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<P>THE RESOLUTION OF The Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> concerning Lieute|nant Generall <HI>Cromwel,</HI> and the rout<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ng of the Scotti&s;h Army, and his pre&s;ent De&s;ign with his Shipping. With the Re&s;ults and Proceedings of the Princes Councell aboard the Admirall, con|cerning Captain <HI>Battens</HI> falling in at Ti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">bury Hope, with a Squadron of Ships, to joyn with the Water-men and Sea-men, and an Army from <HI>London,</HI> for relief of Colche&s;ter. Likewi&s;e, His Maje&s;ties Declaration concerning all tho&s;e who have taken up Arms again&s;t Him and have been gainers by the Wars of ENGLAND and His Re&s;olution thereupon. As al&s;o, the mo&s;t pious, and Chri&s;tian Expre&s;&s;ions of a mo&s;t Religious, and renowned King, touching his People.</P>
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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<P>LONDON, Printed ANNO DOM. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>THE Kings Maie&s;ties GRACIOUS DCLARATION TO All His &s;ubjects in generall, concerning all tho&s;e who have taken up Arms again&s;t Him, and His Re&s;olution to take no revenge upon any who have a&s;&s;i&s;ted the <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="declaration">
<P>_THE Kings Maje&s;ty having received the Me&s;&s;age from both Hou&s;es of <HI>Parlia|ment,</HI> pre&s;ented by the Right honorable the Earl of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> who de&s;ired his Maje&s;ties &s;peedy An&s;wer: Telling him, that their return was limited to 1o dais. The King then askt, whether the ten dayes were not to be counted from that of the delivery of the Me&s;&s;age; My
<PB N="2" REF="3"> Lord of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> an&s;wered. No, Sir, they are to be coun|ted from the day of our &s;etting forth.</P>
<P><LABEL>The Kings An&s;wer.</LABEL> I have not then five daies allowed me to con&s;ider of my An&s;wer, which I pre&s;ume you expect in writing; And I have none to helpe mee, no not &s;o much as a Clark to tran&s;cribe; however I will really contribute my be&s;t en|deavours to a happy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">eace.</P>
<P>After a &s;hort pauze, the King further declared, I would have &s;ent to the <HI>Parliament,</HI> but I de&s;ire them to take no|tice, That my long &s;ilence proceeded not from a dull, &s;tu|pid lazine&s;&s;e, or my being in&s;en&s;ible of my owne or the Kingdoms condi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ion, but from the incapacity that lay on me by rea&s;on of former Votes.</P>
<P>But now a way is opened to a treaty, which I ever ap|prehended, as the only means to a durable peace, I &s;hall cheerfully embrace it, and none &s;hall more &s;peedily run to it, then my &s;elf.</P>
<P>And for my part, as being more concerned then any one in this Kingdom, nay &s;hould I &s;ay more then all, I &s;peak it without vanitie, I hope it will be thought no Hi|perbolicall Expre&s;&s;ion, for I am a&s;&s;ured, who&s;oever gaines I &s;hall be a lo&s;er.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;tie then read the Votes to him&s;elf, and having read them, declared.</P>
<P>I like them well, my de&s;ires being included in the&s;e Votes: for what can I de&s;ire more, then to treat with Ho|nour,
<PB N="3" REF="3"> Freedom, and Safetie, upon the propo&s;itions, and &s;uch other things, as either I or the Hou&s;es &s;hall of|fer.</P>
<P><LABEL>QUERY.</LABEL> His Maje&s;tie then askt, Whether the Commi&s;&s;ioners to treat were yet nominated?</P>
<P><LABEL>REPLY.</LABEL> My Lord of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> an&s;wered, No, Sir.</P>
<P>Then the King &s;aid, In a Treaty, two &s;orts of things are con&s;iderable, &s;ome nece&s;&s;arie, others convenient. Then the King &s;aid to them, J will go and apply my &s;elf to my An&s;wer, that J may not delay a minute to promote &s;o good a work: And then withdrew, and for that time di&s;|mi&s;&s;ed the Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P>And upon the time of the Commi&s;&s;ioners waiting on his Maje&s;tie to receive his An&s;wer, and upon their en|trance into the pre&s;ence, the King &s;aid, he was &s;orry that he was limited to &s;o &s;hort a time, and had &s;o little helpes for di&s;parch, yet notwith&s;tanding he had prepared his an|&s;wer.</P>
<P>And immediatly before the reading thereof, u&s;ed the&s;e words,</P>
<P>That the la&s;t Me&s;&s;age he &s;ent to the Hou&s;es, was deli|vered to the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;ealed, And had it beene &s;o pre&s;ented, it would have been better for Him, but now he thought it fit to &s;end this open, becau&s;e he could not be in a wor&s;e condition, being under &s;o clo&s;e a Re&s;traint, none being &s;uffered to &s;peak a word to Him, without &s;u&s;pition.</P>
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<P>He then produced his An&s;wer, and read it aloud in the pre&s;ence Chamber, being full of company: and after hee had read it, his Maje&s;ty &s;aid,</P>
<P>That he hoped hee had therein indeavoured to give &s;a|tisfaction to his <HI>Parliament:</HI> there being nothing in it but what he conceived implyed in their Votes.</P>
<P>And farther added, That there might be &s;ome that would oppo&s;e this Treaty, as being gainers by the&s;e wars, and therefore de&s;ired the continuance of it.</P>
<P>Others might think him revengfull, but he declared, he was &s;o far from &s;eeking revenge, That if a &s;traw lay in the way to hurt them, hee would &s;toop and take it up to pre|vent it.</P>
<P>And further declared in the&s;e words, <HI>God forgive them, for J do.</HI></P>
<P>Then the Commi&s;&s;ioners comming to take their leaves of him, he called them to him, and asked them, how they liked his An&s;wer, they told him, They thought and ho|ped, it would produce a &s;udden and happy wel grounded peace.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>By an Eye and Earwitne&s;se, who not tru&s;ting to his memory, made u&s;e of his pen: and for the truth whereof, the Relator appeales to the Commi&s;&s;ioners them&s;elves, or to any there pre&s;ent, who had the happine&s;&s;e with him, to hear the mo&s;t pious, and Chri&s;tian Expre&s;&s;ions of a mo&s;t Religious King.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="resolution">
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<HEAD>The Copy of a Letter from Sandwich in Kent, declaring the Re&s;olu|tion of the Prince of Wales, concerning the Scots great Overthrow in the North.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have received your Letter, together with the Inclo&s;ed, wherein you make mention of the great Blow in the North, a copy whereof, we have &s;hot into the two Ca&s;tles of Deal and San|down, out of an Arrow, and have &s;ent another aboard the Prince, by a Sea-man whom we had pri&s;oner, who (as we hear) is much troubled thereat, and re&s;olved to draw off his &s;hipping from Margarets Point, and the North Forland, and to &s;end a Squadron of &s;hips towards the Coa&s;t of Scarbrough, for the reliefe of that Ca|&s;tle, and the revolted Governour, and to attend the motion of Lieutenant General Cromwell, and Major Ceneral Lambert.</P>
<P>As for the re&s;t of the Navy, we hear that his Highne&s;&s;e is re&s;olved to &s;tay with them upon the Downs, and to attend the motion of the E. of Warwick, and to guard and &s;ecure the nar|row Seas, conceiving that to be the onlie&s;t way for the advancement of his Fathers cau&s;e, and to
<PB N="6" REF="5"> curb the Rebels, (as he is plea&s;ed to call us) who are the main ob&s;tructers to this his pre&s;ent De|&s;ign.</P>
<P>Capt. Batten being come from Holland, with a &s;quadron of &s;hips, &amp; joyning with the Prince, a councel was called aboard the Admirall, their re&s;ults was, whether he &s;hould fall in at Tilbury to joyne with all the Water-men and Sea-men upon the River, which with the conjunction of the 10000 promi&s;ed from London, would be a numerous army for rai&s;ing of the &s;iege at Col|che&s;ter; but having intelligence of the bla&s;ting of their de&s;ign in London, the Prince hath chan|ged his re&s;olution, and recalled the votes of the councell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Sandwich <DATE>23. Augu&s;t, two in the morning.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>Per Po&s;t.</TRAILER>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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