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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83427	The resolution of both Houses of Parliament: concerning the Kings Majesties last letter. Also an ansvver from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax: to papers from the Kingdome of Scotland, concerning the desires of the estates of Scotland, about their commissioners with the Kings Majestie. With the resolutions of the souldiers of the Army; and their reasons therein.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; Whalley, Edward, d. 1675?; England and Wales. Parliament.	1647 (1647)	Wing E2235; Thomason E407_46; ESTC R204664	2,653	8

THE RESOLUTION of both Houses of PARLIAMENT Concerning The KINGS Majesties last Letter ALSO An ANSVVER from His Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX TO Papers from the Kingdome of Scotland Concerning the desires of the Estates of Scotland about their Commissioners with the Kings Majestie WITH The Resolutions of the Souldiers of the Army and their Reasons therein 7 ber 22 LONDON Printed for R. B. Anno Domini 1647. AN ANSVVER from His Excellency Sir THO FAIRFAX to Papers from the Kingdome of Scotland My Lords and Gentlemen IN pursuance of the Commands I received for enquiring into the businesse of the affront done to the Earle of Loutherdale I sent Order to Collonell Whaley to make enquiry of it and to return to me an account thereof I have hereupon received from him a Narrative under his hand of the occasions and whole carriage of that businesse so farre as his own knowledge or present Informations concerning it do extend which I have sent you here inclosed I desire it may be imparted to both Houses for their present better satisfaction concerning that businesse and if this doe not amount to their full satisfaction therein but that they think fit to have any further enquiry or Examination to be had about it I shall upon further notice of their pleasures therein give Order to Collonell Whaley accordingly I remaine Your Lordships humble Servant THO. FAIRFAX Putney 17. Sep. 1647. Towards the latter end of July last when the King lay at Woburne the Lord Louderdale came one morning about foure five of the Clock to the Court lost no time but presently made a repaire to His Majesty with whom hee had much private communication It was commonly reported and generally beleived that he had come post all the night before But whether so or not I know not but this I know that his early comming and hasty speaking with His Majesty at that Conjuncture of time when that unparalled violence was committed upon the Parliament and that treasonable engagement for fetching the King to London and preparations for a new Warre were so violently prosecuted in the City drove the Court into feares and Souldiers into jealousies that his Lordship came to indeavour the perfecting at Court that designe which was begun and prosecuted in the City and that which made them as I conceive the more jealous of his intentions was a common report that his Lordship was a fomenter of the Cities Tumults or corresponding with the Authours of them And indeed I finde that the Souldiers had long entertained harsh toughts of the Lord louderdale ever since his Relation concerning His Majesties going from Holdenby made in the Painted Chamber so much to the prejudice and disadvantage of the Army and his undertaking there to ingage the whole Kingdom of Scotland as one man against the Army they were playn with him at New-Market then minding him of it and told him he had publikely declared himselfe their enemy therefore they could not but think he came to doe them and the Kingdome ill Offices And had not my selfe and other Officers interposed they had then at least perswaded him away from the Court but at that time the Souldiers indured his stay though with some regret But his Lordships second appearance at that time and manner as before relared so kightened it seems their former jealousies and exasperated them into such resolutions as that divers of them whose names I protest I know not not so much as one for present being of severall Regiaments came about five of the Clock next morning to his Lordships Chamber doore desired to speake with him upon notice whereof I hastened to the Earl of Louderdales Lodgings and the Earle of Denby with me We found the Souldiers and the Lord Louderdale reasoning very calmly together his Lordship telling them he was a publike person and they could offer him no affront but it would reflect upon the Kingdome of Scotland and tend to devide the two Nations the Souldiers told him they found he many times acted as a private person as when in the painted Chamber hee undertooke for all Scotland to engage as one man against the Army which as they heard he had no Commission for from the State of Scotland what they did was in Reference to the Lord Louderdale and not to the Scotish Nation and had his Lordship shewed any Commission Passe or Warrant testifying his being sent or imployed thither as a publique person from the States of Scotland or their Commissioners I conceive it might have satisfied The Earle of Denbigh endeavoured with all the Reasons and arguments he could to perswade them to let the Earle of Louderdale stay and not meddle with him and my selfe commanded some of them to their Guard and the rest to be gone But from commanding the discontent being very high I was inforced for the present to fall to perswading I confirmed what the Earle of Denbigh before had said to them that it might bee construed as an injury to the State of Scotland that it would be an offence to the Parliament of Englaad and added that it was a contemning of the Generalls power when they would not obey Commands and would expose both themselves and me to danger but all in vaine for indeed that horrid violence so lately done to the Parliament and the forced flight of the Members of both Houses whereby that highest Authority of the kingdome seemed to be at a stand as it put both the City and most parts of the Kingdome into a monstrous vein of confusion and of distracted and licentious workings and weakned for present the hands of all men in Authority under the Parliament so it wanted not its influence of like nature upon the Army and Souldiery throughout the Kingdome so as Officers could not at that time have the like command of their Souldiers as formerly nor as now again since the Authority of the Parliament hath been vindicated and both Houses through Gods blessing restored to their Honour and Freedome For my owne part as affaires then stood I am confident the Lord Denbigh will witnesse it for me I did my utmost endeavours to have gotten the Souldiers away I commanded I perswaded but neither commands nor perswasions would prevaile the Souldiers being unanimously resolved his Lordship should not stay at Court nor speak again with the King for that time And therefore they would not depart till his Lordship was ready and willing to take Coach When I saw I could not exercise my commanding power for the present in that matter nor by it nor by perswasion divert them from their Resolutions I desired them at least to be civill towards his Lordship which they performed not giving his Lordship an ill word nor laying any hands upon him Mr. Cheesly his Lordships Secretary likewise seconded me desiring the Souldiers to be civill and to give his Lordship leave to say his Prayers the Souldiers answered with all their hearts they would joyne with him but his Lordship told them he had not the gift of prayer he would not pray publikely and presently after went quietly to his Coach the Souldiers attending him Thus have I given a true relation of the demeanour and Carriage of that towards the Lord Loutherdale at VVoburne for the confirmation whereof I referre my self to the Earle of Denbigh who was present all the while and in testimony of the truth hereof I have hereunto set my hand Edward Whaley Die Martis Sep. 21. 1647. Resolved upon the question by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled That the Kings Majesties Answer from Hampton-Court presented to both Houses Sep. 14. 1647. Is a denyall to the Propositions presented to Him from both Kingdomes FINIS