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<P>THE TRANSACTIONS OF Several matters between Lieut: Gen: <HI>CROMWEL</HI> AND THE SCOTS, For Surrendring the Towns of BERWICK, CARLISLE, And all other Gari&s;ons belonging to the Kingdom of ENGLAND.</P>
<P>Together with the Rea&s;on of Lieut: Gen: <HI>Cromwels</HI> entring the Kingdom of SCOTLAND to a&s;&s;i&s;t the Marquis of <HI>ARGYLE.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 28 Septembr. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the Extracts of the Letters of the Committee at <HI>Derby|hou&s;e</HI> to Lieut: General <HI>Cromwel,</HI> and the whole Di&s;patch from Lieut: General <HI>Cromwel</HI> now reported, and the Votes thereupon, be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler.Parl.D.Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London, <HI>Printed for</HI> Edward Hu&s;band, <HI>Printer to the Ho|norable Hou&s;e of Commons,</HI> Octob. 2. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Right Honorable, The Committee of Lords and Com|mons at <HI>Derby-hou&s;e.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Did from Alnwick write to Sir <HI>William Armyn</HI> an account of our Condition, and recom|mended to him divers particu|lar con&s;iderations about your Affairs here in the North, with de&s;ire of par|ticular things to be done by your Lord&s;hips appointment, in order to the carrying on of your Affairs. I &s;end you here inclo&s;ed a copy of the Summons that was &s;ent to Barwick when I was come as far Alnwick; as al&s;o of a Letter written to the Committee of E|&s;tates of <HI>Scotland,</HI> I mean tho&s;e who we did pre&s;ume were convened as E&s;tates, &amp; were the men that managed the bu&s;ine&s;s of the War: But there being (as I here &s;ince) none &s;uch, the Earl of <HI>Roxbrough</HI> and &s;ome others having de&s;erted, &s;o that they are not able to
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make a Committee, I believe the &s;aid Letter is &s;uppre&s;&s;ed and retained in the hands of Colonel <HI>Bright</HI> and Mr. <HI>William Rowe,</HI> for whom we obtained a &s;afe Convoy to go to the E&s;tates of that Kingdom with our &s;aid Letter; the Governor of Barwicks An&s;wer to our Summons leading us thereunto: By advantage whereof, we did in&s;truct them to give all a&s;&s;urance to the Marquis of <HI>Ar|gyle,</HI> and the hone&s;t Party in <HI>Scotland</HI> (who we heard were gathered together in a con&s;i|derable Body about Edenburgh, to make oppo&s;ition to the Earl of <HI>Lanerick, Monro,</HI> and their Armies) of our good affection to them; wherewith they went the Sixteenth of this Moneth.</P>
<P>Upon the Seventeenth of this Moneth Sir <HI>Andrew Car</HI> and Major <HI>Straughan,</HI> with divers other Scoti&s;h Gentlemen, brought me this enclo&s;ed Letter, Signed by the Lord Chancellor of <HI>Scotland,</HI> as your Lord&s;hips will &s;ee: They likewi&s;e &s;hewed me their In&s;tructions, and a Paper containing the matter of their Treaty with <HI>Lanerick</HI> and <HI>Monro</HI>; as al&s;o an Expo&s;tulation upon <HI>La|nericks</HI>
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breach with them, in falling upon <HI>Ar|gyle</HI> and his men contrary to Agreement, wherein the Marquis of <HI>Argyle</HI> hardly e&s;ca|ped, they having hold of him, but Seven hundred of his men were killed and taken: The&s;e Papers al&s;o I &s;end here enclo&s;ed to your Lord&s;hips. So &s;oon as the&s;e Gentlemen came to me, I called a Councel of War, the Re&s;ult whereof was, the Letter directed to the Lord Chancellor, a Copy whereof your Lord&s;hips have al&s;o here enclo&s;ed, which I delivered to Sir <HI>Andrew Car</HI> and Major <HI>Straughan,</HI> with which they returned upon the Eighteenth, being the next day. Upon private di&s;cour&s;e with the Gentlemen, I do finde the condition of their Affairs and their Army to be thus; The Earl of <HI>Lanerick,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Crawford-Lind&s;ey, Monro,</HI> and their Army hearing of our advance, and under|&s;tanding the condition and endeavors of their Adver&s;aries, marched with all &s;peed to get the po&s;&s;e&s;sion of Sterling-Bridge, that &s;o they might have three parts of four of <HI>Scot|land</HI> at their backs to rai&s;e men, and to enable them&s;elves to carry on their De&s;ign, and are
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above Five thou&s;and Foot, and Five and twenty hundred Hor&s;e, or Three thou&s;and, The Earl of <HI>Leven,</HI> who is cho&s;en General, the Marquis of <HI>Argyle,</HI> with the hone&s;t Lords and Gentlemen, <HI>David Le&s;ley</HI> being the Lieut: General, having about Seven thou&s;and Foot, but very weak in Hor&s;e, lye about &s;ix miles on this &s;ide the Enemy; I do hear that their Infantry con&s;i&s;ts of men who come to them out of Con&s;cience, and gene|rally are of the godly People of that Nation, which they expre&s;s by their Piety and De|votion in their Quarters, and indeed I hear they are a very godly and hone&s;t Body of men.</P>
<P>I think it is not unknown to your Lord|&s;hips what Directions I have received from you for the pro&s;ecution of our late Victory; whereof I &s;hall be bold to remember a Clau&s;e of your Letter, which was,</P>
<P><HI>That I &s;hould pro&s;ecute the remaining party in the North, and not leave any of them (where-ever they &s;hall go) to be a beginning of a new Army, nor cea&s;e to pur&s;ue the Victory, till I fini&s;h and fully compleat it, with their Rendition of tho&s;e Towns of</HI> Barwick
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<HI>and</HI> Carli&s;le, <HI>which mo&s;t unju&s;tly, and again&s;t all Obligations and the Treaties (then) in force, they &s;urprized and Gari&s;oned against us.</HI></P>
<P>In order whereunto, I marched to the Borders of Scotland, where I found the coun|trey &s;o exceedingly harra&s;ed and impove|ri&s;hed by <HI>Monro</HI> and the Forces with him, that the countrey was in no &s;ort able to bear us on the Engli&s;h &s;ide, but we mu&s;t have nece&s;&s;arily ruined both your Army, and the Subjects of this Kingdom, who have not bread for a day, if we had continued among&s;t them. In pro&s;ecution of your Orders, and in an&s;wer to the nece&s;sity of your Friends in <HI>Scotland,</HI> and their de&s;ires, and con&s;ider|ing the nece&s;sity of marching into <HI>Scotland,</HI> to prevent the Governor of Barwick from putting Provi&s;ions into his Gari&s;on on <HI>Scot|land</HI> &s;ide (whereof he is for the pre&s;ent in &s;ome want, as we are informed) I marched a good part of the Army over Tweed ye&s;ter|day about Noon, the re&s;idue being to come after as conveniently as we may. Thus have I given to your Lord&s;hips an Account of our pre&s;ent condition and Engagement; and
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having done &s;o, I mu&s;t di&s;charge my duty in remembring to your Lord&s;hips the De&s;ires formerly expre&s;&s;ed in my Letters to Sir <HI>Wil|liam Armyn</HI> and Sir <HI>John Evelyn</HI> for Supplies; and in particular, for that of Shipping to lye upon the&s;e Coa&s;ts, who may furni&s;h us with Ammunition or other Nece&s;&s;aries where&s;oever God &s;hall lead us, there being extreme difficulty to &s;upply us by land, without great and &s;trong Convoys, which will weary out and de&s;troy our Hor&s;e, and cannot well come to us if the Tweed be up, without going very far about. Having laid the&s;e things before you, I re&s;t, My Lords,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Norham</HI> <DATE>this 20 of <HI>Septem.</HI> 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your most humble Servant,
O. CROMVVEL.</SIGNED>
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<P>Whilest we are here, <HI>I</HI> wi&s;h there be no neglect of the bu&s;ine&s;s in <HI>Cumberland</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmer|land: I</HI> have &s;ent Orders both into <HI>Lanca&s;hire</HI> and the Hor&s;e before <HI>Pontefract; I</HI> &s;hould be glad your Lord&s;hips would &s;econd them, and tho&s;e other Con&s;iderations expre&s;&s;ed in my De&s;ires to Sir <HI>Wil|liam Armyn</HI> thereabouts.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>O. C.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Lieut: General <HI>Cromwels</HI> Summons to the Governor of <HI>Berwick.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>BEing come thus near, I thought fit to Demand the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> to be delivered into my hands, to the u&s;e of the Parliament and King|dom of <HI>England,</HI> to whom of right it belongeth: I need not u&s;e any arguments to convince you of the ju&s;tice hereof; the witne&s;s that God hath born again&s;t your Army in their Inva&s;ion of this Kingdom, which de&s;ired to &s;it in Peace by you, doth at once manife&s;t his di&s;like of injury done to a Nation that meant you no harm, but hath been all along de&s;irous to keep Amity and brotherly affection and agreement with you: If you deny me in this, we mu&s;t make a &s;econd Appeal to God, putting our &s;elves upon him, in endeavoring to obtain our Rights, and let him be Iudge between us; and if your ayms be any thing beyond what we profe&s;s, he will require it; if fur|ther trouble en&s;ue upon your denial, we tru&s;t he will make our innocency to appear: I expect your An&s;wer to this Summons this day, and re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Servant, O. C.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>For the Governor of <HI>Berwick.</HI></TRAILER>
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<HEAD>For the Right Honorable, Lieute|nant General <HI>Cromwel.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Much Honored and Noble Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have received yours, wherein ye de&s;ire the delivering up of this Town, which I was put in tru&s;t with by the Committee of the States of <HI>Scotland,</HI> wherewith I am im|mediately to acquaint them, and expects their Order; and in the mean time re&s;ts,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Berwick,</HI> 15. <HI>Sep.</HI> 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Noble Sir,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your humble Servant, LO: LESLIE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The LETETR to the Committe of E&s;tates of <HI>Scotland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>BEing upon my approach to the borders of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> I thought fit to acquaint you with the Rea&s;ons there|of: It is well known how injuriou&s;ly the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> was lately invaded by
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the Army under Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> contrary to the Covenant and our Leagues of Amity, and agin&s;t all the Engagements of Love and Brotherhood between the two Nations: And notwith&s;tanding the pretences of your late Declaration, publi&s;hed to take with the people of this Kingdom, the Commons of <HI>England</HI> in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, Declared the &s;aid Army &s;o entring, as Enemies to the Kingdom, and tho&s;e of <HI>England</HI> who &s;hould adhere to them as Traytors; and having received commands, with a con&s;iderable part of their Army to oppo&s;e &s;o great avi|olation of Faith and Ju&s;tice, what a wit|ne&s;s God, being appealed to, hath born upon the Engagements of the Armies, again&s;t the unrighteou&s;ne&s;s of man, not onely your &s;elves, but this Kingdom, yea, and a great part of the known world, will I tru&s;t ac|knowledge, how dangerous a thing it is to wage an unju&s;t War, much more to appeal to God the righteous judge therein: we tru&s;t he will per&s;wade you better by this mani|fe&s;t token of his di&s;plea&s;ure, lea&s;t his hand be &s;tretched out yet more again&s;t you, and your
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poor people al&s;o, if they will be deceived. That which I am to Demand of you, is, the Re&s;titution of the Gari&s;ons of Berwick and Carli&s;le into my hands, to the u&s;e of the Parliament and Kingdom of <HI>England</HI>: If you deny me herein, I mu&s;t make our Ap|peal to God, and call upon him for a&s;|&s;i&s;tance, in what way he &s;hall direct us; wherein we are and &s;hall be &s;o far from &s;eek|ing the harm of the well-affected in the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> taht we profe&s;s as be|fore the Lord, that what difference an Ar|my nece&s;sitated in an Ho&s;tile way, to reco|ver the ancient Rights and Inheritance of the Kingdom under which they &s;erve, can make, we &s;hall rejoyce, and u&s;e our endea|vors to the utmo&s;t, the trouble may fall upon the Contrivers and Authors of this Breach, and not upon the poor innocent people, which have been led and compelled into this Action, as many poor &s;ouls now Pri&s;oners to us confe&s;s: We thought our &s;elves bound in duty thus to expo&s;tulate with you, and thus to profe&s;s, to the end we may bear our integrity out before the
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world, and may have comfort in God, what ever the event be. De&s;iring your An&s;wer, I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips humble Servant, <HI>O. C.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>For the Right Honorable, the Comman|der in chief of the Forces of the Parlia|ment of <HI>England,</HI> near Berwick and Carli&s;le, or in any other part with|in the Northern Counties.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>HEaring that &s;ome Forces of the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> are come Northward, near the bor|ders of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to reduce Berwick and Carli&s;le; The De&s;ire we have to pre&s;erve a right under&s;tand|ing between the Kingdoms, hath moved us to &s;ignifie to you, That as we did di&s;&s;ent from, &amp; prote&s;t against the late unlawful engagement against <HI>England,</HI> carried on by a prevalent party and faction, against the Declaration of this Church and their Commi&s;si|oners, and against the de&s;ires and &s;upplications of the most con&s;iderable &s;hires of this Kingdom; &s;o &s;hall we be ready to cooperate, by contributing our best endea|vors
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with you, that the Gari&s;ons of Berwick and Carli&s;le be reduced, and the Towns delivered to the Hou&s;es of Parliament, or &s;uch as are or &s;hall be by them authorized.</P>
<P>The&s;e who command the Forces returned from that Army which went into <HI>England,</HI> and their adhe|rents, have made applications to us for a Treaty; we have de&s;ired them to disband their Forces and Ga|ri&s;ons, and deliver tho&s;e Towns, that they may be &s;urrendred to the Hou&s;es of Parliament; a&s;&s;uring you, that in any tran&s;action of Peace with them, or pur&s;uance of War again&s;t them, we &s;hall be as care|ful and tender of the intere&s;t and good of the King|dom of <HI>England,</HI> as of our own Nation; and our Actions in this and in every occa&s;ion &s;hall be real evidences of our &s;incere re&s;olutions to ob&s;erve invi|olably the Covenant and Treaties between the king|doms, and to be mutually ayding to each other again&s;t the common enemy, till it plea&s;e God to grant both Kingdoms the great ble&s;sing of a &s;afe and well|grounded Peace.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Falkirk, <DATE>15. Sep. 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>By Warrant, and in the Name of the Noble men, Gentle|men and Burge&s;&s;es now in Arms, who di&s;&s;ented in Parlia|ment from the late Engagement again&s;t the Kingdom of <HI>England.</HI> Loudoun Canc'</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>In&s;tructions to the Laird <HI>Gramheat,</HI> and Major <HI>Straughan.</HI></HEAD>
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<ITEM>1. YOu &s;hall &s;hew, That the remainder of that Army that went into England in the la&s;t wicked Engagement, with the Forces with <HI>George Monro</HI> and their Adhe|rents, being returned into this Kingdom, are very active to rai&s;e new Forces, and &s;trengthen them&s;elves to carry on the for|mer De&s;igns.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. You &s;hall &s;hew, That we are re&s;olved to oppo&s;e them, and that we &s;hall agree to no de&s;ire of that Army, without disbanding of their Forces, and denuding them&s;elves of all power, that the power of Peace and War may be intru&s;ted to &s;uch as have di&s;|&s;ented from the late Engagement, and de|&s;ire to pre&s;erve the Union between the Kingdoms.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. You &s;hall &s;hew, That if they lay not down their Arms, but per&s;i&s;t to pur&s;ue their Engagements again&s;t the Kingdom of <HI>Eng|land,</HI> and di&s;turb the Peace of this Kingdom,
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we are confident that the Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment and their Armies will be ready to a&s;si&s;t us with their Forces, to pur&s;ue them as common Enemies to both Kingdoms, as we were and are willing to a&s;si&s;t the Hou&s;es of Parliament again&s;t the Malignants in <HI>England.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That we de&s;ire and expect they will be in readine&s;s to concur with us, when we &s;hall give them a call; and that we are to &s;end to the Honorable Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment, to de&s;ire their a&s;si&s;tance, and that by joynt Councels and Forces, the Di&s;tur|bers of the Peace of both Kingdoms may be brought to Tryal and condign puni&s;h|ment.</ITEM>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Falkirk,</HI> 15. <HI>Septemb.</HI> 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>Articles in Treaty between the two Armies.</HEAD>
<P>THe Members of Parliament who di&s;|&s;ented in Parliament, and the Gentle|men and Burge&s;&s;es cho&s;en by the &s;everal Shires and Burghes, now in Arms for the
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Covenant, do propound to tho&s;e in Arms again&s;t us, That all their Forces in the Field be forthwith Disbanded, and the Gari&s;ons of Berwick and Carli&s;le, and o|ther Gari&s;ons in their Power within the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> and <HI>England</HI> be forth|with delivered; that we may Surrender to the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> their own Gari|&s;ons and Forts, and for continuing the Union betwixt two Kingdoms, and di&s;po&s;e of our Gari&s;ons for &s;ecuring the Peace of this Kingdom.</P>
<P>That all the&s;e of their number, who have been imployed in Publique Place or Tru&s;t in the Kingdom (in re&s;pect they have by manife&s;t abu&s;e of their Power and Tru&s;t &s;o exceedingly endangered Re|ligion, and brought the Kingdom to the very brink of Di&s;pair and Ruine) &s;hall forbear the exerci&s;e of all Place, Power or Tru&s;t, until a free PARLIAMENT or CONVENTION of ESTATES, con&s;i&s;ting onely of per&s;ons free from the
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late unlawful Engagement; and that the benefit of their Places be Seque&s;tred, to be di&s;po&s;ed of by the Parliament or Con|vention of E&s;tates, and they giving a&s;&s;u|rance that in the mean time they &s;hall not di&s;turb the Peace of the Kingdom, we &s;hall not challenge them for their lives or E&s;tates; being always under&s;tood, That nothing herein contained, &s;hall pre|limit the Parliament of this Kingdom to the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> according to the Treaties and Covenant.</P>
<P>It is to be remembred, That the Per|&s;ons above written, Nominated and Au|thorized for the Treaty, &s;hall not have any Power to conclude, but after De|bate of all matters in Writing, to make a report thereof to us.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Woodhou&s;e, 14 Septemb. 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>The Expostulation between the two Armies.</HEAD>
<P>VPon Tue&s;day morning about five of the clock, the Lord <HI>Humby</HI> and the Lord <HI>Lee</HI> your Commi&s;&s;ioners, pre&s;ent|ed a Letter Sub&s;cribed by the Earl of <HI>Crawford-Lind&s;ey,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Lanerick,</HI> and Col: <HI>Geo: Monro</HI>; wherein they did agree, That a Treaty &s;hould begin at eight of the clock in the morning at Wenchborow; with this limitation, That the Treaty &s;hould onely continue till twelve at noon, promi&s;ing that the Army under your Command &s;hould march no fur|ther then they were at pre&s;ent, our Army doing the like; And that during the Treaty, there &s;hould be a Ce&s;&s;ation from all acts of Ho&s;tility. Though this Letter came late to our hands, about three hours after the time appointed, and &s;o it was in our choyce to have marched pre&s;ently, or to have embraced a Treaty; yet we re&s;olved to &s;tay, and were content to &s;end &s;ome of our number to Treat at Wenchborow with the like number from you; provided, That the Treaty might endure until Wedne&s;day at four of the clock in the morning, and all marching of Forces, and acts of Ho&s;tility on either &s;ide &s;hould cea&s;e during that time: Whereupon your Commi&s;&s;ioners the Lord <HI>Humby</HI> and the Lord <HI>Lee</HI> did undertake, That either your Lord&s;hips &s;hould agree to prorogate the time of the Treaty until Wedne&s;day four of the clock in the morning, the Forces of both &s;ides not marching further then they were at pre&s;ent, and the Marquis of <HI>Argyle</HI> not coming with his Forces to St. Nynyans Kirk, about a mile on this &s;ide of Sterling: Or otherwi&s;e if you did not agree to this, that then none of your Forces &s;hould march before eleven of the clock at the &s;oone&s;t. Two from us were &s;ent along with your Commi&s;&s;ioners to receive your An&s;wer, which was delivered by the Earl of <HI>Crawford</HI> and <HI>Glencarn,</HI> at the Town end of <HI>Lithgow,</HI> in the&s;e words:</P>
<P><HI>That it was impo&s;&s;ible for you to con&s;ent to prorogate the time
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of the Treaty until four of the clock on Wedne&s;day morning; And that you re&s;olved to fight that night for the Pa&s;s at</HI> Ster|ling, <HI>though it were with Twenty thou&s;and</HI>: but withal pro|mi&s;ed to make good what your Commi&s;&s;ioners had under|taken; <HI>viz. That none of your Forces &s;hould march before eleven of the clock out of your Quarters</HI>; particularly, <HI>That they &s;hould not before that time cro&s;s the River of Evarn near</HI> Lithgow: All which notwith&s;tanding, we were credibly in|formed part of your Forces marched through Falkirk, which is about &s;ix miles di&s;tant from Lithgow, betwixt nine and ten of the clock in the Forenoon, and about two of the clock in the Afternoon marched into Sterling, which is di&s;tant twelve miles from Lithgow, and &s;o under tru&s;t and fair pretences to Treat, your Lord&s;hips did take an opportunity to &s;urprize the Forces of the Marquis of <HI>Argye,</HI> killing &s;ome, and taking others Pri&s;oners, when they were in &s;ecurity, being adverti&s;ed by us of a Treaty betwixt your Lord&s;hips and us; which we cannot e&s;teem to be a fair way of proceeding: And therefore we de&s;ire, That all tho&s;e of the Marquis of <HI>Argyle</HI>'s Forces, detained Pri&s;oners by your Lord&s;hips, may be forthwith re|lea&s;ed and &s;et at liberty; and for the Blood of tho&s;e that have been killed under tru&s;t, we know not how it can be ex|piated.</P>
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<HEAD>For the Right Honorable, The Earl of <HI>Loudoun</HI> Chancellor of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to be communicated to the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Burge&s;&s;es now with the Army, who Di&s;&s;ented from the late Engagament again&s;t the Kingdom of <HI>ENGLAND.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVE received yours from Falkirk of the 15 of <HI>Septem.</HI> in&s;tant; we have had al&s;o a fight of your In&s;tru|ctions given to the Laird of <HI>Gramheats</HI> and Major <HI>Straughan</HI>; as al&s;o two others Papers, concerning the Treaty between your Lord&s;hip and the Enemy, wherein your care of the In|tere&s;t
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of the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> for the Delivery of their Towns unju&s;tly taken from them, and de&s;ire to pre&s;erve the Unity of both Nations, are deare&s;t: By which al&s;o we under|&s;tand the po&s;ture you are now in to oppo&s;e the Enemies of the welfare and Peace of both the Kingdoms; for which we ble&s;s God for his goodne&s;s to you, and rejoyce to &s;ee the power of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> in a hopeful way to be inve&s;ted in the hands of tho&s;e, who we tru&s;t are taught of God to &s;eek his honor, and the comfort of his people. And give us leave to &s;ay, as before the Lord who knoweth the &s;e|cret of all hearts, That as we think one e&s;pecial end of Provi|dence in permitting the Enemies of God and Goodne&s;s in both Kingdoms to ri&s;e to the height, and exerci&s;e &s;uch Tyran|ny over his people, was, to &s;hew the nece&s;&s;ity of the Unity among&s;t his of both Nations; &s;o, we hope and pray, That the late glorious Di&s;pen&s;ation in giving &s;o happy &s;ucce&s;s again&s;t your and our Enemies in our Victory, may be the founda|tion of the Union of the People of God in Love and Amity: and to that end we &s;hall, God a&s;&s;i&s;ting, to the utmo&s;t of our power endeavor to perform what may be behinde on our part: And when we &s;hall through any wilfulne&s;s fail herein, let this Profe&s;&s;ion ri&s;e up in Judgement again&s;t us, as having been made in Hypocri&s;ie; A &s;evere Avenger of which, God hath lately appeared, in his mo&s;t righteous witne&s;&s;ing again&s;t the Army under Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> Invading us under &s;pecious pre|tences of Piety and Ju&s;tice: We may humbly &s;ay we rejoyce with more trembling, then to dare to do &s;o wicked a thing.</P>
<P>Upon our advance to Alnwick, we thought fit to &s;end a good party of Hor&s;e towards the Borders of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and therewith a Summons to the Gari&s;on of Berwick; to which having received a dilatory An&s;wer, I de&s;ired a &s;afe Convoy for Col: <HI>Bright</HI> and the Scoutma&s;ter General, to go to the Com|mittee of E&s;tates of <HI>Scotland,</HI> who, I hope, will have the op|portunity to be with your Lord&s;hips before this come to your hands, and according as they are in&s;tructed, let your Lord|&s;hips in &s;ome mea&s;ure (as well as we could in &s;o much igno|rance
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of your condition) know our affections to you, and un|der&s;tanding things more fully by yours, we now thought fit to make this return.</P>
<P>The Command we received upon the defeat of Duke <HI>Ha|milton,</HI> was, <HI>To pro&s;ecute the Bu&s;ine&s;s until the Enemy might be put out of a condition or hope of growing into a new Army, and the Gari&s;ons of</HI> Berwick <HI>and</HI> Carli&s;le <HI>were reduced</HI>: Four Regiments of our Hor&s;e, and &s;ome Dragoons, having follow|ed the Enemy into the South parts being now come up, and this countrey not being able to bear us, the Cattel and old Corn thereof having been wa&s;ted by <HI>Monro</HI> and the Forces with him, the Governor of Berwick al&s;o daily victualling his Gari&s;on from <HI>Scotland</HI> &s;ide, and the Enemy yet in &s;o con&s;ider|able a po&s;ture, as by the&s;e Gentlemen and your Papers we un|der&s;tand, &s;till pro&s;ecuting their former De&s;ign, having gotten the advantage of Sterling-Bridge, and &s;o much of <HI>Scotland</HI> at their backs to enable them thereunto; and your Lord&s;hips condition at pre&s;ent not being &s;uch as may compel them to &s;ub|mit to the hone&s;t and nece&s;&s;ary things you have propo&s;ed to them for the good of both the Kingdoms; We have thought fit out of the &s;ence of our Duties to the Commands laid upon us by tho&s;e who have &s;ent us, and to the end we might be in a po&s;ture more ready to give you an a&s;&s;i&s;tance, and not be want|ing to what we have made &s;o large Profe&s;&s;ions of, to advance into <HI>Scotland</HI> with the Army; And we tru&s;t by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, the Common Enemy will thereby the &s;ooner be brought to a &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion to you, and we thereby &s;hall do what becometh us in order to the obtaining our Gari&s;ons; engaging our &s;elves, That &s;o &s;oon as we &s;hall know from you the Enemy &s;hall yield to the things you have propo&s;ed to them, and we have our Ga|ri&s;ons delivered to us, we &s;hall forthwith depart out of your Kingdom, and in the mean time be more tender towards the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> in the point of Charge, then if we were in our own Native Kingdom. If we &s;hall receive from you any de&s;ire of a more &s;peedy advance, we &s;hall readily yield com|pliance therewith, de&s;iring often to hear from you how Af|fairs
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&s;tand. This being the Re&s;ult of the Councel of War, I pre&s;ent it to you as the expre&s;&s;ion of their affections and my own, who am,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble Servant, O. CROMVVEL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>An Extract of Letters from the Committee of <HI>Derby-hou&s;e,</HI> of 24 <HI>Augu&s;ti,</HI> and 19, <HI>Septembr.</HI> to Lieutenant General CROMVVEL.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVE doubt not but God will &s;o direct and a&s;&s;ist you in doing what remains, as both tho&s;e that are come Southward will be de&s;troyed; and that you then will pro&s;ecute the remaining party in the North, and not leave any of them (where ever they &s;hall go) to be a beginning of a new Army; nor cea&s;e to pur&s;ue your Victory, till you fini&s;h and fully com|pleat it, with their Rendition of tho&s;e Towns of <HI>Berwick</HI> and <HI>Carli&s;le,</HI> which mo&s;t unju&s;tly, and again&s;t Obligations, and the Treaties (then) in force, they &s;urpri&s;ed and Gari&s;oned again&s;t us.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Derby-hou&s;e, 24 Aug. 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>BY the Po&s;t&s;cript of your Letter of the 11^t^h, we conceive you will be advanced as far as the Borders before the&s;e come to you; and that you will lo&s;e no time nor opportunity for the regaining of the Towns of <HI>Berwick</HI> and <HI>Carli&s;le,</HI> and de&s;ire you to u&s;e the be&s;t means that you in your judgement &s;hall think mo&s;t conducing to that end; The regaining of them being a thing of &s;o grent concernment to the Honor of this Kingdom, and &s;afety of tho&s;e Northern parts.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Derby-hou&s;e, 19 Septem. 1648</DATE>.</DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 28 Septemb. 1648.</DATE>.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;ton,</P>
<P>THat the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, do approve of the actions of Lieut: General <HI>Cromwel,</HI> in pur&s;uance of the Orders he received from the Committee &s;itting at <HI>Derby-|hou&s;e,</HI> which they likewi&s;e approve of.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>That in ca&s;e tho&s;e Noblemen and others that di&s;|&s;ented again&s;t the Inva&s;ion of the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> by the Army under the Command of Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> &s;hall de&s;ire the a&s;si&s;tance of Lieut: General <HI>Cromwel,</HI> that he be ready to af|ford them all &s;ea&s;onable relief and a&s;si&s;tance.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler.Parl.D.Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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