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<P>PROPOSITIONS AGREED Upon by the E&s;tates of the Kingdome of SCOTLAND, to be &s;ent to the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> concerning <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">he Kings Maje&s;ty and the Cove|nant, and the bringing of His Maje&s;ty to His Palace at White-Hall.</P>
<P>And the rai&s;ing of an Army in the &s;aid Kingdome, under the command of the Earl of <HI>Callender,</HI> who is now appointed Generall for their new De&s;igne.</P>
<P>Al&s;o the Copy of a Letter from the We&s;t of <HI>England,</HI> declaring the proceedings of Col. <HI>Forte&s;cue</HI> (Governour of <HI>Pendennis Ca&s;tle</HI> in <HI>Cornwall</HI>) again&s;t Colonell Sir <HI>Hardre&s;&s;e Waller,</HI> and his denyall to &s;urrender up the Ca&s;tle.</P>
<P>Together with &s;trange newes from <HI>Plymouth,</HI> and the proceedings of a party In the I&s;le of Wight, touching the late ri&s;ing of the London Prentices.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by JOHN CLOWES, 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER SENT From the Kings Maje&s;ties Court at <HI>Caris|brooke</HI> Ca&s;tle in the <HI>I&s;le of Wight,</HI> touch|ing the proceedings of the Parliament and Army,</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE &s;tate of things here are in a good conditi|on, and quiet, the Malignants &s;eeme to &s;tand in greater awe of the Par<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">iament then ever, as ap|pears by their not &s;candalizing the Parliament and Army, with &s;uch opprobious language, and notorious fictions and lyes, as heretofore they were wont to infect this I&s;land with, to the great di&s;honour of the wel-af|fected, and incouragement of the di&s;contented Party; onely they expre&s;&s;e &s;ome <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">opes that the wind will <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">n, as they &s;ay, and that once again they &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ave occa&s;ion, to u&s;e their en|deavour, in revenging them&s;elve upon the Parliament, the
<PB N="2" REF="3"> Army, and tho&s;e that do adhere unto them. When the news came fir&s;t hither, that the Apprentices were ri&s;en in a tumult, and that a party of them had gotten Arms and &s;ei|zed on the City gates, with an intent to di&s;arm the well affe|cted of the City, and to fall upon his Excellency the Lord Generals Forces, and &s;o to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them&s;elves with the &s;trength of the Town, this &s;o awakened them, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">evived fainting and decaying &s;pirits, that they were almo&s;t ready to &s;hew them&s;elves in their proper colours. But in the &s;pice of le&s;&s;e then a day, by that time the newes pa&s;t for ce<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tain tho|rough the I&s;land, newes was brought that his Excellencies Forces had entred the City, routed and di&s;armd the muti|neers, taken and app<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">hended many of them, throughly quiet<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d and &s;etled the di&s;turbances and tumults over all the City, this was &s;uch a co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ler to them, and &s;trook them in &s;uch a melancholy dump, that ever &s;ince, they &s;ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ce dare to utter a word, but for fear begin to pull in their horns again, and &s;hew them&s;elves as gentle as tame birds pend up in a cage.</P>
<P>The Bowling alley made for His Maje&s;ties u&s;e is altoge|ther fini&s;hed, it is a very compleat one, and plea&s;eth the King exceeding well, the Bowls being brought thither, His Maje|&s;ty was very merry at play with Collonel Hammond our Governour, and is very free in his expre&s;&s;ions to the Gover|nour and other Officers, but appears well plea&s;ed with His attendants and other accommodations.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, His Maje&s;ty being very merry at play with Collo|nel Hammond the Governour, Major Cromwell, Collonel H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">rbett, Mr. Mildemay and others, His Maje&s;tie expre&s;&s;ed him&s;elf very freely unto them, and His Maje&s;tie was plea&s;ed to &s;ay, that we are fools, and do not play our game well, and demanded&punc; &s;aying what are ye afraid of? Al&s;o, he further &s;aid, that an Armie of twentie thou&s;and re&s;olute men in Eng|land, with this I&s;land, and the command of the &s;hipping at
<PB N="3" REF="3"> Sea, may oppo&s;e all the kingdomes in the world, neither need they fear any con&s;piracie at home, nor any incur&s;ion or inva&s;ion from abroad, but might them&s;elves enjoy the grea|te&s;t peace and tranquilitie of any Nation in the world, giving very good rea&s;ons for it, which I will over pa&s;&s;e, and he al|&s;o &s;aid, that if he had our game to play, he would not have plaid &s;uch a p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ece of play as we have done, but hee would have made other and better improvement of it.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;tie &s;ometimes in a merry way, &s;peaks in di&s;like of the Marque&s;&s;e of Argile and his partie in Scotland, al&s;o it &s;eems that His Maje&s;tie hath no good opiion of the Scotti&s;h Nation, neither repo&s;eth any great tru&s;t in them, nor expects any great fidelity from them, for in his merrie di&s;cour&s;e, his Maje&s;tie is plea&s;ed to &s;ay that they are Traitours, and the Scots cowa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ds. When <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e di&s;cour&s;es of the condition and &s;tate of things, and what is or may be done, His Maje&s;tie &s;peaks eatraordinary warily, and with a great deal of di&s;cre|tion, and &s;till gives &s;olid and well graunded rea&s;ons for what he &s;peaks, and it is verily &s;uppo&s;ed His Maj<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;tie is in great hopes that he &s;hall be admitted to come to His Parliament, for &s;ometimes he expre&s;&s;es as much. Al&s;o it is thought, that this conceit of His is the cau&s;e that he is now &s;o much mer|rier then he formerly hath been.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, His Maje&s;tie enquires much after the proceedings of the Parliament of Scotland, and &s;eems greatly to mi&s;like the the prevalencie of the Clergie under the Presbyteriall Go|vernment, as if they carried with them a more uncontrouled and unlimited power and juri&s;diction, then was lately exer|ci&s;ed by the Prelates of England. It hath been lately repor|ted here, that the Governour of Plimouth will not deliver up the Town to Sir Hardre&s;&s;e Waller, whom it is &s;aid was orde|red by the Generall to have the command of the &s;aid Town, but we take it to be but the &s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ech of tho&s;e that would have it &s;o, rather then for any reall truth.</P>
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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">t is likewi&s;e reported&punc; that there is a Treaty in France with the Queen of Englands Agent, and &s;ome of that Kingdome, for the advancing of monies upon the credit of the Prince of Wales his per&s;on. This is the mo&s;t ob&s;erveable newes that for the pre&s;ent I can acquaint you with; the next returne you &s;hall hear further, and till then and ever</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Carisbrooke Ca&s;tle, <DATE>13, April 1648</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>I remain yours, C. K.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>By a Letter from <HI>Wales</HI> it is certified as followeth.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>MAjor Gen. Laughorns men are orderly, and willing to disband, Col. Poyer increa&s;eth his number and his in&s;olence. It is reported that a Fri|got is come into Milford Haven, and de&s;igned for France; but this report doth carry but little probability, how&s;oever it &s;eems that the Frigot hath got a &s;econd to a&s;&s;i&s;t it, by meanes whereof, they often adventure forth, and are coa&s;ting up &amp; down to di&s;cover any Marchants &s;hips, and make prize of all they take, Col. Poyer hath newly forti|fi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d the Ca&s;tle, and brought into it great &s;tore of provi&s;ion and ammunition, and other things ne|ce&s;&s;ary both for life and death.</P>
<P>Col. Horton is &s;uppo&s;ed to be very neere Pem|broke,
<PB N="5" REF="4"> and that our Forces are ingaged with him, it is reported that the Parliament hath commanded a great party of Hor&s;e and Foot to reduce the &s;aid Ca&s;tle, this report being &s;pread over all the Coun|try, cau&s;ed Poyer, as it is &s;aid, to thru&s;t to much pro|vi&s;ions into the Ca&s;tle, as will maintain a &s;iege for above one year.</P>
<P>Letters from Pendennis in Cornwal &s;ay, That Sir Hardre&s;s Waller, Governour of the &s;aid Ca&s;tle, being commanded from thence for &s;ome other &s;ervice, according to order, left the government of the Ca&s;tle to another, but returning thither again, he gave the Governour to under&s;tand, that he had an order from his Excellency to have the govern|ment of that Ca&s;tle again, but the Governour told him, that he would not deliver <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> the Ca&s;tle with|out order from the Parliament. Whereupon Sir Hardre&s;s Waller prepared to be&s;iege him, upon which col Forte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">ue, the Govetnour, de&s;ired him to &s;ave the effu&s;ion of bloud, and to wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hdraw ten miles off the Ca&s;tle, till he could &s;end to the parl, and know their intentions.</P>
<P>The Fort Royal here was in great danger to be &s;urprized on Thur&s;day la&s;t, by a party of the Ca|valry, but miraculou&s;ly prevented, of which more by the next.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Bri&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">l <DATE>14. April, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The copy of a Letter from Edinborough.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Committe of Danger declared their opi|nion on Saturday in the Afternoon, That they found the breach of Covenant by England, as they pretend, to con&s;i&s;t in 7. Articles, but the Report of the Remedies&punc; or whither, or not, Warre &s;hall fol|low, is thought to be re&s;olved upon. F or here is great preparations for war, and an Army is rai&s;ing, to be conducted and commanded by the Earle of Calender, who is appointed to be General. Divers Propo&s;als and Demands are agreed upon, to bee &s;ent to the Parliament of England, viz. 1. Concer|ning the &s;olemn League and Covenant. 2. concer|ning the Kings Maje&s;ty, and the bringing of him to his Palace at We&s;tmin&s;ter. And 3. concerning a Treaty with his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Edinburgh <DATE>13. of April 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Imprimatur</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>G. M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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