COLONEL POWELL And COL. POYERS' LETTER To His Highness the Prince of WALES, With their DECLARATJON, for Restoring His Majesty, the Protestant Religion, the Laws of the Land, and the Liberty of the SUBJECT.  
To which is Added An exhortation to the People OF ENGLAND And the CITY of LONDON.  
By A Wellwisher of His Majesty, The Kingdom's Peace, and the People's Freedom.  
Printed Anno Dom: 1648.   

May it please your Highness.  
WE Hope our Declaration, (which we have now sent unto your Highness) will give you ample satisfaction, as well of our Integrity heretofore, as of our Intentions for the Future, to serve your Royal Father, and Yourself, as fare as we are able, to make you both great and glorious, as the Parliament promised, and we ever intended, and did till of late, conceive that they did so too; but as soon as we clearly saw that they went clean contrary ways, we addressed ourselves to his Majesty, and had a promise to have speedy directions from him, which we have not yet had: the reason whereof, (as we conceive,) is, because of the close restraint upon him, in regard whereof, we do now apply ourselves unto your Highness, we have sent Propositions, which (we hope) will prove reasonable to your Highness, to confirm us in our endeavours, and that your Highness will please to sign them, and some Instructions, concerning our wants and supplies, to which we hope your Highness will give us a speedy answer, that so, we may go on the more cheerfully, to restore your Royal Father, to his Greatness, that He may long reign over us, and when it shall please God to give him a Kingdom of glory in heaven, to leave all his Kingdoms on earth to you his successor, in peace and Happiness, which shall ever be the prayer of  
Your Highness' faithful Servants powel, Poyer,   

The Declaration of Colonel Poyer, &c  
IT is notorious enough upon what grounds this War was by us undertaken, how the faults of Government precedent were laid open, and reformation promised, wherein the true Religion should be advanced, the King made great and glorious, and the Just privileges of Parliament, the Laws of the Land, and the Liberty of the People maintained: But now how much our expectations have failed us, and how we have run into those evils which we fought against, is at last too apparent unto us, who would not at the first believe the things we now see, insomuch that the Errors of the former Government, are now so fare exceeded both in Church and Commonwealth; that they are either justified, or at least so much excused, as that it is desired by the most and best of men, rather to enjoy the former again, then to suffer such a Reformation, wherein the Public good is pretended, and the particular ends of the Reformers intended.  
For although our Party have prevailed almost these three years, and the King in the power of the Reformers almost these two years; yet the things promised to be reform, and which we sought for, are scarce so much as entered into, or debated but clean contrary things now Acted.  
The King instead of coming to his Parliament to treat personally with his two Houses, Jmprisoned; instead of being made Great and Glorious, is become the most infortunate in the World, and great and glorious only in Piety, Patience, and Pity: our Religion, Laws and Lib●rties so much trampled upon, and destroyed, and the greatest Tyranny, and Arbitrary Power set over us, that the wit of man, or malice of the Devil can invent, and all this but to satisfy the Avarice and Ambition of a few men, who by accusing their Brethren have already gotten too much power into their hands, and do now labour to disband us, not to ease the Country (as is pretended) but as we are able to prove by their own Letters and words to bring in other Forces, such as may execute their Wills, and make the Gentry subject to Sequestration, enslave the People, and (to use their own words) Roll the Country before them: and to establish Excise, Taxes, and other intolerable charges, not to be avoided, without the effusion of more blood, then hath yet been shed in this Quarrel, unless God of his infinite mercy please to direct it by some means not appearing to us: And that they might (as much as in them lies) destroy our Souls as well as our bodies; They go about to put down the Book of Common Prayer in these parts, as they have already done in the rest of the Kingdom, which will be more wanted here, then in other parts, because the Book of Common Prayer is the sole comfort of the People here, and their way to attain the knowledge of the Principles of Religion, and to serve God: these things, though evident in themselves, yet we shall be ready to make proof of, as occasion shall require: And therefore that the whole world may see our integrity, as well in the undertaking this War in the beginning and our Carriage hitherto, as of our intentions for the future, we do now declare:  
That we do still continue to our first Principles, to bring the King to a Personal Treaty with his Parliament with Honour, Freedom, and Safety, that so the just Prerogative of the King, Privileges of Parliament, Laws of the Land, and Liberties of the people, may be all established and preserved in their proper bounds, that we will as much as in us lies protect the people from Injury, and maintain the Protestant Religion, and the Common prayer as it is established by Law in this Land, and therefore crave the Assistance of the whole Kingdom therein.   

An Exhortation to the people of England, and to the City of London.  
HEre you have a glorious example before your Eyes. You have a door opened unto you for the recovery of your peace, your liberty, your Religion, and for the deliverance of your gracious King, from that horrid and Traitorous oppression, under which he hath so long suffered for the maintenance of your rights. Whose restitution will be the recovery of the Honour of your City, and of this Nation. Neglect not so gracious an opportunity as God hath now offered you, lest you have cause to repent it for ever, when it is too late. You see now the vizour of this vile Rebellion pulled off. That you may no longer dote upon such an ugly impiety, you have a clear discovery of the falsehood and treachery of those that with fair promises, and specious pretences drawn over their base and traitorous intentions, seduced many simple and well-meaning people of the Land, and engaged them in the pursuit of their own ruin, for the serving of the turns of their Private designs. Do not therefore render yourselves so inexcusable as to adhere unto a bare faced wickedness. lest you make yourselves bare unto the Judgement of the Almighty. Separate yourselves speedily from the Tents of these wicked Korahs' and their company, lest if you partake with them any longer in their sins, you be swallowed up together with then in their Judgements. Delay not the prosecution of your own safety and happiness. Remember those great and high obligations that lie upon you to defend the truth of God, to recover the beauty and order of his Worship to repair the breaches and Divisions of his CHURCH. Remember the sacred Oaths of your Allegiance and fidelity to your pious and gracious Prince, and the Common duty and bond of Conscience that lies upon all Subjects, to protect him whom God hath ordained to protect them; you find by sad and lamentable experience, how in the ruin of his Throne, and of his regal and just power, Your freedom, Your trade, Your peace, Your security, Your Religion and all are fallen under foot. In his repair under God, you may repair them all. If you will be happy by Gods help you now may, your timely and General Appearance in this work may prevent the shedding of much blood, if you will be miserable, thank yourselves. You of the City have had a late experiment of the kindness of those towards you, whom you have been too forward to serve heretofore in their ungodly designs. Be wise now at length, and let it not be your eternal reproach, that you can be valiant in nothing but Rebellion; make amends for your former miscarriages, and do not lay your necks any more under the feet of such unthankful Masters. If they use you thus, when the assistance they have had from you is, so fresh in memory: and when their power is yet so questionable. Imagine what they are like to do when your services are forgotten, and they established in full power. Consider what an ease it will be to you to maintain a perpetual Parliament and Army. Go then immediately in the first place unto God; Humble yourselves before him for what is past; Implore his pardon, his direction, his assistance; Set his Glory before your eyes. Be of good courage, and let us play the men, for our people, and for the Cities of our God. And the Lord do that which seemeth him Good.   
FINIS.