Certain OBSERVATIONS Of both Houses of Parliament, Concerning Two LETTERS The One from the Lord DIGBY, TO The QVEENES' Majesty, The other From Mr. Thomas Eliot, at York, to the Lord Digby in HOLLAND.  
Also a Note of such Arms, as were sent for by his Majesty, out of Amsterdam, under his own hand.  
Together with divers passages of the Marqu●sse Harford, and M. S●●●●d, at the General Assizes, in the County of Somerset,  Hen. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. Com. 
London, Printed for john Wright. 1642.   

A Note of the Arms sent for by the King from Amsterdam.  

C. R.  
TWo hundred firelocks.  
Four Pieces of Cannon for Battery, viz.  
One Cannon.  
One Demi-Cannon.  
Two whole Culverin.  
Two Mortars.  
Four Petards.  
Ten field Pieces of six pound Bullet mounted.  
One hundred Barrels of Powder.  
Round Shot and case proportioned to the several pieces.  
Two thousand pair of Pistols.  
One thousand Carabins.  
Three thousand Saddles.  
Three thousand Muskets.  
One thousand Pikes.   

C. R.  
Itan de gerre a Amsterdam & Bartholetti.  
Agent de la langravine de Hen. Wickford.    

Observations upon the ensuing LETTERS.  
THe Lords and Commons have commanded these ensuing Letters and Notes to be Printed, The Copy of a Letter written by the Lord Digby to the Queen, the tenth of March last, of his own hand-writing: An original Letter written to the Lord Digby, by Master Thomas eliot, from York the 27. of May last, two notes of Arms, the one of which is partly His Majesty own hand, both found among my Lord Digbies papers: In the Letter of the Lord Digby to the Queen, it may be observed, how he discovers his venomous heart to this Kingdom, in that malicious censure, that we area Country unworthy of her; unworthy indeed to be so often designed to ruin and destruction, to be undermined and circumvented by so many plots and devilish projects of Jesuits and Priests, and other the most factious and Malignant spirits i● Christendom; by which we had been often ruired and destroyed, if God wonderful Mercy had not preserved us: And we call his divine Maj sty to witness, that we have never done any thing against the personal safety or Honour of her Majesty, only we have desired to be secured from such plots, from such mischievous Engines, that they might not have the favour of the Court, and such a powerful influence, upon his Majesty's Counsels, as they have had to the extre●me hazard not only of the Civil Liberty and Peace of the Kingdom; but of that which we hold much dearer than these, yea then the very being of this Nation, our Religion whereupon depends the honour of Almighty God and salvation of our souls: Let this Lord, who was long amongst us, and knew the Grounds of our proceed and most secret consultations, produce any thing (if he can) of undutifulness, or disrespect to her Majesty, expressed or intended by us.  
Another discovery in the Letter is this, that this Lord confesses that he writ to his Majesty with the hardin sse which he thought his ●ff●ires a●d complexion required, what this was may well be perceived in a Letter from himself to the Queen, heretofore Prin●ed by our direction; his affairs in the judgement of this Lord requir d, ●●a● he should withdraw himsel●e from his Parliament, betake him●elfe to some place of strength, such was the Couns●ll he then ga●e him, an● how w●ll it hath been followed every ma● may p rc i've, but what his Majesty's complexion required, that may seem a g●e●ter mystery, and yet this may be collected out of that Letter, that his Majesty in the apprehens on of this Lord, was too ●nc enable to an Accommodation with his Parliament, which in a kind of sco●ne in that Letter is called the easy or the safe way, this complexion so beseeming a good Prince, required such a hardy and vehement provocation to wrath and war against his Subjects, as this L●rd presumed to express in that Letter, and besides his Treachery ●o the Kingdom, we may herein observe a great degree of insolence and contempt towards ●his Majesty, that he should da●e in a Letter to the Queen to tax his Majesty's complexion, with so much as mildness towards his people, must needs be required such hardy and bold Counsel.  
I● M●st●r eliot's Letter it may be first observed, that whilst his M jesty contests with his Parliament for some questionable Prerogatives, concerning the Commonwealth, his own servant's do re●lly deprive him of an undoubted Prerogative, of being the sovereign disposer of favours and preferments in his own Family, which this Gentleman doth express in that resolution, never to have any place about his Majesty, but by the Queen, and may be further observed what these desperate Counsels about the King be most afraid of, and what they thi●k most hurtful to themselves, that his Majesty should be in●l ned to an accommodation with his people; by this they fear to be undone that is, to lose that prey, the estates of the Parliament-men, and other good Subjects, which they have already devoured in their own fancies, and that they expect to be preserved from this undoing by the Queen's interposing.  
By these two n●tes may be observed, that at the time whilst so many Declarations were published in his Majesty's Name, w●th solemn Protestations of his Majesty's Intentions of raising only a Guard for his own Person, all sorts of provision for an Army, were made beyond the Se●s, and this poor K●●gd●me designed to the misery and confusion of War, and under the disguise of defending the Protestant profession, an Army to be raised in the Intention of these wicked Counsellors, for the suppressing and destruction of the Protestant Religion.  

Mr eliot's Letter to the Lord Digby.  
My Lo●d,  
YOu have ever been so willing to oblige, that I cannot despair of your favour in a business wherein I am much concerned; the King was pleased to employ me ●o London to my Lord Keeper for the S●ales, which though after two hours' consideration he refused, yet being resolved not to be denied, my importunity at last prevailed, which service the King hath declared was so great, that he hath promised a reward equal to it; it may be the King expects I should move him for some place, which I shall not do, being resolved never to have any but by the Queen, being already so Infinitely obliged to her for her favours, that I confess I would owe my being only to her; nor shall I ever value that life I hold, but as a dept, which I shall ever pay to her commands; the favour which I desire from your Lordship, is, that you will engage the Queen to write to the King, that he would make me a Groom of his Bedchamber, which since I know 'tis so absolutely in her power to do, I shall never think of an other way, for which favour neither her Majesty nor your Lordship shall ever find a more real servant for our affairs they are now in so good a condition, that if we are not undone by harking to an Accommodation, there is nothing else can hurt us, which I fear the King is too much inclined to but I hope what he shall receive from the Queen, will make him so resolved, that nothing but a satisfaction equal to the injuries he hath receiv●d, will make him quit the advantage he now hath, which I do not doubt will be the m●anes of bringing your Lordship quickly hither, where you shall find none more ready to obey your Commands,  
Then your most faithful and humble servant, Thomas Ellyot: York the 27. of May   

The Lord DIOBIES Letter to the Queen's Maj sty.  
Hague, March ●0. 1642. Madam,  
IT is the first Contentment that I have been capable of this long time, That Your Majesty is safely arrived in HOLLAND, Withdrawn from a Country so unworthy of you.  
I should have waited the first upon you, both to have rendered my duty according to my precedence of obligation above others, and to have enform●d your Majesty the timeliest, of the state of this pl●ce, whither you are coming, both in point of affections and interests, but that th●re she about such reports that the Parliament hath desired your Majesty not to admit me to your presence, as I dare not presume into it without particular permission. The ground of their malevolence towards me in this particular, i● said to b●, upon some Letters, which they have presumed to open, directed unto your Majesty from me, which I profess I cannot apprehended, for I am certain, that I have not written to your Majesty the least word that can be wrested to an ill sense, by my greatest enemies, having not so much as mentioned any business to your Majesty since I left E●gland. To the King I confess I wrote once with that hardiness which I thought hi● affairs and complexion ●equ●red, but that letter was sent ●y so saf● hands, an I cannot apprehend the miscarrying of it. However Mad●●, if my misfortune be so great, as that I must be deprived of the sole comfort of my li●e of waiting on Your Majesty, and following your fortunes, I ●ese●ch you, let my doom be so signified unto me, as that I may retire with the least shame, that well may be, to bewail my unhappiness, which yet will be supportable, if I may be but assured that inwardly that generous and Princely heart preserves me the place of  
(Madam) Your Majesty's m●st faithful and most affectionate humble serva●●   

True News out of .  
SIR,  
I Thought good for the satisfaction of Friends in London to signify that we have been in the County of Somerset, full of Feare●: but the cloud (God bethanked, was soon blown over.  
The marquis Harford ca●e on the 25 of july, at the Assizes to Bath; with ●ivers others to execute the Commission of Array, where met him dive●s of our Co●n y. The ●nd●● having received a Letter from His Majesty to forward the Commission, and to give it in charge, but be declined that as also t●e Command's of the House, for declaring it Ill gall, so in his Charge he sailed betwixt wind and water, very politicly.  
On Thursday following (having received little encouragement at B●●h) the Commissioners got to Wells, with the Cavaliers, in the interim a● B●●h, the Constables of some 21 Hundreds Petitioned t●e judge to Declar● his opinion concerning the Commission, which with some reluctancy, being sound put to it, he concluded to be Illegal; and according to a branch of the said Petition, he appointed the Votes oft H●●●e● to be read in open Court, touching the s●id Commission.  
On Friday the marquis sent for the Sheriff from his attendance on the judge to Wells to require his counsel and Assistance (being joined in commission with them (for the Array) who returned the marquis this Answer, that he had received commands from the Parliament not to join but further to suppress such their proceed, whose commands he was resolve● to obey, and further sent him the Constable's petition, with the judge's answer, whi●h with the unanimous consent of the C ●●●y, to refuse (except some discontented Spirits) will cool their further going on therein divers of the County have petitioned h●m to de●art ●ut of their coasts. And ●ne Ma●er Str●w● a Gentleman of con● a t fidelity to King a●d Parliament, who in execution of the Militia, and meeting with th● marquis Hartford, in the execution of the A●●●y shown such courage, with a few against his many Hors●, which the ●ou t ●y people, se●ing with admiration, got up their spirits, and so besti●e● themselv●s, th●t in short time, they had tre●●●●e the marquis power, whereupon he left the place: It was certain, that if the Commission had taken ●ff ct, the King would hav● be●n shortly in our parts, and it was intended to ●he made the Aceldama, you may communicate this for Truth.   
FINIS.