it unto vs , notwithstanding any Act of Indemnity given or to be given , from which this is always excepted , as likewise We do discharge all such Monies so brought in from being againe issued out upon any pretence whatsoever without Our special Authority , assuring all such as shall issue out Warrants or Orders to that effect , that they shall be Liable to vs , for such Summs as shall be contained in such Orders or Warrants , from which repayment to vs , no discharge whatsoever shall relieve them except from vs alone .