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<P>THE DEMANDS AND PROPOSALS OF The Earle of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and Sr. <HI>Charles Lucas,</HI> (in the name of them&s;elves, and the re&s;t of his Maje&s;ties Officers and Souldiers in the City of <HI>Colche&s;ter</HI>) to Generall <HI>Fairfax,</HI> concerning the &s;urrendering of the &s;aid City, and their re&s;olution thereupon. With the An&s;wer of the Lord Generall to the &s;aid DE|MANDS and PROPOSALS ALSO. the Proceedings of the Scots Royali&s;ts neare the Parli|ament doores, and their animating on the people to Cudgell the PARLIAMENT. Likewi&s;e, the D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;covery of a great De&s;igne in the City of <HI>London,</HI> to have murthered mo&s;t of the Parliament men, and the ap|prehending of the Princes Agent at the Royall <HI>Exchange,</HI> and taking of divers Commi&s;&s;ions from his High|nes to the Citizens, for the rai&s;ing of an Army for his Royall father the King.</P>
<P><HI>Signed, CHARLES. P.</HI></P>
<P>LONDON, Printed ANNO DOM. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>The di&s;covery of a great Plot in the City of <HI>London</HI> to Ma&s;sacre the Parliament men, and other Jnhabitants with in the City, and the Apprehending of the Princes Agent neere the Royal Exchange.</HEAD>
<P>THe Treaty is carried on violently, &amp; many jealou&s;ies po&s;&s;e&s;s the hone&s;t party, who are as active as &s;crutinous, knowing a per&s;onall Treaty was never yet de&s;ired with out &s;ome de&s;igne to cut their throats; divine providence, with Gods wonted goodne&s;&s;e to his people di&s;covers a helli&s;h Plot in the City, to Ma&s;&s;acre all hone&s;t Members in Parliament, and Inhabitants in City and Suburbs, for which Com|mi&s;&s;ions were granted from his Sacred Highne&s;&s;e the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> to Citizens and others, who in the pro|&s;ecution of the Covenant with their deare Brethren of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and their zeale to the Royall Cau&s;e of his Gra|cious Maje&s;ty, make large &s;ubcriptions for buying Armes,
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and maintaining the forces li&s;ted for this great de&s;igne) no marvell now&punc; that the Prince, and the City, with the Reformadoes &s;hould &s;o much pre&s;&s;e for a Per&s;onall treaty in London, that their brethren of <HI>Scotland</HI> may be pro|vided for, and a Ce&s;&s;ation and Free trade in&s;i&s;ted on, that the City &s;hould rai&s;e forces by act of Common Coun|cel, and the Royal party &s;o much domineere.)</P>
<P>A Committee was this day appointed to joyne with the Miltia in examining and di&s;covering this de&s;igne, with power to &s;end for parties, witne&s;&s;es, &amp;c. &s;eize hor&s;es armes, and Ammunition, and &s;ecure &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit. They con&s;ider of their Lord&s;hips Votes upon the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of the Treaty, and make &s;ome additi|ons and alterations therein: Agree to the repealing of foure Votes for no further application to the King. To the Vote for per&s;ons to attend him during the Treaty, the Commons add a provi&s;ion, That they be not per&s;ons ac|cepted again&s;t under re&s;traint, or in actuall Warr by Sea or Land, nor &s;o many as may cau&s;e &s;u&s;pition: To that, for his Maje&s;ty to be in the &s;ame freedom as at Hampton Court, Concurred. To that for Dome&s;tick &s;ervants to attend him, agreed to, &s;o that they be not in any of the former limitations.</P>
<P>His Highne&s;&s; the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> hath &s;ent for a Dr. and Apothecary from London to wait &s;pedily upon him: They acquaint the Speaker with the Princes Command, the occa&s;ion thereof, and their de&s;ires to the Hou&s;e in re|lation thereuto. The Hou&s;e Ordered, that the &s;aid Dr. and Chirurgion go aboard the Prince, and return: Its conceived the me&s;&s;age was mi&s;taken, and an Oculi&s;t intended, Ah poor Prince this is wor&s;e then bla&s;ting his land Army, for now his Amorous features will no more
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tempt the French Ladies, and be&s;ides, his Highne&s;&s;e may come to an incapacity of&mdash;if his &s;ight be not re|covered.</P>
<P>Some of the Scots Commanders in&s;olencies was this day taken notice of in We&s;tmin&s;ter Hall, in &s;tirring up the di&s;contented people at the Hou&s;e ri&s;ing, to fall on the Parliament men, crying, Cudgell them, Cudgell them.</P>
<P>The Princes Agent was &s;een this day in the Exchange, London, and being friendly invited to a Gla&s;&s;e of Wine, a &s;quadron of Major Gen. <HI>Skippons</HI> hor&s;e in the interim &s;ecured him, upon &s;earch finde the Clavis of the Princes Characters, Commi&s;&s;ions from the Prince to Citizens, and &s;everall particulars of Armes in relation to the grand De&s;igne of the City: The pri&s;oner and two Troopers are Coched, a &s;quadron of hor&s;e-guard them down to Derby hou&s; who di&s;po&s;e of the Agent into &s;afe Cu&s;tody, &amp; return thanks to the Troopers, who re&s;t not here, but &s;cout round, and thorow the City this night, and Sunday like|wi&s;e, their activiandy gallantry makes them terrible, and more di&s;picable, the Enemy calling them <HI>Fairfax</HI> Ba&s;tards. Make the&s;e 300 hor&s;e 6<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">0. and give them power, they will &s;ecure both Parliament and City. The Bunch of Cavaliers and Citizens were hapily di&s;covered at a Tavern in London, but more unhappily prevented.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WE have little News here, God is acting for us, though we do little for our&s;elves, and the le&s;&s;e we &s;e our &s;elvs do, the more we &s;hall do: Our great work now, is the carrying on of the approaches, which are &s;o
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neare, that our &s;ouldiers and theirs lay down their Arms and in&s;tead of &s;hooting ca&s;t &s;tones one at another; our line between Botolph gate and Ea&s;t-gate, is almo&s;t brought to their wall. The enemy in town are very full of di&s;tra|ctions, and the inhabitants of &s;traits and di&s;turbance, as you will perceive by the enclo&s;ed petitions, which were this day &s;ent unto his Excellency in a letter from the L. <HI>Norwich,</HI> and the re&s;t, expre&s;&s;ing, That they had at the de&s;ire of the inhabitants, thought fit to re&s;train them and that they &s;hould be con&s;trained for the better accommo|dation of the &s;ouldiery, to turn out the Town&s;-people whereby their hou&s;es and goods would be left liable to &s;poile and ruine; for the prevention whereof, they had thought fit to treate with his Lord&s;hip for the &s;urrender of the town, if he plea&s;ed, to which purpo&s;e they would &s;end &s;ix Officers, if his Lord&s;hip would appoint the like number to meet them on his behalf.</P>
<P>With this letter came another, offering the exchange of Capt. <HI>Gray</HI> for Mr, <HI>We&s;ton,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Rawlens:</HI> His Ex|celencies an&s;wer was, that as to the exchange he accepted of, but as to the matter of treaty, he would &s;end an&s;wer by a me&s;&s;enger of his own. As yet no inclination to grant their reque&s;ts, the Officers are to advi&s;e about it to mor|row, delay being now the be&s;t part of our game.</P>
<P>This evening his Excelency going into one of the forts near Ea&s;t gate, the enemy di&s;charged a Drake with Ca&s;e &s;hot, which &s;cattered durt upon him and his attendants, but did none of them any harme. Our men kil'd one of theirs looking over the Wall.</P>
<P>The other day Sr. <HI>Richard Ha&s;tings</HI> boy being exchan|ged for one <HI>Gooday</HI> a Town&s;man, whom the enemy had apprehended as a &s;pie, having heard &s;ome di&s;cour&s;e a|mong
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the &s;ouldiers, and told it among the re&s;t, that our &s;oldiers bid him comend them to <HI>Goring,</HI> &amp; tell him they would bore a hole through his no&s;e, and draw him with a rope through Cheap&s;ide, crying here is the great Bull of Colche&s;ter, which made his Lord&s;hip merry.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Right honorable the Earle of <HI>Nor|wich,</HI> the Lord <HI>Capell,</HI> and Sir <HI>Charles Lucas.</HI>

The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of <HI>Colche&s;ter.</HI> </HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat your Petitioners having lately received your Commands to prepare our &s;elves generally to depart the town, for the better &s;upplying of the &s;ouldiers we have been bold humbly to Petition the L. <HI>Fairfax</HI> for liberty to pa&s;&s;e into the Country, lea&s;t being forced we go vo|luntarily without his Lord&s;hips licence, we might expo&s;e our lives to eminent danger.</P>
<P>We therefore humbly pray your honors to be plea&s;ed to give way that our Petition may be &s;ent to his Lord|&s;hip, and that till we have received an&s;wer of it, we may not be enforced from our habitations.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Au. 16. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Sub&s;cribed by us the Mayor &amp; Aldermen in the name of all the Petitioners.<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>W. Cooke</HI> Mayor,</ITEM>
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<ITEM> <HI>R. Buxton,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI> Io. Furley</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI> T. Laurence,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI> and Io. Sharp</HI> </ITEM>
</LIST>Aldermen.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>To the Right honorable <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Fairfax</HI> his Excelency. The humble Petition of the inhabitants of Colche&s;ter.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>THat divers of your Petitioners of every pari&s;h, having been &s;ummoned this pre&s;ent morning to attend the
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Commanders in chief here, have received this Me&s;&s;age from them, &s;trict charge to communicate it to all the in|habitants in generall, namely, that we mu&s;t with all expe|dition provide to depart the town, or otherwi&s;e we &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ll by power be forced therunto, for that what ever becom|eth of us; the &s;ouldiery, who maintain the Kings cau&s;e mu&s;t and &s;hall be provided for.</P>
<P>Now my Lord, your Petitioners being driven to this exigency, they have no other means but to fly to your Chri&s;tian clemency, and humbly pray, that you will give them leave to pa&s;&s;e into the Country for the pre&s;ervation of their lives. And your Petitioners &s;hall pray, &amp;c.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Aug. 19. 1648</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Sub&s;cribed by the Mayor and Aldermen in the name of all the Petitioners.
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<ITEM><HI>Wil. Cook</HI> Mayor,</ITEM>
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<ITEM><HI>Rob. Buxton,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI> Io. Furley,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI> Tho Laurence,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM> and Io. <HI>Saw.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST> Aldermen.</ITEM>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Colche&s;ter.</HI> Leaguer <DATE>Aug. 20.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P> My Lords, I am willing to be|leive that the nece&s;&s;ities of the inhabitants of the towne of <HI>Colche&s;ter</HI> have wrung from them the Petition in your letter inclo&s;ed, I &s;hall not only clear my &s;elf to all the world from the occa&s;ion of their &s;ufferings but &s;o far contribute to their releif, as to allow all the inhabitants of that town to enjoy the liberty in their Petition de&s;ired, provided the Committee of the County of E&s;&s;ex, now pri&s;oners with you, be &s;ent out with the fir&s;t, only I &s;hall not permit the wives and children of any town&s;men, or others who &s;hall abide with you in arms to have the be|nifit above mentioned. And to the other part of your Lord&s;hips letter that concerne the rendition of the town, I make this offer, that all &s;uch Officers and Souldiers under the degree of a Capt, (excepting all &s;uch of my Army, who have &s;ince the 10 of May de&s;erted their colours &s;hall have pa&s;&s;es without injury offered them to return to their homes, engaging them&s;elves never hereafter to bear Arms again&s;t the Parl. and all other Superiour Officers, with Lords and Gentlemen, to &s;ubmit to mercy.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips &s;ervant, T. FxIRFAX.</SIGNED> For the Earl of <HI>Norwich,</HI> Lord <HI>Capel,</HI> and Sr. <HI>Charls Lucas.</HI></CLOSER>
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