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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B120710.apex.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<P>THE <HI>Commi&s;sioners la&s;t De&s;ires to the King,</HI> FOR THE Setling of Religion WITH <HI>His Maje&s;ties An&s;wer delivered on Sa|turday la&s;t.</HI> And his Maje&s;ties Engage|ment to a po&s;itive An&s;wer on Munday <HI>October</HI> 9. 1648.</P>
<P><HI>With &s;ome other Overtures betweene the</HI> King and the Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of enthroned king with orb and scepter</FIGDESC>
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<P>Printed for the generall &s;atisfaction of moderate men.</P>
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<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion and Tudor rose on one side and the Scottish unicorn and thistle on the other</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>A LETTER FROM <HI>The ISLE of WIGHT</HI> Concerning the TREATY</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THE Commi&s;&s;ioners pre&s;ented to the King, the de&s;ires inclo&s;ed for &s;etling of Religion, de&s;iring his Maje&s;ty to pa&s;&s;e them. There hath been great arguing about them on both &s;ides, &s;ome of the particulars whereof I have formerly given you.</P>
<PB N="2" REF="3">
<P>In &s;umme, his Maje&s;ty hath &s;trove much for the Bi&s;hops, and (I hope) hath received &s;atisfaction therein.</P>
<P>The greate&s;t matter herein, &s;eems (now) to bee about the taking of the Covenant, wherein much hath been &s;aid to &s;atisfie his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P><HI>And His Maje&s;ty hath now pro|mi&s;ed to deliver in His Po&s;itive An|&s;wer on Munday next, by nine of the Clock.</HI></P>
<P>If we were but got over this rub, I beleeve there would not bee &s;uch another in all the re&s;t.</P>
<P>I am per&s;waded that the Bi&s;hops, and Doctors being about his Maje&s;ty, hath cau|&s;ed this long di&s;pute, about the Church: for they are very loath to have their Diana goe downe.</P>
<P><HI>Sir</HI> Peter Killigrew <HI>&s;tayes here rea|dy to come away on Sunday, if his Ma|je&s;ty give a &s;atisfactory An&s;wer.</HI></P>
<P><HI>If His Maje&s;ty give us but a good
<PB N="3" REF="3"> An&s;wer on Munday, I hope (yet) that there will be a good conclu&s;ion of all, to an happy peace.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Newport <DATE>7 October, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="proposals regarding religion">
<HEAD>THE <HI>Commi&s;sioners De&s;ires pre&s;ented to the Kings Maje&s;ty.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat your Maje&s;ty, according to the lau|dable example of your Royall Father of happy memory, may be plea&s;ed to &s;wear and &s;igne the late Solemn League and Covenant; And that an Act of Parliament be pa&s;&s;ed, for enjoyning the taking thereof by all the Sub|jects of the Kingdome; And the Ordinan|ces concerning the maner of taking the &s;ame, be confirmed by Acts of Parliament, with &s;uch penalties as by mutuall advice of Par|liament &s;hall be agreed upon.</P>
<P>That a Bill be pa&s;&s;ed for the utter a|boli&s;hing &amp; taking away of all Arch-Bi&s;hops,
<PB N="4" REF="4"> Bi&s;hops, their Chancellors, and Comi&s;&s;aries, Deanes, and Sub-Deanes, Deanes and Chapters, Arch-Deacons, Cannons, and Prebenda|ries; and all Chaunters, Chancellors, Trea&s;urers, Sub-Trea&s;urers, and Suc|centors, and Sacri&s;ts, and all Vicars Chorill, and Chore&s;ters, old Vic|ars, and new Vicars of any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church, and all other their under Officers, out of the Church of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales;</HI> And out of the Church of <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
<P>That the Ordinances concerning the calling and &s;itting of the A&s;&s;em|bly of Divines, be confirmed by Act of Parliament.</P>
<P>That Reformation of Religion ac|cording to the Covenant, be &s;etled by Act of Parliament, in &s;uch man|ner
<PB N="5" REF="4"> as both Hou&s;es have agreed, or &s;hall agree upon, after con&s;ultation had with the A&s;&s;embly of Divines.</P>
<P>That for the more effectual di&s;able|ing Je&s;uits, Prie&s;ts, Papi&s;ts, and Po|pi&s;h Recu&s;ants from di&s;turbing the State, and deluding the Laws; and for the better di&s;covering, and &s;peedy conviction of Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, an Oath be e&s;tabli&s;hed by Act of Parlia|ment to bee admini&s;tred to them, wherein they abjure and renounce the Popes Supremacy, the Doctrine of Tran&s;ub&s;tantiation, Purgatory, VVor&s;hipping of the Con&s;ecrated Hoa&s;t, Crucifixes and Images, and all Popi&s;h Super&s;titions and Errors; and refu&s;ing the &s;aid Oath, being tend|red in &s;uch manner as &s;hall be appoin|ted by the &s;aid Act, to be a &s;ufficient Conviction of Popi&s;h Recu&s;ancy.</P>
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<P>An Act or Acts of Parliament for educa|tion of the Children of Papi&s;ts by Prote|&s;tants, in the Prote&s;tant Religion.</P>
<P>An Act or Acts for the true Leavie of the Penalties again&s;t them, which penalties to be leavied and di&s;po&s;ed in &s;uch manner as both Hou&s;es &s;hall agree on, wherein to be provided that His Maje&s;ty &s;hal have no lo&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>That an Act or Acts bee pa&s;&s;ed in Parlia|ment, wherby the practi&s;es of Papi&s;ts again&s;t the State may be prevented, and the Lawes again&s;t them duly executed, and a &s;tricter cour&s;e taken for to prevent the Saying or Hearing of Ma&s;&s;e in the Court, or any o|ther part of this Kingdome, or the King|dome of <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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