the great and imminent danger of the true Protestant Religion in regard of the great Forces of Papists Prelates Malignants their Adherents raised imployed against the constant Professors thereof in England and Ireland thought fit to send their Commissioners unto the Kingdom of Scotland to Treat with the Convention of Estates generall Assembly there concerning such things as might tend to the preservation of Religion the mutuall good of both Nations And to that end to desire a more neere and strict union betwixt the Kingdoms And the Assistance of the Kingdom of Scotland by a considerable strength to be raised and sent by them into the Kingdom of England And whereas upon a consultation held betwixt the Commissioners of the Parliament of England the Committees of the Convention of Estates and Generall Assembly No meanes was thought so expedient to Accomplish and strengthen the Vnion as for both Nationâ— to enter into a Solemne League and Covenant and a forme thereof drawn and presented to the two Houses of Parliament of England the Convention of Estates and Generall Assembly of Scotland which hath accordingly been done and received their respective Approbation And whereas the particulars concerning the Assistance desired by the two Houses of the Parliament of England from their Brethren of Scotland were delivered in by the English Commissioners August the 19. to the Convention of Estates who did thereupon give power to their Committee to consider and debate further with the English Commissioners of what other Propositions might be added or concluded Whereby the assistance desired might be made more effectuall and beneficiall And in pursuance thereof these Propositions following were considered of and debated by the Committee and Commissioners aforesaid To be certified with all convenient speed to the two Houses of the Parliament of England and the Convention of Estates of Scotland by their respective Committees and Commissioners to be respectively taken into their consideration and proceeded with as they should finde cause Which being accordingly done and these ensuing Propositions approved agreed and concluded of by the Houses of the Parliament of England and the Committee of the Estates of Scotland respectively and power by them given to their respective Committees and Commissioners formerly to agree and conclude the same as may appeare by the Votes of both Houses dated the first of November and the Order of the Committee bearing date the 17th of November Wee the said Commissioners and Committees according to their Votes and Orders do formally conclude and agree upon these Articles following And in confirmation thereof doe mutually subscribe the same 1. It is agreed and concluded that the Covenant represented to the Convention of Estates and Generall Assembly of Scotland and sent to both Houses of the Parliament of England in the same forme as it is now returned from the two Houses of the Parliament of England to their Brethren of Scotland and allowed by the Committee of Estates and Commissioners of the Generall Assembly be sworne and subscribed by both Kingdomes as a most neer Tye and Conjunction between them for their mutuall defence against the Papists and Prelaticall Faction and their adherents in both Kingdomes and for pursuance of the ends expressed in the said Covenant 2. That an Army to this purpose shall be Levyed forthwith consisting of Eighteen Thousand Foot effective and two Thousand Horse and one Thousand Dragooners effective with a suteable Traine of Artillery To be ready at some Generall Rendezvous neer the Borders of England to March into England for the purposes aforesaid withall convenient speed The said Foot and Horse to be well and compleatly Armed and provided with Victualls and Pay for Forty daies And the said Trayne of Artillery to be fitted in all points ready to March 3. That the Army be commanded by a Generall appoynted by the Estates of Scotland and subject to such Resolutions and directions as are and shall be agreed and concluded on mutually between the two Kingdoms or by Committees appoynted by them in that behalfe for pursuance of the ends above mentioned 4. That the Charge of Levying Arming and bringing the said Forces together Furnished as also the fitting the Traine of Artillery in readinesse to March be computed and set owne according to the same Rates as if the Kingdom of Scotland were to raise the said Army for themselves and their own Affaires All which for the present is to be done by the Kingdom of Scotland upon Accompt And the Accompt to be delivered to the Commissioners of the Kingdom of England and when the Peace of the two Kingdoms is setled the same to be repaid or satisfied to the Kingdom of Scotland 5. That this Army be likewise paid as if the Kingdom of Scotland were to imploy the same for their own occasions and toward the defreying thereof it not amounting to the full months pay shall be Monthly allowed paid the summe of thirty thousand pounds sterling by the Parliament of England out of the Estates and Revenues of the Papists Prelats Malignants and their Adherents or otherwise And in case the said Thirty thousand pounds Monthly or any part thereof be not paid at the time when it shall become due and payable The Kingdom of England shall give the Publique Faith for the paying of the remainder unpaid with all possible speed Allowing the rate of eight pounds per centum for the time of the performance thereof And in case that notwithstanding the said Monthly summe of Thirty Thousand pounds paid as aforesaid the States and Kingdom of Scotland shall have just cause to demand furthar satisfaction of their Brethren of England when the Peace of both Kingdoms is setled for the pains hazard and charges they have undergone in the same They shall by way of brotherly assistance have due recompence made unto them by the Kingdom of England And that out of such Lands and Estates of the Papists Prelats Malignants and their Adherents as the two Houses of the Parliament of England shall think fit And for the assurance thereof the Publique Faith of the Kingdom of England shall be given them 6. And to th' end the said Army in manner aforesaid may be enabled and prepared to march The Kingdom of England is to pay in ready money to their Bâ—ethren of Scotland or such as shall have power from the Estates of that Kingdom the summe of one hundred thousand Pounds sterling at Leith or Edenburgh with all convenient speed by way of advance before hand which is to be discounted back againe unto the Kingdom of England by the Kingdom of Scotland upon the first Monthly allowance which shall grow due to the Scottish Aâ—my from the time they shall make their first entrance into the Kingâ—â—m of England 7. That the Kingdom of Scotland to manifest their willingnesse to their utmost ability to be helpfull to their Brethren of England in this common Cause will give the Publique Faith of the Kingdom of Scotland to be
of Hackney Jeremy Boroughes of Stepney Edmund Calamy Batchellor in Divinity George Walker Batchellor in Divinity Ioseph Carroll of Lincolns Inne Lazarus Seaman of London D. Iohn Harris Warden of Winchester Colledge George Morley of Mildenhall Edward Reynolds of Branston Thomas Hill of Titchmarch Batchellor in Divinity D. Robert Saunderson of Boothby Pannell Iohn Foxcroft of Gotham Iohn Iackson of Marske William Carter of London Thomas Thoroughgood of Massingham Iohn Arrowsmith of Lynne Robert Harris of Hanwell Batchellor in Divinity Robert crosse of Lincolne Colledge Batchellor in Divinity Iames Archbishop of Armagh Dr Matthias Styles of Saint George Escheape London Samuel Gibson of Burley Jeremiah Whitacre of Stretton D. Edmund Stanton of Kingston D. Daniel Featley of Lambeth Francis Coke of Yoxhall John Lightfoote of Asheley Edward Corbet of Merton Colledge Oxon Samuel Heldersham of Felton John Langley of Westuderley Christopher Tisdale of Vphusborne Tâ—â—â—as Young of Stowmarket John Phillips of Wrentham Humphrey Chambers of Claverton Batchellor in Divinity John Conant of Lymington Barchellor in Divinity Henry Hall of Norwich Batchellor in Divinity Henry Hutton Henry Scuddir of Colingborne Thomas Baylie of Manningford Bruce Benjamine Pickering of Easthoateley Henry Nye of Clapham Arthur Sallaway of Seavernestoake Sydrake Sympson of London Anthony Burgesse of Sutton Coldfield Richard Vines of Calcot William Greenhill of Stepney William Moreton of Newcastle Richard Buckley D. Thomas Temple of Battersey Simeon Ashe of Saint Brides M. Nicholson Thomas Gattaker of Rotherhithe Batchellor in Divinity Iames Weldy of Sylatten D. Christopher Pashley of Hawarden Henry Tozer Batchellor in Divinity William Spurstow of Hampden in Com. Bucks Francis Channell of Oxon Edward Ellis of Gilffield Batchellor in Divinity D Iohn Hacket of Saint Andrews Holborne Samuel de la Place Iohn de la March Matthew Newcomen of Dedham William Lyford of Sherborne in Com. Dorset M. Carter of Dynton in Com. Bucks William Lance of Harrow in Middlesex Thomas Hodges of Kensington in Com. Middlesex Andreas Perne of Wilby in Com. Northampton D. Thomas Westfield of S. Bartholomew le great London Bishop of Bristoll D. Henry Hammon of Penshurst in Kent Nicholas Prophet of Marlborough in Com. Wilts Peter Sterry of London Iohn Erle of Bishopston in Com. Wilts M Gibbon of Waltham Henry Painter of Exceter Batchellor in Divinity M. Michelâ—hwaite of Cherry-burton D. Iohn Wincop of S. Martins in the fields M. Price of Pauls Church in Covent garden Henry Wâ—lkinson Junior Batchellor in Divinity D. Richard Oldsworth Master of Emanuell Colledge in Cambridge M. William Duning of Coldaston and such other person and persons as shall be nominated and appointed by both Houses of Parliament or so many of them as shall not be letted by sicknesse or other necessary impediment shall meet and assemble and are hereby required and enjoyned upon summons signed by the Clerkes of both Houses of Parliament left at their severall respective dwellings to meet and assemble themselves at Westminster in the Chappell called King Henry the sevenths Chappell on the first day of Iuly in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand sixe hundred forty three and after the first meeting being at least of the number of forty shall from time to time sit and be removed from place to place and also that the said Assembly shall be dissolved in such manner as by both Houses of Parliament shall be directed And the said persons or so many of them as shall be so Assembled or sit shall have power and authority and are hereby likewise enjoyned from time to time during this present Parliament or untill further order be taken by both the said Houses to conferre and treat amongst themselves of such matters and things touching and concerning the Liturgy Discipline and Government of the Church of England or the vindicating and clearing of the doctrine of the same from all false aspertions and misconstructions as shall be proposed unto them by both or either of the said Houses of Parliament and no other and to deliver their opinions and advices of or touching the matters aforesaid as shall be most agreeable to the Word of God to both or either of the said Houses from time to time in such manner and sort as by both or either of the said Houses of Parliament shall be required and the same not to divulge by Printing writing or otherwise without the consent of both or either House of Parliament And be it further Ordained by the authority aforesaid that William Twiss Doctor in Divinity shall sit in the Chaire as Prolocutor of the said Assembly and if he happen to die or be letted by sicknesse or other necessary impediment then such other person to be appointed in his place as shall be agreed on by both the said Houses of Parliament And in case any difference of Opinion shall happen among the said persons so assembled touching any the matters that shall be proposed to them as aforesaid that then they shall represent the same together with the reasons thereof to both or either of the said Houses respectively to the end such further direction may be given therein as shall be requisite in that behalfe And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid that for the charges and expences of the said Divines and every of them in attending the said service there shall be allowed unto every of them that shall so attend during the time of their said attendance and for ten dayes before and ten dayes after the summe of foure shillings for every day at the charges of the Common-wealth at such time and in such manner as by both Houses of Parliament shall be appointed And be it further Ordained that all and â—very the said Divines so as aforesaid required and enjoyned to meet and assemble shall be freed and acquitted of and from every offence forfeiture penalty losse or damage which shall or may arise or grow by reason of any non-residence or absence of them or any of them from his or their or any of their Church Churches or Cures for or in respect of their said attendance upon the said Service any Law or Statute of Non-residence or other Law or Statute enjoyning their attendance upon their respective Ministeries or Charges to the contrary thereof notwithstanding And if any of the persons before named shall happen to dye before the said Assembly shall be dissolved by Order of both Houses of Parliament then such other person or persons shall be nominated and placed in the roome and stead of such person and persons so dying as by both the said Houses shall be thought fit and agreed upon And every such person or persons so to be named shall have the like Power and Authority Freedome and acquittall to all intents and purposes and also all such wages and allowances for the said service during the time of his or their attendance as to any other of the said persons in this Ordiâ—ance is by this Ordinance limited and appointed Provided alwayes that this Ordinance
Lievtenant of Ireland or Gâ—nerall of the Forces there hath to that purpose we do not know and therefore cannot inform your Lordships And as to the other particulars in that paper we do * The two Papers following no. 171 172. were delivered in before this Paper and the reference is to them and others formerly delivered on that subject refer our selves to the answers formerly given in to your Lordships demands touching that subject with this that we do conceive it to be most clear that His Majesty is in no wise restrained by expresse words or by the meaning of any Act made this Parliament from making a Peace or a Cessation in Ireland without the consent of the two Houses Their Paper 19. Feb. THere being but 3 dayes left to Treat upon the Propositions CLXIX for Religion the Militia and for Ireland and for that your Lordships have given no satisfactory answers to our dâ—mands concerning them we therefore now desire to confer with your Lordships how to dispose of the 3 dayes yet remaining that we may receive your Lordships full and clear answers thereunto The King's Commissioners Answer 19. February WE see no cause why your Lordships should think our CLXX Answers upon the Propositions for Religion and the Militia were not satisfactory And for that of Ireland we have received many Papers from your Lordships concerning that businesse besides the Propositions themselves to all which we doubt not to give a full and cleare Answer to your Lordships to morrow being the time assigned and the last day of the Treaty upon that subject * See the Paper 20. Feb. no. 192. touching His Majesties returne to Westminster After we shall be ready to conferre with your Lordships of disposing the remainder of the time Accordingly after the before mentioned Demands and Answer thereunto of the 19th of February the King's Commissioners in Answer to theirs of the 18th of February No. 149. delivered in this Paper 20. February VVE have already told your Lordships how farre we CLXXI. are from being satisfied by what you have alleadged against His Majesties Power to make a Cessation with the Rebells in Ireland neither have your Lordships in any degree answered the important reasons which induced His Majesty so to doe it being very evident that by the Cessation there His Majesties Protestant Subjects have been preserved and subsisted which without it they could not have done the two Houses forbearing to send any reliefe or supply to them and His Majesty not being able And we desire your Lordships to consider how impossible it was whilest the Warre continued in England with such fiercenesse and animosity by Armes to reduce the Kingdom of Ireland to His Majesties Obedience and therefore His Majesty had great reason to preserve that by a Cessation which He could not reduce by a Warre And we are most confident that the necessities which are not offered as excuses for but were the reall grounds of the Cessation were very visible to all those in that Kingdome whose advices His Maiesty ought in reason to follow and whose interests were most concerned and would not have given such advice if any â—ther way could have been found out to preserve them And we have been credibâ—y iâ—formed that the Committee sent into Ireland which His Maiesty never understood to be sent thither to supply the necessities but to observe the Actions of His Maiesties Ministers there having in their â—ourney thither signed Warrants in their owne names to apprehend the Persons of Pecres of this Realme and Persons of His Maiesties Privy Councell were never discountenanced there for His Maiesties directions that Persons who were not of His Privy Councell there should not be present at those Councells cannot be interpreted a discountenance to them in any thing they ought to doe And we are most assured that His Maiesty sent no Message or Letter to divert the course of the Officers Subscribing for Land in satisfaction of their Arreares but the Souldiers were meerly discouraged from the same by discerning that for want of Supplies they should not be able to goe on with that Warre And we doe assure your Lordships that His Majesty doth not beleeve that the Summes of Money raised for Ireland which your Lordships doe admit to have been made use of by both Houses of Parliament otherwise then was appointed are yet satisfied in any proportion the greatest part of the Money raised upon the Bill for 400000l and of the Moneys raised upon the charitable Collections as well as the Adventurers Moneys being imployed upon the Warre here And if the same were since satisfied it doth no wayes excuse the diverting of them when in the meane time that Kingdome suffered by that divertion And that the feare that other moneys so raised might likewise be misimployed was a great reason amoâ—gst others that made His Majesty not consent to that Bill mentioned by your Lordships And for the Regiments of Horse and Foot which your Lordships in your Paper of the 18th of this month say were designed for Ireland though they were imployed otherwise because a Commission could not be obtained for the Lord Wharton who was to Command those Forces It is well knowne that those Forces were raised before His Majesties Commission was so much as desired and then the Commission that was desired should have been independent upon His Majesties Lievrenant of that Kingdome and therefore His Maiesty had great reason not to consent to such a Commission and so the damages of keeping those six Pinnaces and the 1000 Land Forces if any such were proceeded not from any default of His Majesty And for the Provisions seized by His Maiesties Forces it is notorious that they were seized in the way to and neare Coventrey and that it was not made knowne to His Majesty that the same were for Ireland till after the seizure thereof when it was impossible to recover the same from the Souldiers who had taken them Whereas if a safe Conduct had been desired by His Majesty as it ought to have been the same being to passe through his Quarters there would have been no Violence or Interruption offered For the giving the Names of the Persons who subscribed the Letters delivered to your Lordships the Originalls of which have been shewed to you by us We have given your Lordships a full and reasonable Answer and if your Lordships will assure us that the giving their names to you shall be no prejudice to the Persons who did subscribe if at any time any of them shall be found within your Quarters we will forthwith deliver their names to you otherwise we conceive your Lordships cannot but give credit to that We have said and shewed to you all which we hope hath clearly satisfied your Lordships that the Cessation with the Rebels was neither unjust or unlawfull and that you will proceed to satisfie us by what meanes the Warre may be managed in Ireland with probable hope of the
carefull Election they may by providing for the good of that now miserable Kingdome discharge their duty to God the King and their Country And certainly if it be necessary to reduce that Kingdome and that the Parliament of England be a faithfull Councell to His Majesty and fit to be trusted with the prosecution of that Warre which His Majesty was once pleased to put into their hands and they faithfully discharged their parts in it notwithstanding many practices to obstruct their proceedings as is set forth in severall Declarations of Parliament then we say your Lordships need not think it unreasonable that His Majesty should engage himselfe to passe such Acts as shall be presented to him for raising monyes and other necessaries for that Warre for if the Warre be necessary as never War was more that which is necessary for the maintaining of it must be had and the Parliament that doth undertake and manage it must needs know what will be necessary and the People of England who have trusted them with their Purse will never begrudge what they make them lay out upon that occasion Nor need His Majesty feare the Parliament will presse more upon the Subject then is fit in proportion to the occasion It is true that heretofore Persons about His Maiesty have endeavoured and prevailed too much in possessing him against the Parliament for not giving away the money of the Subiect when His Maiesty had desired it But never yet did His Maiesty restraine them from it and we hope it will not be thought that this is a fit occasion to begin We are very glad to find that your Lordships are so sensible in your expressions of the Bloud and horror of that Rebellion and it is without all question in His Majesties Power to do Justice upon it if your Lordships be willing that the Cessation and ali Treaties with those bloudy and unnaturall Rebels be made voyd and that the prosecution of the Warre be setled in the two Houses of the Parliament of England to be managed by the joynt advice of both Kingdomes and the King to assist and to doe no Act to discountenance or molest them therein This we dare affirme to be more then a probable course for the remedying those mischiefs and preserving the remainder of His Maiesties good Subiects there We cannot believe your Lordships will think it fit there can be any Agreement of Peace any respight from hostility with such Creatures as are not fit to live no more then with Wolves or Tygers or any ravennous Beasts destroyers of mankind And we beseech you doe not think it must depend upon the condition of His Maiesties other Kingdomes to revenge or not revenge Gods quarrell upon such perfidious Enemies to the Gospell of Christ who have imbrued their hands in so much Protestant bloud but consider the Cessation that is made with them is for their advantage and rather a protection than a Cessation of Acts of hostility as if it had been all of their owne contriving Armes Ammunition and all manner of Commodities may be brought unto them and they may furnish themselves during this Cessation and be assisted and protected in so doing that afterwards they may the better destroy the small remainder of His Maiesties Protestant Subjects We beseech your Lordships in the bowells of Christian charity and compassion to so many poor Soules who must perish if the strength of that raging Adversary be not broken and in the Name of him who is the Prince of Peace who hates to be at Peace with such shedders of Bloud give not your consents to the continuation of this Cessation of Warre in Ireland and lesse to the making of any Peace there till Justice have been fully executed upon the Actors of that accursed Rebellion Let not the Judgement of Warre within this Kingdome which God hath layed upon us for our sinnes be encreased by so great a finne as any Peace or friendship with them whatsoever becomes of us if we must perish yet let us goe to our graves with that comfort that we have not made Peace with the Enemies of Christ yea even Enemies of mankind declared and unreconciled Enemies to our Religion and Nation Let not our Warre be a hindrance to that Warre for we are sure that Peace will be a hindrance to our Peace We desire Warre there as much as we doe Peace here for both we are willing to lay out our Estates our Lives and all that is deare unto us in this World and we have made Propositions unto your Lordships for both if you were pleased to agree unto them We can but look up to God Almighty beseech him to oncline your hearts and casting our selves on him wait his good time for the returne of our Prayers in setling a safe and happy Peace here and giving successe to our Endeavours in the prosecution of the Warre of Ireland It had been used by the Commissioners during the Treaty that when Papers were delivered in of such length and so late at night that present particular answers could not be given by agreement between themselves to accept the answers the next day dated as of the day before although they were Treating of another Subject And these two last papers concerning Ireland being of such great length and delivered about twelve of the clock at night when the Treaty in time was expiring so an no answer could be given without such consent and agreement Therefore the King's Commissioners delivered in this Paper 22. February YOur Lordships cannot expect a particular answer from us CLXXIX this night to the two long Papers concerning Ireland delivered to us by your Lordships about twelve of the clock this night but since there are many particulars in those Papers to which if they had been before mentioned we could have given your Lordships full satisfaction And for that we presume your Lordships are very willing to be satisfied in those particulars which so highly reflect upon His Majesty we desire your Lordships to receive the Answers which we shall prepare to those papers in the evening to Morrow dated as of this night and we doubt not to give your Lordships cleare satisfaction therein This desire was not granted nor any Paper delivered in answer to it but soon after the Treaty broke off During the 20. daies Treaty upon Religion Militia and Ireland the particular passages whereof are before expressed some other passages did occurre concerning His Majesties Propositions and particularly for a * It is the sixt of His Majesties Propositions Cessation and touching His Majesties returne to Westminster after disbanding of Armies and further time for continuing or renewing the Treaty which doe here follow And first touching His Majesties Propositions the Kings Commissioners delivered in this Paper the second day of the Treaty I. February WE desire to know whether your Lordships have any CLXXX See His Majesties Propositions n o 8. And the Letter from the Earle of Essex n o 9.
That their Commissioners should have Instructions to Treat upon them Instructions concerning His Majesties Propositions for setling a safe and well grounded Peace And if you have any touching the same we desire to have a sight of them Their Answer I. Feb. WE have not yet received Instructions concerning His CLXXXI Maiesties Propositions and shall therefore acquaint the Lords and Commons Assembled in the Parliament of England with the desires expressed in that Paper who having taken those Instructions into their consideration before our comming from them will send them to us in time convenient After upon the third of February His Majesties Commissioners delivered this Paper concerning His Majesties sixt Proposition for a Cessation of Armes 3. February WE desire to know whether your Lordships have received CLXXXII any Instructions concerning that Proposition of His Majesties for a Cessation and if your Lordships have not received any that you will endeavour to procure Authority to Treat thereupon which we have power to doe and conceive it very necessary that during the time we are endeavourinâ— to establish a blessed and happy Peace the issues of blood may be stopped in this miserable Kingdom and His Maiesties oppressed and Languishing Subjects have some earnest and prospect of the Peace we are endeavouring by Gods blessing to procure for them To this no particular Answer was given The King's Commissioners Paper 10. February HAving now spent three daies severally upon each of CLXXXIII your Lordships three Propositions concerning Religion the Militia and Ireland we desire to know whether your Lordships have received any instructions concerning His Majesties Propositions that we may prepare our selves to Treat upon them when your Lordships shall think fit Their Answer 11. Feb. VVE have received Instructions concerning His Maiesties CLXXXIV Propositions And when the Houses of Parliament shall be satisfied in the good Progresse of the Treaty upon their Propositions concerning Religion the Militia and Ireland they will give time for the Treaty upon those Propositions sent by His Maiesty But there was not any time given to Treat upon His Majesties Propositions Touching further time for continuing or reviveing the Treaty and His Majesties Returne to Westminster after Disbanding those Papers were delivered The King's Commissioners Paper 14. Febr. VVE have this day received directions from His Majesty CLXXXV to move your Lordships that you will endeavour to procure an addition of time for this Treaty after the expiration of the daies limited for the same upon the reasons mentioned in His Majesties Letter which Letter we herewith deliver to your Lordships The Letter mentioned in the last Paper from His Majesty to His Commissioners is this RIght Trusty c. Having received from you a CLXXXVI particular accompt of your proceedings in the Treaty and observing thereby how impossible it is within the daies limited to give such full Answers to the three Propositions you are now upon as you might if upon Consideration had of the rest of the Propositions you could clearely see what fruit such Answers will produce in order to a blessed Peace for the present and the future good and happinesse of this Kingdom We have thought it fit to advise you That you propose and desire of the Commissioners with whom you Treat that they will procure such farther time to be allowed after the expiration of the Twenty daies as may be sufficient for you upon a full understanding one of another upon the whole to make such a Conclusion that all Our Subjects may reap the Benefit good men pray for Deliverance from these bloody distractions and be united in Peace and Charity And if you think fit you may communicate this Our Letter to them And so we bid you heartily farewell Given at Our Court at Oxford 13. Feb. 1644. By His MAJESTIES Command GEORGE DIGBY To Our Right Trusty c. the Lords and others Our Commissioners for the Treaty at Vxbridge Their Answer 14. Feb. COncerning the paper delivered by your Lordships for addition CLXXXVII of time for the Treaty We can give no other answer then that we will send Copies of His Maiesties Letter and of the paper unto the Houses of Parliament and after signification of their pleasure we will give further answer Afterwards on the 18th of Feb. they delivered this paper 18. February YOur Lordships may please to take notice that in the 20 dayes CLXXXVIII appointed to Treat upon the Propositions concerning Religion Militia and Ireland the first Thursday and three Sundayes are not to be included The King's Commissioners paper 20. February BY our paper delivered to your Lordships the 14th of this CLXXXIX moneth we moved your Lordships to endeavour an addition of time for this Treaty after the expiration of the dayes limited for the same upon the reasons mentioned in His Majesties Letter which letter we then delivered to your Lordships whereunto your Lordships then returned answer that you would send Copies of His Majesties Letter and of our paper to the Houses of Parliament and after signification of their pleasure you would give farther Answer we now desire to know whether there may be an addition of time for this Treaty after the expiration of the dayes limited for the same upon the reasons mentioned in His Maiesties said letter and what time may be added Their Answer 20. Feb. YOur Lordships paper of the 14th of this moneth for an addition CXC of time for this Treaty together with His Maiesties Letter concerning the same were sent by us to the Houses of Parliament who * See their Paper before 11. February no. 185. as we have already acquainted your Lordships have declared That if they shall be satisfied in the good progresse of the Treaty upon the Propositions concerning Religion the Militia and Ireland will give time for the Treaty upon the Propositions by His Majesty but farther then this have not as yet signified their pleasures unto us The King's Commissioners Paper 20. February HAving now spent 18 dayes with your Lordships in the CXCI. Treaty upon Religion the Militia and Ireland besides the present satisfaction we have given your Lordships in those particulars we having offered that further consideration and order be taken therein by His Majestie and the two Houses of Parliament and your Lordships having proposed many important things in the said severall particulars to be framed setled disposed by the two Houses before a full Agreement can be established we propose to your Lordships whether the two dayes remaining may not be best spent towards the satisfying your Lordships in those 3 Propositions and the procuring a speedy blessed Peace upon finding out some expedient for His Majesties repaire to Westminster that so all differences may be composed and this poor Kingdom be restored to it's Ancient happines and security and to that purpose if your Lordships shall think fit we are willing to Treat with your Lordships concerning the best meanes whereby all