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<P>A MESSAGE SENT From the City of <HI>London,</HI> to the King Maje&s;ty in the I&s;le of <HI>Wight,</HI> Declaring their Re&s;olutions touching the &s;pee|dy bringing of His Maje&s;ty to His Royall Palace at <HI>White-Hall,</HI> and the manner thereof.</P>
<P>Sub&s;cribed by the Royall-hearted Citizens.</P>
<P>ALSO, The Declaration of the Queen of <HI>England,</HI> concerning Her Royall Con&s;ort King <HI>Charles;</HI> and Her Letter to the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> touching the Earl of <HI>WARWICK.</HI></P>
<P>AGreed upon by the Queens Maie&s;ty, and Her Councell a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> St. <HI>Jermins,</HI> and publi&s;hed throughout the Kingdome of <HI>France.</HI></P>
<P><FIGURE>
<HEAD>M R</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>depiction of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>C R</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>depiction of King Charles I of England</FIGDESC>
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<P>Printed in the Year, 1648.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="royal declaration">
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<HEAD>THE QUEEN OF ENGLANDS Declaration at <HI>Paris</HI> in <HI>France.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD>Concerning Her Royall Con&s;ort the King of Great <HI>Brittain;</HI> Declaring her Re&s;olution touching the <HI>Treaty</HI> at <HI>Newport,</HI> and the <HI>Par|liament</HI> at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Endeared Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVHereas (with much patience) I have long bedeld the mi&s;eries of your di&s;tracted <HI>Kingdom,</HI> and finding
<PB N="2" REF="3">nothing more in&s;trumentall for the &s;etling of a firme and la&s;ting peace, then the ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Treaty</HI> now on foot, I therefore thought requi&s;ite, to ca&s;t my thoughts thereon, and to make it the chiefe&s;t Object of my af|fections, by indeavouring the propagating thereof in the&s;e parts, and cleering all &s;cruples that may ari&s;e from the adver&s;e party, which I find to be many. But ker Maje&s;ty the Queen of Great Brittain, hath decla|red the &s;en&s;e of her Royall Brea&s;t, touching the pre|&s;ent Work in di&s;pute between the King and Parlia|ment, and is plea&s;ed to ca&s;t a favourable con&s;truction thereon; and by rea&s;on of the many a&s;per&s;ons laid up|on her <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> repre&s;enting her as an Enemy to the peace of <HI>England,</HI> after con&s;ultation with her Councel at St. <HI>Jermins,</HI> &s;he re&s;olved to declare her intentions &amp; determinations to the view of the World, and gave expre&s;&s;e command to her Secretary to draw up a De|claration to be forthwith printed, the heads whereof are the&s;e.
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<ITEM>1 <HI>That Her Majesty de&s;ires nothing more then a com|po&s;ure of all differences betweene, Her dread Soveraigne Lord the King, and his two Hou&s;es of the Parliament of</HI> England <HI>a&s;sembled at We&s;tminster.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 <HI>That Her Maje&s;ty &s;hall indeavour the propagating of this pre&s;ent Treaty, and de&s;ire a &s;peedy agreement, be|tween Her Soveraign and His two Hou&s;es, that &s;o peace may be e&s;tabli&s;hed throughout His Realmes and Domini|ons.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 <HI>That Her Majesty &s;hall indeavour the removing of all Ob&s;tacles that may retard or hinder this pre&s;ent work in hand; provided, that She may enjoy the liberty of Her Con&s;cience for Her Self and Her Family, according to the Articles of both Kingdoms.</HI></ITEM>
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<P> <HI>That Her Maje&s;ty may be admitted to come for</HI> Eng|land <HI>&s;o &s;oon as the Articles of Agreement are &s;igned and that She may be admitted to Her Royall Con&s;ort, in honor, freedom, and &s;afety.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e and many other particulars are contained in the &s;aid <HI>Declaration,</HI> which is now extant among&s;t us, and are very &s;atisfactory.</P>
<P>We hear that Her Maje&s;ty hath &s;ent a Letter to the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> dehorting him from an Engagement with the Earl of <HI>Warwick,</HI> and to endeavour the &s;etling of a peace between the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Parliament,</HI> and it is hoped he will much incline to the &s;aid advice and councell.</P>
<P>But here is a rumour, that his Highne&s;&s;e hath &s;ent Propo&s;itions to the States of <HI>Holland,</HI> purporting His De&s;ires, for the Dutch Fleer to continue betweene the two Navies, to hinder an Engagement, that &s;o the &s;tate|ly Fabrick of his Fathers Shipping may be pre&s;erved and the mutuall League and Covenant between the States and the Crowne of <HI>England</HI> firmly kept and maintained.</P>
<P>In a word, Great are our expectations for the Ty|dings of <HI>peace,</HI> who&s;e hearts thir&s;t after unity and con|cord, which I de&s;ire may be communicated to him who remaineth,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your mo&s;t obliged and devoted friend, <HI>L. VANDIEU.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Paris <DATE>26 Octob. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<HEAD>The la&s;t Newes from the Treaty.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE Commi&s;&s;ioners proceed according to their In&s;tructions, de&s;iring His <HI>Maj.</HI> to give His Royal A&s;&s;ent for the confirming of the <HI>Presbyterian Govern|ment,</HI> and the aboli&s;hing of <HI>Bi&s;hops</HI> and <HI>Epi&s;copacy</HI> for the future.</P>
<P>This motion cau&s;eth &s;ome &s;cruple to ari&s;e from His <HI>Majesty,</HI> but after mature deliberation thereupon, re|turneth a &s;atisfactory An&s;wer to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners,</HI> in|&s;omuch that it is conceived, He will give His Royall Word for pa&s;&s;ing the &s;aid Bill, according to the time and manner prefixed by both Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament;</HI> which cau&s;eth a di&s;mall frown to proceed from the adver&s;e party.</P>
<P>And His <HI>Majestic</HI> being &s;en&s;ible of their pre&s;ent di&s;|contents and murmurings, gave expre&s;&s;e Command, that <HI>proclamation</HI> &s;hould be made throughout the &s;aid I&s;land, for the preventing of all In&s;urrections and com|motions during the time of the <HI>Treaty,</HI> which was ac|cordingly done.</P>
<P>So that there is great hopes that all Ob&s;tacles will be removed, which may prove prejudiciall to this <HI>Treaty,</HI> or fru&s;trate the endeavours and con&s;ultation of the great Councell a&s;&s;embled, who are even upon the clo&s;e of a finall end and Agreement.</P>
<P>His <HI>Maie&s;ty</HI> &s;aith, that He hath &s;ome few things to propound to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners,</HI> which will give great &s;atisfaction to His two Hou&s;es, and remove all jealou|&s;ies and fears what&s;oever from among&s;t His liege peo|ple of <HI>England;</HI> the &s;aid <HI>Propo&s;als</HI> are to be debated at the Councell Table, &s;o &s;oon as his <HI>Maie&s;ty</HI> hath recei|ved
<PB N="5" REF="4">the &s;en&s;e of His two Hou&s;es, to his la&s;t <HI>Conce&s;&s;ions</HI> for aboli&s;hing of <HI>Epi&s;copacy.</HI></P>
<P>His Maje&s;ties Coun&s;ell hath declared a great liking of this their Soveraigns Re&s;olution, and in particular, the Bi&s;hop of <HI>London,</HI> who this morning told the <HI>King.</HI> That he had &s;eriou&s;ly meditated upon the Originall Grounds of <HI>Presbytery,</HI> and found them con&s;onant to the Word of God, and agreeable to the &s;acred Rules Ordained by the Apo&s;tles and Evangeli&s;ts in the holy Scriptures, and therefore conceived, that his Maje&s;ty might in honour and con&s;cience give his Royall A&s;|&s;ent for the more fully and firm &s;etling of the Dire|ctory, &amp;c.</P>
<P>The&s;e conde&s;cen&s;ions from the pillars of Epi&s;co|pacy, doth betoken a happy uniting and concurrence to <HI>Presbytery;</HI> which being once a&s;&s;ented to, there's no doubt but all other Ob&s;tacles will &s;oon be removed, and the &s;ilver cords of Amity firmly knit, and unite the hearts both of <HI>Prince</HI> and <HI>people,</HI> in peace and tranqui|lity.</P>
<P>We hear that there hath been a late De&s;ign com|plotting by the Enemies of <HI>Religion,</HI> again&s;t the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Kingdom,</HI> who had con&s;pired to rai&s;e a great army throughout the <HI>Kingdom</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> by tendering an Oath of Secre&s;ie, a Party whereof to gather to a head in the We&s;t, and &s;everall other parts of the <HI>Kingdome</HI> for the re&s;cuing his <HI>Maie&s;ty</HI> from the power of the <HI>Parliament,</HI> and to bring him to <HI>London</HI> by force, if they do not condi&s;cend to his De&s;ires, and to put mo&s;t of them to the &s;word. But by the divine providence of the All-&s;eeing <HI>Iehovah,</HI> their Plot is di&s;covered, and by his omnipotency quite fru&s;trated and prevented.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Newport <DATE>30. Octob. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Tue&s;day Octob. 31.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Letters from the We&s;t &s;ay, <HI>That it is conceived his Maje&s;ty will go neer to &s;ign to all the propo&s;itions upon Friday next, notwith&s;tanding what hath verbally pa&s;t to the contrary. The Lord Duke of <HI>Rich|mond,</HI> and the Marquis of <HI>Hartford,</HI> admire his <HI>Maje|&s;ties</HI> wi&s;dome in carrying on this Treaty, and have prote|sted that they do not know by what Coun&s;ell the King go|verns his actions.</HI></P>
<P>Divers Agents are &s;aid to be &s;ent from the Queen and the Prince to the King, with Letters of great im|portance. As al&s;o a me&s;&s;age from the City of <HI>London</HI> &s;ub&s;cribed by the Royall party, intimating, Their pri|vate de&s;ign in li&s;ting of new forces, for the advance|ment of his Maje&s;ties Cau&s;e, and re-inve&s;ting Him in his Royall Throne; but by an unheard of &s;tratageme their de&s;ign is prevented, and their plot revealed.</P>
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