JOYFUL NEWS FROM THE KING, And His Majesty's Remonstrance and Resolution touching the Army; Delivered to Captain Hatfield on Saturday last in the Isle of Wigbt, to be communicated to all loyal and faithful Subjects, and dispersed throughout the several Counties within the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales. Also, a Fleet at Sea near the Isle of Wight, and their Design to rescue his Majesty from the Army. And terrible News from Westminster. Decemb. 4. 1648.  
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London. Printed for J. Baitman. near Temple-Bar, 1648.   

JOYFUL NEWS FROM THE KING Declaring His Majesty's Resolution concerning the Army, and the bloody proceed in the Isle of WIGHT.  
Right Honourable,  
HIs Majesty having seriously perused the Remonstrance of the Army, finds it to be of so high a nature, that He cannot but stand amazed at the sense, scope, and method thereof and doth declare, That He should rather sacrifice His life, for His People, and a good Conscience, than be guilty of the Engagement of modelling and establishing a new Government; but withal remonstrates, That He approves of their Proposals for rectifying the Law, and purging the abuses and errors thereof, for the ease and liberty o● His people, desiring that all their Results and Consultations may redound to the honour of these bleeding Nations, etc.  
And his Majesty hath further declared that (notwithstanding the present distractions, and dissolving of the Treaty, yet) He desires from His very heart and soul that the peace of His Kingdoms may ●e● speedily established, and the liberty of the Subject preserved und unviolated, whatsoever becomes of Him, etc.  
Col. Ewers useth his Majesty with much civility and respect, and the deportment of the Soldiery taketh deep impression in his Majesty's heart, which causeth a great change and alteration in his Majesty's Royal Breast, and it is hoped few days will produce a convincement from his Majesty of all his former errors.  
Divers shipping lie hover upon this Coast, and it is supposed they would fain attempt a design for rescuing the King from the power and protection of the Army, but strong Guards are placed and much vigilancy used for the defence and safety of this Island.  
Carisbrok Castle 3 Decemb. 1648.  
The further Demanus and Resolution of the Army.  
Whereas we arr full of sad apprehensions concerning the danger and evil of the treaty with the King, and of any accommodation or restitution of him thereupon, We did by our late Remonstrance upon the Reasons and Grounds therein expressed, make our application thereby unto the presen-House of Commons, that the dangerous evil of that way might be avoided, and the peace of the Kingdom settled upon more righteous, safe and hopeful grounds, viz. a more equal dispensing of Justice and Mercy in relation to things done or suffered in the late wars, and the establishing of the future Government of this kingdom upon a safe succession and equal Constitution of Parliaments, and that (for the ending of present, and avoiding of future Differences) to be Ratified by an Agreement and Subscription of the people thereunto. Which things we pressed in the way of Reason and Persuasion only, that they might be duly and timely considered. But to our grief we find, in stead of any Satisfaction or a reasonable answer thereto, they are wholly rejected, without any consideration of what ever Reason or Justice might be in the things set forth or propounded therein; for what less can be understood, when the things propounded were mainly for the avoidance of evils appearing in the Treaty with the King: And seeing the prevailing part of those, to whom we did apply, to have as it were their eyes wilfully shut, and ears stopped, against any thing of Light or Reason offered to them, we find no place left for our former charitable or hopeful apprehensions, concerning their error in such evil ways; but remaining fully assured of the danger and destructiveness thereof, as to all those public ends for which they were entrusted, and also of the just advantage and necessity which lie in the things we have propounded and insist on, we now see nothing left, to which their engaging and persisting in such ways, and rejection of these better things propounded, can rationally be attributed less than a treacherous or corrupt neglect of, and Apostasy from the Public Trust reposed in them; although we could wish from our souls, we might yet find the contrary.  
Therefore it is our hearts desire, and shall be our endeavour, that so much, both of the matter and form of the present Parliamentory Authority may be preserved, as can be safe, or will be useful to these ends, until a just and full Constitution thereof, both for matter and form (suitable to the public ends, it serves for) can be entroduced.  
And therefore first, it should be great rejoicing (if God saw it good) that the majority of the present House of Commons were become sensible of the evil and distructivenesse of their late way, and would resolvedly and vigorously apply themselves to the speedy execution of justice, with the righting and easing of the oppressed people, and to a just settlement of the Kingdom upon such foundations as have been propounded by us, and others for that purpose, and would for the speedier and surer prosecution of these things exclude from Communication in their Counsels, all such corrupt and Apostarized Members as have appeared hitherto, but to obstruct and hinder such matter of Justice, Safety, and public interest, and to pervert their Counsels a contrary way and have therein so shamefully both falsified, and forftied their Trust,  
But however if God shall not see it good (to vouchsafe that mercy to them and the Kingdom) we shall secondly desire, That so many of them as God hath kept upright, and shall touch with a just sense of those things, would by protestation or otherwise, acquit themselves from such breach of Trust, and approve their faithfulness, by withdrawing from those that persist in the guilt thereof, & take such a posture, whereby they may speedily & effectually prosecute those necessary and public ends, without such inteeruptions, Diversions, or depravations of their Council from the rest, to their endless trouble, and hazard of the Kingdom as formerly, and for so many of them, whose hearts God shall stir up thus to do.  
We shall therein, in this case of extremity, look upon them as persons having materially the chief Trust of the Kingdom remaining in them, and though not a formal standing power to be continued in them, or drawn into ordinary Precedents; yet the best and most rightful that can be had, as the present state and exigence of affairs now stand; And we shall accordingly own them, adhere to them, and be guided by them in their faithful prosecution of that trust, in order unto, and until the introducing of a more full and formal power in a just Representative to be speedy endeavoured.  
Now yet further to take away all jealousies in relation to ourselves, which might with hold or disccurse any honest members from this courage, as we have the witness of God in our hearts, that in these proceed we do not seek, but even resolve we will not take advantages to ourselves, either in point of profit or power; and that if God did open to us a way, wherein with honesty and faithfulness to the public Interest, & good people engaged for us, we might presently be dischargeed, so as we might not in our present Employments look on, and be accessary to, yea supporters of the Parliament, in the present corrupt, oppressive and destructive proceed, we should with rejoicing, and without more ado embrace such a discharge, rather than interpose in these things to our own vast trouble and hazard; so if we could but obtain a rational assurance for the effectual prosecuting of these things, we shall give any proportionable assurance on our parts, concerning our laying down of arms, when, and as we should be required.  
But for the present as the case stands, we apprehend ourselves obliged in duty to God, this Kingdom, and good men therein, to approve our utmost abilities in all honest ways, for the avoiding of these great evils which we have remonstrated, and for prosecution of the good things we have propounded; and also that such persons who were the inviters of the late invasion from Scotland, the Instigaters and incouragers of the late insurrections within this Kingdom, and (those forcible ways failing) have still pursued those wicked designs by treacherous and corrupt counsels, may be brought to public justice according to their several demerits. For all these ends we are now drawing up with the Army to London, there to follow providence as God shall clear our way.  
Both Houses having debated the Army's resolutions the well-affected party voted, that they should be satisfied in all things by them desired; but divers dissented, and (as is said) have deserted the House.  
Westmin. 4. Decemb. 2648.  
FINIS.