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famous memorie become also our onelie lawfull, lineall, and 

 rightfull liege lord James the first King of England, ffraunce and 

 Ireland, defender of the faith to whom as to our onelie Just prince, 

 adorned (besides his vndoubted right) with all the rarest guiftes, 

 of mynd and lx>die, to the infinite comfort of all his people, and 

 Subiectes, that shall live vnder him, We do acknowledge all faith, 

 and constant obedience, with all hartie and humble affections both 

 dureing our naturall lives for our selves, and in the behalfe of our 

 posteritie, hereby protesting and denounceing to all psons whatsoeu', 

 that in this iust and lawfull acte of ours, we are resolved by the 

 favor of gods holie assistance, and in the zeale of our owne 

 conscience (warranted by certayne knowledge) of his manifest and 

 vndoubted right (as hath benne said before) to maynetayne and 

 vphold his maiesties pson, and estate, as our onelie vndoxibted 

 Sou'aigne Lord and King, with the sacrifice of our lives, landes, 

 goods, frindes and adherentes, against all power force or practise 

 that shall goe abowt by word or deede, to interrupt, contradict, or 

 impugne his iust claimes, his entrie into his Kingdome or any pte 

 thereof at his good pleasure, or disobey such Riall directions as 

 shall come from him. To all which we are resolved onelie to yeld 

 our selves vntill the last droppe of our bloodes be spent for his 

 service, Hereby Willing and commaunding in the name of our 

 Soveraigne Lord James the first King of all the foresaid Kingdoms 

 all the late Livetenaunts deputie Livetenaunts Sherriffes, Justices, 

 and all Maiors Bayliffes Cunstables, Headboroughes, and all other 

 officers and ministers whatsoeu' that they bee aiding, and assisting 

 from tyme to tyme in all things that are or shalbc necessarie for 

 the preventing, resisting, and suppressing of any disorderlie 

 assemblies or other vnlawfull acte, or attempt, eyther in woord or 

 deede against the publique peace of the Realme, or any way 

 p'iudicial to the right, honor, state, or person of our onelie 

 vndoubted and deere lord, and sou'aigne that nowe is, James 

 the first King of all the said Kingdoms, as they will avoyd 

 the perill of his maiesties heavie indignation, and their owne 

 vtter ruine and confusion, beseching god to blesse his maiestie 



