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K1 xtflmmblei’ze Earl ’Of Man,- ‘ " chatter, speaker oftbé Hoafe afB‘e‘er: ' ‘ ' Pro teMP9£§-; -‘ , Ailing recei‘ved feveral cdghplaints jig againfidivers Delinquent Minifiers ‘Who have: abufed my {elf and the 4/, Councel of War 3 by pub-liming a ‘_ / . , ' falfe Pamphlet in the name-Of the» Army ,_ Whereby manyMinifiefs fetled by Orth— ‘nranc'eiof Pat-1. have been difq’uietéd, maléfiedfvgc tu‘med (out'of‘p’bfleffion’ of, their houfes by force .83zAr‘msoandvh3vihg alfo‘their gobds ’pofiéfléd and ‘ifppflcdn {Quiet taking th‘é' Corn growing uponthe Gleabe '5” andthispraéticq of theiré having great- [iy’dmurbed the peacebfgthe Kingdom; waif may: bé'l.‘agrea_t inconvcnfienéégiffhbt‘t‘imél‘y pfevemed: x I “theta“? humbl gdefire that iYfiflf‘EOfdfhi-I‘P' Win be, P163 {Ed ti“ "P.”r'é thf the? étltton and’Pap‘crs "in'ch-ofe‘d (of _thb'fé Mihifiei‘s Who havcbeenhthus I fix} uréd>unt¢théfiigfhtflammable- théflwfe 6f Pega‘s,‘ that'their Conditions may be taken inté cbnfiderationfpeed‘ily for reparation 3 . and that; thefe ”principal oflenders may be" quef’cionedi‘FOr 4 their fai‘d‘fmifcarriages‘, that others may be-dete‘r- ' ' - red thefébyior the fumréfrom‘thelike”pfa’é’tidei‘s; ' I have laitély flat out gDeclafa‘tion againfithé’fai’d' " Pamphlet .3 but fearing that mfiy'not be effééfflai; ‘ I do humbly recdmmcnd them to you; Ldr’dflfip; ~ arid remam _ .. . Kixgfl'on ' Yofir Lordlhips moft,‘ 1.9 Aug." . ' ‘ humble ferva‘nté 1647. . ‘ ‘ T. FAIRFAX. A For _ mama“ " momma For the. Right Honourable Edward Ear-10f ‘Manchefler, Speaker of the Houfeof . Pam pro tem pore. My Lord, _ j He tender and deep {enfe which my felt” I and this Army have of the DifliCulties and a » Dangers which your Lordihip , together ‘ with thofe Right Honourable Lords, and; faithful and worthy Members of the Houfe of Commons lately driven away to the Army: as all‘o: our (elves, and all Others that love the Peace of the Kingdom and freedom of Parliament (not- withfianding the late jufi and honourable 1‘6fo lutions, proceedings and endeaVours ofthe Right Honourable Houfe of Peers) do fiill lie under, hath! produced this Remonfirance from us, ' (whereof I have here [eat your Lordflripsa Co- pie) and thofe Confiderations and Refolutions; therein expreffed 5 which as they are (in the pre- fent cafe. ) mofl neceffary for your Lord-{hips and ours and the Kingdoms fafety, quiet and welfare 5. fo('we hope) they will appear juft and honefl’aand accordingly be accepted and approved’by your Lordfhips , as proceeding from the hearty: 'affe- &ions and {inceore intentions of your Lordlh‘i'ps and the Kingdoms fervants hereaand efpecially of ’ Your Lordfhips molt Kingflan,drrg.r_9.. humble fervant, 1647,. .. T. Famux. A A Remonfirance from His Ex- ' ccllency Sir TH cums FA I R FAX, and the Army under‘his Command, Concerning their mi} and clear Proceed-«- inés hitherto, in the behalf of the Pariiamenta ingdom, and Themfelves 5 And the evil _ and treacherous dealing they hive found iron the Enemies totheir own, and the Piriiaments and Kingdoms Peace and Freed m. Together with their prefent Difficulties and Danger-s in relation thereunto grand their prefent Refo'lutions thereupon; With theGrounds of all thefe.‘ ‘ =1 j Hen (by the blefling of God upon theendeavouts ~, of this Army,:nd other Forces of the Parliament) ‘ the adverfe Forces and Gatifons within this . .e,“ Kingdom were diflipated and reduced, 3 prefent quiet and freedOm of Trade and :11 Commerce and Bufinefl‘e' refiored toall parts of the Kingdom, and a hopeful way made for fading of 3 found and lafii'fig Peace, on gOod terms, for the Intercfi of the Kingdom : Infiead of the qoped fruit of our Laboursend Hazards , and of the King._ \ dome we Expence ( in the difpeniing of Juflice and High-f 'teoufnef’k, and the“ fetling and upholding of common Right and Freedom to the Subiefis of this Nation) we . funod immediately the erotic workings of I {treng end 91“- -. VI ent ,- x ; or». V a ,. ’ “m t :Parfinaregtfandgxingdom . who (walk. 7"» Vi t. ,. .. -:.. v-L- LC I V ' " ‘ in“ 1themukofthrmmwsfixenéhharmsm tr fmyochi‘W t pgflvztcendswdmtcrefis (11$:— 1.. r , " 1““ indwmflfictfihmfl m&"zomxfion T iarerefi . of. the Kingdom) made ufe of their power to obilrufl' and pervert jul‘tice , to injure , opprefs, and oral]: the peaceable and well~affefled people or the Kingdom , to abridge and overthrow all jull'Freede and Liberty, and drive. *on De- fignes to let up a Party and Fafiion in the Parliament and Kingdom, and ( by the advantage of a perpetual Parliament) to domineer and inflave the Kingdom to Pofierity : And for, that end, to makefu‘ch'a Peace with the King? any, aS'With.” ‘ out any jul’c provifion for the common and trueIntereR of the People,1and the fecurity thereof for Future,r "Would f{ewe onely to‘make up and efiablilh their own greatnefs , and the affeéted domination of themfelves and their Partie' over all others. a Toall which ends ( as before this Parliament) the igeoJ minions names‘ of PuritangandsNen-conformiitl, arr-dame fpecious pretences For {etlingof Order ,4..Deceney", and U- niformity in Religion ,, Were gradeufe of, to the prejudice, trouble, and {opprefling of all that appeared ,”.'ei;her for the truth and power of Religion , or‘ffor the Rights andlegr. \ ties of the Kingdom, and to wards the advancing,,ag9nqe, both of an EcclefiaftiCai and Giviil Tyranmefogtliisge- ration of men,in the application of the partia'memsfi‘fid wet; ( fucce‘eding the foriner in thefex‘ercife of the Kings.) have made ufefof the odious names of Brownii’cs, Anabaptil‘ts, Independents; ' ereticks, Schifmaticks, or Sefiaries of one- Iodide-other, toblaltfuch men,‘ in Whom the truth and. pOWer‘of‘ Religion, or'a‘juit fcnfe of the common Interefif ofthe Kingdom hath appeared; and have held forth the" pretences oil-Reformation and Uniformity , to colour and; countenance ‘t-‘heirDe‘fig‘nes-of {etting‘ up their name irrelifi- gious‘ or Pharifaicttl and Domineering Faétion , to the op. " p‘reflion of‘ail other people-1; And herein they’have had a‘ " eat advantageto furthertheir aforefaid Defigne, by rea- n of the jealoufies which" many confcientioas men of the. . ' Pref-I \‘ E i ii i. i i‘ ‘ q‘t 1" V " a S 5" .' IV _: ' Presbyterian Judgement. have entertained concerning this Armygnand concerning divers other eminent aid worthy In- firur’nents of the Kin dome good (being insole-ices ofpublike - trufl 8e power)were uppofed to be of the Independent“ way; - In-putfiiancebf their aforefaid. defigne, they endeavourl’ ed, 'and by their power ‘and influence upon the Parliament, and the advantage of {uch pretences as aforefaid, very much prevailed to put out of all places of power or publik‘e truth the men fobéer "and confci‘entious men , and lush as had ap- proved them felyes' "faithfell r‘o ’ the publique interefl: y throughout all the late troubles , and to put in debauched.“ and difl'olute mentor" {uch as would for advantage {erve their private-interelts‘, and for that end ( in cafes where they could not?0th6§tttvife:preyail,‘) procured fu‘ch Garrifbns to be fleighred‘,'andf fuehfpow er to bereCalled, (though nior'e’ne- ceflarie‘to have-beeni'eons‘inuadfi which, they to ndinthe hands-of erfons-‘o-F-th‘e formerfort, and, fucht ' hemati- need (thoughléf’feheeefliry.) as they found in the hands at theefater And, th’éf‘bttterto {trengthenvthemfelves in tihEir"Dhfignes, clbfing with afvery powerful party“ in: the C'itiéhof Lo'hdon ,1 they‘firl‘t with much afiivity endea- vented , "and prevailed , to new4niodEIl ithe Common-f Councell, and form: the'la‘zne {0*Fi‘d9 owne Party; and then ftitredthem up‘to petition ( afmbn‘gl’t other“ thingsi. coneufréht'to ‘ilielr end-'5", ) for "the alter’atidt‘i of’ the Citie’; ‘Mill'tiiz a,“ Who by their continuall'violen'f ,’ "a’n‘d prefiing importunity at‘th‘e Parliaments dores, wrung from the Par- liament an Ordinance forthat purpofe, Wheréby they Pm- cured' the power‘fofthat' ‘_Milirica ("the ‘fpeci’au influence Wheréof upon the cum and Kingdom,- and upon the Par." li'é‘men‘titfelf, ( being the onely 'guar‘d‘they had fot‘zthdlr fife fitting) islevident tojall men) to be'taken Out of thof'e hainde in’ Which-f7 it had been Continued without ‘pre-t inane; and With” great] and k‘nowne ‘fecmity and ad—f _ vantage ‘, : both td the "Parliament, Cirie ,‘;and Kingdom, throughoutthe late troubles , and this Without any eX‘cefi ption either then or fince made againfl: them,’ and to bee put into the hands of. fueh others, as were (at belt)f o . 6 of doubtfull afi'cfiions to the intetefi of the Parliament and ‘ Kingdom; butindeed men given up and engaged to the private intereftsrand dCfigflt‘S of the [lid faaious Partie, as hath fi 3C6 too evidently app :ared ,. units in the late, De- claration of the Army: Concerning the grounds of our advance towards London , is more fully remonltrated. Add (findi g this Army not for their :umes) they made it their mime worlte to disband or breakc it in pieces, even b:h;:~rc the relief of Ireland was provided For, orthe peaceof this Kingdom fetisd. And though all this went under the pretence of eafing the prefent burthens of the Kingdome' , yet at the fame time they dfigned and win: abo'utto put the Kinglome to the expcnce and trouble of railing and forming a new Force ,..( under prctence, as fotjthe {ervice 'of- Ireland,) but evidently deligned and {0 fr :med , as to ferve their oWne ends and purpofes aforefa d in England :And (being many ofthem filled and aid with perfonall envie, and others with Malignitie of principles and intact} again& this Armie, and the work of God by it,) it Would not {erve their turnes to break or, disbgnd. it, but it mull be with all polli'ale dilhon‘our, injury, ogprelfiat on, and provocation that they could put upon it.An it was too evident, that their endeavours were not onely to, put it off without the honour oriatiifafiion due togit for the {erg vice it had done, but to disband it on {uch termes as to {ub- feet and expofe all (and even the molt faithfulflervants of the Parliament and Kingdom, bothin the Army and elk-where, unto opprcflion or undoing, or to the mercy of their owne and fuuh other" mens malicious and invenomed {pi- tits. Which enuld promife no better. 4 For the mate full and pet cular demonfirgtion of all which , we refer all know. ing men to the prafiifcs and proceedings agamlt this Army, ’Intothe times (by their pr’ocurementfippointcd , for. the disbanding of it in {everal parts , without fail and equal it; tisfaflion, .which'havc been in part remonflrated in Papers. {cut from this Army , and publifhed before our ccming up :9 S. ,Albans. U pun l i i ,1» F l . , ‘ (7) 'rvpon‘ confidention‘of all this and upon. the Refoluti- 0119 (which their own Abufes an ,Provocations, put upon the Army, had raifed in the whole Body of it) not to Dill band without furthe‘rfatisfafiionand fecurity from the like . Abufes in future; We did in our Reprefentation or Decla— ration fent from S. ”15471:, exprefs in generalwhat things wedelired (befides—our. concernments as Soldiers) to fee done or provided for: before our Disbanding, for let- ling. the Peace of the Kingdom , and {ecuring the Com- mon Rights and Liberties thereof, which we; were cal— led out to Defend and Vindicate, and had f0. long fought; for; And having ( therewithal) Impeached feveral Mem- bers of the Houfe of Com MON 3 for their unjuft Praflices and Defigns ,., to fuch purpofes as are before ex, preflEd, and for endeavoring, in profecution thereof, to engage this Kingdom in a new. War ; We added {Ome far— ther Defires for preventiOn of that Mifchief of a new War to the Kingdom , and for our own prefent fecurity from immediate Raine , while thofe other things might betreat- ed on or confidered. . And upon the granting of fome of ' them in part, and hopes given of fome others, though we could not, obtain the reliz, and :efpecially not that which s we hold mofl: full , equal :and necellary, viz...The pofitive : fufpenfion of thofe impeached Members from fitting in the: Houfe,.as Judges in their own Caufe, and. from their power in Committees, whereby they had the advantage to raife‘ War againfi: us ,. and to make new Difi‘urbances in the - Kingdom, yetthe {aid impeached Members pretending to - withdraw themfelves from the Parliament until their Can.- {es lhallbe heard and tryed , and the Home giving confent thereunto ,; we out of our” tendernefs to Parliament-Prim viledges, and our earnefi delires to yield all obfervance to ~ the Parliament, and {atisfafiion to the City ( who pre-e tended a full concurrence with: us in our declared Defiresi for fetling the Peace and Liberties of-the Kingdom) did at. the Parliaments command, and the Cities requefi, withdraw - the Army to the delireddiltance from London, anddifperfed ‘ it (* 3. ) it further‘to feveralapdrts of‘the -'iigdom-for’theeafcofdic / Countre and- roceed'ed in-a‘ peaceableand re "ular'wa", to: ’ y, - , . - o . , . prepare and profecute more particular Charges again the -- {aid impeached Members; ‘ whith‘Withinaa“ few days after Werezactordingly [em up to the Ho'ufei‘. And the {aid impeaa ched Members (having put 'i‘nia Delatory. ‘Anfwer thereto, ‘ with a Plea wand *Demnrrer to divers particulars therein) pretended that. (‘0? 'aii'oidaany‘vDiPcurbance or Interruption ‘ to the! prefent‘ . proCeGdings ffofii fer-ling. :‘the ' ‘publique’ AEairs. by 2the inter pofal or. ‘t‘t-h'eir‘pr‘ivate eCawfe) '¥theyi;_defired'leave~ and PafleS‘ to Travel forfom’e moneths, Which according- ly. the Speaker of the Hou’fe "'oflCornmons :was' ordered or“ authorized to‘gi—ve " them <,' and we ( prefuming 0n the Houfes caution for their forth-coming. to be ttyeidggw-heri "the Affairs of r 1' the Kingdom Were: *fetled__:’é;r_ztiéhich "upon ’ttheir firi't" motion of \vithdrztwin'gfgwe,haadrzinfitted On) did: not gain'fiy; and thereupon We ’pro‘teededizirfie(quietand hope— ~ fol -vway to prepare more partiemémmgofeb {inupmfiianee of our former general?Defiressirffi‘ricztheé'mfigmifidiflgmf ' t‘fie Pea'Ceéofvfthe Kingdom, toibe readiedgmnlfifiomdi— . oners of ' Parliament 1‘r‘6fidifig with 'thefgifirtfifiefot 1.113%er- pofe: But finding that while-we were thug ptaembiwpfio— ceeding ',f thei'faid impeached Members ( notwithfianding their pretended defires toTfiaS/eljfaittqontinueimtmdAbout L’o‘ndon'; my attire: and bufil J’tO'~‘rzizfe'5Wi1gaotfimake5Di-i itnrb‘zinces inethe {Kingdom}? Add that thefiommittce‘fof amt/m there; did comply with them ithereinv by daily. Lift— ing of men, and Other preparations towards War; and {hei- tering‘ to’ that end:1L yea "th entertaining (int-.0 f‘fiervicegthdfc ’ fime Reformadoesglwho (EX-Ordinance ofri’ai‘iiarIIEnWJWEre .. i by them to have-been put out of the Lines of Communiea-s . tion, and finding continua! Jealohfies and 'Difinrbantesito oar {aid proceedings'bred éin'the Army by. the dafly’rea ports and a-Jvarums' therefifrom the-City, ,Wefmaide. a *' purifier-7% Addrefi to the Parliament zfoe the mitoring'éot' ._ the City-M 1* 'L 1.1' 1 A - iirté‘f thofehmds in which it Was“ before the Ordinance of ‘ the Fourth of.- .M A Y‘ laPc-g ‘ For ~44 «m. \ - ’ ( '9‘) . .‘Por the. {emblcnefi of QUtLDefirfiftheffiifl (fugppfjng that we had Inch 'caufe_,..te infifl. oxi .fome removal Q-f that ' power out ofethe handsinto which}; wast-hm PWQéshfire beforeis-partlw expect}, and in our: late. Declaration i§ gage: fully fet:_.foztth) meidare confidently .appeelmal‘lmen 6th 608%ng '05 Prejudicedaagainfi ué) Whethersgfietthe Prefent fafety.‘ and guiet of the City upon fuch a-chaynge,_and;to~pre- vent 'th‘ofe angers or difiurbances t9 0; in the City, which , the want 0f aMilitia duringthe interval(betwix_t the cea- _ {ing of;one_and new forming of another) might, Igiyeocca— V r 911! Kb? 'mofi dangerous Times; ‘ * - y" by whithie had been changed as befo're; use fion, andadyantage unto ”.(efpecially in fiacha junt‘turepf affairs), there could be any other way ibexpedient, as to ' rendet that chang€,~..but an immfidiate revertingint’o :whofe hands ,it was. {0 _,lately_before (whqwguld make UP, 4114;. litia ready formed to ,fitcceed immediatelyinlplaceof the 0ther,wwithout any confiderable intermifsi'onor delay) and Whether at a time When Italoufies and .Diflmfls werethh ‘ f0 rifeand hurtfnm as. they might occafionfiulefsdiflra- fiion Qt:in.terruption;to any, quiet. fettlemengt; or} premed- .. ings thereuntugthedreal fattemuptsa off mifChief’weuld) Lthete . .CQuI—d ;_‘be. any; Pnopofalimorc reafonesble or hope- fut tobeget a-confidenqe and actjuiefcence (as to that point ) both in the Parliament, City and Army, then to have that Power 'reftoted (for the prefent) into th9fe hands, of :whofe fidelity» to; the: xComm'on; Ihteeef’c: Wt“: had aill; fognd f6 ample and unqueftioned pth-threugh- Upon our Addref atherefore to the ‘Parll‘iament forethat' . purpofe (the Army being .at. fir-"h _;di&ance as. Laforefaid) ;. hathflmdeszwexe pleafed;;0n.the._,i3«‘ of: iuQ-‘lafia‘itg 9121’s ‘ § anflrdfiieance' for -..retur'ningv of :ft’he',.,-¢Mil'i;tia‘. jmp ,;th9f€ handsoflandrepealfng the Ordinance 'of the 4‘,50'f.: WW, I. x . :H‘ereuponghqgingall. would quiet-1y: ‘fi,tc~C—eed._g_tt>§e;[We § ,. ,mmtiniithtsilimgdqms. we Went. on‘iegurel;y> teefineifil our , Empofals, to that purque,‘(the Heads whereof: have. been :Sin;ce"p;ubti,flafied)xwithdrew thCTLHead—quarterstot.a farther - ,difiance,gdifperfed the Army to largerqmruters; formpre’ ' - ' B cafe -, » “mvv-‘n-J‘V m 4...»— A... y y M. _,_A.o.._....:.,.§,..r...t . -e i ‘ . . .(IO). t cafe to the Countrey; And upon a Recommendation of the bulinefis of Ireland from the Parliament, we had, in lefs then a weeks {pace , preparedand ordered a confider— able Force (no his then Four thoufandHorfe and Foot, as 5 Sir 70h: Temple (employed from the Parliament about that bulinefsto us). can teflifie) for a prefent Relief therea unto: But the refllefs and-treacherous Malice of the Ene- ~ mies to our and the Kingdoms Peace (taking their {up- pofed Advantage of our diflance,and' difperfed pollute, , which their fair pretences of peaceable Intentions had induced usint-o) firl’othey did,withoutall- colour of Ann thority, contrive and fee on- foot in the City, and many of them entred into , a mifchievous and defperate Vow ‘ and Engagement, tending to t-he-~Subverfion of the Free- _ dom of Parliament, and the- Liberties of this Nation, to , the frufirating of thofe jufl and publiqueEnds, for which , In much Blood and Treafure- hath been fpilt and {pent in the late War, and to the railing of a new War againfi the .7 Parliament and their Army (which {aid Engagement- borh HoulEs of Parliament did by their Declaration of the 23. of $41}, Adjudgeand Declare to-be High Treafon in ' all that-{hould promote or abetthe fame)and within a few days after (towit, on MOnday, My 26.)” there was a Peti- tion brought to the Parliament, by the Sherifi's, and fome Aldermen and CommOnéCouncel-men, in the Namerof. , the City of London, for the recalling of the {aid Ordi- nance of the 23.0f 7141} concerning the Militia, and the returning 0f- the-Militia into thofe hands, in whithflit was put by the Ordinance of the 4..of W4} ;- which Petition wasimmediately followed-'and-backed with a tumultuous confluenceof Apprentices, and other diflbluteand defpe— rate perfons, who committed molthorrid andunheard of Violenceupon bOth Houfes, enforcing them to recal borh the faid‘Declaration-of, “fa/y 23. (concerning thefaid En- , gagement) and alfo- the faid Ordinance of the fame Date, concerning the Militia; and compelling the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons to refume the Chair after the Houfe was adjourned,and the Houfe to pafs fuch farther - Votes. ‘(!1) Votes concerning the Kings coming to Lo N D b N, &c. as they the faid Ryoters did ~pleafe ; neither the, Ginrd from the City that then attended the Houfes, nor [the Lord Major, Sherif£0r any tAuthority in the City (though {cut to for that purpofe) taking: any courfe to L7 fupprefs the laid Tumult, or relieve the Parliament againi’t that Violence, though it was continued for the {pace of Eight hours. And the Houfes having next day adjourned till Friday, 3’”! go. there were Printed Tickets fixed upon Poi’cs in and 3 out the City the day before, inviting the fame perfons tothe like confluence at Weflminflcr againfi the Houfes next-meeting 5 All which hath been more fully, or more aiTuredly, made known by the Declaration of the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons concerning the. fame. _ By this means the speakers of both Houfes, together with mofi of the Lords, and a very, great number of the mofl faithful and unquefiioncd Members of the Houfe of Commons, were driven away, fo as they could not with fafety attend their fervice in Parliament, nor with freedom difcha ge their Truii to the Kingdom therein, but were forcecif‘to Hie to their Army for fafety ; fo as there was nOt, nor could then be any free meeting or legal proceed» mg of Pariiament : Notwithfianding which, divers Mem— bers of both Houfes (who by the carriage and fequel of the bulinefs,will appear to be of the fame party and con» federacy with the aforefaid Enemies to our and the King: doms Peace, and with the Authors and Abettors borh of the {aid treafonable Engagement,and the tumultuous force upon the Parliament) taking this Opportunity of time to carry on their Defigns, when very few were left, but of their own Party, did continue to meet in the ufual places at Weflminfler : And (having under pretence of a men : iity for continuing the Parliament by adjournment, drawn in fome few well—minded Members to fit with them, out of a fcruple leafi the Parliament fhould fall for want of adjournment) took upon them the Name of Both Haazfeor of Parliament: And having on Friday, $7.22!} go.chofen a new Speaker, did proceed to Vote and Mt as a Parlia- B 2 " ‘ meat, - (1'2) ment and adjourned frOm time to time, but of what“ Party and Confederacy the mOl’c of them Were, and to e What Ends and Interelts they afle’d, will appear by what they did whereof we {hall for prefent give a tafle 1n {Ome particulars hoping that fhortly the whole and journal of their Proceedings may be made publike 11111 The aid Members of the Houfe of Commons (convening as aforefaid) immediately VOted and called in (as to the fervice of the Honfe‘) the Eleven impeached Membeis; and alfot hofe who upon former Votes or the ' Houfe W cm {11f pended or undei q 1111111011 to be put Out for ‘ Delinquency,a and had put in theii Cafes: With this pre-,.. tended Houfe of Commons thus compofed, and Four or:- or five Lords of the fame model (for the Houfe of Peers) they proceed to Tet up a Committee for Safety (whereof allor moi”: of the {aid 1m peachetl Members were a part) This Committee they appointed to foyn with that Tame pretended Committee of the City Militia, whole P0wer was obtained onely by the tumultuous forge and violence aforeTaid. To thefe COmmittees the molt dr main 6E heir. ’ Pioceedings refer, and by divers pretended Vetes, 0 ers'? and Ordinances :prodired 1n the Name of One orbOth.’ Houfes of Parliament, larger Powers were given to thelé two Commi,ttees for railing of Forces ,appointing Chief Commanders, and other OlliCeis, and other vafi,unlim1ted or unuf 1al Powers were given them, all tending to the rai- , 11116 and leavying of a new V\7ar within this Kingdom; up- ‘on which many Forces, both 0f HOrfe and Fobt , were a- finally .leav1ed, and other preparations of War made All which, that they were intended and deligned 1n ju‘ltifica— tion ,profecution and maintenance of the aforefaid treafon- ' able Engagement, and of the {aid force and violence done to the Parliament or of the very fame Ends and Interelts, and to Oppofe and hinder the Reltitution of the Houfes of Parliament to their Honor and FreedOm, and the advance thereof this theirArm y for that p11rpOTe(being then upon a march, to condue’t to London the Speakers and Members of heth Houfes, Who by that Violence were driven away as aforefaid) 1 - .1; ‘1 ,. V «.54- . , / afdrefard)’ Befidesthe c’onlideration of the 'perfons into ‘ wh‘o’fe' handsthefe PoWers were committedj’t 'is abu’n dam- ly Evident many Other Waysfiut el‘pecialfy‘liythat'rDecla- ration of» the Lord Major ,9 Aldermen and ""CommOn- Councel , Which was firfi by that pretended'iCommit.» tee‘ of Safety, Ordered, and then by the pretended Houfes (without reading a'word of it) approved to be publilhed‘ in the Parif‘n Churches, with an Exhortation 'to the People ‘totake up Arms in maintenance of the ends therein exa pr’elTed, which (though the pretences were for the Defence ofthe King , Parliament and City then alleaged to be in great danger(when as indeed none were in danger,but one— ly the Authors, Aflors and Abettors of the trayterous Praé’tiees aforefaid,yet)the true ends there-of appear clearly tobe the'fame withthe faid 'treafonab‘le Engagement and " Tumult againf’r the Parliament; all of them concent ring (as 'in btherthings,fo efpeeially) in this, via. [To have the "King brought. up to London, without delay, or any nearer approach of the Army] And to all thefe, the fucceeding "Votes of the pretended Honi‘es fOrthel‘ame thing,did fpee- ‘ dily eccho the fame nore Concerning which matter (not ' to examine what alteration of the Cale, fince both Houfe’s- and both Kingdoms alfo'(o5 EnglandBc' .ScotlamdfiefolVed, That it-was not fafe the King fltould‘come to London, ' until he had giVefi fatisfa’é’tiOn and fecurity to h-i'speople, in ' relation to thofe publique ends for which {o much blood andtreafit're had been fpeht) We {hall onely (fay thus much t‘to thofe m’ens Intentions and Defi'gns in the bufinefs, That " 5had" the King come up to London (as they have fo oft defi- " "red and attempted) it is apparent they intended,and would ‘ have made ufe of it, rather to lay the {ironger foundations ‘ ofa new War, (upon the mines of that publique-Interel’c contended For in the fOrmer,and of all thofe that had with ‘mol’t candor,ele’ar~ne’fs,and fimrplicit'y of heart appeared and ; afiedforfthe-farfi‘e) thedany" way to fettlevtherbyéa fafe and “deli—grounded .Te‘ace.‘ {And fince they could notxrat'ion ally ' expect fo eafie an obtaining of the Kings Perfon. to London, ‘ upon-Inch a pretended V ote‘or Declaration of thei E1 Defige * t €f€0 1 5 . to. “v w“... n ‘Mtwa‘ 1-.9 -—. A--. m: Q ( r4 ' thereof; it is as evident , That they could intend nothing thereby, but a more plaufible pretence and foundation of quarrel againi’t thisArmy, whereby to ingage or. incline \ totheir Aflii’tanee the Kings party, andfuch others who might be catch with the appreheniéon thereof, as a'f peed y , way to Peace (the thing 'fo‘generall‘y longedafor) and by filCh alsifiance gained , the better tofruine this Army, and thofe faithful Membersof Parliament who were retired to it. :For our parts, We llaal'l rejoyeeas-much as any,to fee the King brought back to his Parliament, (and that) not {0 much in Place, as in Afleéiion and Agreement,on fuch found terms and grounds as may render both him and‘the King- dom fafe, quiet and happy ; And {hall be as ready as any to bring His Ma jelly to Loxdon, when His being there may belikely to produce (nOt greater Difturbanees or Diitra- Elions, but) a Peace indeed, and that filth, as may not ( with the ibipwraek of the Publique Interelt) be {baped and moulded onely to the private advantagesof a particu- lar party or ,‘Paétion, but bettom’d chiefly on grounds of common and publique welfare and fecurityzAnd “(without .‘ regard to thefe confiderations) we would have brought His Majefiy with us to London in our late advance thither W“h , our Enemies-could not hinder or prejudice us in) we ha no caufe to doubt, but (as to men) we might have had all the advantages, which our Adverfaries promifed to themfelres thereby, added to thei’crength and interePc of the Army, _ and have inverted the Difadvantages upon them that they intended againfl' us thereby, {o as His h'la‘jefiies fo much de- fired coining .to London , might have been much to their prejudice, and Our advantage and fecuaity, if we had rev garded onely’ our own particulars: But (as at prefent our Confciences bear clear witnefs to our felves, lo). we hope God Wilhin the iflue,.make it clear to others, That we have nOt minded, nor been sifting our own worker interefis, but the Kingdoms, and every honefl-m-ansin it ‘. Mean while (to return to our purpofe) we think it is fulficiently cleared, That the proceedings of thofe Members, or the. major part of them (that continued to fit at Wg/izainflcr urxng . ’ _ rs ) _ during the abl'ence of the(Speakers) the Powers by them given, the Forces thereupon levied, and other preparati- ons of War thereupon 'made, were all defigned and driven on in profecution and maintenance of the faid Treafonable A. Engagement, and of the force done upon the Parliament, - or for the-fame ends and interefl with them, and to o'ppofe' ’ the advance of this Army towards London, for Reflitntion of the Parliament to Honor and Freedom, and indeed to raife a new War in the Kingdom , againli the Parliament and their Army , for the Defirufiion thereof, And the " fame may ,(yet further) appear by this, That thole very Apprentices, Reformado’s, and others ab at the. City who were the" chief Afters in thefaid Engagement and Tumult, were: afterwards molt trul'ted and" impioyed , and moi}. afiilv'e in: their preparations for War. _ ‘ By what we have here (aid, and what hath been declared and publilhed‘ from us, and from the Speakers; and. afore- faid Members of both Honfes, and by the, who}? geries of our own and? our Enemies afiions and. carriages: {compar ned together)" it may appear how tender we have beenmot onely of the Authority and felt P'riyiledges of Parliament, ‘ and of the fafety, peace and welfare,both of the Kingdom and the City, but, even towards thofe our Enemies them— felves(feeking. onely things neceiiary for the common good of the whole) and that if pofsible, without mine or hurt toany)‘an_d yet-how malicioulify,treacheroufly, and tumor- thily we have that. while been dealt withal by thofe our Enemies, and by alfac‘iions and powerful party (efpecially) in the Parliament and City combining with them; And what‘clear caufe we have had,_‘both for all that we have for- merly delired‘or done, in preyention of our own ruine and the Kingdoms ‘diliurbance, And alfo what juit grounds for our late advance toLondonzThei good fervice wherof (efpe-v cially) in rel‘toring the Parliament to a condition of Safety, ' _ HOnor, and‘Preedom thereby ,_ hath been (Without any feeking of ours )acknowledged by both Houfes,with thanks to us, and publique Thanksgiving to Almighty God? for it ’:.. ' And a! further trait hath been thereupon committed to the: ' . General,, gGeneral,;for taking careWiEh'. his ‘1A-‘t’fl1y._ tovfaf’egard; the . (; r65 - Parliament.~ - The Ho'ufes being thus refioredtoa condition‘of prefent :,Safety,.Hoth and Freedom ; ,T’wolthings feemiclearlysre- .‘\ mainiing to. be done (whiCh out own-,an‘d moflmens expe- ' ; fiations arcmofl {et uponlvie. ; Fidhfto vindicate the Ho‘ - . not, Freedom {and Safety of Parliament from the likeafii . ; fronts and violence in future, and the Arm y and Kingdom ;,from danger of. the like Diflurbances (Whilflfithingsflmll -..be in a-Debateor Treatyufor'a” fettlement) And then to ;proceed unto a ‘ fpeedy fettlement of. the peace. of the {’Kingdorn.‘ ii ‘ ' '1 he latter of thefe is fitfi in ourlntentions (being nearefl to the ultimate end)ancl we {hall earncfily defirc,That in order there- —unto, The Propofals'ot the Army (whereof the Heads are pub-. lifhed) may he lyecdtly confide-red} and brought to a Refolution ; Bu: Coniidering, That did Debates of them may‘take‘up. fome time, . ere they be agreed on all hands, and the framing of them into Bills, _and perfefiing of; the fame, will require much more ; fomething " tmtfi fitfi be done in the former, for a pt'efent' fecurity to the Par~ 'liament from like Afll‘onts 01' Violence, and to the Army. and ,Kingdom from the like Difiurb'anccs to the peace thereof, by». any farther advantage, which the time like to be {pent in the {ettlingof Peace, may aflotd,’ to out watchful, refilcfs, and (we doubt) im— ‘placable Enemies. ‘ ‘ ’Pirfinherefcre to thefe ends (unlefs it {hon-1d be thought fit“ to Te- cure the Parliament; by keeping the whole Body of the Army, or {-0 great apart tht tech to remain continttarlly in and aboutLondmz, _ .gas might be [me to over-power any future Tumults 01' Force, 3433: . may arife out of the City, which neithtr the welfaye of": retctlty, and cafe of the parts adjacent, nor the Cafety of the Kingdom)? in ‘trefpefi oi. the prefent ioflurc of Affairs, will admit.) It1i'5abloe- t l'utely necefl'ziry, That. ere he {pad}? and exu’nplary ‘Iufi‘icedonc .uPn-n (at leafl) the chief Authors or “Abettors of_the,_faid treat fonable Engagement, and of the [aidfotce'donc to the Pet-liame t , and upon'the chieffiflorsin mahtentt‘nce and proficuti'én‘ .‘tlief ’ of (whereby men. maygbe‘deterred from tilt: ltke m fitmte) Ana the is alfoas nec‘eflaryto the feturitytof .the Army , and Peace "of the - Kingdom, {ince 'tis apparent by albtth hath beentfajd; and by by. finite Other .evidencesj( too many to recount) That both the [faidfin- gagemcnnarld the force clone to the Parliament, Bethe POWer.of,‘the iCity‘Militia thctebygamEd, andthe/{ncceedingivntesfie Orderé of the pretended Hon—{es (but indeed of thdt fafiion't’hat ascent p‘to- ‘ ' licfiiEnemies) in. maintenance and.'.pr9{ccutipn:thcrc"9fa and-‘thc forces 1' - {'17) ' , Forces thereupon learye'd (pm: under the Commando? Major Generall Maflé}, and others our profeiled advetfa-t rice)» were all defigned and direfied to the mine and; de- flrufiitm of this Army, and the raifing of a new Warre againl’t us in this Kingdome. And having had fuch‘expe~ rience of their reflleilenmlice and cruell intentions towards us, (notwithfiandingour tendernefl'e and lenity towards- them) and of their treacherous dealing ( {0 {bone as they thought they had the advantage) notwithflanding all their {emblances of complyance to a compofure. What reafon is there to expeCt, but that if by our patience and delayes, they apprehend in future the like or other advam rage, they Will breake out againe into the like or worfe at- tempts of violence and Warre, if all efcape with impunie ty for thefe. a p y . But as to this point of fecurity by exemplary Jufiice in an ovdénary Way, we tee our hopes‘almofi frufirated, whir- lel’t,(thou;;h our delires and refoltxtions to that purpofe,ex- prefl in ou‘rlate [reclamation of our advance tOWards L022- dOn,Were then feeonded with the declared approbation and COncurrent refol'utions of the Speakers and Members of both Houfes, that Were driven away to the Army , and with their engagement to live and dye with us therei.n,.And though in purfhance thereof,‘ the Right Honourable Home of Peeresghave fincettheir refiitution, begun-and proceeded to declare null and void, all-that was done in the name of b0th Houfes, while they; lay under the power of that tu- multuous violence; and to give their more authentique aprobation to our faidvDeclaration, made in behalf of the faid Speakers and Members, whilethey- were. with the Ar- my : And in: beha‘lfepof the honour and fireedotneofi. the Parliament; and togive their like approbation to the con- éurrent- Declaration and i¢En¥a getnentrof the faid'Speakers and Members, made to ..u'tcw hileztheywere with USyYPt) the Heufe of Commons hath nm 013er gnpt‘ concurred; with the 'LOrd‘s ' in ”anyioft thoic. things} but rather feerne to have ball them afide; Andfupon the .Qudtionfconcerning‘hthole very Votes- of thefaidt 2.6550172 Giulyf. To which .theHoufes WCFG ~ ~ 7‘ myrrjr; m —<: :- panned-14M "arch. a1 .:t:'. ‘ ‘ V .Q‘.“.meN