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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78913	His Majesties message to the Lord Generall Fairfax; and His act and proclamation concerning the army, to be published throughout all the respective counties, cities, and market towns, within the kingdom of England, and dominion of Wales. Also, a letter from the army to the King, and their new propositions touching his Majesty, and dissolving of the Parliament, and the time prefixed. With a declaration of the Lord Generall Fairfax touching the same. Agreed upon by his Excellency, and the councell of the army, and signed T. Fairfax.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1648 (1648)	Wing C2486; Thomason E472_15*; ESTC R205785	2,577	7

HIS MAJESTIES MESSAGE To the Lord Generall Fairfax And His Act and Proclamation concerning the Army to be published throughout all the respective Counties Cities and Market towns within the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales Also a Letter from the Army to the King and their new Propositions touching his Majesty and dissolving of the Parliament and the time prefixed With a Declaration of the Lord Generall Fairfax touching the same AGreed upon by his Excellency and the Councell of the Army and Signed T. FAIRFAX C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENS DIEV ET MONDROIT London Printed for Nathaniel Richardson 1648. THE DEMANDS OF THE ARMY Presented to His Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax concerning the Kings Majesty and both Houses of Parliament May it please your Excellency WHereas we have a long time beheld the sad and bleeding condition of this poor distressed and languishing Kingdome and our hearts being burthened with the unsetled condition thereof we therefore thought requisite to declare the resentment of the Army under your Excellencies immediate conduct and to present these ensuing Proposals to the end they may be speedily communicated to both Houses of Parliament viz. 1 That present provision be made for constant pay of the Army 3 That a period may be set for this present Parliament to end as soon as may be with safety and provisions made for future Parliaments to meet certain without Writ or Summons 3 That Rules may be set down between the People and their Representatives 4 That Laws may be made in things civill to bind all men so that men in no case of offence may be freed from the Law whereunto another is subject 5 That all those common grievances and desires expressed in the London Petition be speedily granted and redressed 6 That the supream power may be declared and determined that the want thereof may not bee the ground of future as it hath beene of these former wars 6 That speedy and impartial Justice may be executed upon all fomenters contrivers and actors in the first and late warre 7 That the heavy burden of free quarter may be taken off 8 That in as much as the Assesments fall short to pay the Army that therefore there may be additionall supplies out of the Estates of the old and new Delinquents that there be no more tax or charge to the Common-wealth 9 That forthwith an account bee called for from all persons that have been betrusted with any thing for the State that the Kingdome may be satisfied therein 10 That the Deanes and Chapters Lands may be given to pay the Souldiers Arrears seeing the Parliament have given away the Delinquents Estates that should have done it These things being the sense and resolution of the whole Army they desire to have the said Proposals communidated to the view both of King and people And in consideration thereof his Excellency hath declared their resentment to the Committee of the Army Desiring that the intollerable burden and many pressures now lying upon the Kingdom occasioned by free quarter may be removed And his Excellency further declared that he hoped ere this they should have received some good fruit of their last consultations with the Councell of the Army the matters then agreed on being of such publike concernment and so much requiring expedition Further intimating that he earnestly desireth that the two Houses would be pleased to improve their utmost endeavour for a quick dispatch in providing effectually for the Army to prevent those ill consequences which otherwise delay therein may produce THese Resentments and Declaration from his Excellency were Ordered to be printed and published and communicated to both Houses of Parliament assembled at Westminster Signed T. FAIRFAX The Armies Message to the KING May it please your Maiesty MAy it please your Majesty Whereas the Officers and Souldiery under the immediate conduct of his Excellency the Lord Generall FAIRFAX are possest with divers fears and jealousies that they cannot be safe for the future unlesse speedy Iustice be executed upon the capitall Offenders of this Nation and that this present Treaty may not conclude a peace with his Majesty without care taken to preserve the Liberties and Freedomes of the people of this Nation the which being granted and confirmed we do declare that none shall be more instrumentall for the setling of a safe and well-grounded Peace then our selves And that so soon as your Majesty shall be pleased to enact and make provisions for us We shall use our utmost endeavours for the re-inthroning of your Royal person An Abstract from Sea ON Sunday Novemb. 12. Letters from the Navy say That there hath been a late Fight aboard the Princes Fleet between the English Commanders and the Dutch the manner thus Prince Rupert having received Commission from the Prince of Wales to command in chief aboard His Highnesses Fleet the Mariners began to mutiny and resisted his power denying submission to his Orders whereupon the Prince and the rest of his Irish and Dutch Commanders called a Councell and disputing the quarrell resolved to make he chief Fomenters thereof exemplary but the Seamen unanimously resolved to live and dye together and upon the Princes Demands to have some of the Ringleaders delivered up to answer it before the Prince of VVales they gave him a volley killed two of the Irish Commanders wounded Rupert and took prisoners Cap. Hamon and Cap. Fog and forced the rest of the Royalists ashore it is thought they will speedily come in upon Indempnity His Maiesties Declaration Right Honourable SInce the return of the Parliaments Commissioners here hath hapned very sad accidents occasioned by a Disputation between the Royalists and he Parliamenteers the manner thus On Thursday night last Divers of the Royall party resorted to the George Taverne where they began their Soveraignes health lustily and upon a conference touching his Majesties last Concessions to the Bill of abolition of Arch-bishops c. they resolved to declare to the contrary and thereupon made great Protestations to avenge their quarrell upon some of the chief Instruments thereof But beidg diskovered in the height of their Arguments four Files of Musquetiers were sent to apprehend them and to bring them before the Governour but upon their motion to secure them the Royalists resisted drew their swords and discharged their pocket pistols insomuch that a bloudy conflict began to ensue both parties engaging and disputing the place with great resolutenesse and gallantry for the space of half an hour till at last Ensigne Smith entred the Room where they where killed two of them and secured the rest with the losse of three men which done he guarded them to Carisbrook and upon examination were ordered to be committed to safe custody And his Majesty being informed of the said Riot and Commotion declared a great dislike thereof saying That He desired justice to be executed upon all such Contemuers and Covenant-breakers His Majesty since the Commissioners departure from hence hath declared a very good liking of the Army touching their constancy and great fidelity to the trust reposed in them Dated from Newport in the Isle of Wight the 13. of Octob. 1648. Novemb. 14. 1648. LEtters from the Isle of Wight say That his Majesty hath sent a Letter to the Lord Gen. Fairfax intimating His earnest desires for peace requiring his Excellency and the Councell of the Army to be instrumenall therein promising upon his Royall Word to satisfie all things by them desired and to enact and make proclamation thereupon throughout all Cities Counties and Market townes within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales FINIS