A DECLARATION OF THE ARMY OF THE Commonwealth OF ENGLAND, To the People of SCOTLAND.  
SIgned in the Name, and by the Appointment of His Excellency the Lord General Cromwell, and His Council of Officers.  
Jo: RUSHWORTH Secretary  
London, Printed by Edward Husband and John Field, Printers to the Parliament of England. July 23. 1650.   

To the People of Scotland.  
Whereas the Army under my Conduct, by the Authority of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, is to advance into Scotland, upon the grounds, and for the ends expressed in their Declaration of june 26. 1650. And considering the several ways and practices of some in that Kingdom, whose design it hath been, and still is, by all manner of groundless and unjust Reproaches, and most false Slanders, to make the Army odious, and to render us unto the people, as such that are to be abhorred of all pious, peaceable and sober Spirits, and to be rather Monsters then Men.  
We think fit therefore, for the clearing of ourselves, to remind you of our former deportment and behaviour, when about two years since we entered into the Kingdom of Scotland, and then carried in by the Hand of Divine Providence, and through the earnest Invitation of those now in present Authority and Power with you, What injury or wrong did we then do, either to the persons, Houses or Goods of any? Whose Ox have we taken? Did we seek any thing for ourselves? Did we other then preserve the best affected from; their and our most desperate enemies? And having established our Inviters in their power without doing the least violence to any, we returned to our own Nation.  
And considering this, we have cause to hope, That those former carriages of ours are not so soon forgotten; and that the present Misreports of what our deal will be, shall not disturb, nor affright the people from their houses and dwellings.  
And for satisfaction of all those that are Lovers of Religion, Peace and Public Liberty, and being desirous to put a difference between the Innocent and the Guilty; We do hereby Declare, in the Integrity of our hearts, That as to the Gentry and Commonalty of the Nation of Scotland, whose Habitations are in those places, whither the Army by the providence of God may come, As we know full well they are not the Persons, who by their Counsels and Undertake have laid the certain foundation of a second unrighteous and unjust Invasion of England, by closing with, and entertaining of Him, who stirs up, and labours to engage many Foreign Princes to invade the Commonwealth of England, and hath exercised actual: hostility against the Nation, by destroying the People, and Commissionating Pirates to kill our Men, and to rob, spoil, and take away our Ships and Goods by Sea, to the ruin of England, so much as in Him lies; Nor of those who have refused so much as a Treaty with the Commonwealth of England, wherein only a just and equal satisfaction for past Injuries was aimed at, and a security for a firm Peace between the two Nations desired: Which denial, and other practices, hath put us upon this unavoidable necessity of entering into Scotland, unless we would have stood still, and Jeen, not only the destruction of the godly and well affected, but also of the very Power of Godliness and Holiness in both Nations: So we shall not (the Lord continuing his goodness and presence to us) offer the least violence and injury to the persons, goods or possessions of any of them, but strive and labour to our utmost to prevent all disorders that happen from an Army, and to give all speedy Redress and Satisfaction that possibly may be, when any just Complaint of Miscarriage shall be made.  
And upon the Confidence of these our sincere and honest intentions (which we hope our good and gracious God will enable us to perform;) We do hereby INVITE all such persons to stay and abide in their own Houses and Habitations, where they may and shall enjoy what they have in peace; and not to suffer themselves to be misled by the craft and subtlety of any, into that which must needs prove their inevitable Loss and Ruin, and a great hazard to their Country.  
Howsoever, we have done this, as our Duty to God, and for satisfaction to all good men.  
Signed in the Name, and by the Appointment of His Excellency the Lord General Cromwell, and His Council of Officers, Joh: Rushworth Secretary.  
FINIS.