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<P>THE DECLARATION Of His EXCELLENCY The Earl of Leven, THE General Officers, and all the inferior Officers and Soldiers of the Scoti&s;h ARMY.</P>
<P>TOGETHER With their Petition to His Maje&s;ty, Pre&s;ented at <HI>New ca&s;tle</HI> By the Lord General, the general Officers, and three Commi&s;&s;ioners from each Regiment.</P>
<P>AND His Maje&s;ties ANSWER to the &s;aid Petition.</P>
<P>Publi&s;hed by Authority.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for <HI>Laurence Chapman,</HI> July 6. 1646.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition">
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<HEAD>To his Excellency, the Earl of <HI>Leven,</HI> The Petition of all the Officers and Soul|diers under your Excellencies command,</HEAD>
<OPENER>Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>_THat whereas the whole Officers and Souldiers of this Army under your Excellencies Command, out of their zeal to the Reformation of Religion, their tender care to pre&s;erve and confirm the mutual Amity and Confidence of both Kingdoms, and their earnest de&s;ires to vindicate their Honor from reproaches and asper&s;ions lying upon them; Have thought it nece&s;&s;ary to emit a De|claration of their Con&s;tancy and Integrity in the pur&s;uance of the ends of the Covenant; and likewi&s;e to &s;upplicate His Majesty, that he would be plea&s;ed to comply with the just de&s;ires of His Parliaments, and take &s;ome speedy cour&s;e to put an end to our la&s;t|ing Mi&s;eries by &s;etling of Truth and Peace.</P>
<P><HI>May it therefore plea&s;e your Excellency to re|pre&s;ent our De&s;ires in this behalf to the Ho|norable Committee; and that we humbly conceive, the uprightne&s;&s;e of our Intentions herein (having nothing before our eyes, but the good of Religion, his Maje&s;ties happines, &amp; the Peace of the&s;e Kingdoms) will procure a favorable acceptance of our Endeavors.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="declaration">
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION OF The Lord General, The general Officers and Soldiers OF THE Scoti&s;h Army at <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> <DATE>Iune 29. 1646.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>_THe many calamities and heavy pre&s;|&s;ures, the &s;ad affliction lying upon the&s;e Kingdoms this time pa&s;t, and the great effu&s;ion of Chri&s;tian blood occa&s;ioned by the continuance of this unnatural War, having &s;o deep|ly
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 90 -->wounded us, And being earne&s;tly de&s;irous to give &s;ome evident te&s;timony of our Piety to God, Loyalty to our Soveraign, and Love to the&s;e King|doms; that the con&s;tancy of our affection to this Cau&s;e, our zeal to the Reformation of Religion, and His Maje&s;ties Per&s;on and Authority in defence thereof; And our firm Re&s;olutions to pur&s;ue the ends expre&s;s'd in our Solemn League and Cove|nant, may appear to the World: We have thought it nece&s;&s;ary in this juncture of time, when all means are e&s;&s;ayed by the Enemies of Truth and Peace to di&s;parage our proceedings, by rendring &s;u&s;pected our be&s;t actions and endeavors, to the begetting of mi&s;under&s;tanding, and weakning the Union between the two Kingdoms, to Declare and make known, That as we have entred into a Solemn League and Covenant, with our hands lifted up to the mo&s;t High God, with real Intentions to promote the ends thereof, So do we re&s;olve, God-willing, con|&s;tantly to adhere to the whole Heads and Articles of the &s;ame, And for no earthly tentation, for no fear or hope, to fall away and violate our Sacred Oath.</P>
<P>We do likewi&s;e profe&s;&s;e, That nothing hath been with greater care and faithfulne&s;&s;e endeavored by us; then to pre&s;erve the happy Union and Bro|therly corre&s;pondence between the Kingdoms, as a principal mean of happine&s;&s;e to both; And &s;hall continue in the &s;ame care to avoid every thing that may tend to the infringement thereof, with a &s;pecial
<PB N="6" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 91 -->regard and tenderne&s;&s;e to the Intere&s;ts of both King|doms: For the &s;trengthning of which Union, and removing every thing that might ob&s;truct the &s;ame, As hitherto we have had no compliance, nor kept corre&s;pondence with known Enemies and Malignants, So will wee never hereafter give countenance or encouragement to any per|&s;on di&s;affected to the Parliaments of either King|dom.</P>
<P>And that the Integrity of our Intentions, and the uprightne&s;&s;e of our De&s;ires may be the more mani|fe&s;t, We do Declare, That we abhor all publike and private ways, contrary to the Covenant, and de&s;tructive to the happine&s;&s;e of both Kingdoms, We di&s;claim all dealing with tho&s;e that are In&s;tru|ments of the&s;e unhappy Troubles and Impediments of Peace, And with all &s;uch per&s;ons who will not u&s;e all means and endeavors, and contribute their be&s;t Coun&s;els and Advice for ha&s;ting an end to our la&s;ting Mi&s;eries, and procuring a &s;ure and well-grounded Peace; and in particular we do abomi|nate and dete&s;t that execrable Rebellion of <HI>James Grahame</HI> utterly, abjuring all maner of conjunction with him and his Confederates, And with all other known Enemies, or declared Traitors to either Kingdom, notwith&s;tanding of any in&s;inuations to to the contrary expre&s;s'd in &s;ome Letters, as is &s;aid, by His Maje&s;ty to the Earl of <HI>Ormond</HI> in <HI>Ireland;</HI> for we have none but &s;ingle Intentions, and unfained De&s;ires of Peace, renouncing all communion with what&s;oever de&s;igns and practi&s;es contrived in the
<PB N="7" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 91 -->dark to the prejudice of Religion, and Tranquility of the&s;e Kingdoms, the only principles by which we move.</P>
<P>And as we came into this Kingdom at the earne&s;t de&s;ires of our Brethren, to a&s;&s;i&s;t them in the time of their great Extremity, in the pur&s;uance of the National Covenant, not for any mercinary ends, nor to enrich our &s;elves, as is fal&s;ely and calumni|ou&s;ly charged upon us by tho&s;e that wi&s;h not well unto us nor our cau&s;e; So &s;hall we be mo&s;t willing to depart and return home in Peace, with the &s;ame cheerfulne&s;&s;e and affection that we had when we came in: Nor &s;hall the matter of money, or want of ju&s;t Recompence for the Service performed, and hard&s;hip &s;u&s;tained, be to us an Argument of our &s;tay; But leaving the con&s;ideration of the&s;e things to the wi&s;dom and di&s;cretion of both Parliaments, we &s;hall &s;o far deny our &s;elves, as not to &s;uffer any private re&s;pects of our own, to retard the advance|ment of this cau&s;e, or prejudge the publick work of both Kingdoms.</P>
<P>We cannot conceal, but mu&s;t acknowledge how &s;en&s;ible we are, and have alwayes been of the many Complaints pre&s;ented to the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> again&s;t this Army, and the heavie Calumnies and A&s;per&s;ions lying upon us for having committed In|&s;olencies, and oppre&s;&s;ed the people by taking free quarter, offering our &s;elves mo&s;t willing and ready, that who&s;oever among&s;t us have by their Mi&s;demea|nors, Mi&s;carriages, or Inordinate way of walking, &s;candalized the Cau&s;e for which we have taken our
<PB N="8" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 92 -->Lives in our hand, or endeavored to beget a Mi&s;|under&s;tanding, or foment Jealou&s;ies between the Kingdoms, we &s;hall &s;trive to di&s;cover all &s;uch, and labour to bring them to publick Tryal and condign puni&s;hment: Not doubting, but as we are zealous to vindicate our Honor and Reputation from all re|proaches, &s;o the Parliament will likewi&s;e be plea&s;ed to have &s;uch favorable con&s;truction of our proceed|ings, as not willingly to harbor any Thoughts which may le&s;&s;en their re&s;pects to us, and which are not &s;uitable to the con&s;tant Tenour of our cariage and profe&s;&s;ion: And we &s;hall likewi&s;e de&s;ire, That the manifold nece&s;&s;ities, and pre&s;&s;ing wants to which we were many times reduced, may not be forgotten; and that the wayes and means appointed for our &s;upply, neither an&s;wered the expectation of the Ho|norable Hou&s;es of Parliament, nor &s;atisfied our ne|ce&s;&s;ities, &s;o that for want of Moneys we could not alwayes di&s;charge our quarters; Yet do we mo&s;t freely declare our willingne&s;&s;e to allow of what&s;o|ever hath been taken up by us, and for that effect we de&s;ire the Accompts of the Army to be adju&s;ted with the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, that what ever can be ju&s;tly charged upon us, may be di&s;coun|ted off any Sums that &s;hall be re&s;ting us in Arrear: And if we knew any thing el&s;e that could &s;erve to remove all Jealou&s;ies and Mi&s;under&s;tandings, and beget a more full confidence of our uprightne&s;&s;e, wee &s;hould with the &s;ame readine&s;&s;e apply our &s;elves to all the wayes that might conduce there|unto.</P>
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But, becau&s;e His Maje&s;ties &s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">den and unexpected comming into this Army doth mini&s;ter new occa&s;i|on to us, to give &s;ome demon&s;tration of our con&s;tan|cy, though wee hope His Maje&s;tie came with reall In|tentions, to &s;atisfie the ju&s;t de&s;ires of His Parlia|ments, and compo&s;e all tho&s;e differences. Yet, le&s;t it &s;hould bring in que&s;tion the Clearne&s;&s;e and Inte|gritie of our wayes, whereof our Con&s;ciences doe beare us witne&s;&s;e, and our actions &s;hall be publike and reall te&s;timo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ies; Wee doe prote&s;t&punc; that His pre&s;ence with us, hath not begotten any alteration in our minds in the lea&s;t mea&s;ure to e&s;trange us from the wayes of our Covenant, or alienate our Re&s;olutions from going on Zealou&s;ly, Con&s;tantly, and Unani|mou&s;ly, to &s;et forward the ends therein expre&s;t, en|deavouring (&s;o farre as lyeth in our power) to im|prove that providence of His comming to <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s&punc; to the publike good and happine&s;&s;e of both Kingdomes. And as it is our earne&s;t de&s;ire, that His Maje&s;ty would no more &s;uffer Him&s;elfe to be involved in the Coun|&s;els, whereof He h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> had &s;o &s;ad experience, to the en|dangering of His Per&s;on, Po&s;teritie, and Kingdomes; So doe wee exceedingly wi&s;h, that He would comply with the Coun&s;els of His Parliaments, to the &s;atis|faction of His good people: And we &s;hall be carefull that nothing proceed from us, which may give occa|&s;ion to His Maje&s;tie to entertaine any &s;ecret confi|dence, that this Army will give a&s;&s;i&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nce for advance|ing other ends then &s;uch as are agree<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ble to our Cove|nant, conducing to the good of Religion, the happi|ne&s;&s;e of the King and His Po&s;teritie, and &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">tie of the King<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">omes.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Signed by his Excellency the Earle of</HI> Leven <HI>the generall Offi|cers, &amp; three Commi&s;&s;ioners from every Regiment of the Army.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Petition of the Earl of LEVEN, Lord General, the generall Officers, Colonels &amp; Captaines, &amp;c. of the Scotti&s;h Army, pre&s;ented to His MAJESTIE at <HI>NEW-CASTLE.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WEE, your Maje&s;ties loyall Subjects and faith|full Servants, the Lord Generall, the generall Officers, the Colonels and Captaines in the Scotti&s;h Army, now in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> from the deep &s;en&s;e of the bleeding condition of the&s;e Kingdomes &s;o heavy pre&s;t with &s;ad afflictions, through the unhap|py differences betweene your Maje&s;tie and your Sub|jects, from the true affection and zeale to the Refor|mation of Religion, and your Maje&s;ties Per&s;on and Authoritie in defence thereof; And in the pur&s;uance of that Sacred Oath which wee have taken with our hands lifted up to the mo&s;t high God, Doe make our humble addre&s;&s;e, and tender this earne&s;t Petition to your Maje&s;tie in our name, And in the name of all the inferiour Commanders and Souldiers under our charge, That your Maje&s;tie, in your Wi&s;edome and Goodne&s;&s;e, may be plea&s;ed to take a &s;peedy cour&s;e for &s;etling of Religion and Church Government in this Kingdome, according to the Word of God, and example of the be&s;t Reformed Churches, and bringing the Churches of the three Kingdomes to the neere&s;t conjunction and Uniformitie; And for e&s;tabli&s;hing the Priviledges and Liberties of your Kingdomes, ac|cording
<PB N="11" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 93 -->to the de&s;ires of Your good People. Wee may not conceale our unfeigned griefe, for that Your Maje&s;ty hath not yet been plea&s;ed to authorize and &s;igne the Covenant, which wee are confident would bring honour to God, happine&s;&s;e to your Selfe and Po&s;terity, and indeare Your Maje&s;ty (above mea&s;ure) to all Your faithfull and loyall Subjects: In the ju&s;t defence whereof, as many of them have already lo&s;t their lives, &s;o are wee ready to &s;acrifice ours.</P>
<P>We mu&s;t al&s;o pray your Maje&s;ty to compa&s;&s;ionate the di&s;tre&s;&s;ed condition of your Kingdomes groan|ing under the heavy pre&s;&s;ures of manifold calamities, occa&s;ioned by the continuance of this unnaturall Warre; and to comply with the Councels of your Parliaments; that all differences being happily com|po&s;ed, and the Armies in both Kingdoms disbanded, we may returne home in peace, or be di&s;po&s;ed of o|therwi&s;e by your Maje&s;ty, with the advice of your Parliaments, which may be mo&s;t for Your Maje&s;ties honour and &s;ervice, and the pro&s;perity of the&s;e King|domes.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed by his Excellency the Earle of <HI>Leven,</HI> the generall Officers, and three Commi&s;|&s;ioners from every Regiment of the Army.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>By His Maje&s;ties Command.</HEAD>
<P>I Am in his Name to returne this An&s;wer to the Pe|tition pre&s;ented to him by the Lord Generall, the Generall Officers, the Colonels, and other Officers and Souldiers of the Scotti&s;h Army, That his Ma|je&s;ty came into the Scotti&s;h Army, with full intent of Setling an Happy Peace in the&s;e His Kingdomes, and to &s;atisfie the Ju&s;t De&s;ires of His good Subjects; and likewi&s;e to comply with His Parliaments in all things which &s;hall be for the good of Religion, and the Happine&s;&s;e of His Subjects, which hee will al|wayes prefer to all worldly intere&s;ts: And when&s;o|ever it &s;hall plea&s;e God &s;o to ble&s;&s;e His Maje&s;ties en|deavours, as to &s;ettle an Happy Peace in the&s;e His Dominions, His Maje&s;ty will bee very &s;olicitous to finde out &s;ome meanes of Honourable Employment for &s;o many Gallant Men as are employed in this Army.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>At Newca&s;tle <DATE>27. of June, 1646.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Lanrick.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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