Charles P. A LETTER SENT From His Highness the Prince of WALES, to His Majesty's loyal and faithful Subjects within the Realm of England; declaring, His great and earnest Desires to the City of London, in the behalf of His Royal Father the KING.  
And a Declaration of His proceed at Sea, against the Earl of Warwick, and the Resolution of His Seamen touching the Parliaments Navy. With the full particulars of a bloody Fight at Sea, on Monday last, and the number killed.  
Whereunto is annexed,  
The Declaration and Votes of both Houses of Parliament, concerning the KING, in relation to the TREATY.  
Printed for G. Lawrenson, and are to be sold near Temple-Bar, Octob. 6. 1648.   

PRINCE CHARLES HIS LETTER TO The Right Honourable, the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-council of the City of LONDON.  
Right trusty and wellbeloved, we greet you well.  
WE have and shall endeavour to give satisfaction to the whole Kingdom of England, in the grounds of our present proceed. But we think fit notwithstanding, to make a particular address to you, being extremely desirous that the City of London should be fully satisfied that our intentions are just and honourable, for the peace and happiness of all his Majesty's subjects.  
And we cannot despair of gaining a belief and confidence with you, when it shall appear that Our actions and proceed are conformable to our professions, and in order to those public ends, and that happy settlement of the Kingdom, which we have proposed as the chief end of all our endeavours.  
And we further think fit to assure you, that we are so far from intending violence to the persons or goods of any of Our Father's Subjects of England, or any other particular advantage therein, that our only aim and end is to procure a subsistence for the Navy at Sea under Our Command, that thereby we may be enabled to protect the Ships, Vessels and Goods, and to secure the Trade, not only of the City of London, but of all other his Majesty's good subjects.  
And being for the present utterly unable to provide for so great a charge, as having been for some years deprived as well of our own estate, as of the supplies We might have drawn from the bounty of the King Our Royal Father,  
We think fit to have recourse to you▪ desiring you to supply Us with such necessaries and subsistence, as may tend to the supportment of the Navy now under Our Command.  
And being thus furnished by you in this necessity, We shall immediately discharge all ships of Merchandise which have been stayed by Our Fleet, and shall carefully hereafter use Our utmost endeavours for protecting the Ships and Goods, and secure the Trade and Commerce of the said City, and other his Majesty's Cities, Cinque-ports, and Town, which we conceive to be the only, proper, and natural employments of his Majesty's Navy; and for which, as for other reasons, it hath always been maintained out of the Customs paid to his Majesty, out of which, as soon as it shall be in Our power, We shall take care to have the said sum or sums repaid you. And so desiring a present supply, the pressing necessities of the Fleet admitting no delay, We bid you hearty farewell.  
Given under our Hand and Seal, aboard the Fleet Royal, in the 24. Year of the Reign of Our Royal Father the King. Subscribed CHARLES P.  
By Letters from the Hague in Holland it is advertized, That the Prince of Wales, and his council, hath had some consultation touching the Earl of Warwick's anchoring near the Fleet Royal, & hearing of his Lordship's great proffers to the Fleet, viz. Indemnity and Money, His Highness posted towards Goree, came aboard the Fleet, and expressed himself in several declaratory speeches to the Seamen, whose presence, caused great acclamations of joy, and say they are resolved to live and die with his Highness. As for the L. Admiral's fight with them, it's said, the St●tes do interpose between with 15 fail, there's no remedy but those ships must escape to vex the narrow seas: there's much ado to raise land men, & borrow ships to make a new commotion in England, but little fruit appears.  

A Declaration of the proceed of a party for the King within the City of London, and the resolution of the Army touching the same.  
THE great insolency of the Royal party within and about the City of London, occasions much jealousy from the Army; the hatred and malice of the Royalists being so great, that it over sways their discretion so much, that they cannot keep themselves within the bounds of ordinary civility, and discover themselves by seeking their private revenge; as appears by their late horrid action executed upon certain Members of the Army near the Strand, who by some of the bloody Conspirators were most barbarously murdered in their Beds. This inhuman Design strikes terror to the well-affected party, who being much perplexed thereat, acquaints the Army therewith; insomuch that some of the commanders forthwith sends a letter to the City, the effect whereof followeth.  
We are much startled at the insolency of the traitorous slaves in London, to kill two Officers of our Army, one in his bed, and the other with a cowardly stab, and of their intended attempt to pistol our General, besides many assaults upon Members of Parliament, and their Design to have massacred fourscore of them.  
We do protest, if the Royal slaves continue their insolency, and put uny of these Designs into execution, we will for every man's life take one hundred of their our party, and according to the quality of each massacred person, and will hang up their heads on spires of steeples, that the world may see the just judgement of God upon these Rebels and Traitors, which his Majesty confesses are guilty of all the innocent blood of the four bundred thousand souls that have perished in this War.  
This Letter was thought fit to be published to the view of all persons whatsoever, whereby all whom it may concern, may take notice of the sense and resolution of the Army, and their real and candid Desires to prevent the effusion of blood for the future.  
And do further declare, That they look upon the city of London, with a tender eye and affection, being resolved to engage both life and fortunes, for the defence and preservation thereof, against all opposition whatsoever.  
Further declaring▪ That it is the resolution and desire of the army, to use their utmost endeavours for the supporting all those who have adhered to them, even in the great and perilous times of War, and to act upon such principles, that may tend to the public safety of this Kingdom.  
ON Tuesday Octob. 3. By an Express from Scotland it was advertized, That the Royalists of England have been very active in the Kingdom of Denmark; for the arming of a party against this Kingdom, and after some consultation touching the present affairs of this Nation, 10000 Arms were designed for them by the Danes, and shipping appointed to transport t●em into Scotland, who accordingly arrived in Lieth Road, thinking to join with the Scots Royalists, but being discovered by the Marq. of Argyle, a party were commanded out in several long Boats, and small Vessels, who soon boarded the Danish ships, seized on all the Ordnance, arms and ammunition, and secured the ships in the Harbour.  
A bloody Fight at Sea.  
On Tuesday last, we received intelligence from Kent and Essex, That there hath happened a bloody Fight near Rye, an English Haven town, and garrisoned by the Parliament, the manner thus. Major Gibbon (the Governor) being alarmed from an Irishman of War, who had chased three ships belonging to the said Garrison, immediately man'd several long Boats with musketeers and made towards him, and after a bloody and sharp dispute, rescued the Rye ships, and killed nine of the Rebels, with the loss of two men  
On Wednesday Octob. 4. Both Houses debated His Maj. Letter, and voted, That the said Letter is unsatisfactory, declaring, That they will proceed according to the Propositions, and none other. His Majesty re-assumed the Treaty on Monday, but it's hoped that He will concur in matter and form to what the Parliament desire.   
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