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<P>THE DECLARATION Of Lieutenant-Generall CROMWEL <HI>CONCERNING</HI> The Kings Maje&s;ty, and the Citizens of <HI>London,</HI> and his <HI>Pre|te&s;tation</HI> for peace, and re-inthroning of the <HI>King:</HI> To|gether with his Propo&s;itions to the Army, and their re&s;olution thereupon.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e three Letters from the &s;aid Lieutenant Generall, to the Kings Maje&s;ty, the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Tray|ned Bands of the City of <HI>London:</HI> and his De|mands to all tho&s;e who are enemies to the King, and the peace of the <HI>Kingdom.</HI></P>
<P>Signed O. CROMWELL.</P>
<P>For <HI>PEACE</HI>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of a man on horseback</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE> And <HI>TRVTH</HI></P>
<P>Printed in the Year of joy, Novemb. 17. 1648.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="declaration and reply">
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<HEAD>THE DECLARATION Of Lieutenant-Generall CROMWEL CONCERNING The Kings Maje&s;ty, and the Citizens of <HI>London,</HI> and his Prote&s;tation touching the Prince of VVALES.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>LIeutenant Generall <HI>Crumwell,</HI> and divers other Officers of the Army, upon a Generall councel held the 11. of this in&s;tant November, debated
<PB N="2" REF="3">the Propo&s;als of the Army, in reference to the Re&s;ent|m nts, touching the King and his Repre&s;entments; and after &s;ome di&s;pute in an Argumentary way, they una|nimou&s;ly declared their re&s;olutions to adhere there|unto, and to live and dye, and &s;tand and fall with the Army in the South, for pre&s;ervation of the Rights and Liberties of the Free-born people of <HI>England,</HI> and the e&s;tabli&s;hing of the Laws of the Land, and confirming of certain Rules for the execution thereof between the people and their Repre&s;entatives.</P>
<P>And upon the clo&s;e of their con&s;ultations, the Lieu|tenant Generall further demon&s;trated, that he thought it requi&s;ite, that all po&s;&s;ible meanes &s;hould be u&s;ed for the faciliating and obtaining a &s;peedy grant and conde&s;cen&s;ion to the De&s;ires of the Army, both from King and Parliament; and that a Letter be drawn up, and expedited to his Maje&s;ty, to de&s;ire his Gracious conde&s;cen&s;ions to the De&s;ires of his two Hou&s;es, for the &s;etling of a &s;afe and well-grounded peace; as al&s;o pre&s;&s;ing his Maje&s;ty to take the Covenant, and to &s;igne the Propo&s;itions.</P>
<P>The&s;e Propo&s;als were with much alacrity and a|mity embraced, and a Letter is &s;aid to be forthwith drawn up, to be pre&s;ented to his Maje&s;ty, together with a Declaration and Repre&s;entation in behalfe of the Army.</P>
<P>The Lieutenant Gen. hath declared his re&s;olution to the Governour of Pontefract, and hath &s;ent this en|&s;uing Me&s;&s;age (or Summons) for the &s;urrender there|of, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>Sir, Being come hither for the reduction of this place, I thought fit to &s;ummon you, to deliver your
<PB N="3" REF="3">Garri&s;on to me for the u&s;e of the Parliament: tho&s;e Gentlemen and Souldiers with you may have better termes, then if you &s;hould hold it to extremity, I ex|pect a &s;peedy an&s;wer, and re&s;t Yours &amp;c.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>O. CROMWEL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>But notwith&s;tanding the &s;aid Demands, the Kings party hath returned a very peremptory an&s;wer, and are re&s;olved to oppo&s;e us.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>Pontefract <DATE>14. Novemb. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>By Letters from the I&s;le of <HI>Wight</HI> it is advertized, That his Maje&s;ty hath &s;ent a Letter to Gen. <HI>Fairfax,</HI> in|timating, His earne&s;t de&s;ires for peace, requiring his Excellency, and the Councell of the Army to be in|&s;trumenall therein, promi&s;ing upon his Royall Word to &s;atisfie all things by them de&s;ired, and to enact and make proclamation thereupon, throughout all Cities, Counties, and Market townes, within the Kingdome of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales.</HI></P>
<P>And it is further demon&s;trated, that his Maje&s;ty hath promi&s;ed on his Royall Word to grant power to His two Hou&s;es (by an <HI>Act</HI>) to nominate Officers of State for 20 years. As al&s;o to grant an <HI>Act</HI> to confirme the le&s;&s;er Catechi&s;m, (agreed upon by both Hou&s;es) to be read and publi&s;hed in all Churches throughout the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales..</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Armies Repre&s;entation.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen, and Fellow-Commoners,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVHereas there are many fal&s;e &s;ugge|&s;tions and evill a&s;per&s;ions ca&s;t upon the <HI>Army,</HI> by the in&s;olent and corru|pted Spirits of the adver&s;e party, and their Abettors, and who&s;e hearts are &s;till inflamed, again&s;t all tho&s;e who countenance or embrace our Cau&s;e, as is plainly evidenced by their late De&s;ignes throughout the City and Kingdom, and their &s;preading of the black and di&s;|mall Cloud throughout all the corners of the Nation, for the making of the Army odious to the &s;ight and judgment of all men; as al&s;o their pre&s;ent drawing of the Curtain, to make vent and way for the uttering of their fal&s;e and abominable caluminations again&s;t us, in &s;aying that our coun&s;els and con&s;ultations tends to nothing el&s;e, but the utter &s;ubver&s;ion of all Kingly and Monarchical Government, and that our endeavours are for the ob&s;tructing of the <HI>Treaty,</HI> and ruling the King|dom by the power of the Sword.</P>
<P>Therefore, for vindication of the <HI>Army</HI> from the&s;e unparaleld calumniations, we do demon&s;trate and de|clare, that our hearts are free from the lea&s;t thought or action for the &s;ubver&s;ion of Authority or Govern|ment.</P>
<P>Prote&s;ting to live and dye in the true maintenance and pre&s;ervation of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And as we have heretofore demon&s;trated our great and earne&s;t de&s;ires for peace, &s;o we do again declare, that nothing &s;hall be wanting in Us, for the promoting of the &s;aid happy and ble&s;&s;ed work; and that notwith|&s;tanding all a&s;per&s;ions what&s;oever) we &s;hall u&s;e our
<PB N="5" REF="4">utmo&s;t endeavours for the accompli&s;hing of a true &amp; la&s;ting peace, which wce have &s;o dearly bought by the price, and ran&s;ome, of &s;o many thou&s;and innocent and precious &s;oules, who have &s;acrificed their lives in the&s;e eight yeers wars.</P>
<P>And as for the pre&s;ent Treaty in hand between the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Parliament,</HI> we do declare that we &s;hall not ob&s;truct the &s;ame, nor meddle therein; provided, that we may be a&s;&s;ured of &s;ecurity for the future, our ar|rears paid, the great burthen of the Kingdom removed and taken off, Religion &s;etled, and the Subject freed from all tyranny and oppre&s;&s;ion either from Prince or Repre&s;entatives.</P>
<P>The&s;e things being enacted, and confirmed to all fu|ture Generations, we do unanimou&s;ly declare, that none &s;hall be more willing to enjoy that which we have &s;o dearly purcha&s;ed then our &s;elves; and that we &s;hall en|deavour the re-inthroning of our Soveraign, the cal|ling home the Prince and the Duke of <HI>Yorke,</HI> and the compo&s;ing of all other differences, in Church and State.</P>
<CLOSER>Signed by divers Agents of the Army, in the Name of them&s;elves, and all the free-born people of <HI>England,</HI> and commanded to be forthwith prin|ted and publi&s;hed.
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<P>This day divers of the Officers of the Army met at the <HI>Bull-head,</HI> where they debated many excellent things tending to peace; and upon the clo&s;e of their con&s;ultations declared their mo&s;t pious and unanimus re&s;olutions for peace, referring the further re&s;ults thereof till <HI>Thur&s;day.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>St. Albans <DATE>16 Novemb. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Sir, We hear that Lieutenant Generall <HI>Cromwell</HI> hath &s;ent a Letter to the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> dehorting his Highne&s;&s;e to come in to the Parliament, and to medi|ate with his Royall Father for a &s;peedy union and compliance with his two Hou&s;es, &amp;c.</P>
<P>The Lieutenant Generall hath further declared, that he will leave no meanes una&s;&s;ayed, for the com|po&s;ing of all differences betweene the King and peo|ple; and for the better effecting thereof, hath &s;ent a Me&s;&s;age to the Citizens of London, purporting his ear|ne&s;t De&s;ires for peace, and re-inthroning of the King, and that future provi&s;ion be made for the people of England, to pre&s;erve them from tyranny and oppre&s;&s;i|on, requiring them to be in&s;trumentall therein, which Letter is &s;aid to be &s;igned</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>O. CROMWELL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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