A DECLARATION Of His Excellency Robert E. of Warwick Lord High Admiral of ENGLAND, CONCERNING The uniting of the two Navies, and restoring of the King's Majesty, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the rest of the Royal Issue; to their just Rights and Privileges.  
And His Resolution touching all those who endeavour to obstruct the Treaty, and hinder the settling of Truth, and a happy Peace, in this unsettled Church and Kingdom.  
With His Majesty's last and final Propositions to all Loyal and reasonable Subjects. Subscribed CHARLES R.   depiction of ship 
Printed for satisfaction of all those who desire Peace, 1648   

A DECLARATION OF ROBERT EARL of WARWICK, Concerning the King's Majesty, and the Prince of Wales, and his resolution touching all those who are opposite to Peace.  
Whereas, there are divers persons within the City of London, and parts adjacent, who endeavour to inflame the Kingdom in a most inhuman, bloody, and intestine War, and to involve them in a Labyrinth of troubles and Calamities, by the●r present commotions, actings, and contrivances, in making the King and Parliament odious to the People, and stirring up their hearts ●gainst them, for the obstructing and blasting the hopeful Issue and Blossoms of this blessed Treaty. Therefore, for preventing thereof, and propogating the present Work in hand, his Excellency Robert Earl of ●●●wick Lord High Admiral of his Majesty's narrow Seas, hath declared his Resolution in reference to the same, protesting,  That He will use his utmost endeavours towards the settling of truth, and a happy peace in this unsettled Church and Kingdoms and that He will be instrumental for the bringing of his Majesty to London, and settling of His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and the rest of His Royal Issue in their just Rights and privileges, s● soon as His Majesty shall be pleased to satisfy and confirm the Desires of his two Houses of Parliament so much tending to the good and preservation both of Religion, Crown and Lingdoms. 
Some Overtures have been la●ely ●ade between his Highness the Prince of Wales, and his Lordship, in relation to a conjunction and uniting of both Navies; but his Lordship hath utterly de●ested against the s●me, slighting the Prince's invitation and representing a Letter unto his Highness, That he takes it as the greatest dishonour that can be incident to man, for any Personage whatsoever to betray the trust reposed in him, and that He is resolved to sacrifice his life in the Cause and Engagement which ●e hath undertaken, not doubting but that the omnipotent God of Heaven (to whom the Honour of his Engagement doth belong) will cause the Wnids and Seas to fight for them, whose Truth is their Banner, Shield and Bucker; and therefore dehorts his Highness to persist no longer in the way he is in, but forthwith to come in, and unite himself with the Parliament, that so his person may be preserved from all violence and injury and a restoration made of all due Rights and privileges, and that he may render himself instrumental for the composing of all differences, and establlshing of a firm and lasting Peace throughout His Father's Realms and Dominions.  
This Letter is said to be sent from aboard the St. George, to the Prince at Helversluce, and signed  
WARWICK.  
Letters further from the Navy say, That the Prince is desirous to spin out some longer time at Gore● before he puts to Sea, in expectation of what the Treaty will produce, and that if it takes not effect, he is resolved for Ireland, to join with the Marquis of Ormond, and the Lord Inchiqueen, and to land an Army in the West of England at the Spring, for the re-investing of the King, and restoring of Him to his just Rights, Power and Authority  
The said Letters do further intimate, That the Lord high Admiral hath received a Letter from his Majesty, purporting things of great concernment, and how fare he hath condescended to the desires of his two Hou●●●● desiring him to be instrumental for the settling of a firm and lasting peace.  

His Majesty's final Answer touching Episcopacy.  
Right Honourable,  
ON Wednesday morning last the King's Majesty ●nd the Commissioner, met in the Treaty Chamber, and taking ●heir places at the Council Table according to the usual manner, the Earl of Northumberland rose up, and made a short Speech, Humbly desiring his Majesty to remove his averseness from the settling of Religion, and to hearken unto the advice of His great and loyal Council, so much tending to the honour of His Majesty and Posterity, and the settling of a true and lasting peace throughout all His Realms and Dominions.  
Which done, his Lordship presented a Copy of the Parliaments last Votes brought by Sir Peter Killegrey, on Tuesday night last, in answer to his Majesty's Enlargement of Concessions touching Episcopacy. His Majesty (after reading the same) risen up out of the Chair of State, and made a very learned and excellent Speech to the Commissioners.  
His Majesty having thus graciously declared Himself, the Commissioners began to proceed according to their Instructions, and desired a more fuller and satisfactory Answer, touching the utter extirpation of Episcopacy, which took up some time of debate in pro and con, and the day being far spent, they referred the further results thereof to the happy succession of the morrow following.  
And (accordingly) yesterday morning they met again, where the streams of joy issued from the current of the hearts both of Prince and People, who came to a final close upon all the Proposals, His Majesty promising upon his Royal Word to pass those Bills into Acts which He had already assented to. And being further pressed by the Commissioners to sign to the Bill for the establishing of Episcopacy, his Majesty desired respite of time till Saturday morning, which was accordingly granted.  
And this morning (about the accustomed hour) his Majesty gave the Commissioners a visit, and sitting down in the Chair of State, presented a Paper to them, which is said to be very satisfactory, containing His Royal Assent to the Proposition of the Church, and likewise to all the rest of the Bills and Proposals. This joyful tidings were soon echoed throughout the Island; insomuch that the Bells rang triumphantly in all the respective Parishes. But by reason of the sudden dispatch of the Post, I am forced to conclude, and remain  
Newport 5 Octob. 1648. Your Honour's devoted servant, J. RISHTON.   

Postscript.  
SIR,  
SInce my last. Here hath happened several Overtures between his Majesty and the Parliaments Commissioners; they have had much debate upon the Propositions, especially that concerning the Church, which the King stuck much at; but the dark Cloud being expelled, and the splendour of the Gospel shining most gloriously in the eyes of his Majesty, He was graciously pleased to declare his Royal Assent to all the Propositions, and to grant His Royal Word to pass all things desired by his two Houses, that may be agreeable and cousonant to the fundamental Laws of this Kingdom. And as to the business of the Church (which is all they stick at) the King hath promised t● give his concurrence therein, rather than his People shall suffer for his does assenting. And 14 day's mo●● being added to the Treaty, it is hoped a fair conclusion will attend the happy beginning. His Majesty hath ●●livered another Paper to the Commissioners, which I have here inserted, viz.   

CHARLES R.  
HIs Majesty resteth very much unsatisfied, That you have now again wholly declined the answering of those t●ree questions so clearly proposed by him, which yourselves also confess to be of great importance, upon this only pretence, That the whole volume of Ecclesiastical policy is contained in them: Wherea● his Majesty did neither expect not require from you any large or polemical Discourse concerning those Questions conceiving that you were ●n some sort obliged to have declared what your judgement was therein, with the grounds thereof. For certainly until one of these three things can be clearly evidenced unto his Maj. 1. Either that there is no certain form of Church Government at all prescribed in the Word. 2. That th● Civil power may change the same as they see cause. 3 Or if it be unchangeable, that it was not Episcopal, but some other, his Maj. thinks himself excusable in the judgement of all reasonable men, if he cannot be induced to give his consent to the utter abolition of th● Government of the Church which be found here settled to his hands, which hath continued all over the Christian world, from the times of the Apostles until this last Age.  
FINIS.