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A82240	A declaration of the valiant resolution of the famous prentices of London, with their protestation. Who are willing to adventure their lives and fortunes under his excellencie the Earle of Essex. For the honour of the King, the preservation of the priviledge of Parliament, the libertie of the subject, the good of the kingdome, and especially of the Citie of London. And for the maintenance of the Protestant religion, expelling all poperie, and the subduing of all the enemies of the true Church of England.		1642 (1642)	Wing D774; Thomason E109_5; ESTC R8182	3,794	9

A DECLARATION OF The valiant Resolution of the Famous Prentices of London With their Protestation Who are willing to adventure their lives and fortunes under his Excellencie the Earle of ESSEX For the honour of the King the preservation of the priviledge of Parliament the libertie of the Subject the good of the Kingdome and especially of the Citie of London And for the maintenance of the Protestant Religion expelling all Poperie and the subduing of all the enemies of the true Church of England LONDON Printed for Thomas Banks 1642. The valiant Resolution of the Prentices of London THe famous Citie of London hath ever beene fruitfull in noble and heroike Spirits who have performed wonders of magnanimitie and valour in forraine parts to the everlasting honour and glorie of their Countrey and at home what a numerous Army consisting of many expert and ●●o●rishing Trained Bands can it produce whose skill and courage equally marching together doth with the artificiall thunder of shot out the Heavens into a trembling amazement and with the report thereof strike a terrour into the remotest Courts of Iupiter though farther distant in the skies by many miles than York from London How therefore can any supposition of feare be grounded on any malignant partie now prevailing with the King to raise Armes in the North the Papists so maliciously affected to the Protestant Religion joyne with temerarious and rash Noble-men in prosecuting a civill war These gather unto them the decayed Gentrie of severall Countries who having by prodigalitie excesse ryot and horse-races run their fathers estates out of breath thinks hereby to renovate their estates and unite themselves to the rest to make their Forces stronger add to those Delinquents and roring Cavaliers who like Nero would sing to behold their Countrey suffering in the martyrdome of a civill war and with this heterogeneous confused Crew decayed and indebted persons are ranked together with a multitude of drunken idle people and giddy brain'd Gentlemen and lastly the ambitious Clergie who that they may still have pluralitie of Benefices use their tongues to sow dissention and give an edge to the Souldiers swords All those and many other sorts of persons for their owne sakes and safeties and to further their-owne penicious purposes or at least to secure themselves from condigne punishment are all willing under the faire pretence of defending the Kings right and prerogative to joyne together in making one entire body of a civill war and after the Siege of Hull which is first attempted to set the whole Kingdome in a combustion or ●inate the Countrey besiege London extirpate the Protestant Religion introduce Poperie so much desired by the Malignant Partie and work such a lamentable Tragedy as was never knowne in any Kings raigne of England This storme thus long a gathering in the Northerne parts is ready now to fall downe in an impetuous showre of bloud the Kings defensive Guard being multiplyed into a great Army collected and compounded of malicious Papists rash unadvised Protestant Noble-men decayed Gentlemen indebted common people doubtfull Delinquents loose debauched persons rattle-headed giddy-brain'd Gentlemen roring Cavaliers and factious Clergy-men whose Sermons bid them ●ight for their owne preferment and glorie not for the King and Gods glorie though that bee made the colourable motive and occasion of the war Now the wisdome of the Parliament and the Citie of London seeing that the King will in hostile manner wound his honour and reputation through his Subjects and that their many petitions cannot prevaile with him to dismisse those evill Counsellours of the Malignant Partie but doth suffer them to put in action their owne plots and designes under his royall name and standard to the destruction of the Kingdome the ●bertie of the Subjects and the overthrowing the privileges of Parliament they with much unwillingnesse being provoked and irritated thereunto to vindicate their cleare intentions to the King have raised Forces for the safetie of the Kings Majestie the defence of the Kingdome the preservation of the distressed and be sieged towne of Hull and in this Army by them to thos just and legall ends levied there are eight thousand brave-spirited young men being all Apprentices who deserve to be registred in Fames eternall Records for seeing their Countrey is thus like to be engaged in a civill war and that Poperie is like to be introduced in stead of Protestantisme slaverie in stead of libertie and a generall destruction induced into the whole estate of the Kingdome are with much alacritie and cheerfulnesse resolved to the utmost hazard of their lives to oppose and resist the Malignant Parties Armie consisting of Papists and many others formerly mentioned These martiall valiant Apprentices that do thus expose themselves to danger for the good of their Country to the qualities conditions and intents of the persons in the malignant Army for these Prentices earnestly desire the prosperity of the Kingdome and the honour of the King and will truly with the best bloud in their bodyes maiintaine the true Protestant Religion against the malignant enemies of the truth carrying in their brests loyall hearts to their Country King and Parliament and intending their service onely for the safety and honour of His Majestie and the glory of God confident in good successe marching on as cheerfull as if it were their marriage day and that victor●● should be their happy Bride Neither are they of the ba●●● and mechanick scum of the people who to support themselves in a riotous fashion and to pillage the Country under the name of being Souldiers doe without feare or any conscionable respect take pay and enter into service but the greater part of those magnanimous Prentices are servants to honest and sufficient Men and by their owne honest laborious endeavours can be both serviceable and profitable to their Masters and be very beneficiall to them in working at their Trades but their Masters preferring the publike good before their private profit commodity resist not the willingnesse of their servants but do give them free and faire leave according to their owne desires to do lawfull service to their King and Country being perswaded thereunto not through necessity but animated with the noble desire of renowned honour Neither are they loose idle fellowes that are faine to make war their profession for want of other maintenance for all these Prentices as was aforesaid have Trades and Callings and most of them young men of good parentage whose friends live honestly and thriftily in the Country and yet as if they all descended of generous bloud their mindes are so enlarged and their ●courages so magnanimously advanced that nothing can contayne them from putting their Resolution in execution and are determined by this their unexpected expresses of valour in so young yeares to advance their owne fame and bring honour and renown to the City of London Besides these young sons of Mars or Martiall Prentices greeving to see how the King hath beene misled

with false Counsellours to resist the loving loyallty of his Parliament and to raise forces in the North in stead of a defensive guard they living here in London and being dayly eare witnesses of the Parliaments legall and just proceedings and knowing to be the basis or foundation whereon the structure and building of the Common wealth must stand or fall they perceiving now that through the instigation of the malignant party those forces are levyed and levelled against the Parliament which is the defensive wall of the Kingdome these noble minded Prentices freely and voluntery offer their services to maintaine the Parliament against the opposers therof knowing the preservation therof is in the power and prerogatives belonging thereunto will conduce to the Kings honour the Kingdomes safety and the prosperity of the City of London If therefore the end moving to the undertaking of any action deserve praise and commendations especially the necessity of the time requiring the sudden an●xiliary forces be sent to oppose and stay the fury of civill dissention and the flame of a destructive war breaking forth in the heart of the Kingdome how ought the City of London to magnifie and applaud the hopefull stout Resolutions of these 8 thousand magnanimous Prentices that go to defend the Priviledges of Parliament against the Tyranny of an arbitrary government these Prentices that march forth to preserve the Kings honour and to prevent our owne misery these Prentices that with unanimous and couragious hearts go to succour the distressed Towne of Hull and daunt the presuming Cavaliers And lastly these Prentices that make their Religion the object and cause of their confidence in maintayning whereof it may be sayd Mors omnibus l●crum death is a gaine to all and in this cause this quarrell thus animated and thus resolved these Heroick Prentices are now going forward to fight for Gods glory their Sovereignes honour and the defence of the Lawes and liberties of the Kingdome being led on by His Excellencye the Earle of Essex in whom by his a stable and courtuous speeches they do very much confide And doubt not but under his prosperous conduct by the propitious favour of God to behave themselves in such a valiant manner that it shall redound to the honour of the City of London they having with many acclamations of joy acknowledged their willingnesse to some under His Excellence desiring nothing but the prayer of this honourable City for their happy and prosperous successe in this their noble Expedition and Reso●●●●●● The approbation of both Houses THe Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled being advertised by the Lord Lievtenant and Deputy Lievtenants of the County of Essex of their ready full and forward meeting of the Trayn-Bands of that Country and of a cheerfull accesse of a very considerable number of Voluntiers at their first appearing Have thought sit to ●●presse unto them the good sence they hold of their proceedings so much conducing to the generall safety of this Kingdome And having likewise received from them a Declaration full of affections and good inclinations to maintaine our Religion Lawes Liberties and Priv●●●●ges of Parliament Which they observe to be invaded by pernicious Counsell as indeed they have beene of late in a more dangerous and high manner than any age can pa●allell And having very prudently observed in a right understanding That the Kingdome and the Kings authority and Person can be no wayes maintained but by the upholding the Power and Priviledges of Parliament as by the late Protestation they acknowledge themselves bound unto against all contrary Counsels Power and force of Armes whatsoever This just and faithfull Resolution of theirs to the publike good The Lords and Commons do not onely approve but commend assuring them that as their endeavours have beene for the peace and happinesse of the King and Kingdome So they will persist in charge of the great and publike trust which lies upon them to go through all difficulties which may oppose the publike peace and welfare of this Kingdome And will upon all occasions be ready to expresse particularly to those persons from who●● they have received such assurance of their affections and fidelities FINIS