NEW PROPOSITIONS From His Excellency S it THOMAS FAIRFAX, SENT TO The King's most Excellent Majesty: With His Reasons, why He did not conduct His Majesty to White-Hall. when His Excellency marched through the City. As also, the time wren His Majesty shall come, and upon what terms and conditions. And the substance of the Armies new Proposals, to be signed by King and Parliament.   depiction of King Charles I and General Fairfax 
C●ROLUS R●X. GENERAL FAIRFAX.  
Printed at Oxford by Leonard Brown, and Reprinted at London for Robert Williams, Anno Dom. 1647. Aug.: 26:   

Certain new Proposals from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, concerning the Kings most Excellent Majesty.  
HIs Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax having a tender and deep sense of several difficulties and dangers which were like to ensue, and of the evil and treacherous deal of the public Enemies to the Peace of this Zion, against the Parliament, Army, and Kingdom's peace and welfare; having a long time sought and endeavoured to break those silver Cords of Amity, which hath been so unanimously knit together, betwixt the hearts of our renowned General, and the whole Kingdom; and finding that all their wicked stratagems, and Hellbred Devices could not take effect, they began to bethink themselves of a new Project (which indeed was a most horrid and desperate one) and that was their great activeness in sending and dispiersing of their several Agents throughout many Counties within this Kingdom; to the end, that they might use their utmost endeavours to seduce the People, and to make his Excellency and the Army odious unto them, by defaming their just and honourable Endeavours, with most false and scandalous aspersions, and all under this Mask and Pretence, that the General and Army sought their own private ends, more than the good & welfare of this languishing Kingdom, with many more such like untruths and false aspersions, and that there was a design in hand for bringing his Majesty to London, and restoring of the Kingdom to their just rights and liberties.  
All which delusions could not prevail to withdraw the hearts of the People from his Excellency, but were resolved to live and die with him in the Armies just Cause and Engagement, etc.  
His Excellency, and the Council of the Army, having seriously considered the wicked practices & evil designs of these men, and the great ruin that might befall this Kingdom, if not timely prevented, thought requisite (for satisfaction of the whole Kingdom) to Declare as followeth, and to represent these ensuing Proposals to the view of the whole world, viz. I. THat when (by the blessing of God) all things were composed & the Kingdom reduced to a peaceable condition, there were cross workings by a prevalent party, roobstruct and pervert justice, and oppress the peaceable and well affected people of the Kingdom and by holding forth pretences of Uniformity, oppressed the people, and to further their designs raised jealousies, and to further their designs got a power into their hands of a public influence, whereby they had the advantage to raise a new war and make disturbances in the Common wealth, and the impeached Members continued about London very active therein and the new Militia joined with them in ●●sting of Reformadoes, & others, by which means the Speakers and many fa●thfull Members of b●th Houses were forced away, after which some Members remaining chose new Speakers, that they might act according to their own ends and that the proceed & votes of the major part of them during the absence of the Speaker, intended to the carrying on of a treasonable Engagement.  
After which, all of them concentring (as in other things, so especially) in this, viz. To have the King brought up to London without delay, or any nearer approach of the Army. To which his Excellency propounds, as followeth: 

I. That had the King come up to Londen (as they have so oft desired and attempted) it is apparent they intended and would have made use of it, rather to lay the stronger foundations of a new war, than any way to settle thereby a safe and well-grounded Peace.  
II. And since they could not rationally expect so easy an obtaining of the King's Person to London, upon any pretence whatsoever, yet it is evident, that they could intent nothing thereby, but a more plaudible pretence and foundation of quarrel against this Army, whereby to engage or incline to their assistancethe King's Party, and such others who might be catcht with the apprehension thereof, as a speedy way to Peace (the thing so generally longed for) and by such assistance gained, the better to ruin this Army, and those faithful Members of Parliament who retired to it.  
III. Thirdly, For our parts we shall rejoice as much as any, to see the King brought bacl, to his Parliament, and that not so much in place, as in affection and agreement, on such sound terms and grounds as may render both him and the Kingdom, safe, quiet, and happy, and shall be as ready as any to bring his Majesty to London, when his being there may be likely to produce (not greater Disturbances or Distractions, but a Peace indeed, and that such as may not be shaped and moulded only to the private advantages of a particular party or faction, but bottomed chief on grounds of common and public safety.  
iv That if (without regard to these considerations) we would have brought his Majesty with us to London in our late advance thither (which our Enemies could not hinder or prejudice us in) we had no cause to doubt, but (as to men) we might have had all the advantages, which our Adversaries promised to themselves thereby, added to the strength & interest of the Army, and have inverted the disadvantages upon them that they intended against us thereby, so as his Majesty's coming to London might have been much to their prejudice and our advantage, if we had regarded only our own particulars.  
V That we have not minded nor been acting our own works and interests, but the kingdoms, and every honest man's in it.    
For all which, it is propounded and desired, that the chief Actors of the late Design may forthwith be brought to trial; and it is further declared, as followeth, viz.  
That if any of those Members, who during the absence of the speakers and the rest of the Members of both Houses (forced away by the tumultuous violence aforesaid) did sit and Vote in the pretended Houses then continuing at Westminster shall hereafter intrude themselves to sit in Parliament (before they shall have given satisfaction to the respective Houses, wherefore they are concerning the grounds of their said sitting at Westminster, during the absence of the said speakers, and shall have acquitted themselves by sufficient evidence, that they did not procure or give their consent unto any of those pretended Votes, Orders, or Ordinances tending to the raising, and levying of a War (as is be●ore declared) or for the King● coming forthwith to London) we cannot any longer suffer the same, but shall do that Right to the speakers, and Members of both Houses who were driven away to us, and to ourselves with them, (all whom the said other Members have endeavoured in an hostile manner, most unjustly to destroy,) and also to the Kingdom, which the endeavoured to embroil in a new War,) as to take some speedy, and effectual course whereby to restrain them, from being their own, and ours, and the Kingdom's Judges in those things wherein they have made themselves parties, by this means to make way that both they, and others that are guilty, and parties to the aforesaid treasonable, and dectructive practices, and proceed against the Freedom of Parliament, and peace of the Kingdom may be brought to condign punishment (and and that at a Judgement of a Free Parliament, consisting (duly, and pro perly) of such Members of both Houses respectively, who stand clear from such apparent, and treasonable breach of their trust, as is before expressed.  
At the head quarters at Kingston upon Thames, Aug. 18. 1647. By the appointment of his Excellency, and the General Council of his Army. Signed, john Rushworth, Secretary  
The Army are perfecting of a model by way of Propositions to be confirmed by King and Parliament for settling a firm Peace, they are the substance of their former Propositions.   
FINIS.