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A25838 The army for a treaty, and accomodation, or, Collections out of severall papers formerly published by the army conteining their desires ... of peace by accomodation with His Majesty and his party ... : whereunto is annexed a letter to His Excellency ... England and Wales. Army. 1648 (1648) Wing A3710; ESTC R18507 3,152 8

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THE ARMY FOR A TREATY AND ACCOMMODATION OR Collections out of severall Papers formerly published by the Army conteining their desires grounded on solid reasons of Peace by Accommodation with His Majesty and His Party on tearmes very sutable to those now proposed by the Parliament Whereunto is annexed A Letter to His EXCELLENCY and the Officers of the Army in Councell Assembled And short Observations on the Collections JAMES 1. 8. A double minded man is unstable in all his waies Printed in the Year 1648. In the representation of the Army June 14. 1647. This is set down as the 8. proposall for PEACE 8. THat publick justice being first satisfied by some few examples to posterity out of the worst excepted persons and other Delinquents having made their Compositions some course may be taken by a generall Act of Oblivion or other wayes whereby the seeds of future War or fewds either to the present Age or Posterity may the better be taken away by easing that sence of present and satisfying those feares of future ruines or undoing to person● or Families which may drive men into desperate wayes for self-preservation or remedy and by taking away the private remembrance and distinction of Parties as far as may stand with safety to the Rights and Liberties we have hitherto fought for Pag. 45. In the humble Remonstrance from His Excellency Sir Tho Fairfax and the Army under His Command presented to the Commissioners at S. Albans June 23. 1647. is this passage ANd whereas there has been scandalous informations presented to the Houses and industriously published in Print importing as if His Majesty were kept as Prisoner amongst us and barbarously and uncivilly used We cannot but declare that the same all other suggestions of that sort are most false scandalous and absolutely contrary not onely to our declared desires but also to our Principles which are most clearly for a generall Right and just Freedom to all And therefore upon this occasion we cannot but declare particularly that we desire the same for the King and others of His Party so far as can consist with common Right and Freedom with the security of the same for future And we do further clearly profess we do not see how there can be any peace to the Kingdome firme or lasting without a due consideration of and provision for the Rights quiet and immunity of His Majesties Royall Family and His late partakers and herein we think that tender and equitable dealing as supposing their cause had been ours and a spirit of common love and justice diffusing it self to the good and preservation of all will make up the most glorious Conquest over their hearts if God in mercy see it good to make them and the whole people of the Land lasting Friends Page 64. In a Letter from Sir Tho Fairfax to both Houses of Parliament giving an account of transactions between His Majesty and the Army there is this passage IN generall we humbly conceive that to avoide all harshnesse and afford all kinde usage to His Majesties Person in things consisting with the peace and safety of the Kingdome is the most Christian honourable and prudent way And in all things as the representation and Remonstrance of the Army doth expresse we think that tender equitable and moderate dealing both towards His Majesty His Royall Family and late Party so far as may stand with the safety of the Kingdome and security to our common Rights and Liberties is the most hopefull course to take away the seeds of War or future fewds amongst us for Posterity and to procure a lasting Peace and a Government in this distracted Nation Page 75. Reading July 6. 1647. In the Proposals of the Army 1 Aug. 1647. 14. That things here before proposed being provided for setling and securing the Rights Liberties and safety of the Kingdome His Majesties Person Queen and Royall Issue may be restored to a condition of Safety Honour and Freedome in this Nation without diminution of their Personall Rights or further limitation to the exercise of the Regall Power then according to the particulars aforegoing 15. For the matter of Compositions 1. That a lesser number out of the persons excepted in the two first qualifications not exceeding five for the English being nominated particularly by the Parliament who together with the persons in the Irish Rebellion included in the third qualificaon may be reserved to the further judgement of the Parliament as they shall see cause All other excepted persons may be remitted from the exception and admitted to Compositions 2. That the rates for all future Compositions may be lessened and limited not to exceede the severall proportions hereafter exprest respectively that is to say 1. For all persons formerly excepted not above a third part 2. For the late Members of Parliament under the first branch of the fourth qualification a fourth Part. 3. For other Members of Parliament in the second and third branch of the said qualification a sixth Part. 4. For the persons nominated in the said four qualifications and those included in the tenth qualification an eighth Part. 5. For all others included in the sixt qualification a tenth Part. And that reall Debts either upon record or proved by witnesse be considered and abated in the valuation of their Estates in all the cases aforesaid 3. That those who shall hereafter come to compound may not have the Covenant put upon them as a condition without which they may not Compound 16. That there may be a generall Act of Oblivion to extend to all except the persons to be continued in exception as before to absolve from all trespasses misdeameaners c. done in prosecution of the Warre and from all trouble or prejudice for or concerning the same Page 116. 117. For his Excellency THOMAS Lord FAIRFAX and the Officers of the Army under his Command in Councell Assembled Right Honourable UNderstanding by common fame that on Tuesday Novemb. 16. there is to be a generall Councell of all the Officers of the Army the result whereof may have a great influence on the affaires of this distracted Kingdome Out of a fervent desire of my Countries good I have taken the boldnesse to represent to your Excellency and the rest of that Honourable Councell an abstract of some particulars out of your formerly Printed papers containing your worthy expressions to promote with the freedome the Peace of this Nation by tender respect to all Estates therein How popular those expressions rendred your Excellency and the Army under your Command I need not now tell your Excellency nor them Nor need I expresse what contrary effects any recession from those expressions and proposals may worke if in so hopefull a circumstance of affaires for Peace there should be any interposition from you to frustrate the present expectation of the closure of our breach upon any pretences contrariant to those expressions inclosed so deliberately penn'd and generally communicated to the eyes of all the Nation Mutability in men of your places is in it self a thing too unsutable but in a case of this nature It cannot but be lookt upon as the fruit of the turne of private interest the publique being still the same And for men that have done so much for the Publique to move on the hinge of private interest in a businesse of this concernment how greatly it may obscure your present resplendent glory I hope you will rather foresee in reason then adventure to read it in the black letters of sad experience Verbum sapienti I will conclude with hope and prayer that God will so direct you that you will promte the happy hoped for cloosure of our distractions and crowne all your former Victories over others with this victory over all private interest in your selves to promote the Publique which is most manifestly involved in a good Peace Observations on the foregoing passages REader Thou maist Observe that the whole Army in their Remonstrance Declare 1. That it is not onely against their desires but Principles to imprison the King or use Him uncivilly And I hope their Principles are the same still 2. They declare their belief that there cannot be any Peace to the Kingdome firme or lasting without a due consideration of and provision for the rights quiet and immunities of His Majesties Royall Family and His late partakers 3. That they come lower in moderating rigour to the Kings Party then the Houses bringing the parties exempted to five the Parliament holds up to seaven And the five not condemn'd to death but reserv'd to the further judgement of the Parliament as they shall see cause 4. After all they move for a generall Act of Oblivion in as full tearmes as may be and very rationally to prevent future disturbance of the State Whence from their owne pens it must inevitably follow that if they under pretence of Justice shall disturbe this present Treaty or use to say no worse any uncivility to the King They shall recede from their owne Principles render us uncapable of a peace firme and lasting which the late experience since the Vote of No addresses may more clear unto us And if such an attempt be not destructive to this poor Kingdome the world may God will rightly judge THE END