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<NAME>Paul Schaffner</NAME>
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<P>A DECLARATION OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.</P>
<P>SHEWING Their diligent care, and willingne&s;&s;e to oppo&s;e all Forces that &s;hall endeavour to enter into this Kingdome again&s;t the Parliament and Generall.</P>
<P>ALSO, The Effect of the Generals Letter to Collonel <HI>Hammond</HI> Governour of the I&s;le of <HI>Wight.</HI></P>
<P>TOGETHER, With his Maje&s;ties De&s;ires to both Hou&s;es of Par|liament, for the &s;etling of a firme and well-grounded peace, within his three Kindgdomes.</P>
<P><HI>Novemb.</HI> 26. Imprimatur <HI>Gilb. Mabbot.</HI></P>
<P>London, printed by <HI>B. Al&s;op,</HI> and are to be &s;old at the Royall Exchange. 1647.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="news from the south">
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<HEAD>THE LAST NEVVES From the I&s;le of WIGHT.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>I</HI> Have received yours of the 21. of this in&s;tant, and thank you for tho&s;e Books which you &s;ent me, which hath &s;ufficiently furni&s;hed me and my friends with newes: you &s;till delight in obliging &s;uch as are mo&s;t be|holding to you: I am witne&s;se of it, and your late cur|te&s;ie is the triall; &s;o that I am a&s;hamed to be alwayes engaged, without &s;o much as the hope ever to acknow|ledge the favour rightly. Neverthele&s;se to &s;atisfie your de&s;ire, I have &s;ent you herein enclo&s;ed a copie of Collonel <HI>Hammonds</HI> Letter, which will &s;ufficiently inform you of all or mo&s;t of the proceedings in this I&s;land, thus for the pre&s;ent I remain</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours engaged <HI>R. W.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Letter &s;ent from <HI>Colonel Hammond,</HI> to the Speaker of the Lords Hou&s;e.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THis morning I received by the hands of a me&s;|&s;enger from the Generall, a paper of Votes and Re&s;olutions of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, bearing date <HI>Die Martis,</HI> 16. <HI>November,</HI> 1647. relating to the &s;ecurity of his Maje&s;ties per&s;on, which although they came not to me with directions from the Hou&s;es, yet I thought it my duty to take notice of them (by what hand &s;oever received) as their commands, and accordingly to &s;ee them put in execution.</P>
<P>As concerning that Vote, not permitting &s;uch as have been in Armes, or acted again&s;t the Parliament to come into this I&s;land; it tending much to the &s;e|curity of his Maje&s;ties per&s;on, and the pre&s;erving the peace of the I&s;land, I have (as I acquainted your Lord&s;hips in my la&s;t letters, before I received the&s;e Votes) given orders to that effect (which are careful|ly put in execution) commanding all ma&s;ters of Boats belonging to <HI>Hamp&s;hire</HI> and this I&s;land, that they land neither per&s;ons nor goods, in any part of this I&s;land, &s;ave onely at <HI>Yarmouth</HI> Ca&s;tle, <HI>Cowes</HI> Ca&s;tle, and <HI>Ryde,</HI> at which place I have al&s;o appointed a guard to whom order is given (as to the other two Ca&s;tles) for the examining of all per&s;ons &s;o landing, and to detain and &s;ecure any that cannot give a very good account of them&s;elves or their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>As concerning your Lord&s;hips other Votes (now they are come to my hands) I &s;hall with the be&s;t of my endeavours &s;ee them put in execution.</P>
<P><PB N="5" REF="3"><HI>My Lord</HI> Ye&s;terday there came to me an Officer, belonging to the Serjant of the Hou&s;e of Commons, with particular warrants for the apprehending and bringing up in &s;afe cu&s;tody the per&s;ons of Mr. <HI>Iohn A&s;hburnham,</HI> Mr. <HI>William Leg,</HI> and Sir <HI>Iohn Barkley</HI> who came hither with the King. The &s;aid warrants re|quiring my a&s;&s;i&s;tance to him in the execution of them but with no order to me from either or both Hou&s;es to that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>And finding the matter to be of very great im|portance, I have de&s;ired the me&s;&s;enger to forbeare the execution of his &s;aid warrants till I have given the Hou&s;es to under&s;tand that in ca&s;e the &s;aid warrants &s;hould be &s;erved and put in execution, it would be impo&s;&s;ible for me to an&s;wer the expectations and commands of the Parliament in pre&s;erving the per|&s;on of the King in &s;ecurity to be di&s;po&s;ed by them, unle&s;&s;e I &s;hould keep him clo&s;e pri&s;oner, which is a bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of the nature, that it is neither fit for me to do, e&s;pecially of my &s;elfe.</P>
<P>The grounds from whence I gather this, are plain|ly thus.</P>
<P>The King hath declared him&s;elfe to me, That he came from <HI>Hampton-Court</HI> for no other cau&s;e but for the pre&s;ervation of his per&s;on, which was (as he apprehended) in &s;uch danger, that he could not with &s;afety continue longer there: That if he could have been there with &s;afety, he would not have departed thence, nor from the Army: And that he cho&s;e this place rather then any other (when he was at liberty to have gon whither he plea&s;ed) that he might &s;till continue under the protection of the Army (my &s;elfe
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being a member thereof) and that he might have con|veniency of free entercour&s;e betwen him&s;elfe and the Parliament for the &s;ettlement of a generall peace, to which he profe&s;&s;es greater inclinations and de&s;ires then ever, and that there &s;hall be nothing wanting on his paat, that may be rea&s;onably expected from him.</P>
<P>He further &s;aith, That in ca&s;e the&s;e Gentlemen be taken from him, and puni&s;hed as evill doers, for coun|celling him not to goe out of the Kingdome, but ra|ther to come to the place where he now is, for the ends afore&s;aid, and for their endeavouring according|ly in attending him hither, he cannot but him&s;elf ex|pect to be dealt with accordingly; his ca&s;e being the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And from &s;uch apprehen&s;ions your Lord&s;hips may ea&s;ily judge, what he will doe, by his former actins: He having that liberty which hath ever been allowed him &s;ince he hath been di&s;po&s;ed of by the Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>My Lord,</HI> I &s;hall further let you know, that be|&s;ides the care I &s;hall alwayes have of the&s;e Gentle|men, they have ingaged their honours, not to de|part from me, &s;o that <HI>I</HI> am mo&s;t confident of their &s;ecurity.</P>
<P>And truly were not their ends the &s;ame with their pretences (in relation to the peace of this Kingdome) I am confident they would never have advi&s;ed nor conducted the King to this place.</P>
<P>Be&s;ides, were they at this time removed from the King, there would be none left for his attendance, which (be&s;ides the offence) how great the inconve|nience
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would be to him, your Lord&s;hips cannot be ignorant.</P>
<P>And further give me leave to adde (if &s;o unworthy a &s;ervant of your Lord&s;hips as <HI>I</HI> am (and that which concerns my honour were at all worthy your con&s;i|deration) whether it would not much reflect upon me in ca&s;e the&s;e gentlemen &s;hould be thus removed from hence: The King and them&s;elves having freely throwne them&s;elves upon me for &s;afety upon confi|dence (as they plea&s;e to &s;ay) of my honour and ho|ne&s;ty, and the &s;atisfaction they expected it would have given the Parliament, The King being nece&s;&s;ita|ted to remove.</P>
<P><HI>My Lord,</HI> My duty to you and the Kingdome, who&s;e good and peace I mo&s;t de&s;ire and &s;hall mo&s;t faithful|ly endeavour, calls for this account, which with my &s;elfe and the&s;e Gentlemen, <HI>I</HI> leave to your Lord&s;hips con&s;ideration with this conclu&s;ion, That what&s;oever is commanded by Authority, e&s;pecially that of Par|liament, though never &s;o contrary to my &s;en&s;e or ho|nours &s;hall never be di&s;obeyed by</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t faith+full and humble &s;ervant, <HI>RO. HAMMOND.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE><HI>Carisbrook Ca&s;tle,</HI>
<DATE><HI>Nov.</HI> 19. 9647.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P><HI>My Lord,</HI> Since the conclu&s;ion of my letter, <HI>I</HI> re|ceived the letter, and Votes of both Hou&s;es, of the 16 pre&s;ent, which &s;hall be carefully put in execution, by</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t faith|full and humble &s;ervant <HI>RO. HAMMOND.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><PB N="8" REF="5">His Excellency Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> hath likewi&s;e written a Letter to Col: <HI>Hammond,</HI> the effect hereof is as followeth: That he &s;hould with all &s;peed and conveniency &s;end up Sir <HI>Iohn Barkley,</HI> M. <HI>John A&s;h|burnham,</HI> and M. <HI>William Legg,</HI> and the Gentlemen that went with his Maje&s;ty from Hampton, now re&s;i|ding in the I&s;le of Wight, that they may give an ac|compnt to the Parliament of his Maje&s;ties procee|dings, and carriage in his journey, from Hampton to the I&s;le of Wight; and in ca&s;e he &s;hould &s;tand in need of men to guard them up, or the like, His Excellency hath ordered Captain <HI>Pecks</HI> Troop to Redbridge near Southampton.</P>
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<P>From the North we have received intelligence as followeth;
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOurs of the <HI>18</HI> in&s;tant hath given me ample &s;ati&s;|faction, and I am &s;till more and more obliged unto your goodne&s;&s;e; for you &s;till overcome me with your cur|te&s;ies, which though <HI>I</HI> cannot requite, <HI>I</HI> &s;hall never for|get. For news, in the&s;e parts we have little but what comes from London, onely this for the pre&s;ent. There is great feares and jealou&s;ies in the&s;e parts, that &s;ome ill-affected per&s;ons, &s;hould rai&s;e or bring in forces again&s;t the Parliament; whereupon, there hath been &s;everall meetings in divers places, and the inhabitants have unanimou&s;ly declared, That they will ri&s;e as one man, in ca&s;e any forces from [<HI>Scotland,</HI> or] forraign parts, &s;hould enter to oppo&s;e the Parliament, or their Generall. We are in good hopes here, that there will be a &s;peedy ac|commodation between His Majesty and the Parliament, which that there may, <HI>Sir,</HI> is the prayer of</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your obliged friend&punc; Rich: Soaresby.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><HI>Cra&s;ton,</HI>
<DATE><HI>Nov. 22. 1647.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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