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<P>THE DECLARATION OF THE STATES Of <HI>HOLLAND</HI> and <HI>FRIEZLAND,</HI> CONCERNING Prince Charles, AND The <HI>PARLIAMENT</HI> of <HI>ENGLAND;</HI> AND Their Proclamation to be proclaimed throughout the United Provinces; With a Me&s;&s;age and Decla|ration to His Highne&s;&s;e, and His De&s;ires Propo&s;als to the States.</P>
<P>ALSO, A Proclamation to be proclaimed throughout the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> (this pre|&s;ent <HI>Thur&s;day</HI>) concerning the &s;aid Prince <HI>CHARLES.</HI></P>
<P>Imprinted at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>G. W. May</HI> 24. 1649.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="resolution concerning Prince Charles">
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<HEAD>THE RESOLUTION OF THE STATES OF <HI>Holland</HI> and <HI>Friezland,</HI> concerning Prince <HI>Charles,</HI> and the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> and their Proclama|tion to be proclaimed throughout the <HI>Netherlands</HI> thereupon.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Earl of <HI>Montro&s;&s;e</HI> being con&s;tituted and made Generall for <HI>Scotland,</HI> the Prince hath negotiated with the States for ten thou&s;and Armes, who upon con&s;ultation in reference thereunto, re&s;olved not to intermeddle in the lea&s;t, but to endeavour the pre&s;er|vation of a right under&s;tanding between the Republick
<PB N="2" REF="3">of <HI>England,</HI> and the <HI>Netherlanders,</HI> and in order there|unto hath &s;ent an Expre&s;&s;e to his Highne&s;&s;e, purporting, <HI>That He must either depart the Vnited Provinces, or acquit him&s;elf of his followers, they being held in an uni|ver&s;all hatred for the late barbari&s;me committed upon the Parliaments Agent.</HI></P>
<P>But yet notwith&s;tanding the Prince hath &s;ent new Pro|po&s;itions, to the States, de&s;iring 2000. Gilders for his pre&s;ent accommodation, for a certain time, which its believed he will be furni&s;hed withall, for the Prince of <HI>Orenge</HI> hath declared a willingne&s;&s;e, to contribute to|ward his pre&s;ent nece&s;&s;ities.</P>
<P>The Scots Commi&s;&s;ioners have delivered in their la&s;t paper to his Highne&s;&s;e, wherein they declare, <HI>That they cannot de&s;cend any lower then what they have alrea|dy offered, and that if He will not give his a&s;&s;ent to tho&s;e things therein &s;pecified, they mu&s;t be inforced to take care of that Kingdome, for the pre&s;ervation of the fundamen|tall Rights and Liberties of the people, and oppo&s;e all per|&s;ons what&s;oever that &s;hal endeavour to attempt or a&s;sume any power within their Territories, for the ob&s;tructing of the peace thereof.</HI></P>
<P>The Prince being highly di&s;plea&s;ed at the&s;e demon|&s;trations, in a great pa&s;&s;ion declared, <HI>that they were bound to obey, maintain, and defend his per&s;on as their dread &s;o|veraign Lord and King, and that if they did de&s;i&s;t from their former acknowledgment, he would give them &s;uch a Memento, that &s;hould prove both effectuall and &s;atisfacto|ry.</HI></P>
<P>Yet many of his Grandees begin to wave their for|mer Re&s;olutions, and begin to appear ob&s;cure in their a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">tings, which is conceived to ari&s;e from the pre&s;ent
<PB N="3" REF="3">declinings and remon&s;trations of the State provinciall of <HI>Holland,</HI> and <HI>West-Friezland,</HI> who have declared their Re&s;olutions, to pre&s;erve and continue a good corre&s;pondency between the two States of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Holland;</HI> and are re&s;olved to u&s;e their utmo&s;t ende|vours for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing, and bringing to condigne pu|ni&s;hment all per&s;ons what&s;oever, that &s;hall foment, &s;ugge&s;t or &s;editiou&s;ly &s;tir up the people, in rai&s;ing any thing tending to the illegality of the proceedings of the afore&s;aid States, and are likewi&s;e re&s;olved to &s;et forth proclamation, prohibiting all per&s;ons from act|ing or intermedling with the publique affaires of either States, in reference to the di&s;countenancing or with|drawing of others from their due obedience, upon pain of incurring &s;uch penalties, as &s;hall be inflicted upon them according to their demerits.</P>
<P>This Proclamation is to be proclaimed throughout all the re&s;pective United provinces.</P>
<P>We hear that the princes De&s;ign goes very &s;lowly on at Sea, and that in&s;tead of becomming ma&s;ters ther|of, are here e&s;teemed as great lo&s;ers; for it is &s;aid, that the two unfortunate princes, <HI>Rupert</HI> and <HI>Maurice,</HI> hath lo&s;t 12 &s;ayl of &s;hips, and above one hundred and fifty pieces of Ordnance.</P>
<P>Prince <HI>Charles</HI> Elector Palatine of the <HI>Rhyne,</HI> hath &s;ent a Me&s;&s;age and full &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion to the <HI>Emperor</HI> of <HI>Germa|ny,</HI> &s;o that it is believed the re&s;titution of his Country will be &s;uddenly accompli&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hague 19. May, 1649.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>A de&s;cription of the Levellers, and the &s;peeches of tho&s;e that were lately executed, are as followeth, and fir&s;t be plea&s;ed to peru&s;e the words of undanted <HI>Tom|&s;on.</HI></P>
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<P> <HI>That it is ju&s;t what did befal him, that God did not <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the ways he went, that he had offended the General, and de|&s;ired the prayers of the people, and told the &s;ouldiers that were appointed to &s;hoot him, that when he held out his hand they &s;hould do their duties, and accordingly he was imme|diatly a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ter the &s;ign given &s;hot to death,</HI> next after him was a corporal brought to the &s;ame place of execution <HI>where looking vpon his fellow mutineer and bid them that were appointed to &s;hoot, &s;hoot, and dyed de&s;perately.</HI> The third being al&s;o a corpor<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">l brought to the &s;ame place, <HI>and without the lea&s;t acknowledgement of errour, or &s;hew of fear, pulled off his Dublet (&s;tanding a pretty di&s;tance from the wall) bidding the &s;oldiers do their duties, looking them in the face, till they gave fire, not &s;hewing the least kind of t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rror or fearfulnes of &s;pirit.</HI> After the&s;e 3 corner Dan, was brought to the place of execution, <HI>he exprest him&s;elf with much penitancy, and &s;aid that he was more worthy to dy then live, with much remor&s;e of con&s;cience for being an occa&s;ion to lead others into this way of mutiny, and di&s;obedience.</HI> But immediate before the act of exe|cution, The General &s;ent him a pardon, and he was &s;en|&s;ible of the mercy all that while this act of Ju&s;tice was doing, the re&s;t of the mutineers were in the church be|holding the &s;ad &s;pectacle, and after all was over Lieut, Gen. Cromwel, and other officers went to them in the Church&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nd acuainted them how mercifully the Gen. had dealt with them, that he had de&s;tinated them, and hath made &s;o few examples (excepting only every tenth man to dy the mutiny being of &s;o high a nature ha|zarding the ruin of the Parliament and Kingdome, and delivering up all hone&s;t men to the cruelty of the Common enemy again&s;t whom they had fought &s;o long.</P>
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<P> This is to be ob&s;erved, that before the Sentence of the Councel of war pa&s;&s;ed again&s;t them, they were very high and peremptory in their language and carriage, but the Sentence of death &s;o &s;truck them, that when they had their monies &s;ent them to buy provi&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ns, they all refu&s;ed to ac<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ept of it, &s;aying, they mu&s;t take care to provide for the Soul, and not for the Body, and ma|ny of them wept bitterly for the unhappine&s;&s;e of their condition, i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> being mi&s;led to &s;o rude a bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; it is likewi&s;e &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ly to be ob&s;erved that many of tho&s;e men being form<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rly great profe&s;&s;ors of the Go&s;pel, have of late thrown off all Ordinances, nay &s;ome, the Scripture it &s;elf, fancying to them&s;elves, that t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ey live above Or|dinances or Rules of Scripture; and God hath &s;uffered them to be in&s;nared with &s;uch temptations of the Di|vell as to be <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">eft to them&s;elves.</P>
<P>Cornet <HI>Den</HI> did confe&s;&s;e that many of that party that were thus engaged with him, their hearts were &s;o inra|ged, and full of bitterne&s;&s;e again&s;t the Parliament party, and all others that did not adhere unto them, that he did think in his con&s;cience there would have bin great cru|elty u&s;ed by the&s;e men, and that it was a ble&s;&s;ed and hap|py hour they were &s;urprized and prevented. Colonell <HI>Eyres</HI> is now brought pri&s;oner to <HI>Oxford,</HI> to be tryed for his life: Hee did in n high manner exa&s;perate the Mutineers, and at <HI>Newbridge</HI> led on the Forlorn Hope, &amp; would have charged col. <HI>Reynold,</HI> and col. <HI>Okey,</HI> who made good the pa&s;&s;e again&s;t him, though they were but a handfull to their number; he with divers others was in that hou&s;e where that man was killed of our party, and &s;hot divers of our &s;ouldiers before they would yeeld.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Oxford <DATE>21 May, 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>Upon the 23 of this in&s;tant, came further intelli|gence, that another party of Levellers began to appeare vi&s;ible in the I&s;le of Wight, and were re&s;olved to &s;et up their Standard of Sea-green Colours, making great boa&s;ts of divers parties prevailing for them it, <HI>England</HI> thinking thereby to &s;educe the Souldiery (by which meanes they did mi&s;lead &s;ome) and the people; but a &s;peedy cou&s;e is taking for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of them, and the major part of the Inhabitants and Souldiery have declared a unanimous re&s;olution to live and dye with the Parliament and Army.</P>
<P>The grand proclamation touching <HI>Charles Stuart</HI> elde&s;t Sonne to the late King, is &s;aid to be this pre&s;ent <HI>Thur&s;day,</HI> to be proclaimed throughout the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>VVe&s;tminster,</HI> prohibiting all per&s;ons what|&s;oever, from acknowledging the &s;aid <HI>Charles Stuart</HI> to be Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> or to have any Right or Title ther|unto or to any other places what&s;oever, throughout the two Nations of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>May 23. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>Imprimatur</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>T.J.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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