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lord_n	duke_n	king_n	york_n	13,001	5	9.6505	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88908	A declaration to the city and kingdome, from Major Generall Massey, Sir William Waller, Colonell Birch, and the rest rest [sic] of the impeached members of Parliament; concerning the proceedings of the Lord Generall Fairfax, and the Army; and their protestation to the people of England, touching the Parliament. Also, Major Generall Browns declaration and speech, to the Lord Generall Fairfax, touching the King, the Prince of VVales, the Duke of York, the Parliament, City, and kingdome. And the declaration of his Excellency the Lord Generall, to the kingdom of England, and his resolution thereupon. Likewise, a new covenant and agreement from the Army, to be tendered to all free born English-men, throughout the City of London, and the respective counties within the Kingdom of England.	Massey, Edward, Sir, 1619?-1674?	1648 (1648)	Wing M1036; Thomason E476_33; ESTC R26078	3,406	8

A DECLARATION TO THE City and Kingdome FROM Major Generall Massey Sir William Waller Colonell Birch And the rest rest of the Impeached Members of Parliament CONC●RNING The proceedings of the Lord Generall Fairfax and the Army and their Protestation to the people of England touching the Parliament ALSO Major General Browns Declaration and Speech to the Lord Generall Fairfax touching the King the Prince of VVales the Duke of York the Parliament City and Kingdome AND The Declaration of his Excellency the Lord Generall to the Kingdom of England and his Resolution thereupon LIKEWISE A new Covenant and Agreement from the Army to be tendered to all free born English-men throughout the City of London and the respective Counties within the Kingdom of England Dec. 18th Printed for C. VV. neer the Royall Exchange 1648. A DECLARATION TO THE KINGDOME FROM Major Generall Massey Sir William Waller Commissary Copley and the rest of the impeached Members concerning the proceedings of the Army Fellow-Commoners and Countrey-men WHereas there hath been lately a most high attempt and violation put upon the House o● Commons by the Army under the Command of Thomas Lord Fairfax Therefore We whose names are hereunto subscribed being Members thereof and Freeborn subjects of the Realm of England Doe hereby Declare and protest in the presence of the Almighty Jehovah of Heaven That the Generall and Officers of the Army being raised by the authority of Parliament and for defence and maintenance of the priviledges thereof have not power or jurisdiction to apprehend secure detein imprison or remove our persons from place to place by any colour or authority whatsoever nor yet to question or try us or any of us by Martiall Law or otherwise for any offence or crime whatsoever nor yet to question or try us or any of us by Martiall Law or otherwise for any offence or crime whatsoever which can or shall be objected against us And that the present imprisonment and removal of our persons is a high violation of the rights and priviledges of Parliament and of the fundamentall Lawes of the Land and a higher usurpation and exercise of an arbytrary and unlawfull power then hath been heretofore pretended to or attempted by this of any King or other power whatsoever within this Realm notwithstanding which wee and every of us do declare our readiness to submit our selvs to the lawfull tryall of a free Parliament f●r any crime or misdemeanour that can or shall bee objected against Us. Subscribed Edwa●d Massey VVilliam VValler Thomas Birch Major Gen. Browns Speech to the Lord Gen. Fairfax TO be your prisoner is by much the lesse displeasing to me for that my Accusation is for nothing else but Loyalty to the King and Parliament and the indeavours which I have undertaken to prevent the subversion of his Majesty and his posterity Parliament City and Kingdom the final losse of Common right and freedom of all the subjects of England the utter extirpation of all Law Government and Religion and the preposterous converting of our well regulated Monarchy into that monstrous conception a Military Anarchy with a popular parliament of the meanest of the Commons and such also of them only as shal be constantli at the beck of the Army His Excellencies Declaration WHereas in the adventuring of our lives and bloud we have sought nothing more then the prosperity of this Kingdom and the establishing of Justice and Righteousnesse in the Land so there is nothing that wee more abhor then those wicked calumnies that we should invade the propriety of any not wilfully making themselves or do any thing any way to hinder or obstruct that Trade and Commerce by which this Kingdom doth most subsist and flourish But that we shal in a most special manner protect defend encourage and maintain in all just ways all manner of Trade and Commerce either by English or Strangers and that we shall neither do nor suffer to be done as far as is in our power any violence or injury to the persons or goods of any either by Sea or Land The Desires of the Souldiery to their General Whereas it hath pleased the Lord of Hosts to write his name upon your Sword in very legible characters as appears upon record twice viz. in the year 45 where wee had 114 Victories and now this last Summer above 30 even to our astonishment who were used by you in that service that those proud Billows in Wales England Scotland have bin bounded and calmed in lesse then six months yet behold we have our sorrows repeated and our fears increased making our wounds even to bleed afresh Wherefore we desire in the name of our selves and the abused and betrayed people of England that your Excellency will be pleased to assist us in these ensuing requests and groans of our soules which may not long be denyed us lest we faint or struggle as we can for the life of good men and a good Cause 1. That justice may suddenly and equally be dispensed according to the desires of our honoured friends in London Liecestershire and others manifested by their severall Petitions and the Parliaments Declaration concerning the Kings evill asserted or bewayled and repented of 2 That your Army be instantly reckoned withall paid and so dealt with for future if they must be used that every Reg. may know their own country there receive their pay immediatly without any other Treasurers or wayes of trouble that so the people themselves may see what they have for their money In this we are impatient or so passionately affected that we gasp for help this Regiment hath had but one moneths pay since May having marched 1300 miles this Summer 3 That the people may know in print with all speed which way all publike monies are disposed of in all counties and places and that of all kinds which may be done if every collector and receiver of mony be forthwith enjoyned to print their receipts and disbursments for if the souldiers be not paid the people ask what 's become of the Revenue Compositions Sequestrations Excise Lands c. 4 That we may have just and righteous Government setled in this Nation advancing Godliness we abhorring Anarchy Confusion and levelling mens estates so often charged upon us for which end we desire these two things in pursuance of which by help from Heaven we are resolved to venture all First that the grand and capital enemies may without delay be brought to Justice which is the maine root of our misery we finding all other wayes attempted altogether invalid to carty on this work of common safety Secondly for the dispatch of Justice upon all Delinquents for rectifying all crooked things among us for the good of us and the Generations to come we humbly conceive our last and surest way will be for your Excellency and this army to make a speedy offer to the Commons house in your name and the Armies and in the behalf of all England that such of them as have been faithfull to the Kingdomes interest to declare with you and the Nation and that the contrary minded false royal and neutral party may know that our enemies must not be our rulers we professing that good men rather then good laws must save us though we disjoyn them not And if any shal object we put violence upon authority we hereby proclaim to the world that neither your Excellency nor our selves have received Cōmissions from the parl as now constituted but from that good party in it who strugled through many hazards to model this army for the kingdoms safety not are we to attend forms customs in this extremity we can as willingly s●t down as march suffer as act would but the godly party in the Kingdom cal us thereunto and think themselves preserved by it But the people call to us for these things and we to your Excellency your known worth inviting us hereunto in prosecution of which as an unparaller'd instrument we shall live or die with your Excellency having solemnly promised to attempt and attend these two last expedients through all hazard We cannot so undervalue our God and the rich experienre we have had in the behalf of this Nation as to see them lie like Issachar under these sinful burdens our colds nakednesse want hunger hardship difficulties dangers out of which our blessed and ever to be praised God hath brought us suggesting these things unto us for that flock of slaughter in this Kingdome Sir we can die but not endure to see our Mother England die before us A new Breviate for the Agreement of the people 1 That to prevent the many inconveniences apparently arising from the ●ong continuance of the same persons in authority this present Parl. be dissolyed upon or before the last day of April in the year of our Lord 1649. 2 That the people of England being at this day very unequally distributed by Counties Cities or Burroughs for the election of their Representatives be more indifferently proportioned and to this end that the Representative of the whole Nation shall consist of 300. persons 3 That 150 members at least be always present in each sitting of the Representatives at the lost passing of any Law or doing of any Act whereby the people are to be bound 4 That the power of the peoples Representatives extend to the enacting altering repeeling and declaring of Lawes to the erecting and abolishing Officers of Courts of Justice and to whatsoever is not in this agreement excepted or reserved from them Lastly and particularly we do not empower our Representatives to continue in foace or make any Law Oaths or Covenants whereby to compell by penalties or otherwise any person any to any thing in or about matters of faith religion or Gods Worship or to restrain any person from professing his faith or exercise of Religion according to his conscience in any place or house whatsoever THE END