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A80940	Lieut: General Cromwels letter to the honorable William Lenthal Esq; speaker of the honorable House of Commons, concerning his last proceedings in the kingdom of Scotland, in order to the establishment of a firm and lasting peace between the two nations: all the enemies forces there being disbanded. With another letter from the Lieutenant General to the Committee of Estates, representing the great damage the kingdom of England hath received from that kingdom by the late invasion. And the Committee of Estates ansvver thereunto. Together with a declaration of their proceedings in opposition to the late unlawful engagement against England. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that these letters, answer and declaration be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing C7108A; Thomason E468_19; ESTC R205338	11,336	16

in hazard and his Restitution which they pretended rendred more difficult and endeavors used to break the Union and Peace betwixt the kingdoms and to continue so far as was in their power a lasting War betwixt this kingdom and our neighbor Nation with whom we are joyned in Covenant This being the true estate of Affairs We did finde it most necessary for us to joyn in Arms together against these Covenant breakers and their Adherents who had invaded England and were disturbing the Peace of this Kingdom and who under a specious pretence of seeking the Kings Honor Freedom and safety were seeking their own Honor and base private ends and have made the Kings condition harder then ever it was before this course being the onely means which was left us whereby to endeavor the preservation of Religion our native Countrey and the Peace and Union betwixt the kingdoms and our own Consciences being ready to condemn us if we should sit still and suffer Religion to be ruined England to be further provoked by detaining their Garisons and this kingdom to be enslaved and brought under the yoke of a perpetual bondage When we had put our selves in a posture for our own defence near Edenburgh the Earl of Crawford the Earl of Lanerick George Monro and other Commanders of the Forces joyned with them having Marched to Inneresk sent unto us some Articles upon which they desired to Treat for removing all differences betwixt us but these Demands being very unreasonable and inconsistent with Religion the Covenant and Treaties betwixt the kingdoms We refused to admit them to be the subject of a Treaty yet were content if they had any other thing to propound which might conduce to the setling of Truth and Peace according to the Covenant to appoint some from us to Treat with the like number authorized by them at any place equally distant from both Armies Whereupon they professed a readiness to have all differences ended by a Treaty that an intestine War might be prevented but they assigned so short Dyets for us to return our Answers about the necessary circumstances to be agreed on before a Treaty could begin as the time was elapsed before we could be well convened and then they took the advantage of marching away whilest we continued in our Quarters in expectation of a Treaty by which means they gained the pass at Sterling and surprized our Forces there killing some and taking others Prisoners when they were in security being advertised that there was a Treaty betwixt us All this notwiths●a●ding so desirous were we of the Peace of this almost ruined kingd●m as passing over all the provocations given unto us wereadily entertained all proffers to Treat and upon the 〈◊〉 of September Commissioners on both sides met at Woodside together with some Ministers and Elders from the Commission of the Kirk but after three days debate that Treaty during which their Army was grievously plundering the Countrey produced little else but delays they refusing to accept of any conditions without rewards for their service Liberty to Transport the Irish Forces in a Body to Ireland security for their Lives Estates Honors Fortunes and Places and assurance that none who had been accessory to the late Engagement should be questioned either by us or by the kingdom of England for any thing done by them in relation thereunto which was impossible for us to grant without involving our selves in the guilt of the Engagement and giving occasion of quarrel against us to our Neighbor Nation in whose names we could promise nothing without their advice and consent And here we cannot but remark that these Lords and others who in Parliament and otherwise pretended so great a zeal for his Majesties Honor Freedom and Safety yet in all their Demands to us in this Treaty they never made the least desire of any thing for the King but were ready to close an agreement with us when ever they could get satisfaction in what concerned their own Honor Feedom and Interest So soon as we understood that the Forces of the Parliament of England were come to the Borders for pursuit of the common Enemy and reducing the Garisons of Barwick and Carlisle We wrote a Letter from Falkirk to the Commander in Chief of these Forces and sent two from us with Instructions to acquaint him with the estate of our Affairs particularly our proceedings in the Treaty and to assure them that we would contribute our utmost endeavors for the restitution of the Towns of Barwick and Carlisle to the Parliament of England to whom they do of right belong In return whereunto we received from Lieut. General Cromwel a Letter to this purpose That upon the defeat of the Forces of the Duke of Hamilton they had received in command to prosecute the Victory until the Enemy were put out of a condition or hope of growing into a new Army and the Garisons of Berwick and Carlisle were reduced in pursuance of which commands they had resolved to advance into Scotland with their Army for obtaining their Garisons and that the common Enemy might be the sooner brought to a submission to reasonable conditions withal ingaging themselves that so soon as they should know from us that the Enemy should yield to these things we had proposed to them and the Garisons of Berwick and Carlisle were delivered they should forthwith depart out of this Kingdom After receipt of this Letter we sent some of our number with Power and Instructions to do their utmost endeavor for obtaining the Towns of Berwick and Carlisle to be surrendred to him for the use of the Honorable Houses of the Parliament of England and to represent our earnest desire and firm resolution to preserve inviolable the Union betwixt the Kingdoms according to the Covenant and Treaties and since they had resolved in obedience to the Commands laid upon them to send Forces into this Kingdom for pursuing the common Enemy therefore to desire that those which should be sent might be such as would give no offence or scandal to the Ministery and well-affected in this Kingdom Upon the 18. of Septemb. some Propositions were sent unto us from those at Sterling to which we returned an Answer upon the 20. And after a new meeting at Kirklistoun with Commissioners from them Articles of Agreement were drawn up and subscribed by the Commissioners on both sides which are now published in print In all which proceedings we have studied to set before our eyes the Honor of God and the good of Religion the preservation of our Laws and Liberties and of the Union betwixt the Kingdoms And to the end it may further appear to this kingdom and to all the World that no sinister end or wordly design for self-interest hath stirred us up to this course we do declare First of all That we have both matter of deep humiliation before God and thanksgiving to him when we consider his gracious dispensation towards us in preserving a remnant

great loss prejudice was brought upon our Nation even to the endangering the total ruine thereof And although God did by a most mighty and strong hand and that in a wonderful maner destroy their Designs yet it is apparent that the same ill-affected Spirit still remains and that there are divers persons of great quality and power who were either the Contrivers Actors or Abettors of the late unjust War made upon the kingdom of England now in Scotland who undoubtedly do watch for all advantages and opportunities to raise dissensions and divisions between the Nations Now forasmuch as I am Commanded to prosecute the remaining part of the Army that invaded the Kingdom of England wheresoever it should go to prevent the like miseries and considering that divers of that Army are retired into Scotland and that some of the heads of those Malignants were raising new Forces in Scotland to carry on the same Design and that they will certainly be ready to do the like upon all occasions of advantage and forasmuch as the Kingdom of England hath lately received so great damage by the failing of the Kingdom of Scotland in not suppressing Malignants and Incendiaries as they ought to have done and by suffering such persons to be put into places of great Trust in the Kingdom who by their Interest in the Parliament and Countreys brought the Kingdom of Scotland so far as they could by an unjust Engagement to invade and make War upon their Brethren of England My Lords I hold my self obliged in prosecution of my Duty and Instructions to demand That your Lordships will give assurance in the Name of the Kingdom of Scotland that you will not admit or suffer any who have been active in or consenting to the said Engagement against England or have lately been in Arms at Sterling or elsewhere in the maintenance of that Engagement to be employed in any publique Place or Trust whatsoever and this is the least Security I can demand I have received an Order from both Houses of the Parliament of England which I hold fit to communicate to your Lordships whereby you will understand the readiness of the Kingdom of England to assist you who were Dissenters from the Invasion and I doubt not but your Lordships will be as ready to give such further satisfaction as they in their wisdoms shall finde cause to desire Your Lordships most humble Servant O. CROMVVEL Edenburgh 5 Octob. 1648. For the Right Honorable The Committee of Estates of Scotland The Answer of the Committee of 〈…〉 Generals Letter of the 5th instant SIR HAving considered your Letter of the fifth instant We return this Answer That as we did dissent from and protest against the taking of the towns of Berwick and Carlisle and likewise against the late Engagement against England And as we did rise in arms against the Contrivers and Abettors of that Engagement and have been forward in using our best endeavors for restoring your Garisons so before the receipt of yours We had passed some Acts upon the 22 of Sept. last and the 4 of this Moneth and had resolved to put forth a Declaration to the kingdom which We do herewith communicate unto you by which you will perceive That it hath been our earnest care and real endeavors to do the same things which you demand in your Letter In the large Treaty betwixt the Kingdoms in Anno 1641. We did desire That honest men of known Integrity and Ability might be employed in the places of greatest Trust and Power within this kingdom and sad experience hath taught us That no bonds nor ties betwixt the kingdoms even the strictest of Covenants or Treaties can restrain men of corrupt mindes and judgements but that when ever they finde an opportunity they will be ready to pursue their own ends and Designs to the hazard of the Peace and breaking the Vnion between the Kingdoms In the year 1643. When some Members of both Houses assembled at Oxford had voted both Kingdoms Traytors We did desire from the Honorable Houses and it was granted and mutually agreed upon in the Propositions of both kingdoms presented to the Kings Majesty at Oxford That the Members of either House of Parliament who had not onely deserted the Parliament but also voted both kingdoms Traytors should be removed from His Majesties-Counsels and be restrained from coming within the verge of the Court and that they should not without the Advice and Consent of both kingdoms bear any Office or have any employment concerning the State or Commonwealth And we cannot deny but your demand of Assurance from this Kingdom is reasonable That those who have been active in or consenting to the late unlawful Engagement against England be not employed in any publike place or trust whatsoever Wherefore We do accept of this your Desire as a real testimony of your respects to this Kingdom and of your Intentions to preserve the Vnion betwixt the kingdoms And We do hereby engage our selves in the Name of the Kingdom of Scotland to employ our utmost endeavors That none who have bin active in or consenting to the said Engagement against England or have been lately in arms at Sterling or elswhere in maintenance or pursuance of that Engagement be employed in any publike place or trust whatsoever without the Advice and consent of the Kingdom of England That thereby they may be disabled from renewing or reinforcing their former Engagement or infringing the Vnion and Peace between the Kingdoms And as the Kingdom of England is now careful to have this Assurance from this Kingdom so we will not doubt but the Honorable Houses of Parliament will according to their offers of Assistance at this time be ready to assist us upon all other occasions hereafter to make good this our undertaking And if it shall please God to bless these covenanted Kingdoms with a setled Peace We trust that in any agreement that shall be made with His Majesty the Kingdom of England will be careful that this may be regarded as a necessary condition of Peace And to the and any Peace which shall be agreed upon may be the more durable We do also earnestly desire That those who shall be employed in publike place or trust in England may be such as love to preserve Vnion and Amity betwixt the Nations We do hold our selves very much obliged to the Honorable Houses of Parliament for their kinde Offers of Assistance expressed in their Votes of the 28 of Sept. last And shall communicate Counsels with you concerning the same That their affording assistance to this kingdom may be so ordred as may be most useful to us and least prejudicial to the affairs of England And you may rest very well assured That we shall always be ready to give satisfaction to the Honorable Houses in every thing which may conduce to the strengthning of the Vnion and setling the Peace of these distracted Kingdoms and to give real evidence that We are Edin 6. Octo.

1648. Your affectionate Friends and Servants Signed in Name and by Warrant of the Committee of Estates LOUDOUN Canc ' For the Right Honorable Lieut. Gen. Cromwel A Declaration of the Committee of Estates concerning their Proceedings in opposition to the late unlawful Engagement against ENGLAND THe manifold dangers to Religion to the Kings Majesty to our Laws and Liberties and to the Peace of these kingdoms are so manifest that they cannot be hid from any who will not wilfully shut their eyes against a clear light and the remedies which we have taken in this extremity will we doubt not be judged by all men of common equity and understanding to have been most necessary for preserving Religion from ruine and our selves from slavery and oppression Yet to prevent misinformation and misconstructions we have thought fit to publish a short narration of the Causes of our late undertaking to rise in Arms of our proceedings by way of Treaty with those that joyned in Arms for the late Engagement against England and of our resolutions for setling Religion and the Peace of this distracted kingdom and strengthening the Union betwixt the kingdoms which are the best foundations of Honor and Happiness to the King whose Throne we desire may be established in Righteousness When we look back upon some proceedings in our neighbor Nation though there we see that the work of Reformation hath been much obstructed and many things have been done of which we cannot approve and wherewith God was highly displeased yet we finde the Fountain and Spring of all our troubles mainly to arise at home from the craft and malice of our Natives and Country-men For notwithstanding the Right Honorable Houses of the Parliament of England had offered by their Commissioners to remove all disterences which had arisen betwixt them and us and to do what-ever was just and Honorable for the satisfaction of this kingdom And further had declared their readiness to joyn with this kingdom in the Propositions agreed on by both kingdoms presented to the King at Hampton-Court for the making such further proceeding thereupon as should be thought fit for the speedy settlement of the Peace of both kingdoms and preservation of the Union according to the Covenant and Treaties And further to give satisfaction all things which should be judged necessary for the Peace of both kingdoms not intrenching upon the particular Interest of the Kingdom and Priviledges of the Parliament of England yet many of this Nation having entred into a sinful Association and wicked combination did joyn together in Arms under the Command of the Duke of Hamiltoun for persuance of an unlawful Engagement against our neighbor Nation of England contrary to the ends of the Solemn League and Covenant the manifold admonitions and exhortations of all the faithful Ministers of the Gospel the Warnings and Declarations of the Commission of the General Assembly 1647. As likewise against the unanimous proceedings of the late General Assembly in this year 1648. against the Judgement and Protestations of many Members in Parliament who have been most constant in the Cause and to preserve the Union betwixt the Kingdoms and generally against the mindes and judgements of all the well-affected in the Kingdom And further brought over from Ireland some Regiments of the Scots Army to joyn with them in this Engagement contrary to the Treaty betwixt the Kingdoms of the 7 of July 1642. And having joyned in an unlawful Association with the Malignants of England did imploy some of them to surprize and take the Garisons of Berwick and Carlisle and yet professed openly before the World they were ignorant who had done it contrary to the large Treaty betwixt the Kingdoms and the Treaty of the 29 of November 1643. And when by miserable and cruel oppression of the people of God in this Kingdom they had gathered together a numerous Army they took possession of the Garisons of Berwick and Carlisle and in a hostile maner entred into our Neighbor Nation where the Lord of Hosts poured forth his Wrath and Indignation upon them for their lyes and hypocrifie as was before threatned by many of the faithful servants of God in this Kingdom While these men were invading England the Earl of Lanerick and others engaged in the same Design stayed at home to oppress this Kingdom and under a pretence of raising a Guard for the Prince did begin a new Levy of Forces whereby they might be able to send supply to their Army in England if need were but principally to bear down the godly and wel-affected in this Kingdom and force upon them unlawful Bands and Oathes which they devised to be engines and snares to compel men to make Shipwrack of their Consciences by joyning with all their wicked ways or in case they refused to take those accursed Oaths and subscribe their Bands that then they might not onely be uncapable of all publick Trust but be esteemed and used as Enemies to Religion King and Kingdom and so every way to oppress all honest men in their Persons Estates and Consciences as nothing was to be expected from their Government to these who desired to fear the Lord and adhere to their first Principles but slavery and ruine for they having adjourned the Parliament till March 1650 had assumed to themselves an Arbitrary Power that in the mean time they might rule at their pleasure and make such alterations in the Kingdom as they thought fit Upon News of the defeat of their Army they did give out Commissions to prime Incendiaries and encouraged such as were eminent and active in the Rebellion under the conduct of James Graham late Earl of Montross to rise in Arms and sent directions to the Forces under the Command of George Monro which had invaded England but were not present at the Fight and other Officers and Soldiers who escaped from it to return to this Kingdom that so by their conjunction with the Forces lately raised they might have a new Army on foot to prosecute their former Design and to tyrannize over this Kingdom as is evident from their Letters of the 28 of August sent to the Earl of Marshal Viscount of Dudhope Clerk Register and George Monro ten days after the Defeat of their Army in England wherein speaking of the Engagement they declare their resolution to recruit their Regiments and to hazard their Lives and Fortunes and all that was dearest unto them for carrying on against all opposition whatsoever that pious and loyal Service and that they and many others of this kingdom did intend not to live and out-live it By all which and many other their like proceedings expressed in the Declarations of the General Assembly and their Commissioners it is sufficiently evident that Religion hath not onely been endangered but the whole work of Reformation in these kingdoms for these ten years past hath been very near to be wholly overturned our Laws and Liberties almost destroyed Authority weakned the Person of the King put