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A coppie of a letter, sent from one of the agitators in the army, to an agitator in the city. Published for satisfaction to the well affected party in the kingdome.
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One of the agitators in the Army.
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1647
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Wing C6144; Thomason E399_29; ESTC R201728
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A COPPIE Of a LETTER SENT FROM ONE OF THE AGITATORS In the Army to an Agitator IN THE CITIE Published for satisfaction to the well affected party in the KINGDOME London printed 1647. A Letter from an Adiutator in the Army to an Adiutator in the CITY Iuly 22. 1647. BY your and our friends indefatigable industry in the City we gather strength daily which shall nourish your bodies as our owne First for the King hee is a knotty inflexible peece Yet wee have as many fine plots on him as ever he had on his people To oblige him we allow him his Chaplaines and have placed the great Socinian Our L. G. of the Ordinance owne brother who is totally for tolleration which is â—â—re though â—flow Engine to destroy Monarchy and set up our Republicke which the Godly party thirst after but they must have patience otherwise we shall spoyle all For the truth is the people in the Country are generally for the King and so we heare they are in the City Therfore at present we are forced to play our cards another way though we are confident to win the game though not so suddenly yet as surely The Romish Catholikes are treating with us which is a considerable party and they will yeeld a round summe of money to the Army for the present and a great Revenew for the future Our Noble ingenious Commissary of Horse his brother in Law one Ford A Catholike and a most able man is their Agent they are to have a toleration in their houses not to sing Mass pâ—â—in the Churches for this will give offence to all The King and his party are to have the Booke of Common Prayer this will devide and weaken them much in the City and set the Prelaticall and Presbyterian Faction together by the eares and render the King odious both to the Presbyterian and those of the separation and the scandall of which will much increase the Godly party If we devide thoroughly in every family as we are much advanced in the worke we shall raigne speedily and hold it surely and continually Besides this will please and deceave the French Ambassadour hoping wee will bee in confusion and consequently the Queen There are diverse obscure Persons treating for the Kings Party We shall be favourable to the Nobility and Gentry which have been in Armes and some few Citizens but we are resolved to squeez the rich of all sides those save-stakes or Purse-Malignants By compounding by way of sequestrations and for the 5th and 20th part and in calling them to account for abusing the State in their severall Committees which will be popular but we will have a speciall care of the godly party every where we have a List of them We are resolved to keep up our Army which will be a Seminary and Sanctuary for the Saints and provide bravely for our poore Brethren and exalt them and humble the rich and proud We make no question but in short time that we shall be Masters of all the Militia by Sea and Land and in England and Ireland and consequently of all the Treasure and then wee can impose what we please and above all we are in a faire and speedy way to Garison London under colour of suppressing of tumults and liberating the Parliament from the Reformadoes who stay in the City contray to the Ordinance of Parliament and we can find witnesse for any thing if there be occasion as how they list themselves and Souldiers dayly to levev a new Warre this will make them odious in the City and Country and wee can make the flegmaticke rich Common Councell beleeve that the Reformadoes intend to plunder the City therfore we hope to perswade them to take two Regiments of our Foot and two Regiments of Horse to guard them and the Parliament which shall cost them nothing for the present And for your comfort the City Commissioners are all our own And I pray get them as often changed as you can by that meanes we shall be sure to ingage the whole Common Councell change the Militia or at least joyn the old and new together and by this means we shall be masters of all and get the Tower of London into our friends hands We heare somthing of your Apprentices Watermen and Seamen but they are a body without a head therfore we do not much regard them We are sorry we omitted the last opportunity in our marching up to London the salt was not ours for our Brethren the Adjutators were unanimous for investing and summoning the city which had done the work but our Generall and Grandees except brave Magnanimous Cromwel were against it for they were assured after the 11. Members withdrew themselves they would get passes and be gone beyond the Sea their stay contrary to our friends undertaking above was the cause of our putting in our particular accusation which is short of promise and expectation and hath discovered and weakned our cause to the view of the people whom we held in a mist and blinded them as long as we layd our charge in generall This use we shall make of this Omission First wee will displace our Generall and put Crumwell that brave Head-peece in his room and we shall remove divers of the Grandees and draw in our Brethren the Agitators who have more wit and courage then the rest L. G. Hamond Colonell Rich and Colo. Fleetwood are great scandalls to our Army for they are covetous and want both wit and courage and their pay will doe well amongst us And we must advance Cornet Joyss who hath done halfe the worke in possessing the King If you and we can remove one block out of the way the work is done and all is our owne That is by any way or meanes to get the 11. Members to travell which God be praised we heare is now done which hath lifted up our hearts exceedingly Many of them are rich assure them first by hope and promises that if they goe they shall have the best security in England which is an Act from the Generall and Councell of Warre that they shall enjoy their estates exempt from paying any taxes or from quarter this will goe far with some of them If this will not do as I am assâ—red from good hands it wil then use force and threatnings that they shall be served as Poynt was if they remain in the Kingdome them their estates shall be sequestred Wife and Children ruined and if they shall dare to sit in the House the Army will march up and pull them out by head and shoulders and cut their throats and all their party shall suffer with them the City shall be fired and plundered and plundered and all the bloud and mischiefe will light on them But if this should saile our Councells will be divided and our greatest and surest designes will bee obstructed if not ruined Our designe is now for the West who are so zealous for King and Parliament and Vniformity in
Church-Government Wee must make sure of Waymouth Exeter Plimouth and Famouth and alter those Garrisons and put in 6000. of our foot under our faithfull Commanders there and leave 2000. Horse to awe these countyon Wee intend to carry the King along with us for he growes worse and worse though we will give out and print dayly that all is agreed betwixt Him and Vs. And to please the City and Country that we are to bring him up to his Parliament and must have his hand to every thing to countenance our proceedings and if we cannot do it by flattery or force we can do it another way and it will passe for currant We heare some of our freinds are jealous because we use the King so well and that wee intend to hold up Monarchy and get places about the King Assure the godly party we will not recead from our Principles for that would be our certain perpetuall ruin Have but patience and give us a little leasure you shall see Monarchy will not be long liv'd But to leave digression our eye-sore is the 11. Members if they should sit in the House ' we know not what to resolve we must march up to London only to scare them But suppose London should defend themselves declaring for the King and the Priviledge of Parliament what would become of Vs If we leave the King behind the people will murmurâ—â— if wee bring him along with us suppose when the City is in this posture of defence the King declare for the Parliament and City as we suspect he will and that which is worse that be is a Prisoner I tell you in my opinion except we can bend the King and make Him our bow to shoot at the Parliament as I feare he is so quick sighted that He is prepossessed from the Queen that wee are Anti-monarchicall we shall have a Wolfe by the ears Then Joyce his Councell had been best for he would have decolled him We hear that there are 10000. Auxiliaries listed that the trained Bands are perfected that every house in London is full of Arms that the Saylers and Watermen offer to man the Works and furnish 10000. There are 600. Horse raysed to defend the City though we despise the number in regard of our Horse yet they animâ—te the people and prevent 〈◊〉 chiefest hopeâ— which is an insurrection of our party We like not the Reformadoes they are thorns in our eyes and we fear some personage of quality may lead them and 't is reported they can make a 1000. horse of their own 2000. horse in the City will be still falling upon our horse and foot quarters and 5000. Horse cannot inâ—est the City not 30000 foot our men must bee day and night on horseback which duty and want of pay will make our common men run away because they will despaire of Plunder and lying about the City will starve our Army If wee tax the Country we shall loose the people besides Londiners be an ill President for they will pay no taxes If we enter but the Line their Horse will destroy us or if we enter the City being chayned and barrocaded up our Army will be but a handfull to them for they will have Carbines and Fouling-peices in their windows Artillery in every street Pikes and Muskets invulnerable Besides they will have Masye Waller and all the chiefe Commanders in the Kingdome to order designe and execute Therefore the 11. Members must be destroyed either by Poyson or Assassination We heare they have sent Senuâ—â— abroad and therefore wee cannot surprise them And last of all if the King declares himselfe a Prisoner and London stands upon their guard we are assured the Scots will come in and this we shall soon apprehend the Countrys being burdened with taxes and free-quarter will rise as one man against us Now Brother you may see in what condition we are and how far we have advanc't our designes already consider likewise the last demands of our Army made Iuly 19. 1647. and sent up to the Parliament Videli 1. That we have a Bienniall Parliament with the same limitations as the Trienniall 2. The Militia by Sea and Land 3. A Councell in Intervalls of Parliament consisting of 21. 4. Paenall Statutes for going to Churches to Common Prayer be taken off but provisor still to give no latitude to the Papist 5. An ease for tender Consciences 6. The number of exempted Persons to bee leastned and their compositions to be easier and more especially those Members of the House on whom they lye most heavy In most of the rest of the Propositions we agree or very little differ and in short time we shall have these and other of our demands concerning the Militia of London and the Declaration for hindering forreigne forces and that we get our mony equally with the disserters and release out of Prison our brave blades Leift. Col. Lilburn Mr. Musgrave and Mr. Overton c. Iudge what is left to the Presbiterian party party I have no more at present but that I am Your loving Brother c. July 22. 1647. FINIS