A COPY Of a LETTER, SENT FROM ONE OF THE AGITATORS In the Army, to an Agitator IN THE CITY.  
Published for satisfaction to the well affected party in the KINGDOM.  
London, printed 1647.   

A Letter from an Adiutator in the Army, to an Adiutator in the CITY, july 22. 1647.  
BY your, and our friends indefatigable industry in the City, we gather strength daily, which shall nourish your bodies as our own.  
First for the King, he is a knotty inflexible piece; Yet we have as many fine plots on him, as ever he had on his people.  
To oblige him; we allow him his Chaplains, and have placed the great Socinian, Our L. G. of the Ordinance own brother who is totally for toleration, which is ●●re though aflow Engine to destroy Monarchy, and set up our Republic, which the Godly party thirst after; but they must have patience, otherwise we shall spoil all. For the truth is, the people in the Country, are generally for the King, and so we hear they are in the City; Therefore at present we are forced to play our cards another way, though we are confident to win the game though not so suddenly yet as surely.  
The Romish Catholics are treating with us, (which is a considerable party,) and they will yield a round sum of money to the Army for the present, and a great Revenue for the future.  
Our Noble ingenious Commissary of Horse his brother in Law, one Ford; A Catholic, and a most able man is their Agent, they are to have a toleration in their houses not to sing Mass p●●in the Churches, for this will give offence to all.  
The King and his party are to have the Book of Common Prayer, this will divide and weaken them much in the City, and set the Prelatical, and Presbyterian Faction together by the ears, and render the King odious both to the Presbyterian and those of the separation, and the scandal of which will much increase the Godly party.  
If we divide thoroughly in every family (as we are much advanced in the work) we shall reign speedily, and hold it surely, and continually.  
Besides this will please, and deceive the French Ambassador, (hoping we will be in confusion) and consequently the Queen.  
There are divers obscure Persons treating for the King's Party. We shall be favourable to the Nobility and Gentry which have been in Arms, and some few Citizens, but we are resolved to squeeze the rich of all sides, those save-stakes or Purse-Malignants. By compounding, by way of sequestrations, and for the 5th and 20th part, and in calling them to account for abusing the State in their several Committees, which will be popular; but we will have a special care of the godly party every where, we have a List of them; We are resolved to keep up our Army, which will be a Seminary and Sanctuary for the Saints, and provide bravely for our poor Brethren, and exalt them, and humble the rich and proud.  
We make no question but in short time, that we shall be Masters of all the Militia by Sea and Land, and in England, and Ireland, and consequently of all the Treasure, and then we can impose what we please, and above all we are in a fair and speedy way to Garrison London, under colour of suppressing of tumults, and liberating the Parliament from the Reformadoes, who stay in the City, contrary to the Ordinance of Parliament, and we can find witness for any thing if there be occasion, as how they list themselves, and Soldiers daily to levev a new War, this will make them odious in the City and Country: and we can make the phlegmatic rich Common Council believe that the Reformadoes intent to plunder the City; therefore we hope to persuade them to take two Regiments of our Foot, and two Regiments of Horse to guard them and the Parliament, which shall cost them nothing for the present.  
And for your comfort the City Commissioners are all our own And I pray get them as often changed as you can, by that means we shall be sure to engage the whole Common Council; change the Militia, or at least join the old and new together, and by this means we shall be masters of all, and get the Tower of London into our friends hands.  
We hear something of your Apprentices, Watermen, and Seamen, but they are a body without a head, therefore we do not much regard them.  
We are sorry we omitted the last opportunity in our marching up to London; the salt was not ours, for our Brethren the Adjutators were unanimous, for investing and summoning the city, which had done the work: but our General, and Grandees, (except brave Magnanimous Cromwell were against it; for they were assured after the 11. Members withdrew themselves, they would get passes and be gone beyond the Sea: their stay (contrary to our friends undertaking above) was the cause of our putting in our particular accusation, which is short of promise and expectation, and hath discovered and weakened our cause to the view of the people, whom we held in a mist and blinded them as long as we laid our charge in general.  
This use we shall make of this Omission: First, we will displace our General, and put Crumwell that brave Head-piece in his room, and we shall remove divers of the Grandees, and draw in our Brethren the Agitators, who have more wit and courage than the rest. L. G. Hamond, Colonel Rich, and Colo. Fleetwood are great scandals to our Army, for they are covetous, and want both wit and courage, and their pay will do well amongst us. And we must advance Cornet Joyss, who hath done half the work in possessing the King.  
If you and we can remove one block out of the way the work is done, and all is our own.  
That is by any way or means to get the 11. Members to travel, which God be praised we hear is now done, which hath lifted up our hearts exceedingly.  
Many of them are rich, assure them first by hope and promises that if they go, they shall have the best security in England (which is an Act from the General and Council of War) that they shall enjoy their estates exempt from paying any taxes, or from quarter, this will go far with some of them.  
If this will not do, (as I am assured from good hands it will) then use force and threaten, that they shall be served (as Point was) if they remain in the Kingdom, them their estates shall be sequestered, Wife and Children ruined: and if they shall dare to sit in the House, the Army will march up, and pull them out by head and shoulders, and cut their throats, and all their party shall suffer with them, the City shall be fired, and plundered, and plundered, and all the blood and mischief will light on them.  
But if this should sail, our Counsels will be divided, and our greatest and surest designs will be obstructed if not ruined.  
Our design is now for the West, who are so zealous for King and Parliament, and Uniformity in Church-Government.  
We must make sure of Waymouth, Exeter, Plymouth, and Falmouth, and alter those Garrisons, and put in 6000. of our foot under our faithful Commanders there, and leave 2000 Horse to awe these countyon. We intent to carry the King along with us, for he grows worse and worse, though we will give out and print daily, that all is agreed betwixt Him and Vs. And to please the City and Country, that we are to bring him up to his Parliament, and must have his hand to every thing, to countenance our proceed; and if we cannot do it by flattery or force, we can do it another way, and it will pass for currant.  
We hear some of our friends are jealous, because we use the King so well, and that we intent to hold up Monarchy, and get places about the King: Assure the godly party we will not recead from our Principles, for that would be our certain perpetual ruin. Have but patience, and give us a little leisure, you shall see Monarchy will not be long lived.  
But to leave digression, our eyesore is the 11. Members if they should sit in the House ' we know not what to resolve, we must march up to London, only to scare them. But suppose London should defend themselves, declaring for the King, and the Privilege of Parliament, what would become of Us? If we leave the King behind, the people will murmur●● if we bring him along with us; suppose when the City is in this posture of defence, the King declare for the Parliament and City. (as we suspect he will) and that which is worse, that be is a Prisoner: I tell you in my opinion except we can bend the King and make Him our bow to shoot at the Parliament, as I fear he is so quick sighted (that He is prepossessed from the Queen, that we are anti-monarchical) we shall have a Wolf by the ears. Then Joyce his Council had been best, for he would have decolled him.  
We hear that there are 10000 Auxiliaries listed, that the trained Bands are perfected, that every house in London is full of Arms, that the Sailors and Watermen offer to man the Works, and furnish 10000  
There are 600. Horse raised to defend the City, though we despise the number in regard of our Horse, yet they animate the people, and prevent 〈◊〉 chiefest hope●, which is an insurrection of our party.  
We like not the Reformadoes, they are thorns in our eyes, and we fear some personage of quality may lead them; and 'tis reported they can make a 1000 horse of their own, 2000 horse in the City will be still falling upon our horse and foot quarters, and 5000. Horse cannot in●est the City, not 30000 foot: our men must be day and night on horseback, which duty, and want of pay, will make our common men run away, because they will despair of Plunder, and lying about the City will starve our Army.  
If we tax the Country we shall lose the people; besides Londoners be an ill Precedent, for they will pay no taxes.  
If we enter but the Line their Horse will destroy us, or if we enter the City, being chained and barrocaded up, our Army will be but a handful to them, for they will have Carbines and Fouling-peices in their windows, Artillery in every street, Pikes and Muskets invulnerable, Besides they will have Masye, Waller, and all the chief Commanders in the Kingdom to order, design and execute. Therefore the 11. Members must be destroyed either by Poison or Assassination.  
We hear they have sent Senu●● abroad, and therefore we cannot surprise them.  
And last of all, if the King declares himself a Prisoner, and London stands upon their guard, we are assured the Scots will come in, and this we shall soon apprehend, the Countries being burdened with taxes and freequarter, will rise as one man against us. Now Brother you may see in what condition we are, and how far we have advanced our designs already: consider likewise the last demands of our Army, made july 19 1647. and sent up to the Parliament. Videli.  

1. That we have a biennial Parliament, with the same limitations as the Triennial.  
2. The Militia by Sea and Land.  
3. A Council in intervals of Parliament consisting of 21.  
4. Paenall Statutes for going to Churches to Common Prayer be taken off, but provisor still to give no latitude to the Papist.  
5. An ease for tender Consciences,  
6. The number of exempted Persons to be leastned, and their compositions to be easier: and more especially those Members of the House on whom they lie most heavy.   
In most of the rest of the Propositions, we agree, or very little differ, and in short time we shall have these, and other of our demands, concerning the Militia of London, and the Declaration for hindering foreign forces, and that we get our money equally, with the disserters, and release out of Prison our brave blades, Leift. Col. Lilburn, Mr. Musgrave, and Mr. Overton, etc. judge what is left to the Presbiterian party party. I have no more at present, but that I am.  
Your loving Brother etc. July 22. 1647.  
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