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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75592	The Armies declaration examined and compared with their declaration May 6. Their petition and addresse May 12. And their petition and representation. Discovering some of their contradictions, lies, calumnies, hypocrisie, and designes. Well worthy observation.		1659 (1659)	Wing A3713; Thomason E1006_2; ESTC R207901	28,008	31

good reason for you have seen before there are Tell-tales Members Occasion is ministred from one of the Letters which was signed by severall Officers according to appointment of the General Council It should seem whatever the Generall Council Orders must be done Right or Wrong but 't is pretty sport these Signers put the General Council upon this work and then the General Council order them to Sign and the very truth is a few of them rule the General Council and some of their wives rule them and who do you think Rules the Nation sent to a Regiment of the Army and produced by a Member of the House it being of no other purpose then the sending of the said Representation to one of the Regiments as is before mentioned That is to say to get their Subscriptions after it had been debated in the House for the ends I mentioned before Neverthelesse they fell soul upon the said Officers who subscribed it That is very true and bravely done for they made no Difference of persons but fell foul if you term it so upon every one of them according to the merit of their Confederacy and took this rise in pursuance of their former intent to make a plain breach upon the Army the question is whether they were to be blamed for falling foul upon them without just cause shewn I appeal to any sober man Doth any body think the Parliament sought any occasion of breach did not the Army give them this occasion There were Fifty Members against Fifteen in this businesse and those Fifteen had not a word to say to excuse the businesse but some of them were silent as not knowing what to say or not daring to speak what they thought and those that spake had no better arguments then this the Army could not bear your Rebukes the other day when you voted against a Generall and how do you think will they bear this What is it a plain breach upon the Army to punish Treacherous Servants to punish them did I say to put them out of Service and thereupon vote out of their commands without hearing c. This was no time to observe Formalities they might have been heard next day if they had pleased but that they had nothing to say for themselves nor would come at the Parliament who upon submission might have made their peace or the General Council might have represented to the Parliament the state of the case if it was misunderstood as sure enough it was not else they would not have betaken themselves to their Old Shift of Disturbing the Parliament and as they did the other day they hastily Now passed the Act for the Seven Generalls Which had not been done if Fleetwood had not declined being faithfull to the Parliament but they were rather to take care of things then persons to keep up the Reputation of the Nation then the Grandeur of the Old Protectors Son-in-law and therefore if he would be carelesse of the Interest of the Nation and preferre the Governing of the Nation by the Sword before the reall Wellfare of so many Millions of Souls as were concerned in this Affair The Parliament were not to be blamed if they put them into command that would be more firm to the Interest of the Nation and into so many hands as might not easily agree to enslave us Whereupon three of the said number the House adjourning immediately repaired to the Speakers Chamber and having provided Six Barrels of Powder If this were true 't was in their own defence suspecting you would force the House though I have heard say you brought them thither and then gave out that the other did it forthwith gave out Orders for Coll. Morleys Regiment to march thither and need enough as also divers others that they thought would be most sure to them and likewise gave order to Okey to draw his Regiment to the Palace-yard upon which he marched to Tuttle-fields with Four of his Troops and from thence having sent one to the Palace-yard he marched with the other three into London Pray mark how exact they are they tell you where he marched first into Tuttle-fields then sends one into the Palace-yard himself with three more marched into the City When they tell truth you have the exact time place number every circumstance that you may trace it to a tack But as I noted before when they juggle there is no such exactness if many things before recited had been true you should have been sure to have had then every circumstance to a tittle being hardly of lesse consideration and more unworthy of our knowledge then that Coll. Okey marched into Tuttle-fields he marched into London for countenancing the drawing together the Militia Forces in order to a conjunction with him and may his Posterity be your Vassals that might have done it and did not it might have saved what we may now pay more dearly for But this had better successe in Southwark where Thomsons Regiment drew together and indeed they are highly to be honoured for the only English Spirits within the Lines of Communication it was time for the Parliament to look about them The Officers of the Army having received notice of these things thereupon judged it their duty to draw together in Arms and march to the Palace-yard the place they had appointed for their Rendezvouze that was the place of their Rendezvouze formerly upon the like occasion to understand the grounds of their so assembling themselves together and does any body think this was all the businesse no sure 't was for no good that this was their place of Rendezvouze the Parliament knew their old tricks and where to expect them the next morning they do not tell us what time of the night or day it was when they came to the Palace-yard nor when they came to the Lord Maiors but Captain Pride can tell you who met them in the way One would think as they tell the story that Okey had been in the City before them and that Thompsons men were up before they thought of Arming themselves And being arrived there and finding severall Companyes of Morleyes Regiment were placed in the Hall whom it should seem you did not expect to finde there falling into their power before you were well aware who might have spoiled you if they had intended any thing more then to defend their Masters the Parliament whom you came to force from their trust and for the grounds and reasons aforementioned as also that they might not be encouraged in such a dangerous opposition to the apparent hazard of the publick peace There needed have been no opposition nor breach of peace if you had not made it your Fellow-Soldiers intended only to guard the Parliament as in all duty and conscience they were bound therefore upon you be the breach whatever yet may happen We found our selves necessitated to put a period and determination to the Parliaments meeting together Your ever Renowned Generall taught you this