For the Under-Officers and Soldiers OF THE ENGLISH ARMY, From the People of SCOTLAND.  
_●T concerns you as you desire not to imbrue your hands in the blood of the Lords people without a cause, and to be answerable to the righteous Judge of the world in the day of your accounts, to consider whether the invading of the Kingdom of Scotland, wherein We, and all our Interests are included, be not a thing most sinful and unlawful, which will bring wrath and indignation from the Lord upon all these who are engaged therein, or accessary thereto, and because we know that things are misrepresented unto you, and you are made to believe that your undertaking is just and necessary, We shall therefore for your Information, shortly show you how unwarrantable the grounds are, upon which your so called Parliament have concluded, and commanded to invade this Land; that if it be possible, your sin, and our affliction may be avoided.  
The first ground which is hinted at in the Declaration of your so called Parliament, is the Commissioners of Scotland their usurping upon Acts of Legislative power, and their frequent pretensions to, and contestations about a joint interest in some Acts of it, whilst they were resident in England, and whilst nothing but friendship and unanimity in the same cause was pretended. But it is most certain, that the Commissioners of Scotland did never claim, nor assume to themselves any 〈…〉 ●●ving of Laws in England, The most that they did, was, 1. The Committee of both Kingdoms being appointed by the 〈…〉 ●f both Kingdoms, they acted therein in a coordinate way in things of common Interest. 2. They did often by Letters 〈…〉 ●●uses of Parliament their desires, and give them warning when they were either negligent in, or averse from their duty 〈…〉 for a joint interest in the King's Person, he being King of Scotland, as well as of England.  
〈…〉, which is much insisted upon, is the late unlawful Engagement against England in the year 1648. But how un●● 〈…〉 this Kingdom, will appear to you in these particulars. 1. That Engagement was protested against in the Parlance 〈…〉 of the Parliament itself, even those who at first entered in Covenant with England, and sent an Army for their 〈…〉 Scotland. 2. Not only did the Body of the Ministry of the land preach and pray against it, but all the Judicatories 〈…〉 it, and the General Assembly did in the very time of the going forth of the Army, publish a large Declaration 〈…〉 in Shires did petition the Parliament against it; So were the Body of the people of the Land, especially the 〈…〉 to God against it, So did they refuse to contribute thereto, and concur therein: and because of this, 〈…〉 prevailing party of Malignants, who carried it on. 4. Those who had protested against it in Parliament, and 〈…〉▪ did before the defeat at Preston begin to stir in Arms against it, and did not lay them down, until they 〈…〉 that carried it on. 5. The House of Commons, and Lieutenant General CROMWELL by their 〈…〉, the other to the Committee of Estates, do in a large way bear testimony to the Innocence of the honest 〈…〉 also give them assistance against those who carried on that Engagement.  
〈…〉 in by the Commissioners of this Kingdom at Westminster, against the taking away of the King's life, and 〈…〉 ●●is, as it was an innocent and harmless, so was it a necessary duty: not only because of the Irregularity and 〈…〉 men wanting authority, and of the joint interest of the Kingdom: of Scotland in the King's Person, but also be●● 〈…〉 ●reat scandal, and many sad consequents that would follow thereupon to both Kingdoms.  
〈…〉 refusing to repair the damages that England sustained in the unlawful Engagement, in the year 1648. But to 〈…〉 ●●mand reparation of those damages from those who were sufferers themselves; reparation was not refused, but as the 〈…〉 to the Parliament of England, that none who had been active in, or consenting to the said Engagement, should be 〈…〉 trust whatsoever, without the adulce and consent of the Kingdom of England, so did they not refuse all fair and amica●●● 〈…〉 desired to know the particular wrongs and damages, and upon knowledge thereof, offered to give just satisfaction.  
〈…〉 ●●ound is, a resolution in those of the Kingdom of Scotland, again to invade England, which is fancied upon very unwarrantable grounds, 〈…〉 of a Treaty, The proclaiming of Charles Stewart King of England, and promising him assistance against England, and declaring against the 〈…〉 ●ow prevails in England, as Sectaries, etc. To all which we say, that this Kingdom did refuse to treat with your Parliament, not because they purpose to invade the Kingdom of England, but because a prevailing party having taken away the House of Lords, and also driven away, and impri●●● any members of the House of Commons, and changed the Government; They could not acknowledge the remnant for the supreme authority of 〈…〉 the King, they did not otherways proclaim him King, then in the ordinary way, that hath been followed by both Kingdoms since 〈…〉 King, and they have given him no promise but this, that they will by all lawful means within their power and calling, 〈…〉, contribute their endeavours for his peaceable restitution to the Government of his other dominions. And as to the declaring 〈…〉 is fare from concluding a resolution to make War upon them, we can and aught to mourn and pray, and bear testimony 〈…〉 be fare from thoughts of invading of them; We will assure you, that as those grounds contained in the Declaration of your so 〈…〉 ●●●clude it; so hath there not hitherto been any such question debated, nor any such resolution taken in the public counsels of 〈…〉 been done here, hath been merely in reference to defence of the Land, if we should be invaded from England.  
〈…〉 your consciences, and as before the Lord to weigh well whether God will countenance you in such a thing, and whether 〈…〉 ●●venant in you, after England hath sworn before God and Angels, and men, to preserve the Union and Peace betwixt the 〈…〉 ●ause to invade this Land, and make War upon us, and oppress us, and shed our blood. We will assure you, that all who 〈…〉 Heaven against such oppression, and you have cause to be afraid, that because of the same, God will arise to execute judge●●●● 〈…〉 is not against malignants, but against those who in the integrity of their hearts have been following Jesus Christ, and his 〈…〉 answerable to the Gospel, and who helped England in the day of her distress, and have suffered much on her behalf, choosing 〈…〉 that the malice of malignaants could devise, then to break with England, or set one foot in that Land in an hostile way. 〈…〉 who shall take warning to proceed no farther in an evil way, lest God who is the Judge of all things, look upon such inju●●●●● 〈…〉 ●●ch of Covenant, and require it.   

〈…〉 by Evan Tyler, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1650.