A letter from the army, concerning the peaceable temper of the same. Written by M. J. Saltmarsh attending his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, and sent to a friend in London. Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A93644 of text R201560 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E392_6). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A93644 Wing S490 Thomason E392_6 ESTC R201560 99862060 99862060 154404 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A93644) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 154404) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 62:E392[6]) A letter from the army, concerning the peaceable temper of the same. Written by M. J. Saltmarsh attending his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, and sent to a friend in London. Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647. [2], 5, [1] p. Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls Church., London, : 1647. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 10th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Peace -- Early works to 1800. A93644 R201560 (Thomason E392_6). civilwar no A letter from the army, concerning the peaceable temper of the same.: Written by M. J. Saltmarsh attending his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, Saltmarsh, John 1647 694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A LETTER FROM THE ARMY , Concerning the peaceable temper of the same . Written by M. J. Saltmarsh attending his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax , and sent to a friend in London . June 10th London , Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle , at the West end of Pauls Church . 1647. Sir , SInce I came to the Army , I blesse God , I have seen no temper there , but intendency to peace , and the preservation of the Kingdom ; and they professe unanimously , That when their just grievances are satisfied , and they estated in a free and cleer capacity as Subjects , as well as Souldiers , because they say , that will flow down upon all their fellow subjects in the Kingdome , who may be secured by the Parliament as to their civill rites , and just liberties , they shall freely disband , or be commanded as the Parliament shall think fit in their wisdomes . There is a generall cry in the Countries as wee march , that the Army would help them , and be their Mediatours to the Parliament for Justice and Righteousnesse : They are generally much troubled about the burning of some Petitions . The Army are very sensible of the Countries grievances , being under a grievance themselves . The Country cry , Peace , Peace , let us have no more Forces raised to make new Warres . I hope the LORD will give a right understanding amongst people , that the Army are wholly for Peace too . There is a Solemn Ingagement the whole Army hath entred into in order to their just grievances , at the last Rendezvou . There is a mighty spirit raised up in the Army for Justice and Righteousnesse ; we admire at it . They have solemnly ingaged against meddling with Church-Government , or doing any thing destructive to the fundamentall Constitution of the Civill Goverment of this Kingdome , to declare to all the world , they are not against Magistracy , and intend not to set up Independency upon the Kingdome ; for truly that were wholly to oppose their owne Principles , if they should have thoughts to force up any such thing , who desire that they should not be compelled themselves . I blesse God , I know no Designe here appearing , but Peace to the Kingdome . And this is the Principle of those who have the conduct of this Army , to indulge and cherish the Presbyterians who have any appearance of God , equally with any other . For the King's being here , I hope since it was contrary to all our knowledge , but to those Troopers , and Cornet Joyce , who acted the businesse , to prevent ( as they assure us ) a practice against the PARLIAMENT , the KINGDOME , and his PERSON , by raising up a new Warre . This is all I know of it ; but I am confident that nothing will bee done as to this by this Armie , but that which may become honest men . I am informed Sir GILBERT GERRATT of the House should say with much confidence , That I hindred the Army from Disbanding the Generals Regiment : I wonder hee will upon so slight grounds asperse mee . I challenge all the World to be able to lay the least of that to my charge . It is a signe they know not the Army ; for the Souldiery are acted by their owne Principles ; They are an Army understand themselves , GOD is amongst them ; and this whole yeer I have been with them , they can all witnesse , I never made State-businesse any Pulpit-work , I never yet preached any thing but Christ . Indeed , formerly I was a stickler in York-shire for the Parliament ; but I have been since taught ( I blesse God ) onely to pray for them and obey them . JOHN SALTMARSH . FINIS .