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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88024	A letter sent to the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and the Common Councel of the City of London, Iune. 10. By His Excellencie T. Fairfax. O. Crumwell T. Hammond H. Ireton T. Rainsborough H. Waller. [brace] N. Rich. R. Hammond R. Lilburn, T. Pride, T. Hewson. I. Disborow.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing L1622; Thomason E392_16; ESTC R201570	2,523	8

A LETTER SENT To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and the Common Councel of the City of London Iuno 10. By His Excellencie T. Fairfax O. Crumwell T. Hammond H. Ireton T. Rainsborough H. Waller N. Rich. R. Hammond R. Lilburn T. Pride T. Hewson L. Disborow June 14th LONDON Printed for George Whittington at the blew Anchor in Corne-hill neere the royall Exchange Right Honourable and trusty Friends HAving by our letters and other addresses presented by our noble Generall to the honourable House of Commons indeavoured to give satisfaction of the clearnesse of our just demandes and also in papers published by us remonstrated the grounds of our proceedings in prosecution thereof All which having been exposed to a publike view we are confident have come to your hands and at the least received a chatitable construction from you The sum of all which desires as Souldiers are no other then a desire of satisfaction to our demandes as Souldiers and reparation upon those who have to the uttermost improved all opportunities and advantages by false suggestions and misrepresentations and otherwise for the destruction of this Army with a perpetuall blot of infamy upon it which we should not value i● it singly concerned our own particulars being ready to deny our selves in this as we have done in other Cases for the Kingdomes good but under this pretence finding no lesse involved in it then the overthrow of the priviledges both of Parliament and people whom rather then they shall faile in their designes or we receive what in the eyes of all good men is just endeavours to ingage the Kingdome in a new warre and this singly by those who when the tru●h of these things shall be made to appeare will be found the Authors of those Evils that are feared as having no other way to protect themselves from que●●tion and punishmen but by putting the Kingdome into blood being under pretences of the honour of and their love to the Parliament as i● that were d●arer to the a then us if they had g●ven gre●ter proofe of their faithfulnesse to it then we then we perceive that under these vailes and pretences they secke to internesse their designe in the City of London as if that City ought to make good their miscarriages and should preferr a few false seeking men before the wel-farre of the publike and ind●ed ●e have found these men so active to accomp●ish their de●ignes and to have such apt Instrument for their turn● in that City that we have cause to su●pect they ma●ing●ge many therein upon m●st●k●s wh●ch are e●si●y swallowed in times of such preju●ice against m●n that have given we may speake it without va●i●y the most publike T●stimony of their good aff●ction to the publike and to that City in particular For the things we insist upon as Englishmen and meerly our b●ing Souldiers hath not strip● us of that interest although our malicious enemies would have it so we desire a settlem●nt of the peace of the Kingdome and of the lib●rties of the subjects according to the votes and Declarations ●f Parliament which before we tooke up Armes were by the Parliament used as Arguments and inducements to invite us and divers of our deare friends out some of which have lost their lives in this warre which being by Gods blessing finished we thinke we have as much right to dem●nd and desire to see an happy settlement of as we have to our money or the other common interests of Souldiers which we have insisted upon we finde also the most ingenious and honest people in almost in all the parts of the Kingdome where we come full of the sence of ruine and misery if the Army should be di●b●nded b●fore the peace of the Kingdome and those oth●r thi●g● before mentioned have a full and perfect s●●tlement We have said before and professe it now we desire no alteration of the Civill Government We desire not to intermeddle with or in the least to interrupt the setling of the Presbyteriall Government nor do we seek to open a way to licentious liberty un●er pretence of obtaining ease for tender Consciences we professe as ever in these things when the State has once made a setlement We have nothing to say but to submit or suffer only we could wish that every good Citizen and every man that walkes peaceably in a blamelesse Conversation and is beneficiall to the Common-wealth may have of liberties encouragements it being according to the just policy of all States even to justice it self These in briefe are our desires and the things for which we stand beyond which we shall not goe and for the obtaining these things we are drawing neer your City professing sincerely from our hearts we intend not evill towards you and undertaki●g to you Dec●aring with all confidence and assurance That if you appear not against us in these our just D●sires to assist that wicked party that would embroyl Us and the kingdome nor we nor our Souldiers shall give the least offence Wee come not to doe any act to prejudice the Being of Parliament or to the hurt of this in order to the present settlement of the Kingdome Wee seek the good of all and we shall here wayte or remove to a further distance there to abide if once we be assured that a speedy setlement of things be in hand until they be accomplished which done we shal be most ready eyther all of us or so many of the Atmy as the Parliament shal think fit to disband or go for Ireland And although you suppose that rich City may seeme an inticing bayt to poore hungry Souldiers to venture far to gaine the wealth thereof yet if not provoked we do profess rather then any such evill should fall out the Souldier shal make their way through our bloud to effect it And wee can say this for most of them for your better assurance that they so little value their pay in comparison of higher concernments to the Publique good that rather then they will be unrighted in the matter of their honesty and integrity which hath suffered by the men they ayme at and desire Justice upon or want the settlement of the Kingdomes peace and their with their fellow-subjects liberties they will lose all which may be a stronge assurance to you that it s not your wealth they seeke but the things tending in common to your and their welfare which that they may obtaine you shall doe like fellow-subjects and Brethren if you solicite the Parliament for them and on their behalfe If after all this you or a considerable part of you be seduccd to take up Armes in opposition to or hinderance of these our just undertakings we hope by this Brotherly Admonition to the sincerity whereof wee cal God to witnesse we have freed our selves from all that ruine which may befal that great and populous City having hereby washed our hands thereof Royston June 10. 1647. Your affectionate friends to serve you T. Fairfax Oliver Cromwell Thomas Hammond Henry Ire●on Tho Rainsborow Hardres Waller Nath Rich. Robert Hammond Robert Lilburn Thomas Pride Thomas Hewson John Disborow To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councell of the Citie of London