THE DECLARATION Of major-general BROWN, CONCERNING The Lord General Fairfax, and the Army, and the raising of Forces, for securing and guarding of the City of London, and putting it into a posture of WAR.  
WITH His Speech in Parliament touching the same, and his Protestation thereupon.  
ALSO, The Declaration, Desires, and Proposals of the House of Commons, to the Lord General.  
Subscribed, WILLIAM LENTHALL, Speaker.  
AND His Majesty's Speech concerning the Army, upon his coming to Hurst-Castle in Wilt-shire.  
LIKEWISE. The Resolution of the Army, touching the Parliament and City, and their joyful Propositious thereupon.  
Printed for C. W. near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1648.   

Major General BROWNE HIS SPEECH In PARLIAMENT,  

Concerning the Lord General Fairfax, and his Declaration touching the Army.  
BOth Houses having received a Letter from the Lord General Fairfax, for the gaining to such ends as have been proposed in the Armies late Remonstrance, and pressing them to the present apprehension of the dangerous Juncture of affairs; the Commons began to consult upon the same, whose debates for'd up, and flew exceeding high; some moving that his Excellency's Commission might be made null and taken from him; Others, that the Army might be required to retreat 40 miles from London, and others moved, that the City might be put into a posture of War; but Sheriff Brown stood up, and made an excellent Speech, declaring, That there was nothing to be expected from the City, and that f●r his part he would endeavour the preservation of the peace thereof, and to keep a right understanding between his Excellency, the City, and Army. And Mr Pryn declared his sense and resolution touching the Army, citing many precedents, that many have been voted traitors ●or disobeying auth roty of Parliament, but for his part he would not say that any were such. After some disputation and debate thereon, the House voted that a Declaratory Letter should be presented to the General, a coyy whereof followeth,  
May it please your Excellency,  
THe House taking notice by your Letter of the 30. of Novem. touching the present motion and design of the army, have commanded m● to let you know, that upon matu●e deliberate judging, that it may be dangerous both to the City and army; it is their pleasure that you remous not the army near London; and to the end the country may not be burdened with free quarter, nor the army want their due support, they have commanded me to acquaint you, that they have signified their pleasure to the Lord Major, Aldermen, and common council, that they forth with provide the sum of 40000. l. of so much thereof as they can possibly raise at present▪ and pay the same to the Treasurers at wars, to be forthwith sent unto you for our army, which being all I have in command, I remain  
Your humble servant, Wil Lenthal Speaker.   

The resolution of the Army touching the Citizens of London, viz.  
That a more equal dispensing of Justice and Mercy in relation to things done or suffered in the late wars, and the establishing of the future Government of this kingdom upon a safe succession and equal Constitution of Parliaments, and that (for the ending of present, and avoiding of future Differences) to be Ratified by an Agreement and Subscription of the people thereunto. Which things we pressed in the way of Reason and Persuasion only, that they might be duly and timely considered. But to our grief we find, in stead of any Satisfaction or a reasonable answer thereto, they are wholly rejected, without any consideration of what ever Reason or Justice might be in the things set forth or propounded therein; for what less can be understood, when the things propounded were mainly for the avoidance of evils appearing in the Treaty with the King: And seeing the prevailing part of those, to whom we did apply, to have as it were their eyes wilfully shut, and ears stopped, against any thing of Light or Reason offered to them, we find no place left for our former charitable or hopeful apprehensions, concerning their error in such evilf ways; but remaining fully assured of the danger and destructiveness thereof, as to all those public ends for which they were entrusted, and also of the just advantage and necessity which lie in the things we have propounded and insist on, we now see nothing left, to which their engaging and persisting in such ways, and rejection of these better things propounded, can rationally be attribur●d less than a treacherous or corrupt neglect of, and Apostasy from the Public Trust reposed in them; although we could wish from our souls, we might yet find the contrary.  
Therefore it is our hearts desire, and shall be our endeavour, that so much, both of the matter and form of the present Parliamentory Authority may be preserved, as can be safe, or will be useful to these ends, until a just and full Constitution thereof, both for matter and form (suitable to the public ends, it serves for) can be entroduced.  
And therefore first, it should be great rejoicing (if God saw it good) that the majority of the present House of Commons were become sensible of the evil and distructivenesse of their late way, and would resolvedly and vigorously apply themselves to the speedy execution of justice, with the righting and casing of the oppressed people, and to a just settlement of the Kingdom upon such foundations as have been propounded by us, and others for that purpose, and would for the speedier and surer prosecution of these things exclude from Communication in their Counsels, all such corrupt and Apostarized Members as have appeared hitherto, but to obstruct and hinder such matter of Justice, Safety, and public interest, and to pervert their Counsels a contrary way and have therein so shamefully both falsified, and forftied their Trust,  
But however if God shall not see it good (to vouchsafe that mercy to them and the Kingdom) we shall secondly desire, That so many of them as God hath kept upright, and shall touch with a just sense of those things, would by protestation or otherwise, acquit themselves from such breach of Trust, and approve, their faithfulness, by withdrawing from those that persist in the guilt thereof, & take such a posture, whereby they may speedily & effectually prosecute those necessary and public ends, without such inteeruptions, Diversions, or depravations of their Council from the rest, to their endless trouble, and hazard of the Kingdom as formerly, and for so many of them, whose hearts God shall stir up thus to do.  
We shall therein, in this case of extremity, look upon them as persons having materially the chief Trust of the Kingdom remaining in them, and though not a formal standing power to be continued in them, or drawn into ordinary Precedents; yet the best and most rightful that can be had, as the present state and exigence of affairs now stand; And we shall accordingly own them, adhere to them, and be guided by them in their faithful profecution of that trust, in order unto, and until the introducing of a more full and formal power in a just Representative to be speedy endeavoured.  
Now yet further to take away all jealousies in relation to ourselves, which might withhold or disccurse any honest members from this courage, as we have the witness of God in our hearts, that in these proceed we do not seek, but even resolve we will not take advantages to ourselves, either in point of profit or power; and that if God did open to us a way, wherein with honesty and faithfulness to the public Interest, & good people engaged for us, we might presently be dischargeed, so as we might not in our present Employments look on, and be accessary to, yea supporters of the Parliament, in the present corrupt, oppressive and destructive proceed, we should with rejoicing, and without more ado, embrace such a discharge, rather than interpose in these things to our own vast trouble and hazard; so if we could but obtain a rational assurance for the effectual prosecuting of these things, we shall give any proportionable assurance on our parts, concerning our laying down of arms, when, and as we should be required.   

His Majesty's Declaration upon his coming into Wiltshire.  
MY Lords, You are come to take your leave of me, and I believe we shall scarce ever see each other again: but Gods will be done, I thank God I have made my peace with him, and shall without fear undergo what he shall be pleased to suffer men to do unto me. My Lords, you cannot but know, that in my fall and ruin, you see your own, and that also near to you; I pray God send you better friends than I have found. I am fully infoamed of the whole carriage of the plot against me and mine; and nothing so much afflicts me, as the sense and feeling I have of the sufferings of my Subjects, and the miserice that hang over my three Kingdomr, drawn upon them by those who (upon pretences of good) violently pursue their own interests and ends. His Maj having thus declared himself, the Commissioners kissed his Maj. hand, and took their leave. And on Friday morning last, his Mai. was guarded by a troop of horse from the Isse of Wight, to Hurst Castle in Wiltshire, where he is now secured, Cap. Mil●●●ay, cap. loyner, cap. Weston, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Cutchside, Mr. Reding and Mr. Lewen, being appointed Attendants for his Majesty's person.   
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