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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

nigh two hundred miles for the more ease of all parts and that wee might give the better satisfaction to the Kingdome And being in this secure way and labouring after the suddain settlement of the Kingdome we had even brought to perfection the particular Proposals included in the generals of our first Representation to be sent to the Parliament for a finall conclusion of all our troubles And also had made good progresse towards the present reliefe of distressed Ireland by assigning a competent force both of horse and foot forthwith to have advanced for that service But the Kingdomes and our Enemies being most vigilant and active to prevent and frustrate those good intentions and endeavours of ours that they might carry on their former evill designes and under-hand practises and also preserve themselves from the hand of justice they have endeavoured to cast the Kingdome into a new and bloudy warre And for that end have procured the under-hand-listing of severall Reformadoes and others have contrived promoted and caused to be entred into by severall persons a wicked and treasonable combination as is sufficiently manifested by a Declaration passed thereupon by both Houses of Parliament the 23. of July last for the prevention of the disturbances that were like to ensue thereupon from which kinde of disorders the Citie had been well preserved during the space of almost foure yeares whilest the Militia was in the hands of the old Commissioners whereby it appeares there was cause for the Army to intreat the Parliament that the Militia might be returned into the hands it was in before as also for divers other good Reasons 1. The old Commissioners of the Militia that have been since left out were not onely persons with out all exception having been formerly chosen and approved by the Parliament and Citie but also men of whom the City Parliament and Kingdome have had above foure yeares experience in the faithfull discharge of their trust men that ever from the beginning in the worst of times and in the occasions of greatest difficultie had faithfully and constantly ingaged for and with the Parliament in this cause M●n that were alwayes most desirous of a Peace but of a safe and well grounded one and that had alwaies testified a great care to prevent all occasions of embroyling the Kingdome in a new Warre Now that on a suddain this trust which they had so faithfully discharged so long should be taken out of their hands and put into the hands of others some whereof at the best have been very coole in the service of the Parliament at the beginning of this Warre That this should be pressed and in a manner forced upon the Parliament with such importunitie from the Common-Councell that some out of every Ward should be assigned to sollicite the Members of the House of Commons every day as they went in and out at the House with professions that they would never leave the doore of the House till they were satisfied in their desires That they would not be contented with the Militia of the City of London onely unlesse they might have power also over that of the Suburbs and and out parts and all this before the peace of the Kingdome was setled or the Propositions sent to the King for that purpose These things ministred great cause of suspition that this alteration of the Militia was in order to a designe and to make the tearmes of the Peace and agreement with the King on which the security of the whole Kingdome and their posterity is to be bottomed more sutable to the private bargainings and undertakings of some men then to the publique welfare of the whole Kingdome in its security and prosperity for the present and in future times But this designe discovered it selfe more cleerely by such things as accompanied the pursuit of this alteration of the Militia and ensued upon the obtaining thereof At the same time that the alteration of the Militia of London was set on foot the same persons with as much earnestness pressed for the disbanding of this Army before any thing was setled for the security and liberty of the Kingdome At the same time the Common-Councell was new modulized and a Lord Mayor chosen that might suite with the present designe in hand At the said time under colour of differences in some circumstances of Church-Government it was earnestly endeavoured that such as had been constantly true and most faithfull to the interest of the Kingdome should be disabled to have any imployment in Church or Common-wealth either in England or Ireland and without any such colour or pretence divers persons were left out of the Common-Councell and Militia of eminent deserts and fidelity and others brought into their roomes that had either testified an ill affection or little affection to the Parliament and their cause and such as seeking to withdraw themselves from all imployment in the beginning of this Warre now at the winding up thereof are ambitious to thrust themselves into imployment with a designe as may justly be suspected to frustrate and overthrow in the close of all the fruit and effect of all the cost and bloud that hath been spent and spilt in this cause and after that with difficulty and not without reluctancy in the Houses of Parliament they had obtained the power of the Militia in the Citie of London and also in the out parts for the space of one yeare Many Officers and under Officers in the Trained Bands of known trust and fidelity were displaced and others of more doubtfull affections placed in their roomes little care was taken of the honour of the Parliament which was continu●lly trampled under-foot and their authority affronted by every rabble of Women Apprentices Reformadoes and Souldiers which latter sort of persons were thereby so incouraged to rise higher and higher in their tumultuous carriages against the House till at length it is risen to that height of barbarous and monstrous violence against the Parliament that they might set themselves on worke and the Kingdome on fire againe And now at length the designe appeares open faced and though the Militia be made as the principall ground of the quarrell yet by the late vowes and engagements set on foote before any alteration of the Militia and the pressing so much the Message of the 12. of May and the Kings comming to London to confirme the same shew that the Militia is desired but in order to that designe and to force the Parliament being wholly in their power to such Termes of peace as they pleased 2. In the next place when the interest of the Common Councell in their change of the Militia shall be claimed as the Birth-right of the City of London which they never had any colour to pretend to saving by the indulgency of the Parliament unto them since this Parliament in respect of the great use they have had of them and the many good services they have received from them It is time for

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

Army from al such scandals to cleare our Principles in relation thereunto and in the mean time we do disavow disclaim al purposes or designs in our late or present proceedings to advance or insist upon any such interest neither would we if we might and could advance or set up any other particular party or interest in the Kingdome though imagined never so much our owne but shall much rather as farre as may be within our spheare or power study to promote such an establishment of common and equall right and freedome to the whole as all might equally pertake of but those that do by denying the same to others or otherwise render themselves incapable thereof An humble Representation of the Dissatisfaction of the Army in relation to the late Resolutions for so suddain Disbanding shewing the particulars of their former grievances wherein they did remaine unsatisfied and the Reasons thereof Unanimously agreed upon and subscribed by the Officers and Souldiers of the severall Regiments at the Rendezvous neer Now-Market on Friday and Saturday June 4. and 5. Presented to the Generall to be by him humbly represented to the Parliament WHereas upon the Report made to the House of Commons on Friday May 21. concerning the grievances of the Army that House was pleased to passe severall Votes seeming to tend towards the satisfaction of the Army in some particulars and on the Tuesday following May 25. to passe divers Resolutions upon a Report from the Committee at Derby-House concerning the disbanding of the Foot of this Army each Regiment apart at severall times and places We humbly declare that the said Votes of Friday do come farre short of satisfaction as to the said grievances or to the desires proposed by the Officers in the conclusion of their Narrative And that the latter Votes of Tuesday importing a resolution to disband the Army in part before equall satisfaction be given to the whole in the greivances or so much as any consideration had of some others that are most materiall and also before any effectuall performances of that satisfaction with the Votes of Friday seemed to promise as to some of the Greivances we cannot but be much unsatisfyed and troubled at it as in the particulars following it may appeare we have cause 1. The proportion of but Eight weeks Arrears to be paid at disbanding as it is unreasonably short of what is most due and what we conceive may be paid or might easily have been provided since the Parliament hath so long had the whole Kingdome cleared all trading and commerce opened vast summes of money brought in upon Delinquents Compositions and otherwise and great foundations of security in their hands besides those formerly ingaged for the Scots And as it is but a mean reward for all our labours hardships and hazards in the Kingdoms cause and a very slender supply to carry us to our homes in a condition sutable to the Parliaments honour and our successe and much lesse to enable those that have left good trades or other wayes of livelihood and suffered much in their trades or stocks by so doing to set up again in their former callings and conditions so it is but little if any thing more then what hath been due to us since that time that we first went about to have petitioned for our Arrears and so not to be accounted in satisfaction towards former Arrears which the Petition was meant for 2. In the Orders given for the stating of our Accounts giving Debertures for our Arrears by the Committee of the Army we find no consideration or regard had of our Arrears incurred in former Army or services which to the most of us are much greater then those under the New-Model intended to be stated by the Committee for the Army as the Narrative of the Officers printed by mistake under the name of their Declaration did intimate before 3. We cannot but consider that whatever the Officers expectances upon Debentures may prove the private Souldiers may well make little account of whatever part of his Arrears he receives not before disbanding as the Reasons expresse in the Narrative do shew And whereas we hear of some instruction past man Ordinance for stating of Arrears we understand that they direct 3. s. a week to be abated to Foot-Souldiers for Quarter which being 6 ● or 8 d per diem above the rate they should have paid for themselves if they had timely had Pay wherewithall It seems very hard the poore Souldier should allow interest for the forbearance of his own due The like disproportion we find in the abatements to Serjeants of Foot for their Quarters in the abatement for Quarters to Officers of Horse and Dragoons we find one third part of the whole Pay to them due both for themselves and their Horses is to be defalked though the full pay for their Horses is not allowed in the Account unlesse they make it appeare by Musters that they kept their full numbers and the third part of their full pay amounting to the halfe or near the halfe of their present pay seems an unreasonable allowance for Quarters especially in the case of Captains and Field-Officers We find also no provision made for private Souldiers of Horse or Foot or any Officers in Commission or not in Commission in relation to any Quarters discharged by them but all such are left absolutely to abate the respective Rates for Quarters during their whole time whether they have paid Quarters for any part of the time or no whereas we know assuredly and can make appeare that all of them during their service in this Army and most of them in their service in the former Armyes have really discharged their Quarters for a very great part of the time and many of them for more time then by the proportion of pay received they were bound to have done having without respects to that many times paid freely as farre as their money would hold out partly out of desire not to be burthensome at all to the Countrey as farre as they could and partly upon expectation grounded on the many promises and often renewed of constant pay for time to come that mony would come in time to pay them up and reimburse them their full pay againe without defalcation for Quarters we find is also provided that no Trooper is capable of allowance or debenture for Arrears unlesse he deliver in such Horse and Armes with which he hath served or a Certificate what such Horse and Armes did not appertaine to the State or else was lost in actuall service which extends to the totall taking away from them those Horse and Armes of the S●ates which they have used and preserved in the Service contrary to the favour allowed and never that we knew of denied in the disbanding of any other Army and if that being but a matter of favour the horse-men in this service be thought unworthy of it and must upon account for their Arrears rebate for such

monyes to promote the late Warre against the Parliament namely his Brother Master Thomas Lewis Master Gwyn Master Charles Walbiffe Master Meridith Lewis Master Edward Williams and many others to be Commissioners of the peace and Committee men for the said County of Brecknoc insomuch as those that have been most active and faithfull to the Parliament have been and still are outvoted in those places and can doe no considerable service for the Parliament and the rather for that the said Sir William Lewis hath also procured one Edward Williams his owne kinsman and one much disaffected to the Parliament to be Solicitor of Sequestrations in that County who is and hath been very remisse and corrupt therein And the said Sir William Lewis hath by the meanes aforesaid lately procured Master Edward Lewis his sonne though unfit for that imployment to be chosen and returned Burgesse for Brecknoc which that hee might the better effect he kept the Writ for election of the said Burgesse above eight months in his owne custodie before it was delivered to the Sheriffe of the said County And likewise that the said Master John Glyn within two yeares last past hath procured severall persons that have lately been Commissioners of Array and in Arms against the Paliament in Northwales viz. _____ and others to be named in the Commission of the peace for the Counties of Denbigh and Carnarvan and other Counties there and to be put in other great places of Trust and command there and amongst others Colonel Glyn his Brother who was lately a Colonel in the Kings Army is by the said Master Iohn Glyns procurement become Governour of the Town Castle of Carnarvan Admirall or Vice-Admirall of the Irish Seas to the endangering of those countries lying upon the Coasts towards Ireland and to the feare and discouragement of the well-affected inhabitants of those places 17. That the said Sir VVilliam Lewis being heretofore during these troubles Governour of Portsmouth a Garrison for the Parliament in which time he received much of the publike treasure for which hee hath not yet given an accompt did while he was Governour there frequently hold correspondence and intelligence with the Kings party about the delivery up of the said Garrison insomuch as although Sir VVilliam VValler divers others in that Garrison were proclaimed Traytors to the King yet he by the Kings speciall command was spared the King affirming that the said Sir VVilliam Lewis was his friend and that he was confident he would doe him good service or to that effect and although he then was a Parliament man and Governour of Portsmouth as aforesaid and his estate in the said County of Brecon being of the value of above sixe hundred pounds per an was three yeares in the Kings quarters yet the same was never sequestred And since the Parliament hath prevailed Colonell Harbert Price Esquir having beene Governour of Brecknock for the King against the Parliament being sequestred the said sir Williem Lewis by his solicitations to the Committee procured the personall estate of the said Colonell Price which the Committee of the County had found out and caused to be brought to Morgan Aubreyes house in Brecon to bee restored unto him without any satisfaction to the State and hath procured his the said Colonell Prices Lands in the said County of Brecon being worth about three hundred pounds per annum to be let to a friend of the said Col. Prices to his wives use at 50 pounds per annum contrary to the directions of severall Ordinances of Parliament made in that behalfe 18. That the said Mr. Iohn Glyn or some other person or persons by his direction consent or privity or to his use hath during his being a member of the House of Commons taken rewards of severall persons for service done them in the House as namely amongst others drivers Drovers from VVales who by his meanes and procurement had an allowance by order of the House for 3000. l in satisfaction of losses they had sustained by the Enemy did pay unto the Wife of the said Mr. Glyn the sume of one hundred pounds as a reward for his said service 19. That the said Mr. Iohn Glyn as he hath beene most active to bring into the Commissioners of Peace and into other places of authority divers notorious Delinquents in North-Wales as aforesaid so hee hath beene as active as much as in him lyes to put out keepe out of the Militia and Common Counsell of London and out of the Commission of the peace for Middlesex many eminent and faithfull men that have laid out their Estates and adventured their lives for the defence of the Parliament and City in the time of their greatest necessity namely Alderman Pennington Col. Tichborne Mr. Eastwick Mr. Moyer and others contrary to the Declaration of both Kingdomes which hath assured all lawfull favour and encouragement to those that have beene faithfull and shall so continue to the Parliament which doings must needs tend to the giving a fresh occasion and power to the Enemy against the Parliaments best friends to the dishonour of the Parliament and endangering of the Kingdome 20. That the said Sir Philip Stapleton Mr. Holles and Sir William Lewis have by their power and countenance as Members of the House of Commons both joyntly and severally used meanes to obstruct the course of Justice and have interposed themselves in severall causes and by word of mouth moved and perswaded Judges and other Officers on the behalfe of such as they conceive to be their friends amongst others whereas a great cause was lately depending in the House of Lords betweene Alderman Langham and Captaine Lymery and Counsell was met for the pleading thereof The said Sir Philep Stapleton Mr. Hollis and Sir William Lewis did repaire to the Earle of Rutland about the same and the said Sir P●i●ip Stapleton told the said Earle that they meaning himselfe and the said Mr. Hollis and Sir William Lewis were fully satisfied concerning the justness of Langhams cause and therefore as the said Earl did respect them the said Sir Philip Stapleton Mr. H●llis and Sir William Lewis or expected from them he the said Earl of Rutland should give his Vote for Langham or used words to that effect which also was seconded by the said Master Hollis in words and agreed unto by the said Sir William Lewis as appeared by his presence and ges ure and the said Sir William Lewis did exercise the same power in a cause of Joon Gunter and others 21. That the said Mr. Anthony Nicholls although about 4. years since he was by the Committee of priviledges Voted that he was not a Member sit to sit in the House by reason his election was void yet he the said Mr. Nicholls doth not only sit and Vote there as a Member but by his power and threats in the West-countreyes and by his solicitations and indirect practi●es hath brought in or procured to be brought in about 28.

Honourable House of Commons ALthough it may happily be contrary to the expectation of some that I attend not the service of the House of Commons at this time as I have constantly done for almost 7. years last past yet can it not be reasonably expected by any that well consider the violence offered to both Houses of Parliament and to my selfe in particular on Monday last insomuch that I can safely take it upon my conscience and so I doubt not may all the Members of both Houses also they sate in continuall feare of their lives and by terrour thereof were compelled to passe such Votes as it pleased an unruly multitude to force upon them which as I did then openly declare in the House so I cannot but believe that they are all void and null being extorted by force and violence and in that manner that they were and I cannot any longer dispence with my selfe to be an instrument in passing such Votes or to give any colour or shadow of Parliamentary authority unto them which are not the Votes of the representative body of the Kingdom but of a tumultuous multitude as those must needs be accompted that seemed to passe the House on Monday last which shall passe hereafter untill better provision be made for the safe and free sitting of the Houses of Parliament there being no effectuall course taken by the City since the last adjournment of the Houses to prevent the like tumults for the future no nor so much as a Declaration from them to shew their dislike thereof but on the contrary it is generally voyced in the Town that there will be a far greater confluence of Apprentices Reformadoes and others on Friday at the Parliament doors and particularly notice was given to me that after they had made the House vote what they pleased they would destroy me I had likewise information given mee that there would be a great number of Apprentices of a contrary Opinion affections to the other about the Parliament doors on Friday mornings which I fore-saw must of necessity cause a great combustion and in probability occasion much bloud-shed the preventing of which mischiefs together with the considerations afore-said have weighed more with mee then any thing which may concern my particular and esp●cially having served the House faithfully and diligently for the space of very neere seven years in a true and Parliamentary way of proceedings that I might not now be made a servant to such a multitude to transfer upon them the colour of Parliamentary authority therewithall to abuse and deceive the mindes and to destroy the lives liberties and estates of the people of this Kingdom And having taken a solemn Protestation and Covenant in my place and calling to maintain the priviledges of Parliament the rights and liberties of the Subjects I could not now satifie my selfe but by absenting my selfe at this time rather then by my presence to give any shadow or countenance of the authority of Parliament to such apparent violations thereof neither can the omission of a circumstance or some fo●mality in the adjournment of the House when through force and violence it cannot meet and sit in any sort as a Parliament be any prejudice to the future meeting and proceedings thereof when it may meet and sit again as a free Parliament it being well known that nothing can dissolve this Parliament but an Act of Parliament When a company of Apprentices Reformadoes and others shall call the Ordinances of Parliament pretended Ordinances shall lock the doors of the houses upon them shall sweare not to let them out till they had passed what they pleased concerning the Militia of London and other things though the Houses had immediately before voted otherwise shall threaten the Houses in case they did not instantly satisfie their demands shall knock whoot and hollow continually at the Parliament doore that the Members could not be heard to speak or debate and after that the House of Commons had passed a Vote concerning the Militia of London and that the Speaker by the Vote had judged the major part to be for the Negative shall not suffer the House to be divided but in a threatning way require those that gave their votes against them to come out to them if they would when after the House was adjourned they shall by main force thrust backe the Speaker again into the House and force the Members in their presence and sight divers of them thrusting into the House to vote what they demanded when they shall justly pull and hale the Speaker all the way hee went down to his Coach and force him to avoid their violence to betake himselfe to the next coach he could get into for refuge when they shall breath forth bloudy threats against the Members as they came out of the House and since against me in particular at the next meeting of the House as I am credibly informed when there is no appearance but that they will continue to doe as formerly they have done or far worse on Friday I could not in discharge of my Trust Protestation and Covenant sit in the Chaire of the House of Commons whilst it shall be in such a condition but so soon as it may sit again in freedom and safety I shall be ready to attend the service thereof but till then as I have upon the fore-mentioned grounds fully satisfied my own conscience so I doubt not but I shall give the whole Kingdom whose interest is most concerned in it ample satisfrction in the necessity of my absence William Lenthall Speaker For his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councell of WARRE Right Honourable BY those of our Committee which came from you this day we understand your Excellencies your Honorable Councell of War their expectation to be possessed of all Forts from Giles fort and that to be one down unto the River side by six of the clock this Evening And we take notice for what reasons your Excellency is led to insist thereupon For our parts that we may manifest how ready wee are to comply with all things which may beget a good understanding wee have readily consented therunto as far as the cognizance thereof belongs to this court have given directions accordingly to the Committee of the Militia for drawing off all Forces and Ordnance unto which work they do now instantly apply themselves and we are confident your Excellency will finde performance acordingly The Committee of Militia will also give order for quitting such Forts on Southwark side as are not as yet in possession of your Forces And now next unto Almighty God we doe rely upon your Excellencies honourable word for our safety and to be protected from all violence of the Souldiery Michel 4. August 1647. For the Right Honourable the Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councell of the City of London My Lord and Gentlemen I Am very glad to find so ready a complyance in answer to my last desire

refer our selves to the particulars in our Charge against the 11. Members compared with those passages of late broke forth before rehearst unto which wee shall now onely adde and leave it to the consideration of all wise and good men with what artifice and boldnesse these Members have serv'd themselves of those horrid ●umul●s and violences of their own creating instead of shewing their detestation of them againe to intrude themselves into the publique managing of affaires and Inevitably to embroyle the Kingdome in a new war which their own revenge and the compassing of their former plots and designes makes them so greedily thirst after If these things we say must be the end and up-shot of all what then remaines to this poore Kingdome and all true hearted Englishmen but to joyne together as one man with their counsels estates and lives in this way as our last refuge under God which he by his wise and gracious providence hath provided and reserved by keeping up this Army even to a Miracle so to prevent the aforesaid evils and to procure to this dying Kingdome yet a setled peace and happinesse if it be his blessed will These things being seriously considered by us wee have thought fit in the name of the Army to decla●● that all such Members of either House of Parliament as are already with the Army for the security of their persons and for the ends aforesaid are forced to absent themselves from Westminster that wee shall hold and esteeme them as persons in whom the publick trust of the Kingdome is still remaining though they cannot for the present sit as a Parliament with freedome and safety at Westminster and by whose advice counsels we desire to govern our selves in in the managing these weighty affaires and to that end we invite them to make repaire to this Army to joyne with us in this great cause wee being resolved and doe hereby faithfully oblige our selves to stand by them therein and to live and die with them against all Opposition whatsoever and in partticular wee doe hold our selves bound to owne that honourable act of the Speaker of the House of Commons who upon the grounds he himselfe expressed in his Declaration sent unto us hath actually withdrawn himselfe and hereupon we doe further ingage to use our utmost and speedy endeavours that he and those Members of either House that are thus inforced away from their attendance at Westminster may with freedome and security sit there and againe discharge their trust as a free and a legall Parliament and in the mean● time wee doe declare against that late choice of a new Speaker by some Gentlemen at Westminster as contrary to all right Reason Law and Custome and wee professe our selves to be most clearly satisfied in all our judgements and are also confident the Kingdome will herein concurre with us that as things now stand there is no free nor legall Parliament sitting being through the aforesaid violence at present suspended And that the Orders Votes or Resolutions forced from the Houses on Munday the 26. of July last as also all such as shall passe in this Assembly of some few Lords and Gentlemen at Westminster under what pretence and colour soever are void and null and ought not to be submitted unto by the free-borne Subjects of England And that we may prevent that slavery designed upon us and the Nation that the Kingdome may be restored to a happy State of a visible Government now eclipsed and darkened wee hold our selves bound by our duty to God and the Kingdome to bring to condigne punishment the Authors and Promoters of that unparalleld violence done to the Parliament and in that to all the free-borne Subjects of England that are or hereafter shall be and therefore we are resolved to march up towards London where we doe expect that the well-affected people of that City will deliver up unto us or otherwise put into safe Custody so as they may be reserved to a legall Triall the eleven impeached Members that have againe thrust themselves into the management of publick affaires by this wicked designe And that all others will give us such assistance therein that the Members of both Houses may receive due incouragement to returne to Westminster there to sit with all freedome and so to performe their trust as shall conduce to the settlement of this distracted Kingdome and to inflict such punishments upon these late Offenders as shall deterre any for the future to make the like attempt Our lives have not been deare unto us for the publick good and being now resolved by the assistance of God to bring these delinquents to their deserved punishments as that then which there cannot be any thing of more publick concernment to the Kingdome wee trust if it shall come to that our bloud shall not be accounted too deare a price for the accomplishment of it And if any in the City will ingage themselves against us to protect these Persons and so put the Kingdome againe into a new and miserable Warre The bloud must be laid to the account of such persons as the Authors thereof And lastly Because it is the maine Engine of ours and the Kingdomes enemies to render us odious by possessing the minds of men that we gape onely after the plunder of this great and wealthy City as the experience of the contrary carriage in all Townes that wee have taken yeeldeth unto us a Testimony beyond the example of any Army so wee doe from our hearts declare that wee abhorre the thoughts thereof and wee doubt not but the world shall see our actions answerable to our professions and that we shall not cause any man to suffer but by his own default and that God will manifest we have only in our eyes that Justice may have a free course the Parliament a free sitting and voting and a full vindication of the late violence done to them And as for the City of Westminster the Borough of Southwarke the Hamlets and the rest of the Suburbs and out-parts as wee are informed that they are not so ready to engage themselves in a new warre as some would have them so wee are sensible of the hard condition that they are brought into even by them that claime a Right against both Houses of Parliament a strange claim against a Parliament though more reasonable against others not to be subjected to a Militia without their own consent and yet will not be contented unlesse they may have others subjected unto them and lay what burthens they please upon them without allowing them any part of vote or consent with them In which points of common Right and Equity wee shall not be wanting in a due way to assist them for the obtaining of their just desires and immunities it being our chiefe aim to settle Peace with Truth and Righteousnesse throughout the Kingdome that none may be oppressed in his just freedome and Liberties much lesse the Parliament it selfe which things

dis-band it on such termes as to subject and expose all and even the most faithfull servants of the Parliament and Kingdome both in the Army and elsewhere unto oppression and undoing or to the mercy of their own and such other mens malicious and envenomed spirits which could promise no better for the more full and particular Demonstration of all which wee referre all knowing men to the practices and proceedings against this Army unto the times by their procurement appointed for the dis-banding of it in severall parts without just and equall satisfaction which have been in part remonstrated in papers sent from this Army and published before our coming up to St Albans Upon consideration of all this and upon the resolution which their own abuses and provocations put upon the Army had raised in the whole body of it not to dis-band without further satisfaction and security from the like abuses in future Wee did in our Representation or Declaration sent from St Albans expresse in generall what things wee desired besides our concernments as Souldiers to see done or provided for before our dis-banding for the peace of the Kingdome and a securing the common rights and liberties thereof which wee were called out to defend and vindicate and had so long sought for And having therewithall impeached severall Members of the house of Commons for their unjust practises and designes to such purposes as are before expressed and for indeavoring in prosecution thereof to ingage this Kingdome in a new warre wee added some further desires for the prevention of that mischiefe of a new warre to the Kingdome and for our own present securitie from immediate ruine while those other things might be treated on or considered And upon the granting of some of them in part and hopes given of some others though we could not obtaine the rest and especially not that which we held most just equall and necessarie viz. The positive suspension of those impeached members from sitting in the House as Judges in their own cause and from their power in Committees whereby they had th' advantage to raise warre against us and to make new disturbances in the Kingdome yet the said impeached Members pretending to withdraw themselves from the Parliament untill their causes should be heard and tryed and the House giving consent thereto Wee out of our tendernesse to Parliament Privilidges and our earnest desires to yeeld all observance to the Parliament and satisfaction to the Citie who pretended a full concurrence with us in our declared desires for settling the peace and liberties of the Kingdome did at the Parliaments command and the Cities request withdraw the Army to the desired distance from London and dispersed it further to severall parts of the Kingdome for the ease of the Countrey and proceeded in a peaceable and regular way to prepare prosecute more particular Charges against the said Impeached members which within a few dayes after wee accordingly sent up to the House And the said Impeached Members having put in a delatorie answer thereto with a plea and demurre to divers particulars therein pretended that to avoyd any disturbance or interruption to the present proceedings for settling the publicke affaires by the interposall of their private cause they desired leave and passes to travell for some Monthes which accordingly the Speaker of the House of Commons was ordered or authorized to give them and wee presuming on the Houses caution for their forth-comming to be tryed when the affaires of the Kingdome were settled which upon their first motion of withdrawing wee had insisted on did not gainesay And thereupon we proceeded in a quiet and hopefull way to prepar more particular proposalls in persuance of our former generall desires for the present setling of the peace of the Kingdome to be tendred to the Commissioners of Parliament residing with the Army for that purpose But finding that while wee were thus peaceably proceeding the said impeached members notwithstanding their pretended desires to travell did continue in and about London very active and busie to raise warre or make disturbances in the Kingdome and that the Committee of the Militia there did comply with them therein by daily listing of men and other preparations towards warre and sheltring to that end yea and entertaining into service those same Reformadoes who by Ordinance of Parliament were by them to have been put out of the Lines of Communication and finding continuall jealousies and disturbances to our said proceedings bred in the Army by the daily reports and alarms thereof from the Citie wee made a particular addresse to the Parliament for the restoring of the Citie Militia into those hands in which it was before the Ordinance of the fourth of May last For the reasonablenesse of our desires wherein supposing that we had such cause to insist on some removall of that power out of the hands in which it was then put as here before is partly exprest and in our late Declaration is more fully set forth wee dare confidently appeale to all men not engaged or prejudiced against us whether for the present safety and quiet of the City upon such a change and to prevent those dangers or disturbances to or in the City which the want of a Militia during the intervall betwixt the ceasing of one and new forming of another might give occasion and advantage unto especially in such a juncture of affaires there could be any other way so expedient as to render that change but an immediate reverting into those hands in which it was so lately before who would make up a Militia ready formed to succeed immediately in place of the other without any considerable intermission or delay and whether at a time when jealousies and distrusts were both so rife and hurtfull as they might occasion no lesse distraction or interruption to any quiet settlement or proceedings thereunto then reall attempt of mischiefe would there could be any proposall more reasonable or hopefull to beget a confidence and acquiescence as to that point both in the Parliament Citie and Army then to have that power restored for the present into those hands of whose fidelity to the common interest we had all found so ample and unquestioned proofe throughout the most dangerous times upon our addresse therefore to the Parliament for that purpose the Army being at such distan●● as aforesaid both Houses were pleased on the 23. of July last to passe an Ordinance for returning of the Militia into those hands and repe●ling the Ordinance of the 4. of May by which it had been changed as before hereupon hoping all would quietly succeed to a settlement in this Kingdome wee went on securely to finish our Proposalls for that purpose the heads whereof have been since published withdrew the head quarter to a further distance dispersed the Army to larger Quarters for more ease to the Countrey and upon a recommendation of the businesse of Ireland from the Parliament wee had in lesse then a weekes