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A82141	A declaration of the engagements, remonstrances, representations, proposals, desires and resolutions from His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax, and the generall councel of the Army. For setling of His Majesty in His just rights, the Parliament in their just priviledges, and the subjects in their liberties and freedomes. With papers of overtures, of the army with the Kings Majesty, the Parliament, the citie, and with the souldiery amongst themselves. Also representations of the grievances of the Kingdome, and remedies propounded, for removing the present pressures whereby the subjects are burthened. And the resolution of the army; for the establishment of a firme and lasting peace in Church and Kingdome. Die Lunæ, 27. Septembris, 1647. Whereas Math: Simmons hath beene at great charges in printing the Declarations and Papers from the Army in one volume. It is ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, that the said Math: Simmons shall have the printing and publishing thereof for the space of one whole yeare from the date hereof. And that none other shall re-print the same during that time. John Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing D664; Thomason E409_25; ESTC R204445	144,071	176

false informations and mis-representations put the Parliament upon such wayes the timely and effectuall reliefe of Ireland seem really to have been intended or rather with the breaking or disbanding of this Army to draw together or raise such other forces and of such a temper as might serve to some desperate and destructive designes in England For which besides the probable suspitions from their carriage of the businesse wee have beforehand in the transaction thereof had more then hints of such a designe by clear expressions to that purpose from many of those Officers of the Army that have been perswaded and appeared most forward to engage as for Ireland on the termes proposed And that such a designe hath all along been driven seemes now too evident by the present disposing of those Forces that have been engaged for Ireland by the endeavours of some to gaine a power from the Parliament of ordering those Forces for some service in England and by the private listings of men for service here without any publike authority of Parliament And all this by the same persons who have all along appeared most active and violent in the late proceedings against the Army As to the just Discontents and Dissatisfactions of the Army in relation to their Grievances and their Non-compliance to the late Orderers for sudden Disbanding by peece-meale before more full and equall satisfaction were given to the whole we desire you to look back to the Papers already published of the grievances themselves the Narrative of the Officers and to the later Papers from the generall Counsell of War at Bury and the late generall Randezvous neer New-Market And we thinke your late resuming the consideration of those things as to a further satisfaction doth much justifie the desires and proceedings of the Army in those past particulars hitherto And though had we upon our first addresses for our undoubted rights and dues c found a free and candid reception with a just consideration and a reasonable satisfaction or at least a free Answer therein we should have been easily perswaded to have abated or forborn much of our dues and not to have enquired into or considered so farre as we have either the possibilities there are for more present satisfaction of Arrears or the credit of future Securities proposed yet since upon these former Addresses we have found such hard dealing as in the said Papers is set forth and those additionall though hitherto but partial satisfactions comming so hardly as they have we find no obliging reasons in the least to decline or recede from what 's our due but rather still to adhere unto our desires of full and equall satisfaction in all the things mentioned in the aforesaid Papers not only in behalfe of our selves and the Army but also of the whole Souldiery throughout the Kingdome who have concurred or shall concurre with us in the same desires And to all our former Desires at Souldiers we cannot but adde this wherein we find our selves so neerly concerned in point of Justice and reputation That more care and a stricter course may be taken for making good all Articles granted upon Surrenders according to the true intent and meaning of them at also for remedy and reparation in case of any breach and this without those delays which divers have found as prejudiciall to them or more then if they had been totally denied the performance of them Nor will it now we hope seem strange or unreasonable to rationall and honest men who consider the consequence of our present case to their own and the Kingdomes as well as our future concernments in point of Right Freedome Peace and safety if from a deep sense of the high consequence of our present case both to our selves in future and all other people we shall before disbanding proceed in our owne and the Kingdoms behalfe to propound and plead for some provision for our and the Kingdoms satisfaction and future security in relation to those things especially considering that we were not a meer mercenary Army hired to serve any Arbitrary power of a State but called forth and conjured by the severall Declarations of Parliament to the defence of our owne and the peoples just Rights and Liberties and so we took up Armes in judgement and conscience to those ends and have so continued them and are resolved according to your first just desires in your Declarations and such principles as we have received from your frequent Informations and our own common sense concerning those our fundamental rights and liberties to assert and vindicate the just power and rights of this Kingdome in Parliament for those common ends premised against all arbitrary power violence and oppression and against all particular parties or interests whatsoever The said Declarations still directing us to the equitable sense of all Laws and Constitutions as dispensing with the very letter of the same and being supreme to it when the safety and preservation of all is concerned And assuring us that all Authority is fundamentally seated in the Office and but ministerially in the Persons Neither do or will these our proceedings as we are fully and in conscience perswaded amount to any thing not warrantable before God and men being thus far much short of the common proceedings in other Nations to things of an higher nature then we have yet appeared to and we cannot but be sensible of the great complaints that have been made to us generally in the Kingdome from the people where we march of Arbitrarinesse and Injustice to their great and insupportable oppressions And truly such Kingdomes as have according both to the law of Nature and Nations appeared to the vindication and defence of their just Rights and Liberties have proceeded much higher as our brethren of Scotland who in the first beginning of these late differences associated in Covenant from the very same grounds and principles having no visible form either of Parliament or King to countenance them And as they were therein justified and protected by their own and this Kingdome also so we justly shall expect to be We need not mention the States of the Netherlands the Portugals and others all proceeding upon the same Principles of right and freedome And accordingly the Parliament hath declared it no resisting of Magistracy to side with the just principles and law of nature and Nations being that law upon which we have assisted you and that the souldiery may lawfully hold the hands of the Generall who will turne his Cannon against his Army on purpose to destroy them the Seamen the hands of that Pilot who wilfully rune the Ship upon a rock as our Brethren of Scotland argued And such were the proceedings of our Ancestors of famous memory to the purchasing of such Rights and Liberties as they have enjoyed through the price of their bloud and we both by that and the later bloud of our deare friends and fellow Souldiers with the hazard of our own do now lay

have likewise endeavoured to put the Parliament and Kingdome to the trouble hazard delay and vast expence of raising a new force for that sereice 4. That with the breaking of this Army as aforesaid they have in the like manner endeavoured under the pretence of the service of Ireland to raise a new force as before to advance and carry on desparate designes of their owne in England to the prejudice of the Parliament and Publicke and in pursuance of the same have endeavored to divert the forces ingaged as for Ireland and unto such their purpose as aforesaid here in England and have in like manner endeavored to have gained a power from the Parliament for themselves or some of them of diverting and misimploying those forces aforesaid and to raise new forces under pretence to guard the Parliament and not having obtained that have in like manner endeavoured privately to list and engage Officers and Souldiers or procure them to be listed and engaged without Authority of Parliament for the raising of and imbroiling this Kingdome in a new and bloody War and to interrupt and hinder the setling and securing the Rights Liberties and peace of the Kingdome and for the setling upholding and protecting of themselves and their accomplices in their unjust oppressive and Factious designes and proceedings 5. That they have jointly or severally invited encouraged abetted or countenanced divers Reformadoes and other officers and Souldiers tumultuously and violently to gather together at Westminster to affright and assault the Members of Parliament in passage to and from the House to offer violence to the House it selfe and by such violence outrages and threats to awe and inforce the Parliament The severall Heads of Charge the Army will by such Solicitors as they shall appoint when the House of Commons shall admit thereof make good in particulars each Head against some of the persons and some one Head or more against each of the persons and shall shortly give in the severall particulars against each person respectively which shall be made good by proofs the Army desiring to save and reserve to themselves the liberty of exhibiting any farther Charge against all or any of the said persons A Paper delivered to the Right Honorable Commissioners of Parliament now with the Army at S. Albans June 15. 1647. From his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Army vnder his Command Shewing I. THat in pursuance of the Representation delivered in we have prepared the Heads of a Charge against divers persons Members of the House of Commons to whom many passages in the said Representation do relate which we have delivered in to be speeded to the Parliament and shall when the Parliament shall have admitted thereof appoint fit persons to our and the Kingdomes behalfs to prosecute and make good the same II. That if the Parliament shall be pleased to admit these things into Debate and Consideration at the desire of the Army in behalf of themselves and the Kingdome and to proceed thereupon for a generall satisfaction therein we shall then desire 1. That the persons impeached in the said Charge may be forthwith suspended from sitting in the House without which we cannot reasonably expect such a proceeding upon any the things we have proposed as may probably bring the same to an happy or timely issue to the Kingdom or our selves or as may prevent the present Designes and practises so imminently indangering the Peace of this Nation if those same persons who have notoriously appeared most active in all the late proceedings to the prejudice and provocation of the Army and hazarding thus farre the Peace of the Kingdom shall continue in the same power Judges of those things relating to the Armies satisfaction and peace of the Kingdom 2. That there may be at least a months pay immediately sent down to the Army for a present supply out of which the Army shall pay fourteen dayes quarter for time to come and the other Fourteen dayes pay shall be accompted as part of Arrears And to this we must desire a present Resolution to be with us on Thursday next by noon at farthest 3. That if the Officers and Souldiers of the Army who have engaged for Ireland or those who have deserted the Army and come to London have since then received more then a Moneths pay there may be so much more money sent downe to the Army above the Moneths pay aforementioned as make up that Moneths pay to the Army equall to what such Officers and Souldiers have so received at London or elsewhere 4. That no Officers or Souldiers who have deserted the Army shall have any more paid them as for Arrears until the rest of the Army shall first be satisfied in point of their Arrears 5. Whereas there have been severall designs and Endeavours without Authority from the Parliament to raise and list new Forces within this Kingdome to draw together the Forces engaged for Ireland and march them towards London and other secret practices to engage the Kingdom in a second War We further desire that during the Debates and Transaction of this businesse betwixt the Parliament and the Army the Parliament would not suffer any new Forces to be raised within this Kingdome or any Forces to be invited or admitted out of any other Kingdome to this or any thing else to be done that may carry the face of a new War or of preparations thereunto which may endanger or interrupt the present proceeding to the settlement of the Liberties and peace of this Kingdom 6. That the Parliament would be pleased without delay to put the things contained in our severall Representations and Papers already given in into a speedy way of resolution and dispatch The present posture and condition of the Kingdome and Army As also of his Majestie himselfe not admitting delays By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax and Souldiers of the Army under his Command Signed by me John Rushworth S. Albans June 17. 1647. Severall Letters sent from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Officers of the Army To the Right Honorable the Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in Common-Councell assembled With their Answer to the said Letters Right Honorable WE received yours of the Eighteenth of this instant whereof though all passages were not so answerable to our expectation as we hoped yet we apprehend the same good affection in you towards this Army as was expressed in your former Letter And that not onely from the assurance of the worthy Gentlemen your Commissioners againe sent to us but also from that information we have received of your extraordinary endeavours to procure money for the Army To prevent further raising or listing of Souldiers and to procure those already Listed to bee disbanded some persons of your Militia onely having been active for the raising of them without your privity As likewise from that Letter fill'd with respect which you prepared and intended to us and being sent to

no more he the said Sir John Clotworthy contrary to the speciall trust reposed in him held secret intelligence with the said Earle of Ormond by Cypher or Character without the consent or knowledge of those others in commission with him and many weeks after the time so limited was expired and about the same time hee the said Sir John Clotworthy held secret intelligence with George Lord Digby then in Ireland beyond the time prefixed and without the consent of the said other Commissioners and in order thereunto the said Ormond and Digby lately imployed one Slingsby to come into this Kingdome about a designe concerning the Prince as he pretendeth 14. That the said Sir John Clotworthy Mr. Holles Sir Philip Stapleton by combination with the rest of the Members before named in further prosecution of the designes before mentioned well knowing that the Lord Lyle late President of Ireland was both faithfull and vigilant while he was trusted in the same Kingdome and had now this last spring made provisions ready to march into the field that the Lord Baron of Brohill Generall of the Parliaments Horse in Munster Col. Sir Arthur Loftus persons of honour and reputation of great fortunes in the said Kingdome lately came purposely into this Kingdome to exhibite and did exhibit many Articles of high treason against the Lord Inchiquin for betraying the Parliaments Army to the enemy as formerly he had done yet by the great power and violent interposition of the said Sir Clotworthy Mr. Holles Sir Philip Stapleton by the practice and combination aforesaid the said Articles have been obstructed and the businesse not suffered to come to a hearing and the said Lord Lisle hastily called out of Ireland and the power and command of the Parliaments forces in that Kingdome committed to the said Lord Inchiquin to the losse of this summers service and the expence of much treasure to make new preparations and whereas the said Lord Lisle being so suddenly called from thence as aforesaid did designe and depute Sir Hardres VValler Knight Major General of the forces there a man of known integrity and courage both for his service in England and Ireland and of considerable Fortunes there to take care of the said Lord Lisles Forces till the pleasure of the Parliament may be further known but the said Lord Inchequin upon the receite of a Letter from the said Sir John Clotworthy Mr. Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton or one of them or from some other person by their or one of their direction privity or procurement did expresse that hee had order or direction from London that no man that favoured the Independents under which name the said Lord of Inchequin hath comprehended all men that have shewed themselves opposite to Tyranny and Arbitrary government should have any trust or command there Nay although they were of another judgement yet if they would not prosecute the Independents they should not bee imployed there or words to that effect And under colour thereof the said Sir Hardres Waller and all others that had their Commissions from the said Lord Lisle while hee commanded were displaced to the discouragement of those and other faithfull persons to the Parliament and to the great dis-service and hazard of the losse of that Kingdome 15. That whereas a Committee of the House of Commons hath been lately appointed by the Parliament to consider of Propositions for the settling and preservation of Wales whereof the said Sir William Lewes and Mr. Glyn were and are Members and to report the same to the House They the said Sir William Lewes and Master Glyn with others of the said Committee did on the thirtieth day of April now last past without any authority of Parliament before any report made to the Houses of their owne accord in stead of settling and preserving Wales order that all Committees for Sequestrations should forbeare all proceedings of Sequestrations against all or any the Inhabitants of Wales And although some few persons were upon generall heads excepted yet by vertue of that illegall Order all the Commissioners of peace Commissioners of Association though never so active in pressing men and raising money for Forces against the Parliament all the Commissioners of Array that did or should at any time come in and submit to the Parliament or their Commanders in cheife all that had born armes against the Parliament unlesse they were Governours or other Officers of Warre that held some Towne Castle or Fort against the Parliament all disaffected and scandalous Mini●ters though in their Sermons they usually reviled and scandalized the Parliament and their proceedings calling them Rebels and Traitours and not onely incensing the people against the Parliament but usually taking up Armes and leading their Parishioners in armes upon any Alaram against the Parliament and many other desperate Delinquents have been and still are taken off and freed from sequestration and the said Order was sent to every severall Committee in Wales in severall Letters from the said Committee contrary to severall Orders and Ordinances of Parliament and contrary to the Rules of justice and equity which should impartially be administred as well in Wales as in other places of this Kingdome whereby the ill-affected Gentry and Ministery of that Country are growne so high insolent that honest men dare scare live amongst them so as that which was intended by the Parliament to settle and preserve Wales is by the practice of the said Sir William Lewes and Master Glyn perverted to the danger and destruction of it 16. That the said Sir William Lewis and Master Glyn have further ingratiated themselves with the Delinquents of Wales and prepared them for their said designes in manner following viz. hee the said Sir William Lewis hath within two yeares last past countenanced and protected many of the most notorious and dangerous Delinquents within the severall Countries of Southwales namely the Lord of Carbery and others in Carmarthinshire Master Crane and others in Glamorganshire Master Morgan late Knight of the shire Master John Herbert and others in B●ecknockshire Master Gwin Master Lewis and divers others in Radno●shire by freeing some of them altogether from compositions though sequestred by labouring divers Members of the House and of Committees to be favourable in compounding with others and to admitt of such to their compositions as were uncapable thereof And the said Sir William Lewis hath animated and incouraged some of the said persons to continue their fidelity unto the Kings cause promising them That if they would be friends with the King for him hee and his would be their friends in the Parliament in so much as his friends the Delinquents in those parts have lately looked upon him as a rising man when the King shall come to London which hath lately been their constant boasting And the said Sir William Lewis hath within two yeares last past caused divers that had been Commissioners for the King and had prest men and raised

the first Bienniall Parliament IV. That an Act be passed for disposing the great Offices for ten years by the Lords and Commons in Parliament or by such Committees as they shall appoint for that purpose in the intervalls with submission to the approbation of the next Parliament and after ten yeares they to nominate three and the King out of that number to appoint one for the succession upon any vacancy V. That an Act be passed for restraining of any Peers made since the 21. day of May 1642. or to be hereafter made from having any power to sit or Vote in Parliament without consent of both Houses VI. That an act be passed for recalling and making voyd all Declarations and other proceedings against the Parliament or against any that have acted by or under their authority in the late Warre or in relation to it And that the Ordinances for indempnity may be conffirmed VII That an Act be be passed for making voyd all Grants c. under the Great-Seale that was conveyed away from the Parliament since the time it was so conveyed away except as in the Parliaments Propositions and for making those valid that have been or shall be passed under the Great-Seale made by the authority of both Houses of Parliament VIII That an Act be passed for confirmation of the Treaties betweene the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland and for appointing Conservators of the peace betwixt them IX That the Ordinance for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries be confirmed by Act of Parliament Provided his Majesties Revenue be not damnified therein nor those that last held Offices in the same left without reparation some other way X. An Act to declare void the Cessation of Ireland c. and to leave the prosecution of that Warre to the Lords and Commons in the Parliament of England XI An Act to be passed to take away all coercive power authority and jurisdiction of Bishops and all other Ecclesiasticall Officers whatsoever extending to any civill penalties upon any and to repeale all Laws whereby the Civill Magistracy hath been or is bound upon any Ecclesiasticall censure to proceed ex officio unto any civill penalties against any persons so censured XII That there be a Repeale of all Acts or Clauses in any Act enjoyning the use of the Booke of Common-Prayer and imposing any penalties for neglect thereof as also of all Acts or Clauses in any Act imposing any penaltie for not comming to Church or for meetings elsewhere for Prayer or other religious duties excercises or Ordinances And some other provision to be made for discovering of Papists and Popish Recusants and for disabling of them and of all Jesultes or Priests from disturbing the State XIII That the taking of the Covenant be not inforced upon any nor any penalties imposed upon the Refusers whereby men might be constrained to take it against their judgements or consciences but all Orders or Ordinances tending to that purpose to be repealed XIV That the things here before proposed being provided for setling and securing the Rights Liberties Peace and safety of the Kingdome his Majesties person his Queen and Royall issue may be restored to a condition of safety Honour and freedome in this Nation without diminution to their personall Rights or further limitation to the exercise of the Regall power then according to the particulars aforegoing XV. For the matter of Compositions 1. That a lesser number out of the persons excepted in the two first qualifications not exceeding five for the English being nominated particularly by the Parliament who together with the persons in the Irish Rebellion included in the third qualification may be reserved to the further judgement of the Parliament as they shall finde cause All other excepted persons may be remitted from the exception and admitted to Composition 2. That the rates for all future Compositions may be lessened and limitted not to exceed the severall proportions hereafter exprest respectively That is to say 1. For all persons formerly excepted not above a third part 2. For the late Members of Parliament under the first branch of the fourth qualification in the Propositions a fourth part 3. For other Members of Parliament in the second and third branches of the same qualification a sixth part 4. For the persons nominated in the said fourth qualification and those included in the tenth qualification and eight part 5. For all others included in the sixth qualification a tenth part And that reall debts either upon record or proved by witnesses be considered and abated in the valuation of their estates in all the cases aforesaid 3. That those who shall hereafter come to compound may not have the Covenant put upon them as a condition without which they may not compound but in case they shall not willingly take it they may passe their Compositions without it 4. That the persons and estates of all English not worth two hundered pounds in Lands or Goods be at liberty and discharged And that the Kings meniall Servants that nere tooke up Armes but onely attended his person according to their Offices may be freed from Composition or to pay at most but the proportion of one yeares Revenue or a twentieth part 5. That in Order to the making and perfecting of Compositions at the rates aforesaid the Rents Revenues and other Duties and Profits of all sequestred Estates whatsoever except the Estates of such persons who shall bee continued under exception as before be from hence forth suspended and detained in the hands of the respective tenant occupants and others from whom they are due for the space of six moneths following 6. That the Faith of the Army or other foroes of the Parliament given in Articles upon surrenders to any of the Kings party may be fully made good and where any breach thereof shall appeare to have been made full reparation and satisfaction may be given to the parties injured and the persons offending being found out may be comeplled thereto XVI That there may be a generall Act of Oblivion to extend unto all except the persons to be continued in exception as before to absolve from all Trespasses Misdemeanours c. done in prosecution of the Warre and from all trouble or prejudice for or concerning the same after their compositions past and to restore them to all priviledges c. belonging to other Subjects provided as in the fourth particular under the second generall Head affore-going concerning security And whereas their have been of late strong indeavours and practises of a factious and desperate party to imbroyle this Kingdome in a new War and for that purpose to enduce the King the Queene and Prince to declare for the said party and also to excite and stirre up all those of the Kings late party to appeare and engage for the same which attempts and designes many of the Kings party out of their desires to avoid further misery to the Kingdome have contributed their indeavours to prevent as

wherein satisfaction was desired before they could give their certain resolution to the maine Question which were these 1. To know what particular Regiments Troops or Companies of this Army are to be continued in service in this Kingdom 2. To know under whose conduct and Command in chief those that engage for Ireland are to goe 3 What assurance there shall be of pay and subsistance to those that shall engage in this service for Ireland during their continuance therein 4. To have satisfaction in point of Arrears and indempnity for the service in England Upon each of these this Question was put to every Officer distinctly Quest Whether is this a thing wherein you desire satisfaction before you can give a certain Resolution to ingage in the service proposed Which question upon the third and fourth Propositions was resolved affirmatively Nemine contradicente Upon the second it was resolved affirmatively by all except Col. Harley Coll. Fortescue Col. Butler Major Fincher Lieut Colonell Iackson Capt. Farre and Capt Nevill Upon the first it was resolved affirmatively by all except the persons last mentioned and col Rich Major Ducket Capt. Ohara Capt Audley and captane Young Lastly those that were affirmative to the desiring of satisfaction in the first Proposition viz. To know what particular Regiments Troops or companies of this Army are to be continued in service in this Kingdom did declare That this was desired partly to this end That in giving the resolution to the main Question none that are not designed to stay in England may be with-held from engaging for Ireland by any secret expectation to be continued in England And partly to the end that those who shall engage the rather upon confidence of having the company of such as doe agree with them in the same conditions may not be deceived in that particular At a second Convention of Officers at the desire of Sir William Waller and the rest of the Commissioners at Saffron-Walden His Excellency being present Munday March 22. 1646. And the results following Present Lieut. Gen. Hamond Com. Gen. Ireton Col. Hamond col Harley col Whaley col Rich col Fortescu● col Lilburne col Okey col Hewson Leiut col Pride Leiut col Grimes Leiut col Jackson Major Swallow Major Huntington Major Cowell Major Sedascue Major Waade Capt. Brown Capt. Groves Cap Lawrence Captaine Ienkins Captaine Morgan Captaine Farre Captaine Goffe Capt Lagoe Cap. Gladman Capt. Nevill Capt. Pretty Capt. Ohara Capt. Leigh Captaine Audley capt Coleman capt Cannon capt Wallington capt Young Leiut Scottin Leiutenant Lloyd At the desire of the commissioners who now produced the Uotes of the house of Commons of the 16. of March concerning the raising of 60000. l. per moneth towards the payment of the Forces in England and Ireland the same were read unto the Officers and after some debate this question was proposed to every Officer distinctly Whether upon the Votes and resolutions of the House of Commons now read or any other consideration do you finde cause to alter or recede from the third Quaere yesterd y resolved on concerning assurance of pay and subsistance It was resolved in the Negative by all except col Harley col Fortescue and capt Young The same question being proposed concerning the fourth Article viz. To have satisfaction in payment of Arrears and indempnity c. Resolved in the Negative by all except capt Young The like question being proposed concerning the first quaerie to know what particular Regiments Troops or companies of this Army are to be continued in service in this Kingdome It past likewise in the Negatives all referring to the severall Votes upon the same yesterday delivered There being severall Officers now present who were not here yesterday at the debates viz. capt Rainsborow capt Persons capt Rawlins capt Musket capt Biscoe capt Wolfe capt Kirby The severall Votes of the House of Commons concerning the sending seven Regiments of Foot and of Horse into Ireland was read unto them as also the Votes of the House concerning the raising of 60000. l. per moneth towards the maintenance of the forces in England and Ireland the same question and quaeries thereupon which were yesterday propounded were now proposed to the ●●d last me●●●oned Officers severally and each Officer by himselfe declared his Vote to the first question viz. Whether they were now prepared to give their resolution Negative and to all the rest affirmative Captaine Young coming in declared That he receded from these things wherein yesterday he concurred to desire satisfaction and resolves upon the main question that he will ingage with as many of his Souldiers as he can get Captaine Denizon capt Bushell capt Cox and capt Pooley of Colonell Fortescues Regiment declare the same resolution with capt Young A Letter from the Generall to Mr. SPEAKER SIR I Received your Letter dated the 27. of this instant with an enclosed Order from the House of commons for the making stop of the further proceed in a Petition which the House was informed was carrying on in the Army In obedience to which I sent out orders to the Officers of the Regiments quartering in these parts of the Kingdome to meet at my quarters that I might enquire into the whole matter and take such course as might most effectually conduce unto the accomplishing your commands where having communicated your letter and Orders to them they did generally expresse a very deep sense of their unhappinesse in being misunderstood in their clear intentions which were no other then by way of Petition to represent unto me those inconveniencies which would necessarily befal most of the Army after disbanding desiring That as much as I should judge fit and seasonable might be submissively made knowne to the House of commons which otherwise your multiplicity of businesse intervening might not be remembred Assuring me that they would wholly acquiesce in whatsoever I should judge reasonable to offer or you to grant on their behalfe I have also according to your commands sent up Leiutenant Generall Hamond colonell Hamond colonell Lilburne Leiutenant colonell Pride and Leiutenant col Grimes to attend the Houses pleasure who I hope will give you as farre as they are acquainted therewith a full and candid account of the whole proceedings in this Petition Sir there is one clause in your Letter concerning all the Regiments marching this way which I do not understand except it be meant by Sir Hardresse Wallers Regiment which I have remanded away at the instance of Major Generall Skippon upon the grounds in his inclosed letter and colonell Hammonds and colonell Herbets now upon their march from Chester being dismist from that service Sir I trust the Army will ever manifest their affections to the publike by their constant perseverance in their accustomed obedience unto all your commands which shall be ever redily endeavoured by Your most humble Servant Tho. Fairfax For the Honourable William Lenthall Esquier Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons Walden March 30

in a representation of their common grievances and the Officers except as before did agree upon a Narrative accompt of the grounds rise and growth of the discontents in the Army and their proceedings in relation thereunto with an overture of the best expedients to remove or satisfie the same both which were presented to the same Members of the House and by them reported to the House and whereas the Parliament having thereupon voted and ordered some particulars only towards satisfaction of our grievances hath since proceeded to certaine resolutions of suddaine disbanding the Army by pieces which resolutions being taken and to be executed before full or equall satisfaction given to the whole Army in any of the grievances before effectuall performance of that satisfaction in part which the preceding Votes seemed to promise as to some of the grievances and before any consideration at all of some others most materiall as by the result of a generall Counsel of Warre on Saturday May 29. was in general declared and is now more fully demonstrated in particular by a representation thereupon agreed unto by us we all cannot but looke upon the same resolutions of disbanding us in such manner as proceeding from the same malicious and mischie●●●● Principles and in●●ntions and from the like indirect Practises of the same Persons abusing the Parliament and is as the former proceedings against us before mentioned did and not without carnall and bloudy purposts for some of them have not stuck to declare or intimate after the body of the Army should be disbanded or the souldiers divided from their Officers then to question proceed against and execute their malicious intentions upon all such particular Officers and souldiers in the Army as had appeared to act in the Premises in the behalfe of the Army and whereas upon a late Petition to the Generall from the Agitants in behalfe of the ●●uldiers gro●●d●d upon the preceding consider a●●●●● relating to the same resolutions of disbanding the same generall Counsell of warre to prevent the danger and inconveniences of those disturbings or tumultuous actings or con●●●ences which the dissatisfaction and Jealousie thereupon also grounded were like fuddainely to have produced in the Army to advise the Generall first to contract the Quarters of the Army and then to draw the same to an orderly Randezvous for satisfaction of all and that his Excellencie would immediately send up to move and desire the Parliament to suspend any present proceeding upon the said Resolution of disbanding to resume the Consideration of the grievances and desires sent up from the Army and not to disband it in pieces before just and equall satisfaction given to the whole And where 's some of the Regiments appointed for disbanding upon notice thereof withdrawing themselves from the Quarters adjacent to the appointed Randezvous and drawing towards the Head Quarters and the contracting their Quarters according to the said advice of the Counsell of Warre Wee the Officers and Souldiers of severall Regiments hereafter named are now met at a generall Randezvous and the Regiments appointed as aforesaid to be disbanded have not appeared not can appear but are resolved not to appear at the severall and respective Randezvous appointed as aforesaid for their disbanding and divers other things hath been done by severall other parties or Members of the Army necessarily relating to the good and concernment of the whole in these affaires Now for as much as we know not how far the malice Injustice and Tiranical Principles of our enemies that have already prevailed so farre to abuse the Parliament and the Army as is afore mentioned in the past proceedings against the Army may further prevaile to the danger and prejudice of our selves or any Officers or Souldiers of the Army or other persons that have appeared to act any thing in behalfe of the Army or how far the same may further prevaile to the danger or prejudice of the Kingdome in raising a new warre or otherwise Therefore for the better prevention of all such dangers prejudices or other inconveniences that may ensue and withall for better satisfaction to the Parliament and Kingdome concerning our desires of conferring to the Authority of the one and providing the good and quiet of the other in the present affairs of disbanding and for a more assured way whereby that affaites may come to a certaine issue to which purpose we herein humbly implore the present and continued assistance of God the Righteous Judge of all we the officers and soudliers of the Army subscribing hereunto do hereby declare agree and promise to and with each other and to and with the Parliament and Kingdome as followeth 1. That wee shall chearfully and readily disband when thereunto required by the Parliament or else shall many of us be willing if desired to ingage in further services either in England or Ireland having first such satisfaction to the Army in relation to our Grievances and desires heretofore presented and such security That we of our selves when disbanded and in the condition of private men or other the free-borne people of England to whom the consequence of our Case doth equally extend shall not remaine subject to the like oppression in jury or abuse as in the Premisses hath been attempeed and put upon us while an Army by the same mens continuance in the same credit power especially if as our Judges who have in these past proceedings against the Army so far prevailed to abuse the Parliament and us and to endanger the Kingdom and also such security that we our selves or any Member of this Army or others who have appeared to act any thing in behalfe of the Army in relation to the premises before recited shall not after disbanding be any way questioned prosecuted troubled or prejudiced for any thing so acted or for the entring into or necessary prosecution of this necessary agreement we say having first such satisfaction and security in these things as shall be agreed unto by a Counsell to consist of those generall Officers of the Army who have concurred with the Army in the Premises with two Commission Officers and two Souldiers to be chosen for each Regiment who have concurred and shall concurre with us in the Premises and in this agreement And by the major part of such of them who shal meet in Counsell for that purpose when they shall be thereunto called by the Generall 2. That without such satisfaction and security as aforesaid we shall not willingly disband nor divide nor suffer our selves to be disbanded or divided And whereas we find many strange things suggested or suspected to our great prejudice concerning dangerous Principles interests and designes in this Army as to the overthrow of Magistracy the suppression or hindering of Presbytery the establishment of Independent government or upholding of a generall licentiousnesse in Religion under pretence of Liberty of Conscience and many such things we shall very shortly tender to the Parliament a Vindication of the

declared for the same in generall terms so if things came to a way of settlement we should not be wanting in our sphaeres to owne that Generall Desire in any particulars of natural or civill right to His Majesties person or Family which might not prejudice or againe indanger the Publick and in the meane time Th●t his Majestie should find all personall civilities and respects from us with all reasonable freedome that might stand with safety and with the trust or charge lying upon us concerning His Person You have here the utmost sum of what hath passed from us to His Majesty and we could wish all men did rightly understand without misrepresentations every particular wherein as we know nothing not agreeable to Reason Justice Honesty or Conscience so we thought our selves concerned the rather to say and doe as we have towards his Majesty since He came within our Quarters because of those common prejudices suggested against us as if we were utter Enemies to Monarchy and all Civill Order and Government And for that particular of the Duke of Richmond and the Two Chaplains lately permitted to attend His Majesty It was not done without much reluctancy because therein we doubted we might be misunderstood by the Kingdomes best friends But upon His Majesties continuing importunity for it as a thing very nearly concerning His present inward and outward contentment and conceiving those persons such as we hoped would not do ill offices to prejudice the Peace of the Kingdome we did give way to it and the persons before they came had notice of the permission And as we then thought so we still do thinke that to allow him some such company of persons least dangerous whom former acquaintance may make him take pleasure in and the allowance of some such Chaplains of His own are things reasonable and just and the debarring of that liberty in the latter We doubt will but make him more prejudiced against other Ministers In general We humbly conceive that to avoid all harshnesse and afford all kind usage to his Majesties Person in things consisting with the Peace and Safety of the Kingdome is the most Christian Honorable and Prudent way And in all things as the Representation and Remonstrance of the Army doth expresse We think that tender equitable and moderate dealing both towards His Majesty His Royall Family and His late party so farre as may stand with safety to the Kingdome and security to our common Righrs and Liberties is the most hopefull course to take away the seeds of War or future Feuds amongst us for posterity and to procure a lasting Peace and Agreement in this now distracted Nation To the effecting and setling whereof with a secure provision first to be made for the common Rights and Liberties of the Kingdome and a due care to preserve and propagate the Gospell of Truth and Peace amongst us we shall hope that neither the Parliament nor his Majesty will be wanting And if God shall see it good to make us any way instrumentall thereunto or that we may otherwise see the same accomplisht we shall then thinke our selves indeed discharged from the publick engagements we have been called out unto more clearly and effectually then before such things were setled we could have thought our selves to be and to demonstrate our clearnesse from seeking self-advantages in what we did we shall thenceforth account it our greatest happinesse and Honor if God see it good to be disingaged and disinist not only from our military charges but from all other matters of Power or publick imployment whatsoever I have in these things spoke not in my owne Name alone but in the Name because I find it to be the clear sence of generality or at least of the most considerable part of the Army and I am confident you and the Kingdome will never find it otherwise I shall leave it to your favorable construction and commit all to the goodnesse of God for an happy issue I remain Your most humble servant Thomas Fairfax Reading July 8. 1647. For the Right Honorable The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament For the Right Honorable the Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel of the City of London My Lord and Gentlemen TO the end we may continue a right understanding betwixt you and us all along in the management of this great businesse with the Parliament the happy proceedings thereof so much concerning the safety and peace of this Kingdome we have given your Commissioners this day the copie of a Paper which we presented to the Commissioners of Parliament residing with us wherein we take notice of the true reasons of the slow progresse in the Treaty and declare where the stop remains And to the end that nothing may be wanting in us which might work toward the speedy settlement of the quiet of this Kingdome we have humbly offered what we can say will most effectually tend to remove those incumbrances and letts which stand between us and the universal good of the Kingdome and till that be done it cannot be expected that we should procure the Peace of this Kingdome by a Treaty but rather give occasion and opportunity thereby to others to ingage us in a second War which must necessarily hazzard the ruine of this Kingdome as also the certaine destruction of Ireland the reliefe whereof we should most effectually apply unto you were the affairs of England but once put into an hopefull posture It is a sudden and substantiall settlement of the whole we desire in a generall safe and well-grounded Peace and the establishment of such good Laws as may duly and readily render to every man their just Rights and Liberties and for the obtaining of these not only our intentions had led us to but we think that all the Blood Treasure and Labour spent in this War was for the accomplishing those very things which are of that concernement both to our selves and posterity that neither we nor they can live comfortably without them and thereof we hope your selvs will have the same sence and therefore improve your interest for the obtaining our just Desires in the Proposals now sent unto the Parliament which being granted and we secured from the danger of a War we shall proceed with chearefulnesse to the Treaty and doubt not in a short time to see an happy Conclusion to the satisfaction of all honest mens Expectation and that in all our undertakings we shall be found men of truth fully and singly answering the things we have held forth to the Kingdom in our severall Declarations and Papers without by or base respects to any private end or interest whatsoever By the appointment of his Excellency Sir T. Fairfax and his Councel of War Signed J. R. Secre. Reading July 8. 1647. A Paper delivered in by the Commissioners of Parliament Wednesday July 7. 1647. THat finding the expectation of the Parliament and Kingdom to be very great upon the speedy progresse and happy issue of this

satisfaction therein we have also given a Coppy thereof to your Commissioners to be herewith sent unto you Wee should not desire this or any thing else of that nature were wee not perswaded that what we desire is seasonable and for yours and the Kingdomes good and quiet And we should willingly have been silent as to this but considering the just jealousies which lye against some persons now authorized in the exercise of that power amongst you and those attempts which have been made by some who would have engaged your City to a Warre had not your Lordships and the Court of Aldermen and Common-Couns●ll by your wisedome prevented it by getting those Votes which were passed by the Militia made Null Wee cannot in a case of this importance but deale freely with you in desiring your concurrence with ours to the Parliament that the Militia may be changed into those hands out of which it was taken of whose care and fidelity to the Publicke there hath been so long and large experience as few ages have parallel'd And if the interest we have so long fought for be still the same let it not seeme strange that we desire both of the Parliament and Cit● that those may be in places of such a Trust who have given the best proofe of their courage and constancy in prosecation of the same Having thus farre declared our selves with all freedom and clearnesse to you as we doe not dobut of your good acceptance of our intention therein so we desire your forwardnesse in a worke so much tending to mutuall confidence and to prevent the designes of any who would be glad to put obstructions in the way to a happy conclusion and envy nothing more then the continuance of a right understanding betweene you and us By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Councell of Warre Signed John Rushworth Secr. Reading July 19. 1647. A further Proposall from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Counsell of Warre of the Army under his Command WHereas divers persons really affected to the weale and peace of this Kingdome many whereof have engaged their estates and lives with the Parliament in the late warre are now imprisoned indicted and otherwise very grievously vexed and many others lyable to the like trouble by force or pretence of severall Statutes especially intended against those who repaire not to some Church or Chappell to heare the Book of Common-prayer or against those who are Popish Recusants and by their not going to Church might be discovered and against those who should hold any Conventicles of meetings to plot and conspire some mischiefe to the State Now forasmuch as the Parliament hath declared against the Booke of Common-prayer and that the said Act against the Conventicles was not intended against people meeting only for Religious Exercises We therefore desire That all persons proceeded against upon the Statutes of 35. Eliz. 3. Jacobi or upon any other Statutes or Acts whatsoever of the same Tenour with the premises may be forth-with discharged from their imprisonments indictments or any other molestation whatsoever by vertue of the fore-mentioned Statutes unlesse such persons shall be proved either Popish Recusants that by some other way then by their not comming to Church or to have in such private meetings as aforesaid some perjurious designe conspiracy and practice against the State And for a more effectuall course herein We desire that the Parliament would be pleased to give Orders accordingly to all the Judges of Assizes for this next Circuit throughout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales as part of their Instructions to acquit all persons suffering as aforesaid by vertue or under pretence of the said Statutes otherwise then as before excepted to give the whole matter so in charge that all Justices of the Peace whom else the same shall concerne may not henceforth attempt to bring the like trouble upon any other of the well-affected people of this Kingdome under the like pretence as they will answer the contrary at their perill Redding July 21. 1647. By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councell of Warre Signed John Rushworth Secr. My Lords and Gentlemen WEe received this inclosed paper the last night from the hands of a very well-affected Citizen it was delivered him by an Officer of the City Militia who being invited to meet some Citizens at Skinners Hall upon Wednesday last with divers others to signe the same and offering to dispute against the matter of it to shew how dangerous and illegall it was was silenc't and told that it was not to be disputed but to be signed and joyned in there being divers Citizens and others at the same place for that purpose which when he understood he tooke this printed copy away with him By the contents of which when you read it you will easily pereeive what it tends to and how desperate and dangerous it is to the hazard of the whole Kingdome and to frustrate all those endeavours of the Parliament the Army and Kingdome for an happy settlement and likewise to precipitate all into a new and bloudy Warre we cannot therefore but acquaint you that we looke on this as a businesse set on foote by the malice of some desperate minded men this being their last Engine for the putting all into confusion when they could not accomplish their wicked ends by other means To this have all secret listings tended and wee wish that the needlesse and superfluous li●ing of Auxiliaries and connivance at the continuance of the Reformadoes about the Cities of London and Westminster have not had the same aime and by this wee hope it will appeare that our jealousies and feares of some such desperate designe to be hatched in and about the City considering the temper of men there have not bin groundless nor our desires to draw neer the City of London with the army to disappoint and break all such plots and to free the Parliament from the violence of them have not been without just cause and wee desire all indifferent different men to judge whether our with-drawing from the Citie in obedience to the Parliaments command was for their the Kingdoms security or not we wonder that divers men did calumniate that our marching so near the City and put so bad Representations upon it as that it tended to force the Parliament or to plunder the City seeing our doing so was to break that black design which now begins to shew it selfe in its colours whereas indeed our consciences witness with us that our aimes were clear and honest tending to restore the Parliament into its just liberty which was much abated in the eyes of all the Kingdome and no doubt by the Authors and contrivers of this new Covenant and engagement some whereof have been so farre from assisting to put the Reformadoes and other dangerous persons out of the Lines that now they are called to joyn in this conspiracy

being duly setled we shall be as ready also to assure unto the King his just Rights and authority as any that pretend it never so much for the better upholding of an ill cause and the countenance of tumultuous violence against the Parliament the which our honest just and necessary undertakings as we are resolved to pursue with the utmost hazzard of our lives and fortunes so wee doubt not but we shall find Gods accustomed goodnesse and assistance with as therein till wee have brought them to a good and happy conclusion for this poore distracted and languishing Kingdome A REMONSTRANCE From his Excellency S ir THO FAIRFAX And the Army under his Command WHen by the blessing of God upon the endeavours of this Army and other forces of the Parliament the adverse forces and Garrisons within this Kingdome were dissipated and reduced a present quiet and freedome of Trade and all Commerce and businesse restored to all parts of the Kingdome and an hopefull way made for setling of a sound lasting Peace on good termes for the Interest of the Kingdome instead of the hoped fruit of our labours and hazzards and of the Kingdomes vast expence in the dispensing of Justice and Righteousnesse and the setling and upholding of common Right and freedome to the Subjects of this Nation we found immediately the crosse-workings of a strong and prevalent Partie in the Parliament and Kingdome who walking under the maske of the Parliaments friends but being in truth men of corrupt and private ends and Interests different from and destructive to the reall and common Interest of the Kingdome made use of their power to obstruct and pervert Justice to injure oppresse and crush the peaceable and well-affected people of the Kingdome to abridge and overthrow all just freedome and libertie and drive on designes to set up a Party and faction in the Parliament and Kingdome and by the advantage of a perpetuall Parliament to domineere over and inslave the Kingdome to posteritie And for that end to make such a Peace with the King if any as without any just provision for the common and true Interest of the people and the securitie thereof for future would serve onely to make up and establish their own greatnesse and the affected domination of themselves and their Partie over all others To all which ends as before this Parliament the ignominious names of Puritan and Non-conformist and the specious pretences for setling of Order Decencie and Uniformity in Religion were made use of to the prejudice trouble and suppressing of all that appeared either for the Truth and power of Religion or for the Rights and Liberties of the Kingdome and towards the advancing at once both of an Ecclesiasticall and Civill tyranny So this generation of men in the application of the Parliaments Power succeeding the former in the exercise of the Kings have made use of the odious names of Brownists Anabaptists Independents Hereticks Schismaticks or Sectari●s of one sort or other to blast such men in whom the Truth and power of Religion or a just sense of the common Interest of the Kingdome hath appeared and have held forth the pretences of Reformation and Uniformity to colour and countenance their Designes of setting up their owne irreligious or pharisaicall domineering faction to the oppression of all other people And herein they have had a great advantage to further their aforesaid Designes by reason of the jealousies which many Conscientious men of the Presbyterian Judgement have enterrained concerning this Army and concerning divers other eminent and worthy Instruments of the Kingdomes good who being in places of publick trust and power were supposed to be of the Independent way In pursuance of their aforesaid designe● they endeavoured and by their power and influence upon the Parliament and the advantage of such pretences as aforesaid very much prevailed to put out of all places of power or publick trust the most sob●● and co●sciencious men and such as had approved themselves faithfull to the publick interest throughout all the late troubles and to put in debauched and dissolute men or such as would for advantage serve their prevate interests and for that end in cases where they could not otherwise prevaile procured such Garrisons to be slighted and such powers to be recalled though more necessary to have been continued which they found in the hands of persons of the former sort and such to be continued though lesse necessary as they found in the hands of the later And the better to strengthen themselves in their designes closing with a very po●●●●ul party in the Citie of London they first with much activitie endeavoured and prevailed to new modell the Common-Councell and forme the same to their own party and then stirred them up to Petition amongst other things concurrent to their ends for the alteration of the City Militia who by their continuall violent and pressing Importunitie at the Parliaments doores wrung from the Parliament an Ordinance for that purpose whereby they procured the power of that Militia the speciall influence whereof upon the Citie and Kingdome and upon the Parliament it selfe being the onely guard they had for their safe sitting is evident to all men to be taken out of those hands in which it had been continued without out prejudice and with great and known security and advantage both co the Parliament City and Kingdome throughout the late troubles and this without any exception either then or since made against them and to be put into the hands of such others as were at best of doubtfull affections to the interest of the Parliament and Kingdome but indeed men given up and ingaged to the private interests and designes of the said factious party as hath since too evidently appeared and as in the late Declaration of the Army concerning the grounds of our advance towards London is more fully remonstrated And finding this Army not for their turnes they made it their maine worke to dis-band or breake it in pieces even before the reliefe of Ireland were provided for or the peace of this Kingdome setled And though all this went under the pretence of easing the present burthen● of the Kingdome yet at the same time they designed and went about to put the Kingdome to the expence and trouble of raising and forming a new force under pretence as for the service of Ireland but evidently designed and so framed as to serve their own ends and purposes aforesaid in England And being many of them filled and acted with personall envy and others with malignity of principles and interests against this Army and the worke of God by it It would not serve their turne to breake or dis-band it but it must be with all possible dishonour injury oppression and provocation that they could put upon it And it was too evident that their endeavour was not onely to put it off without the honour or satisfaction due to it for the service it had done but to