The annals of King James and King Charles the First ... containing a faithful history and impartial account of the great affairs of state, and transactions of parliaments in England from the tenth of King James MDCXII to the eighteenth of King Charles MDCXLII : wherein several material passages relating to the late civil wars (omitted in former histories) are made known.

The Proportion of Souldiers that were to be raised in each County, to go by Sea, and where to be Shipped, fol∣loweth:

SƲssex 600. to be Ship'd the sixth of June, at Gravesend, to be at the General Rendez∣vouz the twentieth of May, to march thence the first of June.

Surry 800. to be Ship'd the sixth of June at Gravesend, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty first of May, to march thence the second of June.

Kent 700. to be Ship'd the fourth of June at Gravesend, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty third of May, to march thence the third of June.

••inque-Ports 300. to be Ship'd the fourth of June at Gravesend, to be at the General Rendez∣vonz the twenty first of May, to march thence the first of June.

Middlesex 120•• to be Ship'd the eighth of June at Harwich, to be at the General Rendez∣vouz the twenty fourth of May, to march thence the third of June.

Hertford 650. to be Ship'd the fifth of June at Harwich, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twentieth of May, to march thence the one and thirtieth of May.

Essex 700. to be Ship'd the fourth of June at Harwich, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty fourth of May, to march thence the third of June.

Buckingham 500. to be Ship'd the sixth of June at Harwich, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twentieth of May, to march thence the first of June.

London 1200. to be Ship'd at Blackwall.

Huntingdon 400. to be Ship'd the tenth of June at Yarmouth, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty fifth of May, to march thence the fifth of June.

Suffolk 600. to be Ship'd the eighth of June at Yarmouth, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty seventh of May, to march thence the sixth of June.

Norfolk 750. to be Ship'd the eighth of June at Yarmouth, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty eighth of May, to march thence the se∣venth of June.

Cambridge 300. to be Ship'd the tenth of June at Yarmouth, to be at the General Rendezvouz the twenty fifth of May, to march thence the fifth of June.

Bedford 400. to be Ship'd at Yarmouth the tenth of June, to be at the General Rendezvouz the 25 of May, to march thence the fifth of June.

Lincoln 200. to be Ship'd the tenth of June at Grimsby, to be at the General Rendezvouz the 29 of May, to march thence the ninth of June.

Nottingham 300. to be Ship'd the tenth of June at Grimsby, to be at the General Rendezvouz the 27 of May, to march thence the sixth of June.

Derby 400. to be Ship'd the tenth of June at Grimsby, to be at the General Rendezvouz the 25 of May, to march thence the fifth of June.

The total is 10000 Men.

The residue of the Army to be raised in the more Northern Counties were ordered to march by Land to Newcastle upon Tine.

The men to be raised to meet in Companies of one hundred a piece at particular Rendezvouz in that County most convenient for each hundred men, till the tenth of May next, to be Weekly exercised with false Fires or no Fire, by such inferiour Officers, as the Lord General shall send down to instruct them in their postures, and the use of their Arms: to which purpose, your Lordships is to cause the Arms of the Trained Bands to be lent unto them, which shall be re-delivered back, when they shall march out of that County. Your Lordship is likewise to take order, that there be prest, and sent with the said Souldiers one Drum and Drummer to every hundred men, who shall enter into His Majesties pay, as soon as the said Souldiers shall march out of that County. Besides the said particular Rendez∣vouz, where the several Companies are to meet in that County, your Lordship is to cause one General Rendezvouz to be appointed on the Confines of that Shire, most convenient for the said Souldiers march towards Newcastle upon Tine; to which General Rendezvouz in that County, the said Souldiers are to be brought the tenth of May, and to remain there till the twen∣tieth of the same Month, to be there exercised and put in order for their March towards New∣castle, by such Commanders and Officers as shall be sent thither by the Lord General, to whom your Lordship is to send present advertisement, what place you appoint for the said General Rendezvouz of that County. The Souldiers are to be allowed at the charge of that County 8 d. a∣piece per diem for every day they shall be exercised, at the particular Rendezvouz in that County. And from the tenth of May till the twentieth. The charge also of conducting the said men to the General Rendezvouz of the County, is to be born by that County. Your Lordship (or at least) two of your Deputy Lieutenants are to be at the General Rendezvouz of the County by the tenth of May, as well to assist in keeping of the men in order, as to take care for the re∣ceiving back from them the Arms of the Coun∣ty, and to deliver the said men over by Inden∣ture, to such Commanders and Officers, as shall be appointed to receive and take charge of them: of which Indentures, one part is to be signed by your Lordship, or two of your Deputy Lieu∣tenants, and the other by the said Commanders or Officers that shall receive the men; and Du∣plicates of the said Indentures are to be sent by your Lordship, one to this Board, and another to the Lord General. As his Majesty is graci∣ously pleased for the ease of that County, that all the Souldiers shall enter into His Majesties pay as soon as they shall march out of the Con∣fines

of that Shire towards Newcastle; so he ex∣pects, that the more readiness and care be used in the raising and keeping them together while they shall be there; and that they be sent away well Cloathed and Coated at the charge of that County; all which charges and allowances, as well for the Coating as for the entertainment of the said men in their exercising, and conducting to their General Rendezvouz of that County; His Majesties Pleasure and Command is, that your Lordship do cause the same to be Levied in that County as hath been used heretofore in cases of less importance. And the Counties are to be repaid the same upon Accompt thereof made out of his Majesties Exchequer, in such manner as in former times, upon the like occasion. And lastly, we do expect and require the Justices of Peace, and other Officers in their several Divi∣sions to be aiding and assisting to your Lord∣ship and your Deputy Lieutenants in this Service, &c.

And for the Carriage of the Artillery, Letters were directed to the respective Lord Lieutenants of the several Counties through which it was to pass, to provide Horses and Carts for the same, and for the charge it was to be born by the respe∣ctive Counties at the rate of 12 d. per diem for every Horse, and 8 d. per diem for every Carter, &c.

And forasmuch as those of Scotland had taken all pains imaginable, not only to falsifie the Ar∣ticles of the Pacification, but also to possess his Majesties Subjects with false Aspersions and Scan∣dals upon the King and his Government, and upon his proceedings with his Subjects in Scotland and to distemperate and alienate from his Majesty, the hearts of his well affected Subjects, and such as otherwise are no way inclined to such seditious and disloyal courses: His Majesty having taken these disorders into serious consideration, and ••inding them of dangerous consequence to his Go∣vernment, if some timely remedy be not apply∣ed; hath with the advice of his Privy Council, thought fit to publish and declare, and by these presents doth publish and declare, that all and every person and persons, of what degree or qua∣lity soever, now have, or hereafter shall have any such Libellous and Seditious Discourse or Pamphlet, either in Manuscript or Print, con∣cerning his Majesties proceedings with his Sub∣jects in Scotland (other than such Relations and Discourses concerning the same, as have been published and Printed by his Special Licence and Authority) and shall not within ten daies after the date of these presents, bring and deliver the same to one of his principal Secretaries of State, all and every such person and persons shall incur the uttermost of such punishments and penalties, as by the Laws of this Realm are to be inflicted up∣on those that keep such scandalous and Seditious Pamphlets and Papers.

More particularly this Proclamation was di∣rected against a Pamphlet published in Print, An Information from the States of the Kingdom of Scotland to the Kingdom of England, containing many notorious falshoods and scandals, to the dishonour of his Majesties proceedings with his Subjects in Scotland, sundry Copies of which Printed Discourse have been sent from Scotland to divers of his Majesties Subjects in England, especially in the City of London.

Upon the account of all these undutiful and re∣bellious courses of his Majesties Scottish Subjects directly against his Crown, Government, and Dignity, his Majesty did by perswasion of his three most intimate Councellors, the Lord Arch∣bishop of Canterbury, the Lord Marquess of Ha∣milton, and the Noble Earl of Strafford Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, indict his great Council or Parliament to meet at Westminster, April 13. and that all occasion of offence and complaint from that great Assembly might be taken away, he having formerly by his Letters Patents recal'd all Licenses and Commissions for Monopolies, &c. heretofore granted; and yet the Patentees continued still to vex the people in execution of the same, his Majesty commanded all those Pa∣tentees to bring in all their respective Patents up∣on their utmost peril, and yet more particularly these following:

The Commission for Brewing and Malting.

A Patent of Register to the Commission for Bankrupts in Divers Counties.

The Patent for Marking and Gaging of Butter Cask.

• The Hat-band-makers Grant.
• The Patent for making Brick.
• The Patent for Kelp and Sea-weed.
• The Patent for Sealing of Linnen Cloth.
• The Privy-Seal for Buttons.
• The Patent for Gut-string-making.
• The Horners Patent.
• The Patent for Lampreys.
• The Patent for Transportation of Butter.
• The Patent for Gathering of Raggs.
• The Patent for Hay and Straw.

On the thirteenth of April the Parliament was opened at Westminster according to his Majesties Writs and Proclamation was made in the Lobby, as is usual on such occasions, by the Lord Steward of the King's Houshold as followeth: