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england_n	justice_n	lord_n	thomas_n	3,038	5	8.3600	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40036	The humble petition of His Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax, and the General Councel of officers of the Army under his command to the Honorable, the Commons of England in Parliament assembled. Die Sabbathi, 20 Januarii, 1648. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that the petition of the general, and the general councel of the officers of the Army under his command, this day presented to the House, be forthwith printed. H: Scobel, cler. Par. d. com.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Proceedings. 1648-01-20.	1648 (1648)	Wing F163A; ESTC R221516	1,913	9

THE HUMBLE PETITION Of His Excellency THOMAS Lord FAIRFAX AND THE General Councel of Officers OF THE ARMY under His Command To the Honorable The COMMONS of ENGLAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED Die Sabbathi 20 Januarii 1648. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That the Petition of the General and the General Councel of the Officers of the Army under His Command this day presented to the House be forthwith printed H Scobel Cler. Parl. D. Com. London Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons Jan. 22. 1648. To the Honorable The COMMONS of England IN PARLIAMENT assembled The humble Petition of His Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax and the General Councel of Officers of the Army under His command IN our late Remonstrance of the 18th of November last we propounded next after the Matters of publique Justice some Foundations for a general Settlement of Peace in the Nation which we therein desired might be formed and Established in the nature of a general Contract or Agreement of the People And since then the matters so propounded being wholly rejected or no consideration of them admitted in Parliament though visibly of highest moment to the Publique and all ordinary Remedies being denied we were necessitated to an extraordinary way of Remedy whereby to avoid the Mischiefs then at hand and set you in a condition without such obstructions or diversions by corrupt Members to proceed to matters of publique Justice and general Setlement Now as nothing did in our own hearts more justifie our late undertaking towards many Members in this Parliament then the Necessity thereof in order to a sound Settlement in the Kingdom and the integrity of our Intentions to make use of it onely to that end So we hold our selves obliged to give the People all Assurance possible That our opposing the corrupt closure endeavored with the King was not in Design to hinder Peace or Setlement thereby to render our Imployments as Soldiers necessary to be continued and that neither that extraordinary course we have taken nor any other proceedings of ours have been intended for the setting up of any particular Party or Interest by or with which to uphold our selves in Power and Dominion over the Nation but that it was and is the desire of our hearts in all we have done with the hindering of that imminent evil and destructive Conjunction with the KING to make way for a Settlement of the Peace and Government of this Kingdom upon Grounds of FREEDOM and SAFETY And therefore because our former overtures for that purpose being onely in general terms and not reduc'd to a certainty of particulars fit for practice might possibly be understood but as plausible pretences not intended really to be put into effect we have thought it our duty to draw out those generals into an intire frame of particulars ascertained with such circumstances as may make it effectively practicable And for that end while your time hath been taken up in other matters of high and present importance we have spent much of ours in preparing and perfecting such a Draught of Agreement and in all things so circumstantiated as to render it ripe for your speedier consideration and the Kingdoms acceptance and practice if approved and so we do herewith humbly present it to you Now to prevent misunderstanding of our intentions therein we have but this to say That we are far from such a spirit as positively to impose our private apprehensions upon the judgements of any in the Kingdom that have not forfeited their Freedom and much less upon your selves neither are we apt in any wise to insist upon circumstantial things or ought that is not evidently Fundamental to that Publike Interest for which you and we have declared and ingaged But in this tender of it we humbly Desire I. That whether it shall be fully approved by you and received by the people as it now stands or not It may yet remain upon Record before you a perpetual witness of our real intentions and utmost endeavors for a sound and equal Settlement and as a Testimony whereby all men may be assured what we are willing and ready to acquiesce in and their jealousies satisfied or mouthes stopt who are apt to think or say we have no Bottom II. That with all expedition which the immediate and pressing great affairs will admit it may receive your most mature Consideration and Resolutions upon it not that we desire either the whole or what you should like in it should be by your authority imposed as a Law upon the Kingdom for so it would lose the intended nature of an Agreement of the People but that so far as it concurs with your own judgements it may receive your seal of Approbation onely III. That according to the method propounded therein it may be tendred to the people in all parts to be subscribed by those that are willing as Petitions and other things of a voluntary nature are and that mean while the ascertaining of those circumstances which it refers to Commissioners in the several Counties may be proceeded upon in a way preparatory to the practice of it And if upon the accompt of Subscriptions to be returned by those Commissioners in April next there appear to be a general or common Reception of it amongst the people or by the well-affected of them and such as are not obnoxious for Delinquency it may then take place and effect according to the Tenor and Substance of it By the Appointment of His Excellency and the General Councel of Officers JOHN RUSHWORTH Secr' FINIS