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A84980	Severall papers from His Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax, and the armie under his command, delivered to the Commissioners of Parliament and city at Alisbury [sic], July 23. 1647. Occasioned by a late petition and engagement of some citizens, commanders, officers, and souldiers of the trained bands and auxiliaries &c. Being the last and most d[e]sperate designe against the kingdome and army. With a copy of the engagement. Also, a proclamation from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, against the entertaining of cavaliers in the armie. By the appointment of his Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax and his Councell of Warre. Signed Io. Rushworth Secr.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing F234; Thomason E400_4; ESTC R201739	4,749	8

probability may involve the whole Kingdome in blood but must necessarily begin within your own Bowels and draw the Seate and misery of Warre upon you and your City Also we desire you would consider whether we have not just cause to suspect that an evill party lurkes within the City ready to distemper it and the whole Kingdome upon every occasion and whether it be probable such persons desire a happy Close between the King and the Parliament at least such as will be for the Kingdomes good when they take upon them the boldnesse to make new offers to His Maj. with solemn engagements to make good the same during the time that the Parliament had given us leave to make tender of and treate with their Commissioners about those things which tend to a generall settlement And therefore we cannot but desire that you would take a speedy course timely to suppresse this great evill and to prevent all of this nature for the future and by making some of those examples who have been active to carry on this businesse We have not had time to enquire into particulars out shall give you onely one instance of a meeting at Skinners-Hall concerning this businesse where some persons have been very active the names of some of whom we have given to your Commissioners and also the names of other Citizens who will testifie their carriage there Lastly we cannot but desire you to concur● with us in our desires to the Parliament to put the Militia into the hands of those that had it before without which we can have no assurance that the City will be free from designes of this nature nor can we expect to see a happy Close By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councell 〈…〉 Alisbury July 23. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor the right worshipfull the Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in the Common or Guild-hall of the City of London assembled The humble Petition of the Citizens Commanders Officers and Souldiers of the Trained Bands and Auxilaries the young men and Apprentices of the Cities of London and Westminster Sea Commanders Seamen and Watermen together with divers other Commanders Officers and Souldiers within the Line of Communication and Parishes mentioned in the Weekly Bill of Mortality Sheweth THat your petitioners taking into serious consideration how Religion his Maiesties honour and safetie the priviledges of Parliament and liberties of the Subiects are at present greatly endangered and like to be destroyed and also sadly weighing with our selves what meanes might likely prove the most effectuall to procure a firme and lasting peace without a further effusion of Christian English bloud have therefore entred into a solemne engagement which is hereunto annexed and do humbly and earnestly desire that this whole City may joyne together by all lawfull and possible meanes as one man in harty endeavours for his Majesties present comming up to his two houses of Parliament with honour safety and freedom and that without the neerer approach of the Army there to confirme such things as he hath granted in his Message of the 12th of May last in answer to the Propositions of both Kingdoms and that by a personall Treaty with his two houses of parliament the Commissioners of the Kingdom of Scotland such things as yet are in difference may be speedily iettled and a firme and lasting peace established all which we desire may be presented to both houses of parliament from this honourable Assembly And wee shall pray A Solemne ingagement of the Citizens Commanders Officers and souldiers of the Trainbands Auxiliaries the yong men and prentices of the Cities of London and Westminster Sea Comanders Seamen and Watermen together with divers others the Comanders Officers and souldiers within the lines of Communication and Parishes mentioned in the Weekly Bill of Mortality WHereas wee have entered into a solemne League and Covenant for Reformation and defence of Religion the honour and hapynesse of the King and the peace and safety of the the 3 Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland All which wee doe eminently perceive not only to be indangered but ready to be destroyed we do therefore in pursuance of our said Covenant Oath of Allegiance oath of every freeman of the Cities of London and Westminster and protestation solemnly ingage our selves and vow unto Almighty God that we wil to the utmost of our power cordially indeavour that his Maiesty may speedily come to his two houses of Parliament with honour safety and freedom and that without the neerer approach of the Army there to confirme such things as hee hath granted in his Message of the 12 of May last in answer to the Propositions of both Kingdomes and that by a personall Treaty with his two houses of Parliament and the Com. of the Kingdome of Soctland such things as are yet in difference may be speedily setled a firm and lasting peace established for the effecting hereof we doe protest and reobleige our selves as in the presence of God the searcher of all hearts with our lives and fortunes to indeavour what in us lies to preserve and defend his Majesties Royall Person and authority the priviledges of parliament and liberty of the Subject in their full constant freedom the Cities of London and Westminster Lines of Communication and Parishes mentioned in the Weekely Bill of Mortality and all others that shall adhere with us to the said Covenant and oath of Allegiance oath of every freeman of London and Westminster and Protestation Nor shall Wee by any meanes admit suffer or endure any neutrality in this Common cause of God the King and Kingdome as we do expect the Blessing of Almighty God whole help we crave wholly devolve our selves upon in this our undertaking I Doe hereby require the chiefe Officer present with every Troop and Company to make strict inquiry what Cavaliers haue been listed and entertained in their Troopes or Companies since the Muster preceding the last Muster And that all such chiefe Officers shall presently upon such enquiry as before put forth of their Troopes or Companies of such Cavaliers as they shall find in their troopes or Companies from such Musters as before And before they receive any pay upon this last Muster they shall expunge the Names of all such Cavaliers out of their Muster Rolls as they shall have put out of their Troopes or Companies And if it shall hereafter appeare that any chiefe Officer present with their Troope or Company shall neglect to put forth or cashiere such Cavaliers in manner as before or receive any for the time to come upon proof thereof made he shall be liable to a Councell of Warre and be accordingly proceeded against Given under my hand the 21. of July 1647. Thomas Fairefax FJNJS

SEVERALL PAPERS From His Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax AND The ARMIE under his Command delivered to the Commissioners of Parliament and City at Alisbury July 23. 1647. OCCASIONED By a late Petition and Engagement of some Citizens Commanders Officers and Souldiers of the Trained Bands and Auxiliaries c. Being the last and most desperate Designe against the Kingdome and Army With a Copy of the Engagement ALSO A Proclamation from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax against the entertaining of Cavaliers in the ARMIE By the appointment of his Excellency Sr. THOMAS FAIRFAX and his Councell of Warre Signed IO. RUSHWORTH Secr. London Printed for George Whittington at the Blew Anchor in Cornhill neare the Royall Exchange 1647. My Lords and Gentlemen VVE received this inclosed paper the last night from the hands of a very well affected Citizen it was delivered him by an Officer of the City Militia who being invited to meet some Citizens at Skinners hall upon Wednesday last with divers others to signe the same and offering to dispute against the matter of it to shew how dangerous and illegall it was was silenc't and told that it was not to be disputed but to be signed and joyned in there being diverse Cittizens and others at the same place for that purpose which when he understood he tooke this printed Copy away with him By the contents of which when you read it you will easily perceive what it tends to and how desperate and dangerous it is to the hazzard of the whole Kingdom and to frustrate all those indeavours of the Parl. the army and Kingdome for an happy settlement and likewise to precipitate all into a new and bloody war we cannot therefore but acquaint you that we look on this as a businesse set on foot by the malice of some desperate minded men this being their last Engine for the putting all into confusion when they could not accomplish their wicked ends by other meanes To this have all secret listings tended and we wish that the needlesse and superfluous Listing of Auxilaries and connivance at the continuance of the Reformadoes about the Cities of London and Westminster have not had the same aime and by this wee hope it will appeare that our iealousies and feares of some such desperate designes to be harched in and about the City considering the temper of men there have not bin groundlesse nor our desires to draw neere the City of London with the Army to disapoint and breake all such plots and to free the Parliament from the violence of them have not bin without just cause and wee desire all indifferent men to judg whether our withdrawing from the City in obedience to the Parliaments command was for their and the Kingdomes security or not we wonder that divers men did calumniate that our marching so neare the City and put so bad Representations upon it as that it tended to force the Parliament or to plunder the City seeing our doing so was to breake that blacke designe which now begins to shew it selfe in its colours whereas indeed our consciences witnes with us that our aymes were cleare ●●nest tending to restore the Parliament into its just liberty which was much abated in the eyes of all the Kingdome and no doubt by the Authors and ●●●ntrivers of this new Covenant and engagement some whereof have been so farre from assisting to put the Reformadoes other dangerous persons out of the Lines that now they are called to joyne in this conspiracy we intreate you to give the Parl. a full Representation of these things which that you may do we have sent you the Papers together with such informations as may give them an opportunity to discover the bottome of this businesse we were marching from London when we received this Information in obedience to the Parliament and to give the City more content to stop the mouthes of slanderers But if such Designes so distructive to the Parliament and the worke in hand be suffered to go on or that the Parliament be interrupted in the freedome of their debates and proceedings as we heare within these few dayes they were by those that are invited to partake in this Consideracy we begg it of the Parliament as they tender their own safety the Peace of the Kingdome and preventing of a second Warre as they would not have the Kingdome loose the fruite and benefit of all the blood and treasure that hath been spent in this cause that they would not suffer their freedome and liberty to be indangered by such designes as these they having an Army which by the Blessing of God in spight of all that theirs and the Kingdomes enemies can do will stand and fall with them and be found faithfull and obedient to them in all things and as ready to relieve Ireland when the Peace and rights of this Kingdome are seried We write not this to desire the Parliament to invite us to march up to them we care not how great a distance we are from London if it be the Parliaments pleasure and consists with their security and the breaking of those combinations which are hatcht in the Bowels of the City we are hastening our Proposalls which are for the generall settlement and which we are confident will satisfie all that love truth and peace But we see plainly we neede more to intend security then have cause to expect to bring things to an happy issue by Treaty while such designes are on foote We pray you therefore that the Parliament would speedily and throughly inquire into and break these Designes wherein as in all things else we shall be ready to serve them as they shall judge it needfull and when they shall command us By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councell of Warre Signed Iohn Rushworth Secr. Alesbury July 23. 1647. BY a Printed Paper come to our hands this day a Coppie whereof you receive herewith we still find and cleerly and evidently perceive that some evill Spirits within the City of London maliciously disaffected to the Peace of this Kingdome do secretly and wickedly endeavour to bring about that mischiefe upon the Kingdome which we have so much feared and by all our severall addresses unto you sought to prevent which indeede are of that dangerous consequence as we can expect no other issue from then the unavoydable engaging the Kingdome in a second Warre if not timely and effectually prevented by your wisdome and diligence Wee must further observe unto you that whatoever design is intended in the forssad Paper is contrary to the Authority of Parliament and indirect opposition to the proceedings of the Army which the 2. Houses have owned as theirs and approved of their fidelity by committing the forces of the Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales and Islands of Garnesey and Iersey under the Generals care and Command and therefore cannot be effected but by force of Armes against the Parliament and their Armies which in