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A80110 A collection of passages, concerning his Excellency and officers, at the Tower of London where they dined yesterday, being Tuesday Feb. 1. 1647 and several speeches were made by his Excellency, and the lieutenant of the Tower and the rest of the officers. With the disbanding of all his Excellencies Life-guard. Also the copy of a letter sent from his Excellency to all collonels, and commanders in chief, in the Kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales. 1648 (1648) Wing C5170; Thomason E425_6; ESTC R204552 1,903 8

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A COLLECTION OF Passages concerning his Excellency and Officers at the TOWER OF LONDON WHERE They Dined yesterday being Tuesday Feb. 1. 1647 AND Several Speeches were made by his Excellency and the Lieutenant of the Tower and the rest of the Officers WITH The disbanding of all his Excellencies Life-Guard ALSO The Copy of a Letter sent from his Excellency to all Collonels and Commanders in Chief in the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales Printed at London by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield neere the Queens-head Tavern 1646. A NARRATIVE Of His Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX'S Comming To LONDON to his House in Queenstreet and his Dinner in the TOWER To which his Excellency was invited by Col. Tit●hburn Lieutenant of the Tower HIS Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax with a few Gentlemen came from Winsor to London on Saturday January 29 but had intended a day sooner onely was stayed to dispatch some businesse of consequence at the Head-quarters And lyes at his owne House in Queen-street But the Head-quarters continue at Winsor still And for the ease of the Kingdome is disbanding of His own Life-Guard that so the Kingdom may be put to as little charges as may be His Excellency was by Colonel Titchburne Lieutenant of the Tower of London invited to dinner to the Tower on Tuesday February the first instant to which His Excellency granted And on the said Tuesday in the morning Colonell Sir Hardresse Waler Colonel Baxter Colonell Whaley and severall other Colonels and Officers waited upon His Excellency at His house in Queene streete where His Excellency received and answered severall Petitions About 11 of the Clocke His Excellency with the Officers went from his House and came to the Tower about 12. where His Excellency was entertained by the Lieutenant thereof And dined His Excellency and Officers with the said Leiutenant were very cheerefull and had such good discourse of the mercies of God as may be a patterne to all others in the Kingdome And this may remind us and His Excellency and Officers also of that sweet harmony which was in the reciprocall imbraces of all at the thanksgiving dinner which his Excellency lately invited his Officers to at which time ther was a renumeration of the great mercies of God to them at which time there was much of Gods goodnesse repeated and what wonderfull things God had done for them which was a generall meeting of above one hundred Officers with such imbraces and much love and expressions of mirth and affections His Excellency on Tuesday aforesaid came onely privately to dinner to the Tower and kept no Councell there onely with the Lieutenant and some Officers viewed the Artillery and the Magazeen and made some inquiry into the state of things Some speeches passed from His Excellency from the Lieutenant and from the rest and all tending to love and peace and the execution of the Ordinances and Instructions from the Parliament and to assist the two Houses of Parliament against all opposers His Excellency gave some instructions to the Lieutenant of the Tower and returned backe to His House in Queene-streete but the Head quarters are still at Winsor Dated at the Tower of London Tuesday the 1 of Feb. 1647. The Copy of an ORDER Sent to every Commander in Chiefe inclosed in a Letter from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Generall of all the Parliaments Forces in England and VVales BY vertue of a warrant to me directed from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight Generall of all the Forces in England and Wales And according to and in pursuance of the late Resolutions and Orders of Parliament for disbanding of the supernumerary Forces under my command I do hereby publish and declare the of under the command of to be from hence forth Disbanded And all Officers and Souldiers thereof are from henceforth discharged from any further command or duty relating to each other as Officers or Souldiers of the said Troop or otherwise in relation to the Service of the Parliament And all and every of them are hereby required forth with to depart and repaire to their severall houses or places of abode or where their severall occasions doe lye Given under my Hand and Seale By His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight Generall of all the Parliaments Forces in England and Wales WHereas in pursuance of severall Resolutions and Orders of Parliament for the disbanding of supernumerary Forces I have lately given a Warrant or Order to you directed under my Hand and Seal wherin under your Command were appointed to be disbanded as Supernumeraries and all due compliance with the Commissioners of Parliament imployed for that purpose and all ready obedience was required on your part in the dispatch of that Service These are further to authorize and require you That the thing appointed by the Parliament to be don in Order to disbanding being performed so soon as you shall be ther unto required by the said Commissioners you doe cause Proclamation for disbanding to be made and published in the head of each that is to be bisbanded to the effect and according to the forme here inclosed it is to passe in your Name and under your hand and Seale as by VVarrant from me And upon the publication thereof you are to cause all Officers and Souldiers of the said respective to seperate and depart according to the effect thereof and for so doing this shall be your warrant Given under my Hand and Seale the first day of February 1647. To Collonel or the Commander in cheife with His Forces FINIS Feb. 1. 1647. Imprimatur Gil. Mabbot