A DECLARATION OF THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE OFFICERS of the NAVY.  
CONCERNING The Impeached Members of Parliament, Transported beyond the Seas.  
WITH A Charge against some Officers, who had Commissions to raise Forces to disturb the peace of the Kingdom.  
ALSO The KING'S MAJESTY'S PROTESTATION, Sent by Colonel WHALEY.  
Printed at London by Robert Ibbitson, 1647.   

A Declaration of the Representations of the Officers of the NAVY, Concerning the Impeached Members of Parliament Transported beyond the Seas.  
A Diurnal came to our hands on Monday August 16. which hath a passage, as we apprehend it, that hath done us unsufferable wrong, we bless God, our ways are open to him that knows our Innocency: And to Vindicate ourselves, we have upon serious thoughts, not to add to the sad differences of the times, We had rather suffer quietly; but however we desire to clear ourselves, to those who are our friends, of those scandals which so much tend to the prejudice of us.  
Those Gentlemen are now aboard, who have seen and heard the Truth, and will no question satisfy accordingly, when they return: In the mean time we shall faithfully, as in God's presence certify the Truth.  
The Members five of them took Bark at a Town by Quinborrough: Gave one Green 10 li. in hand, and were to give him 10 li. more at their Landing at Calais, and to secure his Bark out and in at 60 li. Upon which he having received the money, put another to sail in her as Master; himself went and got a Warrant, saying the Members were gone without his consent in his Bark: And with his Warrant came to Feversham, & there told the Inhabitants that some Parliament men were gone away with 16 Chests and Portmantles full of Treasure: upon which one Lambing, Master of a Doger-boat caused Drums to beat, thinking to gain the money, and came after them, they taking in a  here, he came by Captain Pacy, Capt. of a small frigate, and told him that some Parliament men were run away with a great deal of treasure: Upon which Captain Pacy let slip his Anchors, set Saile & made after them, and the Doger-boat never came near them: but Capt. Pacy shooting one shot, they came in to him, & he brought them into the Downs: Sir Philip Stapleton very sick of a flux (who since is dead of the sickness at Calais:) They lay aboard us all night. The Vide-admiral sent Capt. Lambing, for Mr. Green, to see what they had to show for their leaving the Kingdom, and to see if they had any thing against them: but they not returning till a … 〈…〉 Clock next day, he judging they were ashamed of making such an untrue story, be called a Council of War: and there they produced their several, passes, Dated two days before, grounded on an Order of the House of Commons upon their first Impeachment; which by the Council of War was perused: and at last it was resolved to send Sir George Askue, Capt Crawley, Captain Pacy, and Lieutenant Penrose, and divers others, to search their Vessel, which was accordingly, and exactly done, to their very pockets, and there was not much found, (only they had Bills of Exchange).  
So the Vice-admiral and the Council of War not daring, having no Order to the contrary, and seeing Mr. Speakers Pass so lately Dated, did dismiss them: in their little Vessel to pass.  
About two hours after their dismission comes Lambing and Green,: and the Vide-admiral being at Dinner sent for them in: Saw a Warrant from the Captain of the Block-house, Directed To all Constables, etc. He asked them which they thought would most direct him to act by? a private Captain's Warrant, or an Order of both Houses of Parliament, and Passes under the Speakers hand? And that he was accountable for what he had done to both Houses.  
He also sent Major Keme to entreat Colonel Twaselltons' Trooper to come in and drink a glass of Wine, which he did: and we refer to him, if he had an uncivil word aboard.  
Only Major. Keme told Capt. Lambing, were he in the Army of the Council of War, he would Vote him to be hanged, and he gave him this reason, that he knew he had a Commission in his pocket, signed by some of those Members to raise a Company of Seamen, to oppose the Army, and that he had received ten pounds to that purpose.  
His Commission he shown the Vice-admiral and as aboard in Parchment, and this was all the reviling language.  
Then for Threatening; this we know, that he hath been out in a Dogerboate all the Summer: And hath when he should have kept Sea, been lying a Shore at Shoarum, Hastings, etc. Drinking drunk and hath abused, and had not the Vice-admiral found out his Knavery have cheated the State; upon which he sent him in. We as divers Captains and other Officers, and chaplains that stood by to the number of one hundred can testify. And God is our record it is truth: And further I can assure this.  
1 That Collo Hollis was not there then as is reported, but Sir William Waller, Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir John Clotworthy, Sir William Lewis, and Col: Long.  
2 That Captain Lambing is only Pot-valient, preferred from slavery in Algiers to be Master of a Doger-boatc last year, and he nor any with them ever fired a Musket.  
3 That the dismission was not by the Vice-admiral but by a clear voce of a Council of War.  
4 That we neither reviled him nor threatened him for that Act, Major Keme told him he having such a Commission about him he might be hanged for beating up Drummer in the Country without other order.  
Signed by the appointment of the Officers of the Navy. From Aboard the St. Andrew Admiral in the Downs, Aug. 26. 1647.   

THere is a Paper of the 27 instant, (Entitled His Majesty's Declaration) made public, it is patronised upon the King, but I assure you His Majesty is much abused in it: he hath many time to myself and others, expressed, not only his dis-avowing, but utter dislike of it; at first it something troubled him, but is being so unlike any thing of his, and so contrary to his known intentions, be was confident it would not gain credence with any; yet since, hearing that divers both in City and Country, and Army, were so fond credulous as to deem it to be His Majesties, and so were much offended at it, it was the Kings Command I should certify my friends how extremely he is wronged, and truly Sir, you would do the King but right, and discharge I conceive no more than your own duty to endeavour the finding out the Author, and making him exemplary, and I am confident the King expects so much Justice therein.  
Here is little news in Court more than this, that the King yesterday was a hunting in New Park, killed a Stag and a Buck, afterwards dined at Zion, stayed three or four hours with his Children, and then returned to Hampton, where there is great resort of all sorts of people to him, but not so many Cavaliers as is reported, it is confessed, no Gentleman is debarred the liberty of kissing the Kings, hand, yet no stranger stays tongue, we have fresh and fresh appearances, the faces which appear in the morning, you seldom see in the afternoon; at the farthest, but the next day. The Lord Conoway hath taken his leave of the Court for present, I have no more to acquaint you with; I shall only again mind you, that to vindicate the King by discovering and punishing the Libeler, cannot but give great satisfaction to his Majesty.  
Hampton Court. Aug. 29. 1647. Edw. Whaley.   
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