NEW ARTICLES FOR PEACE, Delivered by the King's Majesty to the Commissioners on Saturday last at the Treating-House in Newport, And the Commissioners Answer. With his Majesty's Demands touching His coming to LONDON with Honour, Freedom and Safety, And the passing of an Act of Oblivion to all his Majesty's Loyal Subjects in all parts of his Realms and Dominions. Whereunto is annexed the Declaration and Resosolution of the Mayor, aldermans, and Communality of the towa of Newcastle in relation to the King's Majesty and the proceed of the Treaty.  
Examined by the Original Copies, and Published by authority for General satisfaction of all his Majesty's loyal Subjects.   crude woodcut of king in castle 
THE TREATING HOUSE:  
THE I'll OF WAIT  
Octob. 18. LONDON, Printed for I. jones, 1648.   

Several Articles of Agreement for peace, presented by the King's Majesty, to the Commissioners upon Saturday last, and the Commissioners Answer thereunto.  
Honoured SIR,  
I Have sent you here enclosed the full and exact proceed Between His Majesty and the Commissioners, being in order as followeth viz. The King condescended to the Proposition for public debts on Thursday last, and on Friday granted the Proposition sor recalling all Honours conferred on any person by him since 1642 as the Parliament desired.  
Yesterday he told the Parliaments Commissioners, that the days allotted for the Treaty drew towards an end, and therefore he thought it time to present his paper of desires, which were.  
1 That he might come to London with honour, freedom; and safety.  
2 That he might have recompense for the years his Revenue hath been kept from him.  
3 That there may be an Act of Oblivion, That so the Souldierp under the Command of the Lord Fait fax may not be justified in what they have (but as illegal) their astions requiring an Act of Oblivion for Conquering him and his Cavaliers. Some of the Commissioners were willing to receive these Propsitions from him, but the major part must needs descent, because contraty to their Instructions, having other Propositions to present unto him, especially that concerning Delinquents, for whom an act of Oblivion could not be granted. The Parl. Commissioners therefore presented their paper about Delinquents to the King to which the King desired time till Monday to give Answer; The three remaining.  
●● Concerning the Court of Wa●ds. 2 Offices and places of Trust. And 3 London his Majesty will soon yield to.  
Thus having sent you the chief heads of the King's last Papers I remain,  
From Newport 16. of Octob. 1648. Your affectionate Friend R. S.   

Humbly showeth,  
That we cannot but deeply resent, what hath been presented to you by the well-afected in the Southern parts, as concerning this present Treaty: That if after all the Epexriences of the misch●fes which hath happened to us from former Treaties, of all Gods wonderful ownings of you, both formerly, and of late in midst of so many oppositions from all hands, and of all his gracious appearings, against the King & his party you go on to Treat before full and exemplaty Justice be done upon the great Incendiaries of the Kingdom, the fomenters of, and actors in the first and second War, and the late bringing in of the Sco●s, we can expect nothing as the Issue thereof but the sudden dissolution of the Parl: and Army, the destruction of all the wellaffected the involving of this Nation in more blood than ever.  
May it therefore please you in this juncture of time to harken to your Petitioners, who have constanly adhered to you, and before you conclude this treaty, to execute Impartial and speedy justice (though upon the greatest offenders) wherein you cannot want assistance from God, & from man, to strengthen you in ●o●r endeavours to settle this Kingdom in Peace and rightecusnes.   

The Scots Proceed examined and onswered.  
There is a natuarll discord between tyranny and freedom, slavish popery and Christian liberty; Acubrese renders the reason thus, because Christ the King of Kings by his righteousness, hath made his people free, therefore the Kings of the earth, by tyranny injustice or popish interest, cannot make themselves.  
And do the Laws of God, man & nature justify the people in opposing, fight against and imprisoning of Kind's who act contrary to their Oaths, and the trust imposed on them by the people? And do not the same laws as much justify them in opposiug the power of Par. when they betray their trust, in pleading the interest, & justifying the cause of such tytannous Prince's join with them to levy war against the poor people, whose trusties they are only, and by whose Votes & election they sit in parliament, to preserve, and nof to destroy them, to condemn, and not justify their enemies, who have brunke with the blood of Saints, & have confessed themselves guilty of the blood of three hundred thousand souls, that have perished by war in the 3 Kingdoms  
The Parl. gave great encouragement by their letter the 3 of Aug. last, to the Ministers of the General Assembly of the Kingdom of Scot to oppose the Parl. of Scot then sitting a● Edenb. who had made breach of their solemn league & Covenant and their many agreements and Acts of Parl. passed in both kingdoms, in posessing of Barw. & Carlisle, and for your further satisfaction take the words of the letter,  
And being assured these impious, and unwarantable actions (of the Parl. of Scot) cannot be done with the approbation, and consent of the well affected people of the kingdom of Scot and that they understood there were very few amongst these who were in this engagement against them, that first engaged with them in the Covenant and cause, but such as have been professed enemies unto the kingdom of Scotland (which were the Parl.) however they were content to pretend thereunto, that they may the better deceive the people of this kingdom.  
That they were unwilling to impute such evils to the nation in general but to those present that own, and appear in them, whom they were confident, God in his due time would judge whatsoever they may suffer in the mean while.  
Therefore they now send unto them that it may appear they will not by any provocation, be induced to withdraw themselves from those in Scotland, who retain their former principles, & still own their cause, (though against the Pa●l. of Scot) wherein they have with blessing from heaven, been so long solemnly United. vide P. 4. and 5. of that letter.  
Upon this score and that encouragement, the minor dart of the people of Scot raise an Army to oppose the Parl. of that Nation, and the Army raised by the supreme authority thereof, and put themselves under the Command of the E. of Argile, to fight with kill and slay them.  
And did not L. G. Cr●mwel, in pursuance of the Commands of the Parl. of Eng. join with those handful of people in Scot to oppose the Parl. of Scot and the army raised by that authority, and did not the eff●●t ther● of produce an absolute dissolution of that Parliament & Committee of Estates?  
By this time, the Reader may expect the author's Inference upon the whole, which he once thought to have waved, and therefore resolved only to toss the Ball amongst the multitude, that so each judgement might cach at it, but because my fellow Commoners may not be ignorant herein, I have set down a few undeniable conclusions upon the whole.  
1. We see that the K. may err, notwithstanding the maxim, in the law (Lex non potest errari) by laying illegal taxes Monopolies, and Impositions upon the people Introducing Popery, and Levying war against them etc.  
2. That in committing such errors, he falsifies the trust which the people of the land repose in him, & then his Commands being unlawful, and destructive, it is lawful for the people to disobey them, and on the contrary, it is no less than sin, and the forsivire of all the Liberties, Freedoms and Birthrights of the people to give obedience thereunto.  
3. That it is lawful and of necessity for the people to Levy war against their King, and all that adhere to him for defence of themselves, and preservation of their birth rights and freedoms, having once broken the ●rust reposed in him, and put them out of his protection by levying war against them, ruling them as a tyrant at his pleasure oe not as a Kiug by the law of the Nation. 4. That it is lawful for the people's trusties in Parl. to declare to the nation the miscarriages of such a tyrannous prince, and to state the matters of fact therein, by way of charge against ●●m. 5. That it is a breach of trust in the people's trusties and a great dishonour for the English Nation to charge the King with such high crimes, and neither to prove them against him, nor to clear him of them. 6. It is a great breach of the trust, and the Nationall League and Covenant, not to bring delinquents to condign punishment there being no person exempt by the same. From the second part of the assertion plainly appears. That a Parl. by breach of Coutnant, Treaties, and Acts of Parl. voting & acting against the Covenant, and siding with, and pleading the interest of the enemies thereof, and of that Nation, for which they are trusties may err. 2. That by breach thereof they have forfeited their Trusts to the people, for whom they seve, and by whom they were elected. 3. That it is lawful for the people of that Nation to Levy war against them for the maintenance of their Lives and Freedoms, which that Parl. endeavours to give to their enemies and make them and their posterity slaves for ever to them.   
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