TWO DECLARATIONS From His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, AND The General Council of His Army; THE FIRST, To the Right Honourable, the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-council of the City of London, in behalf of the whole Army; together with the General's Desires therein.  
And an Answer of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-council thereunto.  
THE SECOND, To the whole Kingdom in general; Concerning the Resolution of His Excellency, and the Officers and Soldiery under His Command, touching the Power of the Sword, etc.  

BY the appointment of His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax, and the General Council of His Army.  
Signed, Jo. Rushworth, Secretary   
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THE HEADS OF THE NEW PROPOSALS Debated upon Thursday last, the 9 of this instant, by His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Lieutenant General Cromwell, and the rest of the Officers, and Council of the Army.  
To be presented to the Kings most Excellent Majesty at Hampton Court.  
UPon Thursday last (being the Ninth of this instant, 1647.) His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Lieutenant General Cromwell, and divers other Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, and Captains, together with the Agitators of each respective Regiment throughout the Army, met at the Headquarters at Putney, and about ten of the clock in the morning assembled together in Putney Church, where they continued till six in the Evening, and had a long debate at the Council Table, touching the enlarging of divers Proposals to be sent to the King; they are very large, and of great concernment, therefore to large to contract in this small Volume: Nevertheless, I shall here briefly intimate unto you, the effect and substance of some of the chief of them, by giving you the Heads, as followeth:  
The first is, concerning the Kings most excellent Majesty, and His Royal Posterity, touching their Rights and Interests.  
The second, Concerning the Sequestration of the Estates of divers of the King's friends, for assisting his Majesty in the late War against the Parliament, etc. With divers other Proposals, for settling of this tottering Kingdom in a firm Peace and Union.  
The Right Honourable, the Lieutenant General declared himself most worthily at the Council Table, and expressed himself to this effect:  
That whereas it hath been suggested to the Kingdom, that he hath a disire to cast down the Foundation of Presbytery, and to advance and set up Indepency, He declares, that he desires nothing more, then to see this poor tottered Nation established in Truth and Peace, and this languishing Commonwealth restored to their just Rights and Liberties, etc.  
Divers other matters (worthy of observation were treated upon at the same time, a Copy of which I have sent you here enclosed, together with the General's Message to the Lord Mayor of London, and His Declaration to the Kingdom of England, all which I shall here insert verbatim, according to the original Copies, agreed upon by his Excellency and the Council of the Army.  

A Declaration from the Adjutators in the Army, prefented to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax at Putney.  
May it please your Excellency,  
HAving received informations from some persons of good affections and fidelity to the Army, and Kingdom, that several persons, are now under unmertiful sufferings, by confiscating their goods and imprisonment of their persons, for words spoken against the King (acting in his tyrannical practices in the late war they having been Soldiers.) And whereas we being made sensible of their misery, not knowing how soon it may be our condition, their as yet being no provision for their, or our own indemnity. For want of which our Enemies have so great advantage of all the well-affected in the Kingdom, That if not timely remedied, they will recover more upon our words, than we of them by our swords. We are engaged to supplicate your Excellency in behalf of these prisoners, That you would be pleased to use some means for the restoring them to their freedom, and to deliver them from their Tyrannical sufferings, according as your Excellency shall find agreeable to justice and reason.   
This Declaration was presented to His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax at Putney, and signed by above 24. Adjutators in behalf of the whole Army.  

A Declaration from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the General Council of his Army, to the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-council of the City of London, etc.  
My Lord and Gentlemen,  
WHereas I am informed, that the City of London is in arreare to the Army, a very great sum, and understanding that care is taken by the Committee of Parliament for the Army to provide money seasonably for the payment thereof, by sending to you to advance fifty thousand pounds upon the security of what is due from you, which is a far greater sum than is desired to be presently advanced by you, although we cannot conceive that there well be any backwardness in you to answer this desire which is so reasonable, and of such necessity to the satisfaction and well ordering of the Army; yet we thought good to declare unto you about it, that so you may understand so much from us, with this, That delay will be equal to a denial, and cause us to think that little regard is had of us, or the endeavours now in hand, tending to the settlement of the peace of the Kingdom, which is so much desired, and hoped for by us, and all honest men; And to the obtaining of which timely supplies of Money, and especially the present payment of the sum above named will very much induce.  
By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the general Council of his Army, Signed. John Rushworth, Secretary  
Postscript.  
We desire there may be a present performance the cendition of the Army not admitting any longer delay.  
Putney Septem. 7.   
Whereupon, the Common-council met at Guildhall upon Saturday last, and resolved to send an answer to the General to this effect, That they will do their endeavours to raise the said sum so soon as possible they can, and satisfy his Excellency's desires therein.  
Whereas a Member of the General Council of this Army hath publicly declared and expressed himself, That there is now no visible authority in this Kingdom, but the power and force of the Sword; We therefore the said General Council, to testify how far our hearts and minds are from setting up the power of the Sword above, or against the Fundamental authority and Government of the Kingdom, and our readiness to maintain and uphold the same Authority, have by a free Vote in the said Council, no way contradicting, adjudged the same Member to be expelled the Council, which we hereby thought fit to publish, as a clear manifestation of our dislike, and disavowing such principles or purposes.  
By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the general Council of the Army. Signed, JOHN RUSHWORTH, Secretary.