NEW PROPOSITIONS FROM THE KING, TO His Excellency the Lord general Fairfax; And His Majesties Declaration touching the Army, upon the removing His royal Person to Windsor. With His Proposals and Desires to his Excellency, and Lieut. general Crumwell, concerning mayor Gen. Brown.  
Dated at Windsor, on monday the 18. of Decemb. 1648.  
Likewise, the resolution of the Lord Gen. Fairfax, and Lieu. Gen Crumwel, touching the person of the King; and the names of those who are to be shot to death.  
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LONDON, Printed for W. FIELDING, 1648.   

NEW PROPOSITIONS FROM THE KING To his Excellency the Lord general Fairfax; And his Majesties Declaration to his Subjects of England, concerning his remove to Windsor Castle. Dated from Windsor Decemb. 18. 1648.  

Right honourable,  
HIs Majesty being advertised, That it was the pleasure of his Excellency, and the council of the Army, to remove his person from Hurst Castle, to Windsor( our place of present residence) His Majesty declared a great willingness thereto, saying; That He doubted not, but( by divine providence) that He should be speedily conducted, and transmitted to his Palace at Westminster, and was assured, that the new tempering, forging, and transaction of the present affairs in State and Common-wealth, was but as a Gad of trial, to sound the Hearts and Consciences of his people, and that He could not be persuaded, that the general and the supreme power of the Army would ever swerve or derogate from their former principles and engagement.  
After his Majesty had thus emphatically declared himself to the governor, he betook himself to private meditation, where he drew up these ensuing Proposals, and presented them to the governor of Hurst Castle, to bee communicated to his Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax, viz.  
1 That He might have two Chaplains of his out to be admitted to be with him, to pray and preach during his abode under restraint. 2 That He might have liberty to writ a Letter to his royal Consort in France, to advertise Her of his present estate and condition. 3 That He might not be restrained and kept from Pen, Ink, and Paper, but that he might have the accommodation and use thereof, for easing of his oppressed mind and grieved heart to his Son the Prince of Wales: to all which, no doubt but there will be a free assent and concurrence thereto.  
Windsor 18. Decemb. 1648.   

The proposals of mayor Gen. Brown to the Officers of the ARMY.  
TO be your prisoner, is by much the less displeasing to me, for that my Accusation is for nothing else but Loyalty to the King and Parliament, and the endeavours which I have undertaken to prevent the subversion of his Majesty, and his posterity, Parliament, City, and Kingdom, the final loss of Common right and freedom of all the subjects of England, the utter extirpation of all Law, Government and Religion, and the preposterous converting of our well regulated Monarchy into that monstrous conception, a Military, Anarchy, with a popular parliament of the meanest of the Commons, and such also of them only, as shal be constantli at the beck of the Army.   

His Excellencies Declaration.  
WHereas, in the adventuring of our lives and blood, we have sought nothing more then the prosperity of this Kingdom, and the establishing o● Justice and righteousness in the Land; so there is nothing that wee more abhor then those wicked calumnies, that we should invade the propriety of any not wilfully making themselves, or do any thing any way, to hinder or obstruct that Trade and Commerce by which this Kingdom doth most subsist and flourish: But that we shal, in a most special manner, protect, defend, encourage and maintain, in all just ways, all manner of Trade and Commerce, either by English or Strangers: and that we shall neither do, nor suffer to be done, as far as is in our power, any violence or injury, to the persons or goods of any, either by Sea or Land.   

The Desires of the soldiery to their General.  
Whereas it hath pleased the Lord of Hosts to writ his name upon your Sword in very legible characters, as appears upon record twice, viz. in the year— 45, where wee had 114 Victories, and now this last Summer above 30, even to our astonishment, who were used by you in that service, that those proud Billows in Wales, England, & Scotland, have been bounded and calmed, in less then six months, yet behold, we have our sorrows repeated, and our fears increased, making our wounds even to bleed afresh.  
Wherefore, we desire, in the name of ourselves, and the abused and betrayed people of England, that your Excellency will be pleased to assist us, in these ensuing requests and groans of our souls, which may not long be denied us lest we faint or struggle as we can for the life of good men, and a good Cause.  
1. That justice may suddenly and equally be dispensed, according to the desires of our honoured friends in London, Liecestershire, and others manifested by their several Petitions, and the Parliaments Declaration concerning the Kings evil asserted, or bewailed, and repented of.  
2 That your Army be instantly reckoned withall, & paid and so dealt with for future( it they must be used) that every Reg. may know their own country, & there receive their pay immediately, without any other Treasurers or ways of trouble, that so the people themselves may see what they have for their money. In this we are impatient, or so passionately affencted, that we gasp for help: this Regiment hath had but one moneths pay since May, having marched 1300 miles this Summer.  
3 That the people may know in print, with all speed, which way all public moneys are disposed of in all counties and places, and that of all kinds, which may be done, if every collector and receiver of money be forthwith enjoined to print their receipts and disbursements; for if the souldiers be not paid, the people ask whats become of the Revenue, Compositions, Sequestrations, Excise, Lands, &c.  
4 That we may have just and righteous Government settled in this Nation, advancing Godliness, we abhorring Anarchy, Confusion, and leveling mens estates; so often charged upon us: for which end, we desire these two things, in pursu●nce of which( by help from Heaven) we are resolved to venture all.  
First, that the grand and capital enemies, may without delay, be brought to Justice, which is the main root of our misery, we finding all other ways attempted, altogether in●●lid to carry on this work of common safety.  
Secondly, for the dispatch of Justice upon all Delinquents for rectifying all crooked things among us, & for the good of us, and the Generations to come, we humbly conceive our last and surest way will be for your Excellency and this army, to make a speedy offer to the Commons house in your name and the Armies, and in the behalf of all England, that such of them as have been faithful to the kingdoms interest, to declare with you and the Nation; and that the contrary minded, false, royal, and neutral party may know, that our enemies must not be our rulers, we professing, that good men, rather then good laws must save us, though we disjoin them not. And if any shal object, we put violence upon authority, we hereby proclaim to the world, that neither your Excellency, nor ourselves, have received Commissions from the parl as now constituted, but from that good party in it, who struggled through many hazards to model this army for the kingdoms safety; nor are we to attend forms & customs in this extremity; we can as willingly s●t down as march, suffer, as act, would but the godly party in the Kingdom call us thereunto, and think themselves preserved by it.  
But the people call to us for these things, and we to your Excellency, your known worth inviting us hereunto: in prosecution of which, as an unparalleled instrument, we shall live or die with your Excellency, having solemnly promised, to attempt and attend these two last expedients through all hazard. We cannot so undervalue our God, and the rich experienre we have had in the behalf of this Nation, as to see them lye( like Issachar) under these sinful burdens, our colds nakedness, want hunger, hardship, difficulties, dangers, out of which our blessed, and ever to be praised God hath brought us, suggesting these things unto us, for that flock of slaughter in this kingdom.  
Sir, we can die, but not endure to see our Mother England die before us.  
Decemb. 18. Letters further from Windsor, that his Majesty is expected there this night, and that several rooms in the Castle are appointed for his accommodation. Divers of the Gentry are gone to meet Him. But whether his residence will be there, or at London, is yet uncertain. It is said, that his Majesty will be suddenly brought to a faire and legal trial, and that the general and Lieut. Gen. are resolved to act nothing against his Majesties person, but what shalbe agreeable to the known Laws of the Realm, and the common Rights of the people. And upon Tuesday Decemb. 19. the council of the Army are resolved to insist on the business, and speedily to prosecute the same; and it is given out, that the sentence will pass against mayor Gen. Laughorn, Col. Poyer, and Col. powel, to be shot to death at Windsor, who being  told by an Officer of the Army, that they must prepare themselves to die, they replied, Gods will be done, we thank God, we have made our peace with him, and shall without fear, undergo what he shall be pleased to suffer men to do unto us.  
Other Letters touching his Majesty demonstrates, That He is drawing up a Message to be sent to the Lord General Fairfax, and Lieut. Gen. Crumwell, purporting his earnest desires, that no injury or violence be done or executed upon the person of mayor Gen. Brown, but that he may have a legal trial; to the end, he may acquit himself of the Charge and Impeachment now exhibited against him.   
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