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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE DECLARATION Of the Navie; vvith the Oath taken by all the Officers and Common-men of the &s;ame. <HI>BEING,</HI> The true Copie of a Letter from the Officers of the Navie, to the <HI>Commi&s;sioners:</HI> VVith their Re&s;olutions upon turning out Colonell RAINSBROUGH from being their Commander.</HEAD>
<HEAD><DATE><HI>May,</HI> 28^t^h^. 1648.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Wor&s;hipfull;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe&s;e are to certifie you that wee the Commanders, and Officers of the Ship <HI>Constant Reformation</HI> with the re&s;t of the Fleet, have &s;ecured the Ships for the &s;ervice of King and <HI>Parliament,</HI> and have refu&s;ed to be under the Com|mand of Colonell <HI>Rainsbrough,</HI> by rea&s;on we conceive him to be a man not wel-affected to the King, <HI>Parliament</HI> and Kingdome&punc; and we do here|by declare unto you, that we have unanimou&s;ly joyned with the Kenti&s;h Gentlemen, in their ju&s;t Petition to the <HI>Parliament,</HI> to this purpo&s;e following, <HI>videlicet.</HI></P>
<P>Fir&s;t, that the Kings Maje&s;ty with all expedition be admitted in Safety and Honour, to treate with His two Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, that the Army now under the Command of the Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> to be forthwith disbanded, their Arrears being paid them.</P>
<P>Thirdly, That the known Laws of the Kingdome may be E&s;tabli&s;hed and continued, whereby we ought to be Governed and Iudged.</P>
<P>Fourthly, That the Priviledges of Parliament and the Liberty of the Subjects may be pre&s;erved.</P>
<P>And to this purpo&s;e we have &s;ent our loving Friend Captaine <HI>Penro&s;e,</HI> with a Letter to the Earle of <HI>Warwick,</HI> and we are re&s;olved to take in no Commander what&s;oever, but &s;uch as &s;hall agree and corre&s;pond with us in this Petition, and &s;hall re&s;olve to live and dye with us, in the behalfe of King and Parliament, which is the Po&s;itive Re&s;ult of us.</P>
<CLOSER>We humbly de&s;ire your &s;peedy An&s;wer. <SIGNED><LIST>
<HEAD>Officers of the con&s;tant Reformation.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Li&s;le,</HI> Lievetenant.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Andrew Mitchel</HI> Boat&s;.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James Allen,</HI> Gunner.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tho. Best,</HI> Carpenter.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Officers of the <HI>Swallow.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Leonard Harris,</HI> Capt.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo. London,</HI> Mr.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nich. Laurence,</HI> Lievet.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Andr. Iack&s;on,</HI> Gunner.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Io. Short,</HI> Carpenter.</ITEM>
</LIST>Signed likewi&s;e by the Captaine of the <HI>Roebuck, Hinde,</HI> and &s;everall other Officers of the&s;e and other Ships.</SIGNED><POSTSCRIPT>
<HEAD>THE OATH.</HEAD>
<P>VVEE the Officers and Common-men belonging to his Maje&s;ties Ships, the <HI>Con&s;tant Re|formation,</HI> the <HI>Swallow,</HI> the <HI>Roebuck,</HI> the <HI>Hind, &amp;c.</HI> Do in the pre&s;ence of God and this Company, freely, and unconstrainedly declare, That we will with our Lives and Fortunes, and to the utmost of our abilities endeavour to maintaine the Glory of God, the Purity of that Religion which is mo&s;t agreeable to the Word of God, the Honour, Freedom, and Pre&s;ervation of His Ma|je&s;ty, the Priviledge of Parliament, and the Liberty of the Subject: So help us God.</P>
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