A DECLARATION Scnt from Several Officers of His Majesty's ARMY, To the Lord General of the same.  
Wherein is declared their great want of Money, they being not able to maintain the Field any longer, without present supply.  
Also the Copy of a Letter, sent from John Wyatt, one of his Majesty's soldiers to his Wife, dated November 26.  
Wherein he declareth, the great misery that they are in for want of means so that they dare not sleep, for fear of having their throats cut, by certain Welsh, and Irish women which follow the Army.  
LONDON. Decemb. 1. Printed by T. F. for L. W. 1642.   

 French fleur-de-lis flanked by the Scottish thistle on one side and the Tudor rose on the other  
A Copy of a Declaration sent to the Lord General of the King's Army, from several Officers thereof. etc.  
May it please your Excellence,  
WE are extremely sorry to trouble your Excellency with more complaints, but this grievance so much concerns all in Honour, that we most humbly beseech your Excellency to relieve it, and on the behalf of your poor servants, to represent it to his Majesty, for his opinion of our force, and number, and his distrust of our integrity in our Musters, we presume by his own course he now takes, will suddenly show him how reports hav● abused, and injured us. But first we complain as we are Gentlemen, that by the long neglect of sending our Pay, we have been enforced contrary to our former lives, to oppress a poor Country, and live up on the discretion of Strangers, which both they and we are weary of; Next as we eaten Soldiers, the season puts us in mind of drawing out of the Fields, and we know that some of his Majesty's Army hath already removed, though in pretence of enlarging their quarters, yet Jealousy is no species in our profession, of fear but wisdom, and though we want neither courage nor will to oppose our Enemy, if they advance, but rather desire to seek and find them, yet the long want of pay, hath so distressed both Officers and Soldiers, that for that reason only, we are very unable to march, and to subsist in the field fare worse, but our chiefest discontent is, that our humble address formerly by Petition, hath neither brought remedy to our sufferings. We are very sensible, that we were unfortunately foiled in the first part of this Action, but we hope so to manage what is left, that our future proceed shall neither deserve blame nor reproaches, and we are confident that if the resolution of his Majesty, with his Excellency the Earl of Newcastle, please to comply with our endeavours, and restore our Armies to their former height of glory, in all our progresses we shall both with willingness and humility, embrace the pleasure of his Majesty's Council, either to add or take from us that which we have received, and are also sworn unto, but upon a serious deliberation, we find that many of our Officers are unexperiencd, which must needs produce great inconvenience in this Service, for these and many other Reasons, we humbly beseech his Majesty's Council to prevent these endeavours that would impose such confusions upon us, as must necessarily deprive us of the chief privileges and right of our command, thus we humbly take leave, and remain,  
Your Excellencies obedient Servants, Friar, etc. 

Venner,  
Mills,  
Hill,  
Smith,  
Forster,  
Hodson,  
Johnson,  
Vaughan,  
White,  
Jackson,  
Eton,  
West,  
Morgan,  
Gorge,  
Fleetwood;  
Fitzjames,  
Gifford,   Cum multis aliis▪ etc.   

A Copy of a Letter sent from the Town of Redding, by James Wyatt, a soldier in his Majesty's Army, to his wife, dated the 26. of November.  
LOving Wife,  
my love remembered, I pray let my Cousin William Watson peruse these few Lines, and I doubt not but that all my Friends do marvel at my long absence, nevertheless wheresoever my person may be, my heart is with you, and my Friends, I make no question but there hath been scandalous reports of some of our Actions, and that we are branded with the name of Cowards, it makes no great matter, for I have well feathered my nest, if I can keep it, I could wish my Money, Rings, and other good things with you, for I fear I shall hardly keep them, though I take as great care as any man can, and refrain tippling, because I would be sensible of what I do daily undertake.  
Here is great disorders, Thieving, and pilfering, one another, we can hardly take our rest, nay durst not over sleep ourselves for fear of being ransacked or stripped of all we have, our Officers have authorized any to pilfer and steal if they find one the other sleeping, that thereby to keep us in readiness to prevent danger, there were three or four of our own company supposed to have money and other Treasure, in their sleep their throats were cut and their Legs cut clean off, supposing their moneys to be in their Boots as it so happened, others lost their Coats and Cloaks, and complaint was made to Colonel Pinder who caused a privy search to be made amongst the Welsh and Irish Quarters, and there was ten Irish apprehended who were found with store of Gold and Silver, and for certain they▪ have thus massacred those Soldiers, and we imagine they shall be hanged in the way the next March, for they are already adjudged; so there is another of our Soldiers to be Harquebushierd, for pillaging and striking his Captain, I hope I shall not long remain with this Cruel and murderous people, if I can find any opportunity I will give my Captain the bag, there be many of our Foot soldiers almost famished for want of food, especially our English; for th● Irish and W●lsh they have their Trulls following them and doth more spoil than the whole Army besides.  
There was since the 18. of November that I came into the King's Army at Redding, divers complaints made to our General of our Officers, whereby some are imprisoned, other some he fined a Months pay; His Majesty at this present is at Oxford, and within two days he goeth for Theobalds', for One thousand Horse and fifteen hundred Foot are gathered together for his Majesty's Convoy to Theobalds'. There was six Captains stripped and sent to Redding, my Captain's name is Sir john Wagstaffe, so I leave you until I shall see you, and rest  
Redding, the 26. th' of November, 1642. Your loving Husband, JAMES WYOT.   
FINI●