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Papers lately delivered in to the Honorable Houses of Parliament by the Commissioners of the Kingdom of Scotland, concerning the proceedings of the Scotish army and their intentions. Published according to order.
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Scotland. Parliament.
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Wing S1301; Thomason E340_8; ESTC R200873
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of our meaning the results thereof may be reported If now the Honorable Houses are or shall be unsatisfied concerning any in the Scotish Army we do faithfully promise and engage our selves in the Name of that Army that real and speedy satisfaction shall be given when it shall be desired and the Delinquents when they shal be made known severely punished and if they be such as have served in Arms against the Parliament shall be removed out of the Army In which particular the Committee with the Army did lately give an evidence of their willingnesse upon occasion of a motion offered from some of themselves to some of the Commissioners of the Parliament that a Paper might be delivered to the Committee of Estates from the said Commissioners of Parliament desiring such as had been in Arms against the Parliament to be removed out of that Army After which a Paper was delivered from the Commissioners of Parliament proposing that such Subjects of the Crown of England as have served the Enemy and have not conformed to the Ordinance of Parliament might be removed out of that Army The Committee of Estates did return a most satisfactory answer condescending heartily to the Proposition and desiring from the said Commissioners a list of the Names of such persons that they might instantly be discharged Promising also that they themselves should diligently enquire after them and make it appear how cordially they love and honor the Parliament of this Kingdom all which is more fully expressed in the Papers themselves Thereafter about the time of the removal of our Army from Newark the Commissioners of Parliament according to such Informations as they had delivered in a List of the persons wherein there were named divers of our Army upon a mistake they being of the same name with some that had served against the Parliament but themselves to the perfect knowledge of the Committee having never served against the Parliament yea having come in with that Army at their entry into this Kingdom And as to any others in that List the Committee returned this answer That according to the former ingagement in their answer of the 17. of April such persons should be removed out of the Army Their willingnesse to execute Justice hath been manifested in the case of other offenders as well as those who have been in Arms against the Parliament Upon some Complaints against the Reformadoes that were in that Army by Order of the Committee of Estates they were forthwith discharged and removed out of the Army And upon some disorders committed by others a Councel of War was called and the persons guilty Condemned and Executed It is true the Commissioners of the two Houses delivered a Protestation against that way of proceeding by a Councel of War of the Officers of the same Regiment to whom the Delinquents did belong but it was after the Councel of War had met and the persons were sentenced And concerning that way of procedure we desire it may be considered That it is the constant way of the Military Discipline of Scotland as it is in Germany and many other places of the World and which every Regiment claimeth as their proper priviledge Some others have been lately put to death and what more can be required at their hands As to the Complaints of the Countrey of their great burthens It is no wonder seeing one corner thereof sustaineth the burthen of the maintenance of that Army when it should be equally laid upon the whole Kingdom For remedy whereof the Army and we in their Name have with much importunity desired from the Parliament means to relieve them as to supply themselves and they are most willing to allow in their accompts what they receive in their Quarters and have often desired Commissioners to be sent down to concur with them to adjust the particulars And if they knew of any other way to keep themselves from disbanding or starving but by taking of Quarters in the Countrey when no Mois provided for them they would most heartily embrace it When we shall know any other particular Complaints concerning disorders in that Army we shall be ready to give speedy just and satisfactory answers This we can say for the present That although Warrants have been issued out to invite the Countrey to present their Complaints concerning disorders committed in our Army the like not being-done concerning disorders amongst the English Forces yet upon the knowledge and proof of any offence so complained of Justice was done which is the most that can be required although likewise all the time our Amy was before Newark our foot Soldiers had only peny half peny per diem in money and provisions whereas the English Souldiers imployed in the same Service with them had Eight pence per diem and Twelve pence every third day when they did work And although strict Disdipline and Justice against all abuses useth not to be expected from an Army which receiveth so little of their Pay yet there hath been more strictnesse in punishing offenders in that Army then amongst those who were much better paid We desire not to asperse any but only to vindicate the Reputation of our own Army and to move the Honorable Houses to take some more real and effectual course for Supplying their wants And that they may be pleased for preventing of further differences and for the greater ease of the Countrey to give Order to the Committee at York for the Quartering of the English Forces and ours in the most convenient places As likewise for sending to ours a considerable proportion of Money to discharge their Quarters and relieve their extreme necessities It is not light but grievous to us to hear of any disorders at all committed by any person in that Army how great soever the necessities be unto which they are redacted or that our Army should be any longer burthensom to this Kingdom And we do in the Name of that Kingdom and Army declare and assure That as they came into this Kingdom upon an earnest invitation from both Houses of Parliament and for the ends expressed in the Covenant and Treaty and Declaration of both Kingdoms the close whereof doth expresse the resolution of both to have Truth and Peace setled upon a firm Foundation before their laying down of Arms so their continuance neither is nor shall be made use of to the least encroachment upon the Government of this Kingdom Nor to any other ends besides those expressed in the Covenant and Treaty And how soon soever Religion and Peace shall be setled accordingly our Army and Garrisons shall forthwith remove out of this Kingdom And these things we shall wish may be speedily done and that the Propositions for a safe and well-grounded Peace which did for a very short time remain in our hands may now after so long expectation be sent to the King that upon his Royal consent to the desires of His People for setling and securing of Religion and Peace His Majesty may return to His Parliament here all Armies may be disbanded the heavy pressures of the Subjects ended and the Kingdoms may remain in a firm Peace and Union to all Posterity according to the Solemn League and Covenant 3. June 1646. FINIS
PAPERS LATELY Delivered in to the Honorable Houses OF PARLIAMENT BY THE COMMISSIONERS of the Kingdom of SCOTLAND Concerning The Proceedings of the Scotish Army And their Intentions Published according to Order LONDON Printed for Laurence Chapman June 9. 1646. Right Honorable VVEE are desired by the Committee of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland residing with the Scotish Army to communicate to the Honorable Houses the Letters and Papers herewith presented wherein it will appear how careful they have been in exhorting His Majesty to give satisfaction to the joynt desires of both Kingdoms without medling in any Propositions of Peace They have also renewed their desires for advice from hence and do earnestly entreat That Commissioners may be sent from both Houses to joyn with them and to be witnesses of all their actions wherein they endeavor nothing more then that they may be such as may give equal satisfaction to both the Kingdoms We are further desired to acquaint their Lordships with the particulars of a Letter written by Colonel Poyntz to Lieut. Gen David Lesly wherein he doth require That if he had any forces about Rippon he retire them to some other place And if he had appointed any more to come thither that he recall his Orders all which he advised him speedily to perform as he would evidence to the world that the intention of the coming of the Scotish Army into this Kingdom was to pursue the common Enemy and not to be troublesome or encroach upon their Friends To which Lieut. General Lesly returned a civil Answer shewing him That his commands should be obeyed and accordingly did forthwith withdraw his Forces from those parts being desirous according to the directions given unto him to avoid all occasions of difference and contest Upon consideration whereof It is their earnest desire That as directions are given by them to all the Officers of the Scotish Army so the Honorable Houses would be pleased to give Order to the Commanders of their Forces in those parts to forbear all provoking expressions speeches or actions which may give just cause of offence And for preventing all disorders and inconveniences they do earnestly entreat That Directions may be speedily sent to the Committee at York to appoint them Quarters that a considerable Supply of Money may be sent unto them now after so much want and so long suffering which desires being so reasonable and so often renewed we are perswaded the Honorable Houses will take them into their serious consideration and return a speedy and satisfactory Answer We remain Your Lordships affectionate Friends and humble Servants Lauderdail A Johnston Cha Erskin Hugh Kenedy Robert Barcley 25 May. 1646. For the Right Honorable The Speaker of the House of Peers pro tempore to be communicated to both Houses Parliament THe Committee of Estates with the Scots Army having received a Vote of the Honorable House of Commons inclosed in a Letter from the Commissioners of both Houses demanding the persons of Mr. John Ashburnham and all others that came with the King into the Scots Army before Newark to be delivered up did seriously take into deliberation how they might return a satisfactory Answer to the Desire of the House of Commons wherein they found themselves pressed with no small Difficulties arising from the consideration of the Vote which did require Mr. John Ashburnham and others to be delivered up as Delinquents upon this Narrative and Reason That they came into the Scotish Army before Newark with His Majesty There being no other cause of Delinquency made known unto the Committee of Estates and no more being expressed concerning Mr. John Ashburnham then other persons who were Guides to His Majesty in his way thither It did appear unto them that they were no more obliged to deliver up Mr. John Ashburnham His Majesties ordinary Servant and others onely for their attending the King to the Scotish Army then the Parliament of England should have been obliged in the like case to deliver up any Subject of Scotland for attending His Majesty if He had gone into Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army or come to London And it did very much weigh with their Lordshops That the delivering up of these persons meerly for their coming with His Majesty into the Scotish Army would import That they did acknowledge it to be unlawful for themselves to receive His Majesty coming unexpectedly without any invitation into their Army sith he could not come without one Servant or other to attend Him But if Mr. John Ashburnham or any other that came with His Majesty had been Declared by the Parliament to be Incendiaries Malignants or evil Instruments by hindring the Reformation of Religion dividing the King from His people or one of the Kingdoms from another or making any Factions or parties among the people contrary to the Solemn League and Covenant then it was their resolution and they were ready therein to give satisfaction to the Honorable Houses Upon these and other grounds they did desire to confer with the Commissioners of both Houses to the end they might either give or receive satisfaction and accordingly wrote unto them for this purpose leaving unto them to appoint the place of meeting It was also considered what should be done in the interim till upon conference and mutual consultation with the Commissioners of Parliament the matter should be determined And though for the coming of these persons with the King to the Scots Army no other cause of offence being known or crime objected against them the Committee of Estates could not in Honor and Justice nor without reflection upon themselves for receiving his Majesty put a Restraint upon them yet lest the busines should be divulged upon apprehension of the issue thereof any of them should make an escape the Cōmittee thought fit did accordingly enjoyn secresie in the whole matter While they were expecting an answer from the Commissioners of both Houses they received Advertisement That Five thousand Horse and Dragoons were upon their march Northward toward them no Enemy being in those parts and that two Messengers sent from us to them were intercepted and searched Whereupon they judged it necessary and did write to the Commissioners of Parliament to delay the intended meeting till the army should come to a more convenient place being unwilling that the Forces of the two Kingdoms should ingage upon a mistake and so soon as they came to Borrowbrigs they renewed their desires to the Commissioners of Parliament for a Conference about this businesse to which the Commissioners by reason of their other occasions did not agree In all which the Committee of Estates conceive that they have used their best endeavours to give satisfaction to the desire of the Honorable House of Commons especially seeing upon the very first notice they had of Mr. Ashburnham and Mr. Hudson their endeavour to escape they sent forth on all hands Orders to apprehend them and such diligence was used as Mr. Hudson was