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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

without the Generals privity where he is still kept Prisoner at great expences and not brought to tryall which president may equally extend to any or all in the Army Which said particular bearing with it the face of delay and protraction we cannot but looke upon as a just cause of trouble unto us 4 That whereas we understand that the Parliament hath voted asudden disbanding of the ARMY not having made a sufficient provision for the auditing of our Arrears and stating of our accounts so fully as we may not be liable to future charges concerning them our owne reason and the experience of others doth make us sensible how difficult chargeable and uncerrain the oftaining thereof will be after we are disbanded and dispersed to our severall homes 5 That no provision hath been made for the payment of our dearly earned wages to the expence of our blood and often hazard of our lives saving a Vote of six weeks pay upon disbanding Now at the consummation of our work which is so small that it will inevitably expose us especially the private Souldiers to great extremity being searse sufficient to maintain many of them in their journey to their own homes 6 That nothing as yet hath been perfected for our future security for things done as Souldiers in relation to the warre which the exigency thereof and difficulties therein hath compelled us unto the want whereof we cannot chuse but be very sensible of when we consider the many sad examples of bitter and rigorous prosecutions at Law against Souldiers for acts done in order to the promotion of the Kingdomes service 7 That we stand in feare especially the private Souldiers of being impressed or inforced to serve as Souldiers out of the Kingdome many having spent themselves freely and voluntarily in the publicke service forsaking their trades and friends and livelihoods to which many desire to returne again for their better future subsistance 8 That whereas divers of us especially the private Souldiers who were Apprentices in London or other parts of the Kingdome have voluntarily engaged themselves in this service being incouraged thereunto by the Parliaments Declarations shewing that the time they should so spend in the prosecution thereof should be as effectuall in order to their Freedome as if they had remainened with their severall respective Masters Notwithstanding which many have refused to give us freedome who may justly claim it by the aforesaid Declarations for that purpose 9 That many Souldiers who have l●st their lives Widowes their Husbands and Children their Parents in this service and thereby are reduced to great poverty even to beggery are not sufficiently provided for a future livelihood 10 That whereas divers persons both privately and publickly laboured by evill aspersions and false calumnies to render us odious to the Kingdom thereby seeking to alienate their affections from us in order to which they have published many Bookes viz. Ma. Edwards his Gangraena and divers others of that nature and also very lately a report divulged abroad that wee had petitioned his Majesty inviting him to come to the head of the Army and that we would restore him to his Crowne Throne and Dignity A person of eminence averred before a very great and publik convention in the Citie of London that he saw a Copy of that Petition which was delivered to his Majesty And that the Army was no longer a New Modell but had 4000. Cavaliers in it that hee comming from the Fountaines head perceived that the King and Cavaliers have their single and whole dependency upon this Army And others priva●ly suggesting the same by dispersing severall copies of the said pretended Petition the severall particulars whereof wee protest against as most false and are most confident that it proceeded not from any probable ground which might argue such an intention in us but singly from the malice of our enemies 11 That notwithstanding the great care of the Committee and Treasurers for the Army and the cheerfull readinesse of the most Counties in paying their Assesments as these where we now quarter generally affirme neverthelesse through want of pay the private Souldiers are necessitated to take free quarter for the present which is very irksome to be so burdensame to the kingdome Having thus according to your commands as fully as we are able accounted unto you what is the true genuine sense of the Army and not their imaginary but reall grievances which inevitably fall upon us except the Parliament in their wisdomes take some effectuall course to prevent them and as we if the time allowed to us by you would permit we could clearly demonstrate unto you we therefore assume the boldnesse to desire you to be sensible with us of what we have offered unto you and to present unto the Parliament the particulars aforesaid in such humble way and manner as you conceive most effectuall to the accomplishment of our future quiet and wel-being That you will doe us right if in case any of our actions be mis-represented to the Parliament That you will do us right if in case any of our actions be mis-represented to the Parliament That you will as farre as justly you c●● cover 〈◊〉 weaknesse if any thing of that nature hath slipt us in the transaction of this to weighty and considerable an importance that the integrity of our hearts is not hid from you and which we doubt not but will clearly appeare notwithstanding the malice or secret workings of any person whatsoever seeking to asperse us when our proceedings herein shall be throughly inquired into And if any thing expressed herein may appeare or be understood otherwise by the Honourable Houses of Parliament we desire you will declare the minde and sense of us all which is that we have endevoured to our utmost in all our expressions to avoid things which might offend or in the least manner intrench upon the honour and authority of the Parliament for which we have adventured all we have in this world that is deare unto us But if any reflection may seem to touch upon some particulars our intentions are no other then towards those who have abused the Parliament Kingdome and a faithfull Army A list of the severall respective Officers interested herein Collonells Robert Hammond Jo. Lambert Rich. Engolesby Ed. Whaley Jo. Okey Jo. Hewson Nath. Rich. Lieutenan-Collonels Isaac Ewer Mark Grime Tho. Pride Edw. Salmon Tho. Reade Jo. Jubbs Majors Tho. Smith Wroth Rogers Io. Wade Dan. Axtell Io. Desborough Ad. Scroop Geo. Sedacive Ro. Huntington Thomas Horton Ro Swallow Will. Cowel Captaines Iohn Reynolds Tho. Disney Io. Pitchford I. Carter Hen. Binfield Sam. Grames Dan. Dale Io. Grove W●lliam Rainborough Walter Bethel Tho. Ireton Will. Col●man Will Evanson A●ariah Husbands Sam. Gardiner Ben. Burgesse Will. St●eetham Io. Ienkin Hen Pritty Rich. Zanchy Hen. Cannon Tho. Pennifather Io. Spooner Io. Gladman Cap. Lieuten Will. Reade Ro. Kerby Cap. Lieut. Rich. Aske Tobias Bridges Io. Clarke Edm. Rolse Ioseph Blisset Oriell Smith