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B04016	The declaration of the Lord Generall, the generall officers, and the rest of the officers and souldiers of the Scots armie. New-castle, 27 June 1646.	Leven, Alexander Leslie, Earl of, 1580?-1661.; Scotland. Army.	1646 (1646)	Wing L1813; ESTC R179638	4,153	12

THE DECLARATION OF THE LORD GENERALL The Generall Officers and the rest of the Officers and Souldiers OF The SCOTS ARMIE New-castle 27 June 1646. EDINBURGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie 1646. The Petition of the Officers of the Armie to his Excellencie To his Excellencie the Earle of Leven c. The Petition of all the Officers and Souldiers under your Excellencies Command Sheweth THat whereas the Officers and Souldiers under your Excellencies Command Out of their zeale to the Reformation of Religion Their tender care to preserve and confirme the mutuall Amity and Confidence of both Kingdoms And their earnest desires to vindicate their Honour from reproaches and aspersions lying upon them Have thought it necessary to emit a Declaration of their Constancie and Integrity in the pursuance of the ends of the Covenant And likewise to supplicate his Majestie that he would be pleased to comply with the just desires of his Parliaments and take some speedy course for putting an end to our lasting Miseries by settling of Truth and Peace May it therefore please your Excellencie to represent our desires in this behalf to the Honourable Committee And that we humbly conceive the uprightnesse of our Intentions herein having nothing before our eyes but the good of Religion his Majesties happinesse and the Peace of these Kingdoms will procure a favourable acceptance of our endeavours A Declaration of the Lord Generall the generall Officers and the rest of the Officers and Souldiers of the Scottish Armie New-castle 27. June 1646. THe manifold Calamities and heavie Pressures the sad Afflictions lying upon these Kingdoms this time past and the great Effusion of Christian Blood occasioned by the continuance of this unnaturall Warre having so deeply wounded us And being earnestly desirous to give some evident Testimony of our Piety to God Loyaltie to our Soveraigne and Love to his Kingdoms That the constancie of our Affection to this Cause our Zeal to the Reformation of Religion and his Majesties Person and Authority in defence thereof and our firme Resolutions to pursue the Ends expressed in our Solemne League and Covenant may appear to the World We have thought it necessary in this juncture of Time when all means are essayed by the Enemies of Trueth and Peace to disparage our Proceedings by rendring suspected our best Actions and Endeavours to the begetting of misunderstanding and weakning the Union betwixt the two Kingdomes to Declare and make known that as we entred in a Solemne League and Covenant with our hands lifted up to the most high God with reall Intentions to promote the Ends thereof so doe we resolve God willing constantly to adhere to the whole heads and Articles of the same and and for no Earthly Temptation for no fear nor hope to fall away and violate our sacred Oath We doe likewise professe that nothing hath been with greater care and faithfulnes endeavoured by us then to preserve the happy Union and Brotherly Correspondence between the two Kingdoms as a principall meane of happinesse to both and shall continue the same care to avoid every thing that may tend to the infringement with a speciall regard and tendernesse to the interests of both Kingdomes for the strengthening of which Union and removing every thing which might obstruct the same as hitherto we have had no compliance nor keep Correspondence with knowne Enemies and Malignants so will we never hereafter give countenance or incouragement to any Person disaffected to the Parliament of either Kingdomes And that the integrity of our Intentions uprightnesse of our desires may be the more manifest we do declare that we do abhorre all Publike and Private wayes contrary to the Covenant and destructive to the happinesse of both Kingdoms We disclame all dealing with those that are Instruments of these unhappy troubles and impediments of Peace and with all such Persons who will not use all means and Indeavours and contribute their best Councells and advice for hastening an end to our lasting Miseries and procuring a sure and well grounded Peace And in particular we doe abominate and detest that execrable Rebellion of James Grahame utterly abjuring all maner of Conjunction with him and his confederates and with all other known Enemies or declared Traitors to either Kingdoms notwithstanding any insinuations to the contrary exprest in some Letters as is said to be sent by his Majestie to the Earle of Ormond in Ireland for we have none but single intentions and unfaigned desires of Peace renouncing all communion with whatsoever Designes and Practises contrived in the dark to the prejudice of Religion and Tranquility of these Kingdoms the only principles by which we move And as we came into this Kingdom at the earnest desire of our Brethren to assist them in the time of their great extremity in the pursuance of the Nationall Covenant not for any mercenary Ends nor to enrich our selves as is falsly and calumniously charged upon us by those that wish not well to us nor our Cause so shal we be most willing to depart and return home in peace with the same chearfulnesse and affection that we had when we came in Nor shall the matter of money or want of just Recompense for the service performed and hardship sustained be to us an Argument of our stay but leaving the consideration of these things to the wisdom and descretion of both Parliaments we shall so far deny our selves as not to suffer any private respects of our owne to retard the Advancement of the worke or prejudice the Publike good of both Kingdoms We cannot conceale but must acknowledge how sensible we are and have alwayes been of the many complaints presented to the Parliament of England against this Army and the heavy calumnies and aspersions lying upon us for having committed Insolencies and oppressed the people by taking of free Quarters offering our selves most willing and ready that whosoever amongst us have by their Misdemeanours Miscarriages or Inordinate way of walking Scandalized the Cause for which we have taken our lives in our hands or endeavoured to beget a Misunderstanding or foment Jealousies betwixt the Kingdoms we shall strive to discover all such and labour to bring them to publike Tryall and condigne punishment Not doubting but as we are zealous to vindicate our honour and reputation from Reproaches so the Parliament will likewise be pleased to have such favourable Construction of our proceedings as not willingly to harbour any thoughts which may lessen their respects to us and which are not suteable to the constant Tenour of our Carriage and Profession And we shall likewise desire that the manifold necessities and pressing wants to which we were many times reduced may not be forgotten and that the wayes and means appointed for our supply neither answered the expectation of the honourable Houses of Parliament nor satisfied our necessities so that for want of Moneys we could not alwayes discharge our Quarters Yet do we most freely declare