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A88014	A letter sent from the Queen of England to the Kings Majesty at Newport; concerning the overtures of the treaty and His proceedings with the commissioners for peace. With Her Majesties advice and desires touching the said treaty; and Her propositions concerning all His Majesties subjects within His realmes and dominions. Also, His Majeseies last concessions for peace, delivered to the commissioners, to be sent to both Houses of Parliament; shewing how far He hath given His royall assent to the second bill, touching bishops and church-government.	Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669.	1648 (1648)	Wing L1610; Thomason E467_17; ESTC R205255	2,730	8

A LETTER Sent from the Queen of ENGLAND TO The Kings Majesty at Newport concerning the Overtures of the Treaty and His proceedings with the Commissioners for Peace WITH Her Majesties Advice and Desires touching the said Treaty And Her Propositions concerning all His Majesties Subjects within His Realmes and Dominions ALSO His Majesties last Concessions for Peace delivered to the Commissioners to be sent to both Houses of Parliament shewing how far He hath given His Royall assent to the second Bill touching Bishops and Church-Government London Printed for Nathaniel Williamson 1648. THE QUEEN OF ENGLANDS LETTER To Her Soveraign Lord the King of Great Brittain Directed to His Majesty at Newport in the Isle of Wight from Paris in France Endeared Sir AFter a long time spent in consultation upon the great affairs of these languishing and distressed Kingdoms and having waded through a Labyrinth of Circumstances and Argument for the composing of all differences within the said Realms and Dominions His Majesty were pleased to declare his sense and resolution to the Commissioners yesterday Octob. 9. in answer to their former Proposals which were as followeth That His Majesty is pleased to condiscend that the Church-Lands shall be confirmed by ●His Royall consent to an Act to confirm the particular Grants already made of the Bishops Lands for the space of 99. yeeres together with the abolishing of Bishops for the same terme of time provided that there may be an indifferent choice of Clergy men to be supervisors in Ecclesiasticall affaires accordingly as it shall be ordered and agreed on by the Assembly of Divines allowed to consult by his Majesties former Condescentions These and the Concessions before assented to His Majesty again proposeth to the Parliaments Commissioners That He may come up to London to treat on what else may conduce to the settlement of His three languishing and bleeding Kingdoms But the Commissioners are not altogether satisfied with this Answer neither do they take it as satisfactory What the issue of this will be we leave to time and providence Sir Peter Killegrew is disspatched away from hence to the Parliament with his Majesties last Answer touching Episcopacy It is verily believed that His Majesty will give His Royall Word to passe all the Propositions rather then to have the Treaty obstructed and the rather becuse He finds all the Designs of the Royall party to be frustrated both in England and Scotland as also the Capitall and Metropolitan Designe in the Kingdome of France to be blasted in the Bud before it could come to any maturity or ripenesse as appeares by an Expresse from thence to his Majesty and sent from the Queen to Her Dread Soveraign the King the Heads whereof I have here inserted viz. That the great differences throughout he Cities of Paris Roan and other parts adjacent within the limits and bounds of the French Territories hath quite obstructed the Design of his Majesties friends for England and that the Eglish quarrell is so great in severall parts of that Kingdom that no Integrity or Loyalty can appeare visible to its Soveraign And therefore seeing no meanes prevalent to advance His Majesties Cause Her Majesty desireth that this present Treaty may be the Salve and Balsome to cure and heal all Diseases throughout his vast and bleeding Nations Concluding that she doth in a deep sense bewaile the sad and intestine Miseries of all His liege people whatsoever Further desiring that his Majesty would be pleased to embrace all such Counsels and Consultations that may tend to the peace and tranquility of his three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland During the time of this Treaty sundry Expresses have come from severall parts to the King which represent things to be in a very sad condition touching the advancement of his Cause who upon consideration thereof it s conceived will prove the most Instrumentall to bring a period to our distractions and exclude all thoughts of jealousie from his Majesties Royal Breast to his two Houses of Parliament Newport 10. October 1648. By another Expresse from the Isle of Wight it is said That The great businesse insisted on is the proposition for setling Religion which is like to take up some time his Majesty gave in a paper to the Commissioners of the Reasons wherefore the could not condiscend to the taking away Bishops and the Government by Bishops the treaty hereupon hath held all the last week and nothing yet concluded on yet most are of opinion His Maj. will assent and this proposition being over there is lesse doubt the other in course will be agreed on His Maj. hath promised to deliver in his positive answer this present Munday which if it be but satisfactory no doubt but there will be a good conclusion of all to an happy peace Newport 9. Octob. 1648. New propositions presented to his Majesty 1 That your Maj. according to the laudable example of your Royall Father of happy memory may be pleased to swear and sign the late Solemn League and Covenant and that an act of Parl be passed for the injoyning the taking thereof by all the subjects of the Kingdom c. 2 That a Bill be passed for the utter abolishing and taking away of all Arch-bishops Bishops their Chancellors and Commissaries Deans and Sub-Deans and all other Officers whatsoever out of the Church of England and Dominion of Wales and out of the Church of Ireland 3 That the Ordinances concerning the calling and sitting of the Assembly of Divines be confirmed by Act of parliament 4 That Reformation of Religion according to the Covenant be setled by act of parliament in such manner as both Houses have agreed or shall agree upon after consultation had with the Assembly of Divines 5 That for the more effectual disabling Jesuits priests papists and popish Recusants from disturbing the State and deluding the Laws and for the better discovering and speedy conviction of popish Recusants an Oath be established by act of parliament to be administred to them wherein they abjure and renounce the popes Supremacy the Doctrine of Transubstantiation purgatory worshipping of the Consecrated Hoast Crucifixes and Images and all popish Superstitions and Errors and refusing the said Oath being tendred in such manner as shall be appointed by the said Act to be a sufficient Conviction of popish Recusants 6 An Act or Acts of parliament for education of the children of papists by protestants in the protestant Religion 7 An Act for the true Leavy of the penalties against them which penalties to be levied and disposed in such manner as both Houses shall agree on wherein to be provided that his Majesty shall have no losse 8 That an act be passed in parliament whereby the practises of papists may be prevented and a stricter course taken to prevent tht saying or hearing of Mass in the Court or any other part of this Kingdom or the Kingdom of Ireland To the four first its said his Maj. makes some scruple at to the latter we hear that He gave his Royall assent on Munday last Letters further from the Isle of Wight say That the Kings Answer on Munday last of the Bill of Religion were presented to the Parliaments Commissioners by His Majesties Secretary and were● Subscribed CHARLES R. Wherein is contained the sense and resolution of his Majesty touching Bishops and his Concessions to abolish all Arch-bishops Bishops their Chancellors and Commissaries Deans and Sub-Deans Canons Prebendaries and all other their inferiour Officers out of the Church of England and Dominion of VVales for the term of 99 years He hath also promised his Royall Word to passe an Act to confirm the sale of Bishops Lands for the same time and therefore desireth that He may come to London to treat upon the rest in course with his two Houses of Parliament personally The treaty goes on unanimously but little concluded on between the King and the Commissioners but it s conceived before the 16 of this instant October you will hear of a happy conclusion Newport 10 Octob. 1648. FINIS