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<P>A LETTER FROM THE HEAD-QVARTERS, At St. Albanes, Communicating, the Proceedings of the Ge|nerall Councell of the Army the weeke pa&s;t: Setting downe &s;uch Queries by the Offi|cers and Souldiers, as were pre&s;ented to the Generall and Councell.</P>
<P>Written to a Friend in London, <HI>November,</HI> 10.</P>
<P>Printed in the Yeare 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>A Letter from the Head Quarters.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is fit my &s;ervice &s;hould la&s;t as long as your commands; and &s;ince your de&s;ires are but the di&s;charge of my ingagements to you, it being my po&s;itive promi&s;e to communicate to you the Debates, Re&s;ults, and de&s;ires of the Coun&s;ell, and private Souldiery, and Officers of the Army; I heere &s;end you what hath beene tran&s;acted &s;ince Saturday, which tran&s;actions are very high, and may doe much good for this Kingdome, if God be but plea&s;ed <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">o owne us in Coun&s;ell as he hath owned us in the Field: the Regiments have delivered in their de&s;ires, and &s;ome Queries to the Coun&s;ell, and wee doe dayly expect &s;ome more from the Liefte|nant Generalls Army, which wee conceive will be as high as our Armies; the Souldiers are growne to a great di&s;like of the Parliament, and much
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doubt their owne &s;afety under the hands of them, and conceive they have great rea&s;on, con&s;idering the mutabillity and uncon&s;tancy of their <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;oluti|ons, and are ready to &s;ay, that the Majo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> part of the now &s;itting Commons, and the whole Hou&s;e of Peeres are as changeable as the Camelion; vote an affirmative, and as contrary with the &s;ame breath, which wee believe is very dangerous to both King|dome and Army, and much tends to the ruine and de&s;truction of both; knowing very well that in|&s;tabillity and changing is bid to be ware of by the wi&s;e&s;t of men; <HI>Medle not with them that are given to change, for their calamities &s;hall be great, and who &s;hal know the ruines of them?</HI> but you &s;hall receive the Queries and de&s;ires heere inclo&s;ed, which wee conceive to be both rea&s;ona|ble and hone&s;t&punc; and much tending to the happine&s;&s;e of both Kingdome and Army: I am &s;omething in ha&s;te, and cannot inlarge my &s;elfe at pre&s;ent, but in my next you &s;hall receive a full account of all the pr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ceedings of the Coun&s;ell and Army; from him who is, Sir,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Friend to &s;erve you,
R. John&s;on.</SIGNED>
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<P>Let my &s;ervice I pray &s;alute all our friends in Holburne, Queen-&s;treet, and Savoy.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Honourable:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>VVEE &s;hou'd, and are wor&s;e be wit|ched then the Galatians, if wee &s;hould believe that this Treaty were any thing other then a &s;nare to en&s;lave and ruine, and truely wee cannot but thinke a &s;pirit of mad|ne&s;&s;e hath po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed the hearts of all tho&s;e who be|lieve this Treaty, or a Treaty with tho&s;e wee have conquered twice, can any way prove propitious to us, or this Kingdome, there is none &s;o blinde as tho&s;e which doe not &s;ee &s;lavery and bondage coming upon us, and our Po&s;terity, as travell upon a woman with childe, which wee cannot e&s;cape if this Trea|ty take effect; therefore wee pre&s;ent our &s;ence of it, with all humblene&s;&s;e to this Honourable Coun&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">ll in a few Queries, de&s;iring that they may be &s;peedi|ly taken into con&s;ideration, as things that are the &s;ole good, and in which all our happine&s;&s;e is wrapt up in.</HI></P>
<P>Fir&s;t, VVhether an Ordinance made by Parliament in a time (unque&s;tionable) of free|dome, and liberties, and in a full Hou&s;e upon mature deliberation, and after many dayes de|bate,
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and after all objections made again&s;t no Addre&s;&s;es to the King, and a full Vote pa&s;&s;ed in the Hou&s;e to governe without Him: Let it be judged whether the &s;afety of a Kingdome can be free in the hands of &s;uch, when they vote the contrary upon a tumultuous Petition, and treat with, and court our conquered Ene|my.</P>
<P N="2">2. VVhat is an Ordinance of Parliament worth, or will be accounted of by any, if as &s;oone as its granted, or upon any Rebellion or In&s;urrection, though at a hundred miles di|&s;tance it may be recalled? what a &s;lender ground and foundation, nay upon what a broken reed, doe, and will men &s;ay they have built on all this while, in venturing their lives, and ha|zarding all that is deare unto them, or in act|ing for the Parliament, or by an Ordinance? therefore we cannot thinke our &s;elves in &s;afe|ty, &s;o long as things are thus carried.</P>
<P>Whether or no in the judgement of any in|different men it can &s;tand with the honour, ju|&s;tice, authority, and gravity of the &s;upreame Court of judicature, and the great Coun&s;ell of a Kingdome, when upon mature deliberation,
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and waighty rea&s;ons in the mo&s;t legall way, when noe addre&s;&s;es have beene voted in a full Hou&s;e to the King, and now addre&s;&s;es made, &amp; he courted as one that hath not had the lea&s;t finger in all <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">hat innocent blou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> that hath been &s;hed, when he him&s;elfe hath confe&s;&s;ed to be the Author of all, and guilty of that bloud that hath been &s;pilt in the&s;e 3 Kingdomes.</P>
<P N="3">3. Whether the Army can be in &s;afety when tho&s;e their knowne Enemies have the mana|ging of this Treaty, and are mo&s;t forward to &s;upport that which will ruine us and our po&s;te|rity.</P>
<P N="4">4. Whether the Army can bee in &s;afety, when the Coun&s;ell of the Citizens are the &s;ole guide of the Parliaments tran&s;actions, and the ab&s;olute influence into the Councells of the &s;ame, and tho&s;e of the Citizens too, which are our profe&s;t enemies.</P>
<P N="5">5. VVhether the Army and Kingdome can be in &s;afety, when the de&s;ires and reque&s;ts of the Malignants are &s;o frequently granted, and the onely men put in places of tru&s;t.</P>
<P N="6">6. VVhether the Kingdome and Army can be in &s;afety, or we ever expect a ble&s;&s;ing from
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heaven, &s;o long as the chiefe abetter, and main|tainer of the&s;e wars live without puni&s;hment, and be not brought to ju&s;tice.</P>
<P N="7">7. VVhether there can bee &s;afety for the Kingdome and Army, &s;o long as the Kings friends go abroad, and are &s;uffred to weare armes, and pi&s;tols, and murder our friends, and are not put to death, and brought to condigne puni&s;hment.</P>
<P><HI>And now we conceiue that it is the &s;ence of your Excellency and this Councell, that the Kingdome is in danger, if the&s;e things be not tak<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">n in your &s;e|rious con&s;ideration, and by your wi&s;edome and care prevented: &amp; we pre&s;ent unto you our humblede&s;ire.</HI></P>
<P>Fir&s;t, that tho&s;e which have beene the princip<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">l of the fir&s;t and &s;econd war, may be tryed by a Coun<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">cil of war, as pri&s;oners at war.</P>
<P N="2">2. That all tho&s;e of both Hou&s;es, who v<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">ted with tho&s;e that would have further addre&s;&s;es may bee <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">que|&s;tred the Hou&s;e, as well tho&s;e of the Peeres as th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="2 letters">e of Commons.</P>
<P N="3">3. That tho&s;e Citizens which indeavoured the rai|&s;ing of an Army, when we were at Colche&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">r may be forthwith apprehended, and brought to ex<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">mpla<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">y pu|ni&s;hment&punc; being they indeavoured to rai<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">e without any Authority or Ordinance of Parliament.</P>
<P N="4">4. That the Treaty may not go on any further, but may be &s;peedily broke off, and a cour&s;e taken that no tearmes may be h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="2 letters">kened to, or offred to that Party but that &s;peedy ju&s;tice may be done upon Him and His ad|herents.</P>
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