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<P>A
DECLARATION
Of The
LORDS and COMMONS
A&s;&s;embled in Parliament.</P>
<P>Concerning his Maie&s;ties advancing of his
Army towards <HI>London,</HI> with directions that all the
Trained Bands and Voluntiers bee put into a readine&s;&s;e,
that &s;o the Kings Army may find oppo&s;ition in
every place as they Martch.</P>
<P>Al&s;o how Sir <HI>Iohn Hinder&s;on</HI> urged one <HI>David Alex|ander,</HI>
a Scotchman, to kill Sir <HI>John Hotham,</HI>
and blow up the Parliaments Magazine, to whom
his Maie&s;ty gave Money, and he received it.</P>
<P>And that no man &s;hall pre&s;ume to weare any colours
or Markes of Divi&s;ion in the City of London.</P>
<P>Whereunto is added &s;everall Votes of the Lords and Com|mons,
for the &s;earching of diver&s;e mens hou&s;es in the
City, and for the &s;taying of the Kings Reve|nue,
and all the Bi&s;hops, D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">anes and
Chapters Rents and profits
what&s;oever.</P>
<P><HI>Sabbathi,</HI> 15&punc; <HI>Octob.</HI> 1642.</P>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament,
that this Declaration and Votes be forthwith Printed
and publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>John Browne Cler. Parliam.</P>
<P><HI>Octob.</HI> 17. London Printed for Iohn Wright. 1642.</P>
</DIV1>
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<DIV1 TYPE="declaration">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>A Declaration of the Lords and Com|mons
A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<P>THe Lords and Commons in Parliament, con&s;idering
with much tenderne&s;&s;e and compa&s;&s;ion, the mi&s;erable
condition of this Kingdome, di&s;tracted, and di&s;tempe|red
with many pre&s;ent evils, &amp; imminent dangers, and brought
now to &s;uch an height of extremity of mi&s;ery, that two Engli&s;h
Armies are neere together, even ready to joyne in a dreadfull
and bloody encounter, through the violent and wicked coun|&s;ell
of tho&s;e, who have captivated both the Per&s;on and the
power of the King, to their owne impious and Trayterous de|&s;ignes,
doe thereupon thinke good to publi&s;h and declare the
&s;ame to the Kingdome, together with &s;ome directions and pro|vi&s;ions
which may prevent that utter de&s;olation and ruine,
both of Religion and liberty, already overwhelmed and &s;up|pre&s;t
in the intention and hope of tho&s;e Rebels and Traytors
about the King, to which purpo&s;e it is de&s;ired by both Hou&s;es,
that all wel-affected Subjects may take notice of the&s;e particu|lars.</P>
<P>That the King by the help &amp; a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Papi&s;ts, the Pre|laticall
and corrupt part of the Clergy, the Delinquent No|bility
and Gentry, and by the confluence of &s;ome notable
Traytors from beyond the Seas, the Lord <HI>Digby, Oneale,</HI> and
others, and of many de&s;perate mercenary and ill-affected per|&s;ons
from all parts of the Kingdome, hath rai&s;ed an Army,
armed, clothed, and fed, for the mo&s;t part with the &s;poyles of
his Subjects, giving them liberty to plunder and rob all &s;orts
of people; to exact money and plate from Corporations, by
threatning fire, and &s;word, if they &s;hould refu&s;e it.</P>
<P>That this wicked coun&s;ell doth not onely hinder his Maje|&s;ty
<PB REF="2">
from exerci&s;ing the ju&s;tice and protection of a King to|wards
his people, but even that honour which is ob&s;erved be|twixt
Enemies; for by a confident in&s;trument of his Maje&s;ty,
Sir <HI>Iohn Hinder&s;on</HI> a Papi&s;t (as we are credibly informed) one
<HI>David Alexander</HI> was urged to kill Sir <HI>John Hotham,</HI> telling him
it would be a good &s;ervice both to God and the King, which
he refu&s;ed to doe, &s;aying it was the worke of a Butcher, and
not of a Souldier; This <HI>Alexander</HI> being a Scotchman, of a ve|ry
poor fortune, and of a mind fit for de&s;perate attempts. The
King &s;ent for him 2, while he was at <HI>Beverley,</HI> and when he came
to his pre&s;ence, he &s;pake to him publikely in the field, and ap|poynted
a &s;um of money to be given him, which he received.</P>
<P>After which another propo&s;ition was made to him by the
&s;ame Sir <HI>John Hinder&s;on,</HI> that he would put fire to the Magazine
of the Army rai&s;ed by the Parliament, &amp; to gain the better op|portunity
to effect it, that he &s;hould labor to get &s;ome imploy|ment
in the train of Artilery, which he accordingly undertook,
&amp; endeavoured to obtain; But before he could effect his mi&s;|chievous
intention, he was di&s;covered, apprehended, &amp; exami|ned,
and thereupon confe&s;t the practi&s;e, and undertaking, the
particulars whereof are referred to the examinations thereup|on
taken. That the King doth &s;end out Letters to borrow
great &s;ums, profe&s;&s;ing that tho&s;e who will not lend him mony,
doe give him ju&s;t cau&s;e to &s;u&s;pect their duty to his Per&s;on,
and the peace of the Kingdome. And this will be a &s;ufficient
rea&s;on to make them lyable to be plundered and &s;poyled of all
they have; but &s;uch is the violence of the Kings Army, that
their friends are in little better ca&s;e then they who oppo&s;e
them, and tho&s;e who e&s;cape be&s;t mu&s;t yet feed and billet the
Souldiers for nothing.</P>
<P>In tho&s;e places where the trained bands are willing to go forth
to &s;erve in his Maj. Army, yet for the mo&s;t part their Armes
are taken from them and put upon tho&s;e who are more
mercenary, and le&s;&s;e intere&s;&s;ed in the Common Wealth, and &s;o
<PB REF="3">
likely to be fitter in&s;truments of Rapine and Spoyle.</P>
<P>By the&s;e great violences and oppre&s;&s;ions they have &s;o exhau|&s;ted
tho&s;e parts that his Maje&s;ty cannot &s;tay long about <HI>Shrews|bury,</HI>
and it is the earne&s;t de&s;ire of the Cavaliers that he would
march forward towards <HI>London,</HI> tho&s;e rich and fruitfull Coun|tries
in the way being like to yeeld them a &s;upply of their ne|ce&s;&s;ities,
and the wealth of <HI>London</HI> a full &s;atisfaction of their
hope, where they likewi&s;e thinke to find a party which upon
his Maje&s;ties approach may make &s;ome di&s;turbance, and facili|tate
their de&s;ignes upon the City.</P>
<P>That if the Kings Army prevaile, the good Subjects can ex|pect
nothing but that their lives and fortunes will be expo&s;ed
to the malice and rapine of tho&s;e ravenous Souldiers, who of|ten
talk of cutting the Throats of hone&s;t and Religious men, &amp;
have long expected their goods &amp; e&s;tates&punc; as the rewards of their
&s;ervice; the Kingdome will againe fall under the government
of tho&s;e mi&s;chievous coun&s;ells, who before this Parliament,
had even brought both religion and liberty to ruine; and wee
&s;hall have no hope left of any more Parliaments, but &s;uch as
&s;hall beconcurrent and &s;ub&s;ervient to the&s;e ends.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>The meanes of curing and preventing the&s;e evills and dangers,
we conceive to be the&s;e.</HI></HEAD>
<P>That good provi&s;ion be made by loane and contribution
for the Army rai&s;ed by the Parliament, under the Lord Gene|rall
the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> which is no whit inferiour in Hor&s;e
and Foot to the Kings Army, better armed, full payd, re&s;trained
from di&s;order and Rapine, as much as may be; well provided
of all outward nece&s;&s;aries; but above all, well incouraged and
in&s;tructed in the goodne&s;&s;e of the cau&s;e, by the labour of many
godly and painfull Divines.</P>
<P>That this Army bee allwayes ready to attend the re|moves
of the Kings Army, either in one body or divi|ded
as there &s;hall bee occa&s;ion, according to the wi&s;e con|duct
and direction of the Lord Generall, that &s;o no op|portunity
<PB REF="3">
of fighting upon advantage be lo&s;t, nor the greedie
Souldiers of the Kings Army &s;uffered to range, and &s;poyle the
Country at their plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>That the Countries through which the Kings Army is to
pa&s;&s;e doe a&s;&s;ociate them&s;elves, and draw all their Forces toge|ther,
for the mutuall defence of their per&s;ons and goods from
Oppre&s;&s;ion and Spoyle.</P>
<P>That tho&s;e Counties be required to &s;end in all their Hor&s;es
fit for carriage and for Dragoones as well for the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of
the Lord Generall, for which in convenient time they &s;hall re|ceive
&s;atisfaction, As likewi&s;e that by &s;uch meanes the&s;e Hor|&s;es
may be kept from being imployed by the Kings Army.</P>
<P>That command and direction be given to all Lieutenants of
Counties and deputy Lieutenants, that all the Trained-Bands
and all Voluntiers be put into a readine&s;&s;e to be brought to
&s;uch Randezvous, and to be obedient to &s;uch Commanders in
chiefe as &s;hall be appointed by the Committee for the &s;afety
of the Kingdome, or by the Lord Generall, that &s;o the Kings
Army may find oppo&s;ition in every place as they pa&s;&s;e, and the
Inhabitants may have at hand a &s;ufficient protection &amp; defence,
and the Lord Generall may &s;trengthen his own Army with the&s;e
Forces, as he &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e.</P>
<P>That Powder, Munition, and Ordnance, with all other
nece&s;&s;aries be prepared for the&s;e forces, that &s;o without any
trouble or confu&s;ion, they may be brought together, and fit|ted
for &s;ervice upon all &s;odaine Occurrents.</P>
<P>That all tho&s;e who in the City of London, or any other place,
&s;hall weare any Colours, or other markes of divi&s;ion, where|by
they may be di&s;tingui&s;ht from others and known to be of the
malignant Party, &s;hall be examined, &s;earcht, and di&s;armed, as
likewi&s;e all others, who being able, &s;hall not lend or contri|bute
towards the publike &s;afety of the Kingdome, in this time
of &s;o great and imminent danger.</P>
<P>That it be commended to the &s;erious con&s;ideration of tho&s;e
in the Kings Army, and of all other that intend to a&s;&s;i&s;t and
<PB REF="4">
&s;uccour his Maie&s;ty in this impious and unnaturall warre, a|mong
whom it may be hoped there are &s;ome hone&s;t men, and
Prote&s;tants, what it is that moves them in this Quarell.</P>
<P>Is it for feare of &s;ome Innovations and alteration? of Reli|gion
or Church Governement? let &s;uch as are po&s;&s;e&s;t with this
vaine and cau&s;ele&s;&s;e apprehen&s;ion, know, that nothing is in|tended
or de&s;ired, but to take away the government by Bi&s;hops,
which hath bin &s;o con&s;tantly, evidently, mi&s;chievous, and dan|gerous
to the Church and &s;tate; and &s;uch other things as &s;hall
be found to be iu&s;tly offen&s;ive, and nothing to be &s;etled and In|troduced,
but by authority of Parliament after con&s;ultation
fir&s;t had with an a&s;&s;embly of learned and reverend Divines.</P>
<P>Is it to uphold the authority, prerogative, and Honour of
the King and to pre&s;erve the &s;afety of his Royall Per&s;on? &s;ure|ly
the Parliament is and ever hath beene ready to doe any thing
that belongs to them to &s;ecure all the&s;e, which they have often
te&s;tified by many humble petitions to his Maie&s;ty.</P>
<P>If there be no cau&s;e for any of the&s;e re&s;pects, to &s;eeke the
de&s;truction of the Parliament and the blood and ruine of their
kindred, friends and acquaintance, what remains then to be the
matter of the quarrell, and the motives of &s;uch great combu&s;t|ions,
and the effects and con&s;equences of their victory if they
&s;hould prevaile? That Prie&s;ts, Ie&s;uits, &amp; the <HI>Popes Nuncioes</HI> may
domineere &amp; govern in the Kings Coun&s;el as heretofore, that
the Arch Bi&s;hops of <HI>Canterbury</HI> and <HI>Yorke</HI> and their Suffragans
may &s;uppre&s;&s;e diligent and powerfull preaching, and banni&s;h
and oppre&s;&s;e all the mo&s;t pious and be&s;t affected Subiects of the
Kingdome, &amp; introduce the Popi&s;h Religion under a prote&s;tant
profe&s;&s;ion, till they have &s;trength and boldne&s;&s;e to ca&s;t off the
di&s;gui&s;e, and openly appeare that which indeed they are, and
would not &s;eeme to be.</P>
<P>That the Earle of <HI>Bri&s;toll,</HI> and his Son the Lord <HI>Digby,</HI> Mr.
<HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ermin,</HI> and other &s;uch Traytors may po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the great places,
and governement of this Kingdome; and be the arbiters of the
<PB REF="4">
affaires of State, and di&s;tributers of preferments, and di&s;graces,
to &s;uch as &s;hall further or oppo&s;e their de&s;ignes.</P>
<P>That the delinquents, oppre&s;&s;ors, and de&s;troyers of the
Kingdome, may not onely e&s;cape the iu&s;tice of the Parlament,
but triumph in the &s;poiles of all hone&s;t men, good Patriots;
and that through out troubles, and divi&s;ions, the Rebels in Ire|land
may prevaile; that we may cea&s;e to be a free Nation, and
become the obiect of cruelty and oppre&s;&s;ion at home, and of
&s;corne and infamy abroad.</P>
<P>And if there can be no other fruit of their hazard and ende|vours
on that &s;ide, let them then con&s;ider, whether by adhe|ring
to the Parliament, they may not expect effects more &s;uta|ble
to the de&s;ires of hone&s;t men, The glory of God, in the pre|&s;ervation
of his Truth, The peace of the Church, by &s;ecuring
it again&s;t the pride, avarice, and ambition of the Clergy, The
honour greatne&s;&s;e and &s;ecurity of the King, by freeing him
from fal&s;e and Traiterous Coun&s;ells, and e&s;tabli&s;hing him in
the hearts and affections of his people, the pro&s;perity of the
whole Kingdome by the bles&s;ing of good Lawes and a righte|ous
governement.</P>
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</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="text">
<PB REF="5">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi 15. Octob. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion by the
<HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Commons</HI> A&s;&s;embled in <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall not Contribute to the charge of the Com|mon
wealth in this time of imminent nece&s;&s;ity, &s;hall be held fit to be
&s;ecured.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="resolution">
<HEAD>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>That &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall not contribute to the charge of the Com|mon-wealth
in this time of iminent nece&s;&s;ity, &s;hal be held fit to be Di&s;|armed.</P>
<P>Ordered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That
the Lord Major &amp; Sheriffes of the City of London &s;hall forthwith &s;earch
the hou&s;es and &s;eize the Armes belonging unto M. <HI>Nathaniell Ieffer&s;on, M.
Au&s;tin, M. John Bedle, M. John Batty, M. Ralph Long,</HI> and <HI>M. Robert Lewis,</HI>
all of <HI>Broad&s;treet</HI> Ward, <HI>M. John Blunt,</HI> of <HI>Lime&s;treet</HI> Ward, <HI>M.</HI> Ald.
<HI>Wright</HI> of <HI>Coleman&s;treet</HI> Ward, <HI>M. Roger Drake, M. John Walther,</HI> of <HI>Faringdon</HI>
within, for that as it appeares by the report from the Committee they
have not Contributed as they ought to the charge of the Common-wealth,
in this time of imminent nece&s;&s;ity.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="resolution">
<HEAD>Re&s;olved upon the Question &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>That the fines, Rents, &amp; profits of Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Deanes, Deanes
and Chapters, and of &s;uch notorious Delinquents who have taken up
Armes again&s;t the Parliament, or have bin active in the Commi&s;&s;ion of
Array, &s;hall be &s;eque&s;tred for the u&s;e and &s;ervice of the Common wealth.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="resolution">
<HEAD>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>That the Kings Revenue ari&s;ing out of Rents, Fines in Courts of Ju&s;tice,
Compo&s;itions for Wards, &amp; the like, &amp; al other his Maje&s;ties Revenue,
&s;hall be brought into the &s;everall Courts and other places where they
ought to be paid in, and not I&s;&s;ued forth or paid out, untill further order
&s;hall be taken by both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<P REND="italic">The manner of &s;eque&s;tration is referred to a Committee.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS</TRAILER>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="account">
<PB REF="5">
<HEAD>The Examination of David <HI>Alexander,</HI>
taken <HI>Octob.</HI> 6. 1642.</HEAD>
<P>HEe &s;aith, wheu the King went towards the North, at <HI>Newmarket</HI>
he came to the Court, and followed the King to <HI>Yorke</HI> and &s;tay|ed
at <HI>Yorke,</HI> wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">n the King fir&s;t went to <HI>King&s;tone</HI> upon <HI>Hull,</HI> and
came backe to <HI>Yorke,</HI> and after the Kings returne Sir <HI>Iohn Hinder&s;on</HI> told
him it was a good &s;ervice to God and the King to kill Sir <HI>John Hotham,</HI>
and he refu&s;ed to do it; and that he &s;aid he would rather venture upon
an Army, and then the King went to <HI>Beverly,</HI> and the Po&s;tma&s;ters boy
brought him word from Sir <HI>Iames Hamilton</HI> he &s;hould come to <HI>Be|verly,</HI>
and &s;hould be made Corporall of the field, which he &s;leighted, and
&s;aid he was an old man, and could no ride, and then Sir <HI>James Hamil|ton</HI>
&s;ent to him to meet him at the Po&s;t-hou&s;e, which he did, and Sir <HI>Iames</HI>
told him if he came not the next day, he would lo&s;e his place, hee told
him he had no money, and he gave him ten &s;hillings, and with that
he hired hor&s;e and went thither, and that he came to the Lord <HI>Lind&s;ey,</HI>
Generall, which &s;aid he was welcome&punc; and bid him goe to the King&punc; and
told him the King had &s;ent twice for him, and the next day, which was
the day wherein the Earle of <HI>Holland,</HI> &amp;c. had his audience, the King be|ing
in the field &s;pake to him, and bid him goe to my L. Generall who
gave order to Sir <HI>Iohn Culpepper,</HI> to give him ten pounds, which hee re|ceived&punc;
and my Lord Generall told him Ma&s;ter <HI>Slingsby</HI> and an other
Knight were about a Mine which failed, and the &s;iege rai&s;ed, and after|ward
he went to <HI>Nottingham,</HI> and there Sir <HI>Iohn Hinder&s;on</HI> &s;aid to him, hee
&s;hould doe good &s;ervice if he would &s;et the Magazine on fire, and that he
undertooke to doe, and he told him it would be well, if he could get a
&s;ervice in the traine of Artillery, and often &s;poke to him about that acti|on,
and &s;aid he &s;hould he highly recompenced: and thereupon he came
to London on <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> was five or &s;ix we<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">kes; and he was with Sir <HI>VVil|liam
Balfore,</HI> and made meanes to goe into Ireland: and that he confe&s;t to
Sir <HI>Balthazar Gerbier</HI> upon Munday la&s;t, all the pa&s;&s;ages betwixt him and
Sir <HI>Iohn Hinder&s;on,</HI> and to nobody el&s;e but he &s;pake to Sir <HI>Iohn Mildram</HI>
to get him a place in the Iri&s;h Wars, and Sir <HI>Iohn</HI> promi&s;ed to &s;peak with
the Iri&s;h Committee for him: he &s;aid Sir <HI>Iohn Hinder&s;on</HI> told him the
King was acquainted with this propo&s;ition of firing the Magazine di|ver&s;e
times: and this examinant told him that hee had &s;poken to Sir
<HI>Balthazar Gerbier</HI> to tell the King that he could not performe it, and hee
denyed that ever he had laboured for any place in this Army.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>David Alexander.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="account">
<PB REF="6">
<HEAD>The Examination of Sir Baltha&s;ar Gerbier, taken
the 8. of October 1642.</HEAD>
<P>HEe &s;ayes, he knowes one <HI>David Alexander</HI> a Scotch-man,
and hath knowne him long, and has had di&s;cour&s;e lately
with him.</P>
<P>He &s;ayes, the &s;aid <HI>David Alexander</HI> &s;aid he had a propo&s;iti|on
made to him to kill &s;ome body, but none named to this ex|aminant,
he an&s;wered, that to kill a man was fit for a hang|man,
but any generous act befitting a &s;ouldier he would doe.</P>
<P>The &s;aid <HI>Alexander,</HI> &s;aid that Colonell <HI>Hinder&s;on</HI> made
this propo&s;ition at the Court, he &s;ayes that act was propo&s;ed;
That another propo&s;ition was made by the &s;ame per&s;on that
he &s;hould get a place in the Traine of Artillery, and getting
knowledge where the Magazine was, to doe his be&s;t to fire it,
and this he entertained, and was received, and had money given
him, and be&s;ides Colonell <HI>Hinder&s;on,</HI> and Ma&s;ter <HI>Endymion
Porter</HI> &s;poke al&s;o concerning the &s;ame bu&s;ine&s;&s;e to him.</P>
<P>This Examinant &s;ayes, he knowes not whether <HI>Alexander,
Hinder&s;on,</HI> and M. <HI>Endymion Porter</HI> &s;poke of the &s;ame at the
&s;ame time, nor did he tell him what &s;um of Money hee recei|ved,
nor did hee &s;peake of any other Promi&s;es: upon the
third of this In&s;tant, at nine of the clocke this di&s;cour&s;e
was, which he noted in his Table-booke. Then de&s;iring to
looke in his Table-Booke, the Examinant further rela|ted;
That hee having occa&s;ion to u&s;e &s;ome mans &s;ervice
to the Court, with the <HI>Venetian</HI> Amba&s;&s;adour, according to
his place, he &s;ent to this <HI>David Alexander,</HI> to know if he would
goe along with him, the &s;aid <HI>David</HI> told him he could not go;
the Examinant wondred at it, knowing his poverty, and asked
the rea&s;on, the reupon he &s;aid he had &s;ome &s;ervice to doe, and
the Examinant being his old friend, he would deal plainly with
him, and tell him, and &s;aid it was of that nature, that it was as
much worth as his life to di&s;cover, the Examinant wondred at
<PB REF="6">
it, and made &s;ome difficulty to know it; but he an&s;wered that
in the Lord <HI>Buckinghams</HI> time he had been his friend, and there|fore
to him he would tell it, and put his life into his hands:
The Examinant &s;aid, why wilt thou put thy life into &s;uch dan|ger?
then he &s;aid he was di&s;patcht and had received money for
it to apply him&s;elfe to the Army, and to endeavour to get a
place about the Artillery, to the end to take a time to fire the
Magazine; which he &s;aid you know I can doe by an in&s;trument
made like a watch, which having gone for &s;o many houres then
&s;trikes fire, he &s;aid he had applyed him&s;elfe to Sir <HI>William Bal|fore</HI>
to be recommended by him, but was put off, onely had of|fered
to him 14 s. <HI>per diem</HI> for a Serjeant Majors place of Dra|gooners,
or &s;ome &s;ervice for <HI>Ireland;</HI> but he refu&s;ed it, as not
fit for him, &s;aying, that he was more proper for fire workes
and Artillery, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> He &s;aid further, that meeting <HI>Dulbier,</HI> hee
told him, how now <HI>David,</HI> thou do&s;t not come hither for the
&s;ervice again&s;t tho&s;e from whence you come, he &s;aid no; and
then re&s;olved to apply him&s;elfe to Sir <HI>Iohn Meldram,</HI> by whom
he was to be pre&s;ented to the hou&s;e the third of this in&s;tant: he
de&s;ired this Examinant to take this relation from him and to
acquaint the King with it, to whom it would be acceptable to
know what was become of him, &amp; he could not write it him&s;elf,
and therefore wi&s;ht this Examinant to write it in his Table.
booke: This Examinant &s;aid he would put it into his Table-booke,
and &s;aid how &s;hould I venture to tell this to the King,
or know it to be true; and he &s;aid the King would &s;oone know
that, and it will be an honour to you to be &s;o tru&s;ted, &s;o he
concluded his di&s;cou&s;e with pre&s;enting a Scotchman to this
Examinant in his journey, the Scotchman was his compani|on,
and a Solicitor here for one <HI>Gordan</HI> the Kings Agent at
<HI>Hamburgh;</HI> but this Examinant took only his name, and liking
not his a&s;pect, promi&s;ed to &s;end him &s;ome other time.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Balthazar Gerbier.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THe &s;ame Examinant, upon the 7 day of <HI>Octob,</HI> doth con|firm
all the particulars aforementioned: and further &s;aith,
that the rea&s;on why he told Sir <HI>Balthazar Gerbier</HI> of this
bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, was to de&s;ire him to tell the King that he could not as
yet performe it; and he thinks that the King and Sir <HI>Iohn Hin|der&s;on,</HI>
doe believe that he is in my Lord of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> Army; and
that he doth intend to performe his promi&s;e.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Taken <DATE>the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">0 of
October.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>David Alexander.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="account">
<P>THis Examinant told Sir <HI>Balthazar Gerbier</HI> the 3 of <HI>Octob.</HI>
la&s;t, I cannot goe with you, becau&s;e I have undertaken to
fire the Ammunition in the Army of Parliament, and
tell the King or Sir <HI>John Hinder&s;on</HI> I have not effected it; but I
am going to Sir <HI>John Mildram</HI> at 9 of the clocke this morning,
to bring me to the Parliament, to get employment in the Artil|lery
belonging to the Parliament; and that I might have had 14
&s;hillings a day to be a Major in a Regiment of Dragooners with
the Parliament, and refu&s;ed it; which he de&s;ired the King might
know.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>David Alexander.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="account">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>October 10. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THe &s;aid <HI>David Alexander</HI> further acknowledgeth, that he
offered to tell Sir <HI>Balthazar Gerbier,</HI> what the great bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e
was which did hinder him from going with him,
and what he had &s;aid was as much as his life was worth to di&s;|cover:
that Sir <HI>Balthazar Gerbier</HI> did refu&s;e to heare it; but this
Examinant did very earne&s;tly pre&s;&s;e to heare what it was.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>David Alexander.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="account">
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;sembled in Parliament
that this Declaration, Depo&s;itions, and Votes thus amended
be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Browne Cler.</SIGNED> Parliam<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
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<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Octob. 20. London Printed for John Wright.</P>
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