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<P>A DECLARATION Of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax And his COUNCELL of WARRE.</P>
<P>Delivered by Colonell Sir <HI>Hardre&s;&s;e Waller,</HI> and other Officers of the Army, to the Hou&s;e of Peeres, upon Munday the 17 of <HI>January,</HI> 1647.</P>
<P>With the Lords An&s;wer thereunto.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 17 <HI>Januarii.</HI> 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Ordered by the Lords A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Declaration of the Generall and his Councell of Warre, with the An&s;wer thereunto, be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<SIGNED>Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED>
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<P>Imprinted at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 1647.</P>
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<P><HI>The Declaration of the Generall and his Councell of Warre, delivered by Colonell Sir</HI> Hardre&s;&s;e Waller, <HI>and other Officers of the Army, at the Barre of the Hou&s;e of Peeres, the</HI> 17 <HI>of January,</HI> 1647. <HI>With the Lords an&s;wer thereunto, delivered by the Speaker.</HI></P>
<P>_The Generall and his Councell of Warre, ta|king notice of &s;ome un|worthy endeavours to a&s;per&s;e the integrity of their proceedings, as ayming at the
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 15 -->overthrowing of Peerage, and under|mining of the Rights and Privi|ledges of the Hou&s;e of Peeres, doe unanimou&s;ly Declare, That they hold them&s;elves obliged in Ju&s;tice and Honour to indeavour to pre|&s;erve the Peerage of this King|dome with the ju&s;t Rights belong|ing to the Hou&s;e of Peeres, and will really in their places and callings perform the &s;ame. And as in the fir&s;t place they looke upon the carrying on of this great common Cau&s;e, wherein both Hou&s;es of Parliament &s;tand in|gaged (which they hope no re&s;pect &s;hall make them to de&s;ert) &s;o &s;hall they to, and in the pro&s;ecution of tho&s;e Publick ends be very carefull to pre&s;erve and maintaine the Right and
<PB N="3" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 15 -->Honour belonging to the places and per&s;ons of the Peeres of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE><HI>By the appointment of his Excel|tency, Sir</HI> Thomas Fairfax, <HI>and his Councell of Warre.</HI></SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Jo. Ru&s;hworth.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Lords An&s;wer.</HEAD>
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<P><HI>_The Lords receive with great &s;atisfaction this De|claration which you have pre&s;ented unto them, as the unanimous engagement of the Coun&s;ell of Warre; and they have commanded me to returne particular thankes to the Ge|nerall and your &s;elves, and by you they de&s;ire their thankes may be returned to the Councell of Warre and the whole Army. And they further have comman|ded <PB N="5" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 16 -->me to a&s;&s;ure you, That as they have hazarded their Lives and Fortunes in the maintenance of the true Religion, and the Liberties of the Kingdome, and Priviledges of Parliament according to our former &s;olemne Engagements, and for the procuring a ju&s;t and &s;afe peace to this di&s;tracted and di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Kingdome; &s;o they &s;hall &s;till pur&s;ue tho&s;e ends from which no re&s;pects what&s;oever &s;hall ei|ther alienate their hearts, or le&s;&s;en their endeavours.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae 17. Januarii 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Ordered by the Lords a&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, That this Declaration of the Generall and his Councell of Warre, with the An&s;wer thereunto &s;hall be printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<SIGNED>Jo. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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