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<P>THE DESIRES of his EXCELLENCIE Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX, and the Generall Councell of the Army, held at <HI>Putney Octob.</HI> 21, 1647.</P>
<P>Concerning the &s;ecurity of Deanes and Chapters Lands for their Arreares.</P>
<P>Al&s;o &s;everall Propo&s;als concerning the E&s;tates of Pa|pi&s;ts, and the compo&s;itions of Delinquents.</P>
<P>With his Excellencies Letter to the Committee of the Army, to repre&s;ent the &s;ame to the Parliament.</P>
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<P>By the appointment of his Excellency Sir <HI>THO|MAS FAIRFAX,</HI> and the Generall Coun|cell of the Army.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>W. Clarke.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Putney. <DATE>28. October. 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>T. H.</HI> for <HI>Iohn Playford,</HI> at his &s;hop in the Inner Temple. 1647.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_AT the la&s;t Generall Councell of the Army, the particulars con|tayned in the inclo&s;ed Paper were re&s;olved on to bee repre|&s;ented to the Parliament, in re|lation to &s;ecurity for Arreares and other concernments of the Souldiery, I de&s;ire your &s;elfe with the Committee of the Army, would be plea&s;ed to take care, That the &s;ayd Paper or the matters contayned therein, may be &s;peedily pre&s;ented to the Hou&s;es con&s;ideration: <HI>I</HI> remayne</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your very a&s;&s;ured friend, <HI>THO. FAIRFAX.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Turnham Greene <DATE>27. Octob. 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>For the Honoured ROBERT SCAVVEN E&s;quire, in the Chayre of the Committee for the Army.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>The De&s;ires of His Excellency, Sir <HI>Thomas Farifax,</HI> and the Generall Councell of the Army, held at <HI>Putney,</HI> Octob. <HI>21. 1647.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_FOra&s;much as wee under&s;tand, That the Hou&s;e of Commons in the Overture of Deanes and Chapters Lands, for the &s;ecu|rity of the Arreares of the Souldiers, have not pa&s;t, but referr'd to &s;ome other u&s;e the Rents of A&s;&s;ize, &amp;c. This Councell doth crave leave humbly to repre&s;ent to the Hou&s;es of Parliament, the in&s;ufficiency (as we conceive) of that &s;ecurity, and our De&s;ires, that a&s;well the Rents re&s;erved upon all Lea&s;es, as the Lands and all other the rights and benefits, be|longing to Deanes and Chapters for their former main|tenance and &s;upport, may bee comprehended and pa&s;t for the &s;aid &s;ecurity, as fully as Bi&s;hops Lands were, and with no more exceptions; without which; wee cannot accept it as any con&s;iderable &s;ecurity; yet wee de&s;ire all due regard may bee had to the pre&s;ent Le&s;&s;ors of the
<PB N="4" REF="4">&s;aid Lands. And al&s;o to the maintenance, a rea&s;onable &s;atisfaction of all &s;uch per&s;ons as having a pre&s;ent inte|re&s;t in the Revenue belonging to Deanes and Chapters, have not forfeired the &s;ame by Delinquency: And to the end, the ju&s;t expectations of the Souldiery (in reference to their great Arteares) may bee put into a &s;peedy way of &s;atisfaction, wee de&s;ire the Hou&s;e will bee plea&s;ed to put the &s;aid Lands into the hands of certaine Tru&s;tees, that &s;o they may bee &s;old out of hand for the u&s;es afore&s;aid, and that there may be a pre&s;ent publike prohibition of any further procee|dings in renewing of Lea&s;es, inlarging of E&s;tates, or cut|ting downe of Woods or any other wa&s;te upon the &s;aid land: and as we thinke, wee may ju&s;tly expect the like care and expedition in this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e as hath been mani|fe&s;ted to our Brethren the Scots, in order to their &s;ati&s;|faction before their departure out of England. As for the Rents of Papi&s;ts, that have been in Armes, we crave leave to make our Exception again&s;t that &s;ecurity, and to repre&s;ent (according to our former Declarations) that we doe not de&s;ire, That Papi&s;ts in Armes (<HI>qua</HI> Papi&s;ts) &s;hould be excepted from Pardon, or made le&s;&s;e capable of Compo&s;ition then others, nor have their E&s;tates ex|po&s;ed to &s;ale, wherefore in lien of tho&s;e Lands of Pa|pi&s;ts in Armes, we renew our de&s;ires, concerning For|re&s;t Lands, with a due Con&s;ideration, of the adjacent Poore, that they bee to wayes damnified thereby; and fora&s;much as the Arreares of the Souldiery is &s;o great, that the &s;ecurities formerly de&s;ired, in regard of the Ex|ceptions contained in them, which heretofore have not been &s;o obvious to us, will not be &s;ufficient to di&s;charge
<PB N="5" REF="4">them: We likewi&s;e de&s;ire,</P>
<P>That all &s;uch Moneys as &s;hall ari&s;e upon Compo&s;i|tions of Delinquents, pa&s;t or to come, may bee charg|ed as further &s;ecurity for the &s;ayde Arreares, to take place after the moneyes already charged upon the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;atisfied.</P>
<P>It is further de&s;ired,</P>
<P>That the whole matter of &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">curity for Arreares of the Souldiers, may bee included among&s;t the Propo|&s;itions for peace, and that the other Particulars in our late Paper of the one and twentieth of September, a|bout our Concernments as Souldiers, may al&s;o bee ta|ken into con&s;ideration, and what is or &s;hall bee re&s;ol|ved thereupon, may be in&s;erted into the propo&s;itions to be &s;ent downe to his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as wee have made diver&s;e addre&s;&s;es to the Parliament, for the &s;etling of the Army, and o|ther Forces of the Kingdome, and &s;atisfying them in their ju&s;t dues and nece&s;&s;ary concernments, as afore|&s;aid, and wee finde little hath as yet beene done to that end, and for that wee conceive the Con&s;ideration thereof is of &s;o great concernment, as that it is the fir&s;t foundation of any &s;ettlement that can bee to the publique affaires.</P>
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<P> Wee humbly de&s;ire, That the Hou&s;es will be &s;o &s;en|&s;ible thereof, as to make it their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e to in&s;i&s;t upon the &s;peedy Con&s;ideration of the&s;e things, untill they may bee fully provided for.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>By the appointment of his Excellency, Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> and the Generall Councell of the Army. <HI>WIL. CLARKE.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Putney. <DATE>27. October. 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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