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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>The Humble PETITION OF Many Officers lately drawne from the Army for the &s;ervice of IRELAND, In the behalfe of them&s;elves, and their Souldiers, TO HIS EXCELLENCY Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight, Captaine Generall of the Army rai&s;ed by Authority of both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>Shewing the Rea&s;ons why, and how they were drawn off. With a Vindication of them|&s;elves again&s;t the &s;candals rai&s;ed by &s;ome of his Excellencies Army &s;ince their drawing off.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, a Letter annexed from the Generall to the &s;everall Regiments inducing them to engage in that Honourable and ju&s;t warre.</P>
<P><ADD>July 8^t^h</ADD> LONDON, Printed by E. Griffin. 1647.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition">
<PB REF="2" MS="y">
<PB N="3" REF="2">
<HEAD>TO HIS EXCELLENCY Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight, Generall of the Army rai&s;ed by the Authority of both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT, The humble Petition of the Officers of the &s;everall Regiments lately drawne off Your Excellencies Army for the &s;ervice of Ireland: in the behalfe of them&s;elves and their Souldiers.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>_THat your Petitioners formerly mem|bers of your Army, by your Ex|cellencies countenance and encou|ragement did draw off and engage our &s;elves and &s;ouldiers for the &s;ervice of Ireland; and &s;ince that contrary to our expectation, and as we humbly conceive, your Excellencies knowledge, there hath been very high affronts offered unto us by &s;ome of
<PB N="30" REF="3">your Excellencies Army that came into our quarters, and by a pretended authority from your Excellency, and a &s;peciall order from &s;ome of the chiefe Commanders in your Excellencies Army, as they alledged, did <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t that time draw away many of our Souldiers, and have by fal&s;e and &s;candalous &s;ugge&s;tions and mi&s;information endeavoured to &s;educe, corrupt, and draw away many more, as doth appeare by the late lo&s;&s;e of five Companies, and the great di&s;couragement of all the re&s;t from that &s;ervice, which your Ex|cellency endeavoured &s;o much to promote, ma|nife&s;ted by that never to be forgotten expre&s;&s;ion which then fell from your Excellency; That rather then the &s;ervice of Ireland &s;hould be neglected or re|tarded, you would willingly traile a Pike your &s;elfe: And whereas it is by &s;ome per&s;ons or pamphlets &s;pread abroad, declaring that we de&s;erted the Army meerely on purpo&s;e to make a party to &s;tand in oppo&s;ition to the Army, and &s;o to involve and ingage this Kingdome in another bloody warre: which our con&s;ciences tell us to the con|trary; and to give your Excellency and the world &s;atisfaction, we call God the &s;ear<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">er of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">l hearts to witne&s;&s;e for us, that &s;uch a <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> never entered in, or came neere ou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ug<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> neither doe we know of any &s;uch incli<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters">n <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> have had &s;uch intimation from any of our &s;uperi|ours, or from any others in the whole world.</P>
<P>We therefore make it our humble &s;uite to your Excellency, That as we have all
<PB N="5" REF="3">along &s;erved your Excellency in your ju&s;t undertakings for the welfare of this King|dome, with all integrity and fidelity, we may not now be looked upon as enemies, but as well wi&s;hers to the peace of this Kingdome; and now ready, if not ob&s;tru|cted, with our lives and fortunes to endea|vour the reliefe of bleeding Ireland. And to that purpo&s;e we further be&s;eech your Excellency to give command that no in|terception be made, or interruption given to any per&s;on or per&s;ons imployed to Lon|don or to the Parliament upon our affairs, by any of your Excellencies Army, but that at all times free pa&s;&s;age may be allowed to your Petitioners,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>And as in duty bound we &s;hall pray for your Excellencies happine&s;&s;e, &amp;c.
<LIST>
<ITEM>VVilliam Harbert, Colonell.</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Melvin, Lieut-col.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Richard Lundy, Major.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Captains.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Nathaniel Short</ITEM>
<ITEM>Barthol. Helbye</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Dunklin</ITEM>
<ITEM>Charles Awbery</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Morgan</ITEM>
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<ITEM>VVil. Mathews, Cap. Lieut.</ITEM>
<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>Lieut.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Thomas &V;ahan</ITEM>
<ITEM>VValter Brough</ITEM>
<ITEM>VVil. Hodskins</ITEM>
<ITEM>Peter VVinche&s;ter</ITEM>
<ITEM>Richard Onyon</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edward Loe</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>En&s;ignes.</HEAD>
<ITEM>James Short</ITEM>
<ITEM>VVilliam Ea&s;t</ITEM>
<ITEM>VVilliam Hall</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Robins</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Stampe</ITEM>
<ITEM>John VVilliams</ITEM>
<ITEM>Math. Mader&s;on</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Hodskins</ITEM>
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<PB N="6" REF="4">
<ITEM> Nich. Kemp&s;on, Col.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chri&s;t. Packham, Lieut. col.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fran. Dormer, Major.</ITEM>
<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>Capt.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Robert Fi&s;h</ITEM>
<ITEM>Alexand. Frye</ITEM>
<ITEM>Geo. Ma&s;ters</ITEM>
<ITEM>Abrah. Clerke</ITEM>
<ITEM>Francis VVels</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lind&s;ey Sbarples</ITEM>
<ITEM>Stephen Coyne</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Bi&s;&s;ill</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>Lieut.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Robert Dormer</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Moone</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jarvis Marrey</ITEM>
<ITEM>George Hope</ITEM>
<ITEM>Timothy Clare</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
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<HEAD>En&s;ignes.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Robert Chaffe</ITEM>
<ITEM>Andrew Fine<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></ITEM>
<ITEM>Robert Batts</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bryan Elton</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Mackellan</ITEM>
<ITEM>David Hollan</ITEM>
<ITEM>Robert Cloake</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="7" REF="4">
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas at the la&s;t meeting of the Offi|cers of this Army at Saffron Walden I declared in the pre&s;ence of the Lords and Commons Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament to all the Officers then pre&s;ent; as al&s;o to &s;uch Officers as have &s;ince that time come to the Head-quarters, that they &s;hould make known to their &s;everall Regiments the intention of the Parliament to &s;end a con&s;iderable force of &s;uch of their Army that are willing to goe into Ire|land for the reducing of that Kingdome, de&s;i|ring them al&s;o to make known my de&s;ire to ad|vance that &s;ervice, and to prevent any hinde|rance thereof; and that if any Officers &s;tand not di&s;po&s;ed to engage in per&s;on in that imploy|ment, yet that they &s;hould promote it, in ma|king known my de&s;ire and the Votes of both Hou&s;es, for the encouragement of &s;uch as &s;hould
<PB N="8" REF="5">engage in that &s;ervice: I doe therefore de&s;ire you to publi&s;h this Letter, together with the &s;aid Votes, by reading the &s;ame unto your Regi|ment. In expectation whereof I remaine</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Walden, <DATE>April 18. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured friend, FAIRFAX.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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