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england_n	john_n	king_n	scot_n	5,784	5	9.7910	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25499	An ansvver of a letter from an agitator in the city to an agitator in the army	Agitator in the city.	1647 (1647)	Wing A3283; ESTC R109	4,693	10

speedily offer the King his own conditions I meane such as are for safety We heare the Agitators grow peremtory and clash with the Counsell of War That they are all for parity and a Republick and that they give out the Counsell of war is above them Take heed you intertain not too many Souldiers from London nor of the Kings party for they will deceave you and beware of that beggerly Scot Master Walter Steward and my Lord Oradiell Carnewayh they will sell you at the last to those which will bid most and if the Scots comes they will bee as so many spies upon you The Scotts are very Iocuand and t is thought by some who have good Intelligence that the King hath signed a Declaration under hand wherein he declares himselfe a Prisoner and that his Parliament is in the like condition that the Army is the Gaoler that he will declare the first opportunity that is offered for a free Parliament In a word we are in a straight for at present I was certainly informed that the Presbyterian faction will secure the principall Members of both Houses and of our best friends in the Tower and there they shall remaine as Hostiges untill the King be at safety at his house at White-Hall and that Sir Thomas Fairfax Commission shall be voted downe and if he doe not obey that a Declaration be set forth to the Kingdome to proclaime him and his Officers which shall not obey Traytors and that the severall Counties give no free Quarter nor pay no Taxes And that they resolve to pay the common Souldiers all there Arreares both Horse and foot and ease the Kingdom of all burdens especially Committees That the five Members of the Army shall bee proclaimed Traytors and have Articles drawne up by all against them T is whispered the Lawyers will make all those which connived at Ioyoes plundering the King Traitors We heare that the City hath Agitators in all the Counties to associate with them and that they send to all their friends the leaders of the Declaration Kent are much troubled their Committee is going down it will be a great blow to out party You must be couragious and storme London presently otherwise we are all undone And threaten to plunder the Rich which will worke more upon them then Reason All my hope is they dare not defend their owne nor run such a hassard and in your Declaration set forth that all that are neutrall shall not be plundered hope and feare are the predominent Passions of the rich What you doe you must doe speedily and give out you are bringing the King to London and counterfeit the Kings hand to a Declaration Dolus and vertus quis in hoste requiret Young Sir Henry Vaine hath more tricks in his buget I feare witty Henry Martin and deep Will Wallin soment this humour too much in the Agitators and there are many of our friends in Parliament some are more against the Person of the King then Monarchy as old Sir Henry Vaine who hates the King but loves tyranny with his soule for he was ever of the Spanish faction so doth Sir Henry Mildmay Sir Arthur Haselericke but hee is taken off for hee shall bee Governour to the Prince of Wales Master Gurdon Master Denis Bond they have prayed publikely that all the bloudshed in England and Ireland may light upon the King and his posterity Master Wever Master Scot Mr. Challiner Master Miles Corbet Master Renoldes Mr. Cornelius Holland Master John Blackestone Alderman Hoyle and Sir William Allansan are all Antimonanchicall so is Master Westrow Sir Gilbert Pickering Sir Henry Hamon and 40. more at the least for this is our strongest party in number though not for wisdome and power for one of our richest and best friends Master William Perpoint who hath carryed on the great designe with as much secresie industry and gravity as any of our Party is for closing with the King My advise is to joyn with the King only to save stakes for he grows daily in the Affection of the People and there are Pestilent books daily writ especially in Law Points which are not for our turne if we prosper we must reform the Lawyers as well as the Parliament or Devines for they grow sawcy I feare you have too many of the Kings party in the Army trust not to them for they look through our designes and incourages their party in London to joyne in the last Petition for your Army drawing up neer London I feare you have lost your time for they are able to draw 40000. men on the workes and the Reformadoes are grownd to an edge against you and will put you to intollerable duty or else hazard the beating up of your Quarters If you get a repulse at London you will sinke daily in your Reputations and the Counties will rise upon you if the City plyes you with sallyes Besides look to your Reare for a friend tells me for certaine that the Scottish Commissioners some leading Citizens and the leaders of the Reformadoes are ingaged in a secret Oath I heare Sir William Belfore and Dolbeere are very active and have shrewd Pates and knowes the Constitution of our Army They jeere and give out that all our Commanders will preserve their sacred Persons especially Crumwell and Jreton they are wise and fitter for direction the brave Hardy Generall must fight himselfe as he did at Naseby and Crumwell must direct and look to the Reare and the last Reserve We want brave Ressiter I heare he is too much of the Presbyterian faction Our Religion is the best and that cannot but make our Cause good but wee are much scandolised with covetousnesse ambition and lying but these are but the infirmities of perticular men not of the godly party of the Army We are much murmured at by the people that wee send not reliefe for Ireland being in such extremity I wish well to Ireland but I love the Welth of England better we have been very neere to have all England in our possession This base Irreligious City hath been a rub in our way but I hope they shall pay for it with Interest for I hope you will inrich the poore Saints which is there proper inheritance with the Treasure of Vserors and cheating Citizens Let mee heare at large and often from you and twise a week you shall have an answer Farewell deare Brother You must prosper for you have the Prayers of the Communion of Saints FINIS