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A82141	A declaration of the engagements, remonstrances, representations, proposals, desires and resolutions from His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax, and the generall councel of the Army. For setling of His Majesty in His just rights, the Parliament in their just priviledges, and the subjects in their liberties and freedomes. With papers of overtures, of the army with the Kings Majesty, the Parliament, the citie, and with the souldiery amongst themselves. Also representations of the grievances of the Kingdome, and remedies propounded, for removing the present pressures whereby the subjects are burthened. And the resolution of the army; for the establishment of a firme and lasting peace in Church and Kingdome. Die Lunæ, 27. Septembris, 1647. Whereas Math: Simmons hath beene at great charges in printing the Declarations and Papers from the Army in one volume. It is ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, that the said Math: Simmons shall have the printing and publishing thereof for the space of one whole yeare from the date hereof. And that none other shall re-print the same during that time. John Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing D664; Thomason E409_25; ESTC R204445	144,071	176

1647. To His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight Generall of the Army raised by the Authority of both Houses of PARLIAMENT The Humble Petition of the Officers of the severall Regiments lately drawn off Your Excellencys Army for the service of Ireland in the behal of themselves and their Soldiers SHEWETH THat your Petitioners formerly members of your Army by your Excellencies countenance and encouragement did draw off and engage our selves and souldiers for the service of Ireland and since that contrary to our expectation and as we humbly conceive your Excellencies knowledge there hath been very high affronts offered unto us by some of your Excellencies Army that came into our quarters and by a pretended authority from your Excellency and a speciall order ●rom some of the cheif Commanders in your Excellencies Army as they alledged did at that time draw away many of our Souldiers and have by false and scandalous suggestions and mis-informations endeauoured to seduce corrupt and draw away many more as doth appeare by the late losse of five companies and the great discouragement of all the rest from that service Which your Excellency endeavoured so much to promote manifested by that never to be forgotten expression which then fell from you Excellency that rather then the service of Irel. should be neglected or retarded you would willingly trayle a Pike your self And whereas it is by some persons or Pamphlets spread abroad declaring that we deserted the Army meerely on purpose to make a party to stand in opposition to the Army and so to involve and ingage this Kingdom in another bloody warre which our consciences tell us to the contrary and to give your Excellency and the world satisfaction we call God the searcher of all hearts to witnesse for us that such an intention never entered in or came neare our thoughts neither doe we know of any such inclination or have had such intimation from any of our superiours or from any others in the whole world We therefore make it our humble suit to your Excellency that as we have all along served your Excellency in your just undertakings for the welfare of this Kingdome with all integrity and fidelity we may not now be looked upon as enemies but as well wishers to the peace of this Kingdome and now ready if not obstructed with our lives fortuns to endeavour the relief of bleeding Irel. And to that purpose we furthur beseech your Excel to give command that no interception be made or interruption given to any person or persons imployed to London or to on our affaires by any of your Excellencies Army but that at all times free passage May be allowed to your Petitioners And as in duty bound we shall pray for your Excellencys happines c Wiliam Harbert col John Melvin Liuet Col. Richard Lunday Major CAPTAINS Nathaniell Short Barthol Helbye John Danklin Charles Awbery Thomas Morgan Liuet Wiliam Mathews Lieut. Tho. Vahan Walter Brough Wil Hodskins Peter Winchester Richard Onyon Edward Loe ENSIGNES James Short William East William Hall Thomas Robins John Stamp John Williams Math. Maderson Thomas Hodskins Nich. Kempson col Christ Packham Lieut Col. Fran. Dormer Major CAPT. Robert Fish Alexand. Frye Geo. Masters Abraham Clerk Francis Wels Lindsey Sharples Stephen coyne John Bistill LIEVT Robert Dormer Thomas Moone Jarvis Murrey George Hope Timothy clare ENSIGNES Robert Chaffe Andrew Finch Robert Batts Bryan Elton John Mackellan David Hollan Robert cloake SIR VVHereas at the last meeting of the Officers of this Army at Saffron Walden I declared in the presence of the Lords and Comors commissioners of Parliament to all the Officers then present as also to such Officers as have since that time come to the Head-quarters that they should make known to their severall Regiments the intention of the Parliament to send a considerable force of such of their Army that are willing to goe into Ireland for the reducing of that Kingdome desiring them also to make known my desire to advance that service and to prevent any hinderance thereof and that if any Officers stand not disposed to engage in person in that imployment yet that they would promote it in making known my desire and the Votes of both Houses for the encouragment of such as should engage in that service I doe therefore desire you to publish thiis Letter together with the said votes by reading the same unto your Regiment in expectation whereof I remain Walden Aprill 18. 1648. Your Assured Friend FAIRFAX THE APOLOGIE Right noble and Faithfull Generall VVEE who have for these two yeares past bin by your Excellence conducted through many dangers and by providedence hitherto protected who have often seen the devouring sword of a raging Enemy drawne forth against us threatning destruction to us now see them vanquished our selves seemingly setled in peace and safety are yet sensible of another more dangerous storm hanging over our Heads then ever the malice of our open enemies could have contained or their fury caused to fall upon us which unlesse diverted strike not only at our liberty but our lives also To whom next to our maker shall wee fly for shelter but to your Excellency the Patron Protector From what secondary meanes shall we expect our Deliverance but from thy hand that hath so often bin ingaged with us from that heart that hath as often been tender over and carefull for our security can we suffer and you not sympathize can we be proclaimed enemies and your Excellency remain secure O dear Sir let your wonted care for us be further demonstrated cease not to speak for us who together with selfe and in obedience to your command have adventured all that is deare to us for the Kingdomes safety Hath any thing been desired by us that hath not beene promised or then we have just cause to expect if there hath then both it and the Autho s thereof perish but can the Parliament upon misinformation passe us for enemies and we not therein perceive our enemies design can we be satisfied with a complement when our fellow Soldiers suffer at every Assize for acts meerely relating to the Warre Is it not our lives we see For where shall we be secured when the meere envie of a malicious person is sufficient to destroy us Were our enemies in the Field with their Swords in their hands we should expect no more then a bare command and a divine protection on our endeavours to free our selves but 't is another and a farre worse enemy we have to deale with who like Foxes lurke in their Dennes and cannot be dealt withall though discovered being protected by those who are intrusted with the Government of the Kingdome It is the griefe of our hearts that we cannot desire our owne security without hazzard to your Excellency if but in speaking in our owne behalfe When shall we see Justice dispersed without partiality or when shall the Weale of the publick be singly sought after and

no more he the said Sir John Clotworthy contrary to the speciall trust reposed in him held secret intelligence with the said Earle of Ormond by Cypher or Character without the consent or knowledge of those others in commission with him and many weeks after the time so limited was expired and about the same time hee the said Sir John Clotworthy held secret intelligence with George Lord Digby then in Ireland beyond the time prefixed and without the consent of the said other Commissioners and in order thereunto the said Ormond and Digby lately imployed one Slingsby to come into this Kingdome about a designe concerning the Prince as he pretendeth 14. That the said Sir John Clotworthy Mr. Holles Sir Philip Stapleton by combination with the rest of the Members before named in further prosecution of the designes before mentioned well knowing that the Lord Lyle late President of Ireland was both faithfull and vigilant while he was trusted in the same Kingdome and had now this last spring made provisions ready to march into the field that the Lord Baron of Brohill Generall of the Parliaments Horse in Munster Col. Sir Arthur Loftus persons of honour and reputation of great fortunes in the said Kingdome lately came purposely into this Kingdome to exhibite and did exhibit many Articles of high treason against the Lord Inchiquin for betraying the Parliaments Army to the enemy as formerly he had done yet by the great power and violent interposition of the said Sir Clotworthy Mr. Holles Sir Philip Stapleton by the practice and combination aforesaid the said Articles have been obstructed and the businesse not suffered to come to a hearing and the said Lord Lisle hastily called out of Ireland and the power and command of the Parliaments forces in that Kingdome committed to the said Lord Inchiquin to the losse of this summers service and the expence of much treasure to make new preparations and whereas the said Lord Lisle being so suddenly called from thence as aforesaid did designe and depute Sir Hardres VValler Knight Major General of the forces there a man of known integrity and courage both for his service in England and Ireland and of considerable Fortunes there to take care of the said Lord Lisles Forces till the pleasure of the Parliament may be further known but the said Lord Inchequin upon the receite of a Letter from the said Sir John Clotworthy Mr. Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton or one of them or from some other person by their or one of their direction privity or procurement did expresse that hee had order or direction from London that no man that favoured the Independents under which name the said Lord of Inchequin hath comprehended all men that have shewed themselves opposite to Tyranny and Arbitrary government should have any trust or command there Nay although they were of another judgement yet if they would not prosecute the Independents they should not bee imployed there or words to that effect And under colour thereof the said Sir Hardres Waller and all others that had their Commissions from the said Lord Lisle while hee commanded were displaced to the discouragement of those and other faithfull persons to the Parliament and to the great dis-service and hazard of the losse of that Kingdome 15. That whereas a Committee of the House of Commons hath been lately appointed by the Parliament to consider of Propositions for the settling and preservation of Wales whereof the said Sir William Lewes and Mr. Glyn were and are Members and to report the same to the House They the said Sir William Lewes and Master Glyn with others of the said Committee did on the thirtieth day of April now last past without any authority of Parliament before any report made to the Houses of their owne accord in stead of settling and preserving Wales order that all Committees for Sequestrations should forbeare all proceedings of Sequestrations against all or any the Inhabitants of Wales And although some few persons were upon generall heads excepted yet by vertue of that illegall Order all the Commissioners of peace Commissioners of Association though never so active in pressing men and raising money for Forces against the Parliament all the Commissioners of Array that did or should at any time come in and submit to the Parliament or their Commanders in cheife all that had born armes against the Parliament unlesse they were Governours or other Officers of Warre that held some Towne Castle or Fort against the Parliament all disaffected and scandalous Mini●ters though in their Sermons they usually reviled and scandalized the Parliament and their proceedings calling them Rebels and Traitours and not onely incensing the people against the Parliament but usually taking up Armes and leading their Parishioners in armes upon any Alaram against the Parliament and many other desperate Delinquents have been and still are taken off and freed from sequestration and the said Order was sent to every severall Committee in Wales in severall Letters from the said Committee contrary to severall Orders and Ordinances of Parliament and contrary to the Rules of justice and equity which should impartially be administred as well in Wales as in other places of this Kingdome whereby the ill-affected Gentry and Ministery of that Country are growne so high insolent that honest men dare scare live amongst them so as that which was intended by the Parliament to settle and preserve Wales is by the practice of the said Sir William Lewes and Master Glyn perverted to the danger and destruction of it 16. That the said Sir William Lewis and Master Glyn have further ingratiated themselves with the Delinquents of Wales and prepared them for their said designes in manner following viz. hee the said Sir William Lewis hath within two yeares last past countenanced and protected many of the most notorious and dangerous Delinquents within the severall Countries of Southwales namely the Lord of Carbery and others in Carmarthinshire Master Crane and others in Glamorganshire Master Morgan late Knight of the shire Master John Herbert and others in B●ecknockshire Master Gwin Master Lewis and divers others in Radno●shire by freeing some of them altogether from compositions though sequestred by labouring divers Members of the House and of Committees to be favourable in compounding with others and to admitt of such to their compositions as were uncapable thereof And the said Sir William Lewis hath animated and incouraged some of the said persons to continue their fidelity unto the Kings cause promising them That if they would be friends with the King for him hee and his would be their friends in the Parliament in so much as his friends the Delinquents in those parts have lately looked upon him as a rising man when the King shall come to London which hath lately been their constant boasting And the said Sir William Lewis hath within two yeares last past caused divers that had been Commissioners for the King and had prest men and raised