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<P>A DECLARATION From His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, AND <HI>The Generall Councell of the ARMY;</HI></P>
<P><HI>CONCERNING,</HI> The ob&s;tructive proceedings of divers Citizens of <HI>Lon|Lon,</HI> towards the Souldiery; As al&s;o the Charge of the Army upon them, and the re&s;t of their Ad|herents about the City.</P>
<P>Together with their la&s;t Propo&s;als to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, and a Letter from his Exceliency and the Army, read in both Hou&s;es of Parliament upon Satturday la&s;t, and communicated to the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Com|mon-Councell of the City of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>BY the appointment of his Excellency Sir <HI>Tho: Fairfax,</HI> and the Generall Councell of the Army, this <HI>Declara|tion,</HI> together with the <HI>Propo&s;als,</HI> were &s;ent to the Commi&s;|&s;ioners of Lords and Commons re&s;iding with the Army, to be pre&s;ented to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, and read upon Sat|turday <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Septemb. 18. 1647. <ADD>7^b^e^r 21</ADD></P>
<P>Printed at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>C. W.</HI> and are to be &s;old at the Royall Exchange in <HI>Cornhill,</HI> 1647.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION FROM His Excellency Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> and the Generall Councell of the Army, concer|ning the City of <HI>London</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>VVHereas the great neglect of divers per&s;ons within the City of <HI>London,</HI> hath occa&s;ioned too many delayes in rai&s;ing Money for &s;upply of the Army, and other Forces of the Kingdome; His Ex|cellency Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> and the General-Coun|cell of the Army, Doth declare, That they take no|tice of the great wants of the Souldiery, both of the Army, and other Forces, and Garri&s;ons; as al&s;o of the &s;ufferings of the County, in re&s;pect of free quar|ter,
<PB REF="3">which might have been peevented, and a cour&s;e ta|ken for disbanding &s;uperfluous Forces, and &s;ending o|ver of others for the reliefe of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the &s;up|plying of tho&s;e that are there already, had it not been for neglect or delay of tho&s;e on whom the Parlia|ment have depended in that particular, and they doe e&s;pecially take notice of the delayes made by the Ci|ty in advancing of that &s;umme, which the Hou&s;es have demanded of them upon the &s;ecurity of the Ar|reares &s;o long &s;ince due from the City to the Army; upon which they doe declare, and propound to this effect.</P>
<P N="1">I. <HI>That for what time their defauls or delayes have oc|ca&s;ioned, and &s;hall further occa&s;ion the Armies &s;tay here|abouts, the charge thereof &s;hould &s;ome way be laid upon them, and their adherents about the City.</HI></P>
<P N="2">II. <HI>That the Hou&s;es would be plea&s;ed &s;peedily to con&s;ider of the Delinquencie of tho&s;e that had a hand in the Tu|mult, De&s;ine, and Engagement of a new Warre, and that &s;uch Fines may be upon them for the &s;ame, as &s;hall bee a|greeable to ju&s;tice.</HI></P>
<P N="3">III. <HI>That in ca&s;e the Money be not brought in by the time limited, the Parliament would be plea&s;ed to give leave to the Generall (with the advice and directions of the Com|mittee for the Army) for the levying of the &s;aid Ar|reares.</HI></P>
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<P> All which they rather de&s;ire from grounds of rea|&s;on and evidence from the &s;peeches of many in the City, and de&s;ignes and hopes of the Parliament and Armies Enemies to rai&s;e the Army into di&s;tempers, and the Country about them into confu&s;ion.</P>
<P>This Declaration was agreed upon at the Head|quarters at <HI>Putney,</HI> upon Thur&s;day la&s;t, there being a Generall Councell of the Army appointed to be held every Thur&s;day. The Generall Councell met in the Church, the Generall, many Generall Officers, Field-Officers, inferiour Officers, and Agitators met. A great part of the time was &s;pent in con&s;ideration, and debate of the Propo&s;als of the Army, and &s;ome few things agreed upon to be altered, and explained in them, which no doubt will give much &s;atisfaction to the Kingdome.</P>
<P>After the afore&s;aid Declaration was fini&s;hed, it was, by the appointment of his Excellency, and the Councell of Warre, &s;ent to the Right Honourable the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Lords and Commons re&s;iding with the Army, to be pre&s;ented from them to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, which according, with a Letter from the Generall and Army, to this effect, <HI>vix. That they earne&s;tly de&s;ired, &s;ome &s;peedy cour&s;e might be taken for their pay, that &s;o they might be inabled to pay their quarters,</HI> was pre&s;ented to both Hou&s;es of Parliament upon Satturday la&s;t, and after reading thereof, orde|red to be communicated to the Lord Major, Alder|men, and Common-Councell of the City of Lon|don.</P>
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<HEAD>The Debates of the Generall Officers of the <HI>ARMY.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>UPon Thur&s;day la&s;t, being the 16. of this in&s;tant, his Excellency Sir <HI>Thomas Fair|fax,</HI> and the generall Officers of the army, had a great meeting at <HI>Putney,</HI> where they &s;pent much time, in debating upon the pre&s;ent af|faires of the Kingdom, and upon many great and weighty matters, exceedingly materiall towards the &s;etling of a firme peace and u|nion. During which time of con&s;ultation, in debate thereof, many worthy and excel|lent &s;peeches were made at the Councell ta|ble, in the pre&s;ence of the Generall, Lieute|nant Generall, and the re&s;t of the Officers a&s;|&s;embled together, by certain Colonels of the Army, which was to this effect viz.</P>
<P><HI>That they de&s;ired nothing &s;o much, in re&s;pect of their own particulars, as to &s;ee this langui&s;h|ing
<PB REF="4">and tottering Kingdome, re&s;tored to a happy and flouri&s;hing condition, that &s;o the pure light of the Go&s;pell may &s;hine forth in abundance, and appeare in its full l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e throughout all darke and ob&s;cure corners of the Kingdom, and that the joyfull newes of Peace may have its full Eccho and tryumphant &s;ound throughout all his Maie|&s;ties Realmes and Dominions, and that the hearts both of King and People may be firmly kuit and united together, &amp;c.</HI> With many other worthy expre&s;&s;ions and prote&s;tations, touching the &s;etling of a firme peace.</P>
<P>Much time were &s;pent, touching divers weighty bu&s;ine&s;&s;es in behalfe of the whole Kingdome, concerning the peace, and future &s;afety; as al&s;o &s;ome things debated upon in reference to the Propo&s;alls, that after the Rights, Liberties, Peace and &s;afety of the Kingdome being provided for, the Kings Maje&s;ties Royall per&s;on, his Gon&s;ort the Queena, their Highne&s;&s;es, <HI>Charles</HI> Prince of <HI>Wales, James</HI> Duke of <HI>Yorke,</HI> and the re&s;t of the Royall I&s;&s;ue, may be re&s;tored to a condi|tion of &s;afety, honour, and freedome in this Nation, without diminution to their per&s;o|nall
<PB REF="5">Rights, or further limitation to the ex|erci&s;e of the Regall power, &amp;c.</P>
<P>No wayes are left una&s;&s;ayed, for the ob|taining of a &s;peedy &s;ettlement of the King|dome, and e&s;tabli&s;hing of his Maie&s;ty and his Royall po&s;terity in their full Rights &amp; Freedomes, &s;o that there is great hopes of a happy and mutuall concurrence, betwixt the King and his great Councell. The Generall Councell goes on unammou&s;ly in all their Undertakings, and not &s;o much as one di&s;|&s;enting Member among&s;t them.</P>
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<P>BY the appointment of his Excellency, and the Councell of Warre, the fore-going Declara|tion was &s;ent to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Lords and Commons, to be pre&s;ented to both Hou&s;es of Par|liament.</P>
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