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<P>The humble REPRESENTATION AND PETITION OF THE OFFICERS of the ARMY, TO THE PARLIAMENT of the Commonwealth of <HI>England.</HI> Pre&s;ented to them <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> the 5^t^h of <HI>October,</HI> 1659. by Maj. General <HI>Disbrow,</HI> accompanied with the Field-Officers of the Army, and &s;ub&s;cribed by above two hundred and thirty Com|mi&s;&s;ion-Officers in and about <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>Together with the Parliaments An&s;wer thereunto.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Wedne&s;day, Octob. 5. 1659.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the General Council of the Officers of the Ar|my of this Commonwealth, That this Repre&s;entation and Petition be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Tho: Sandford,</HI> Secretary.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> dwelling in <HI>Alder&s;gate</HI> Street next door to the <HI>Peacock.</HI> 1659.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition">
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<HEAD>The humble REPRESENTATION AND PETITION OF THE Officers of the Army, To the Parliament of the Com|monwealth of <HI>England,</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>Sheweth,</OPENER>
<P>_THat having had by Your order &s;ome late Votes of Parlia|ment communicated to us by Lieutenant General <HI>Fleet|wood,</HI> our Commander in chief, occa&s;ioned by a Debate in Parliament, upon the Petition and Propo&s;als of the Officers, under the Command of the Lord <HI>Lambert</HI> in the late Northern expedition; We have inquired diligently into our hearts and wayes, with reference thereunto; and finding nothing among&s;t us but faithfulne&s;s and integri|ty to the Parliament and this Commonwealth, we cannot but be &s;en&s;ible that there hath not
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 97 -->wanted &s;ome per&s;ons, who have endeavoured to beget mi&s;-under&s;tanding between the Parli|ament and Army: and to that end have re|pre&s;ented our Actions and Intentions &s;o, as it is taken for granted there hath been irregularity among&s;t us, at which we fear you have taken offence. Whereas we are per&s;waded, that if there had not been an anticipation, it would have appeared to all unprejudiced Spirits, that neither we, (who for the generality of us, were utterly ignorant of that whereat the offence is taken) nor our faithful brethren of the Nor|thern Brigade, who Signed the &s;aid Petition and Propo&s;als, did De&s;ign or Intend any thing tending to the interruption of the Parliament, the prejudice of the Peace of this Common|wealth, or any other by, or &s;ini&s;ter re&s;pect, not becoming the Tru&s;t repo&s;ed in us. Wherefore being &s;en&s;ible of the evil U&s;e that per&s;ons a|broad may make from the lea&s;t apprehen&s;ions of Difference between the Parliament and Army, and that we may as much as in us lies, remove all occa&s;ions of Surmize, ju&s;tifie our own inno|cency before you, and fru&s;trate the expectati|ons of any, who by blowing up the Coals of Di&s;&s;ention, hope to warm them&s;elves thereby:</P>
<P>We have thought it our duty to pre&s;ent our naked thoughts to You, and hope You will find &s;o much of integrity and approved faithful|ne&s;s in us, for the welfare of this Common|wealth, as may continue a firm confidence of us, and engage Your zeal again&s;t all &s;uch as
<PB N="3" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 97 -->&s;hall go about to reproach Your faithful Army, or any Member thereof for the future: e&s;pecially con&s;idering that the Peace of the&s;e Nations, next under God, depends &s;o much upon a Cor|dial and Affectionate Agreement and Union of the Parliament and Army, and an un-interrupt|ed good under&s;tanding of each other, and there|fore we do humbly and plainly declare,</P>
<P N="1">1 That notwith&s;tanding what any per&s;ons may &s;ugge&s;t or &s;ay to the contrary, we are not for, but again&s;t the &s;etting up of any Single Per&s;on what&s;oever in Supreme Authority: and for a demon&s;tration hereof, we may appeal to Your own judgements upon our late Actings; where|in, &s;ince our Declaration of the &s;ixth of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t, we have with all indu&s;try and faithfulne&s;s, endeavoured to render our &s;elves &s;erviceable to you and this Commonwealth, and have chear|fully ob&s;erved your commands; &s;ome of us with our lives in our hands in your late &s;ervice, wherein to our great encouragement the Lord hath once more appeared to own You and Your Army, &amp; the good old Cau&s;e for which we have contended. And, at the late return of this Par|liament to the di&s;charge of their remaining tru&s;t, We did with &s;implicity and plainne&s;s in Our Humble Petition and Addre&s;s pre&s;ented to you, manife&s;t Our hearts and de&s;ires, and that with much unanimity and fullne&s;s of con&s;ent, which we apprehended was well accepted by you.</P>
<P N="2">2 That we have not &s;ince changed our prin|ciples, (leading to a well regulated Common|wealth,
<PB N="4" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 98 -->wherein the Liberties of the people thereof, both &s;piritual and civil, may be &s;ully &s;ecured, and per&s;ons of known integrity, piety, and ability, employed in places of tru&s;t and concernment) but re&s;olve by the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of God to remain con&s;tant to them. And make it our humble prayer to God, that he would incline your hearts effectually to pro&s;ecute the &s;ame; and make you in&s;trumental in bringing forth &s;uch a foundation of Government, whereby all the good people of the&s;e Nations may rati|onally expect that &s;uch Liberties and Rights &s;hall be pre&s;erved to them and their po&s;terities. And we can truly &s;ay that it is in our hearts earne&s;tly, to de&s;ire that God would crown you with the honour of making the&s;e Nations happy by &s;uch a &s;ettlement, as may not be liable at every change of Governors to have the peace thereof di&s;turbed, by introducing new Govern|ments.</P>
<P N="3">3 Whereas a Petition and Propo&s;als were lately drawn up by the Officers of the Bri|gade that (under the Command of Major Ge|neral <HI>Lambert</HI>) hazzarded them&s;elves in your &s;er|vice with good &s;ucce&s;s, whereby through the ble&s;&s;ing of God upon them and others of your faithful friends and &s;ervants, the peace of this Commonwealth is &s;till continued; And the &s;aid Petition was &s;ent up to &s;ome Officers here, to be pre&s;ented to the Lord <HI>Fleetwood,</HI> which hath been by &s;ome interpreted to evil and &s;i|ni&s;ter ends, and from thence &s;ugge&s;tions deri|ved,
<PB N="5" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 98 -->as if there were intentions to violate the Parliament, to &s;et up a &s;ingle per&s;on, or another General, in order thereunto; We do &s;incerely profe&s;s (what ever the de&s;igns of any per&s;ons may be to promote &s;uch cau&s;ele&s;s jealou&s;ies) We have had no other then faithfulne&s;s and candor in our hearts and actions towards the Parliament, nor do we apprehend (with &s;ub|mi&s;&s;ion we &s;peak it) any rea&s;on or cau&s;e of offence to be conceived again&s;t Your faithful &s;ervants, who lately gave &s;o ample proof of their fidelity and courage.</P>
<P N="4">4 We cannot but e&s;teem our &s;elves unhappy to have been &s;o mi&s;-repre&s;ented to the Parliament, as &s;hould occa&s;ion &s;uch a publique admonition upon record; And con&s;idering what evil u&s;e may be made of the&s;e things by the publique Enemy, and to the end they may be di&s;appoint|ed of their hopes, and all &s;uch per&s;ons di&s;cou|raged as &s;hall go about for the future, to pro|mote jealou&s;ies, or by mi&s;information to beget divi&s;ions betwixt the Parliament and their faith|ful &s;ervants the Army, and that a good under|&s;tanding may be pre&s;erved between them, We humbly pray,</P>
<P N="1">I. That the Officers of the Army, and particularly tho&s;e who have rea&s;on to bear the marks of your favour for their faithfulne&s;s in the late Northern expe|dition,
<PB N="6" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 99 -->may &s;tand right in your opini|on and have your countenance.</P>
<P N="2">II. That what&s;oever per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall for the future groundle&s;ly and cau&s;le&s;ly inform the Hou&s;e again&s;t your Servants, thereby creating jealou&s;ies, and ca&s;ting &s;candalous imputations up|on them, may be brought to exami|nation, ju&s;tice, and condign puni&s;h|ment.</P>
<P N="3">III. That it being an undoubted Right of the people to have a Liberty in a peaceable and &s;ubmi&s;&s;ive way, to pe|tition the Supreme Authority, which liberty hath been by your &s;elves a&s;&s;ert|ed, allowed, and approved of, we cannot but al&s;o a&s;&s;ert the &s;aid Liberty, and humbly conceive that your faith|full Servants of the Army have no way forfeited their Rights as Free-men: And that therefore they hope it will be no offence for them to &s;ubmit their hum|ble de&s;ires to the Parliament. And we
<PB N="7" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 99 -->hope and pray you will not di&s;courage them from &s;o doing.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That you would be plea&s;ed to take into your &s;erious con&s;ideration the ne|ce&s;&s;itous condition of the poor Soul|diers of your Armies, and that all po&s;|&s;ible care may be taken for their timely &s;upply, their wants being &s;uch as ear|ne&s;tly call for it; And that &s;ome &s;pee|dy and effectual cour&s;e may be taken to provide for the maimed Souldiers, and the poor Widows and Orphans of &s;uch as have been &s;lain in your Ser|vice, that the ble&s;&s;ing of the de&s;olate may be upon you.</P>
<P N="5">V. That &s;uch who have freely offered them&s;elves in the &s;everal Counties and Cities of the&s;e Nations, to own and &s;tand by you and your Cau&s;e in the late In&s;urrection, with the hazard of all that is dear unto them, may have your en|couragement, and be employed in pla|ces of Tru&s;t and Command.</P>
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VI. That (it being a thing granted by all, that without the due execution of martial Di&s;cipline, the peace, union, and good government of an Army can|not be pre&s;erved) the di&s;cipline of the Army may be pre&s;erved inviolable, and in particular that no Officer or Souldier of your Armies may be Ca|&s;hiered or di&s;mi&s;&s;ed from their pla|ces without a due proceeding at a Court Martial, or by his own con|&s;ent, except in Ca&s;es of Reducements or Disbandings.</P>
<P N="7">VII. That it being judged nece&s;&s;ary by the Parliament for the keeping of the Army under &s;uch a Conduct as may render the &s;ame &s;erviceable to the Commonwealth, to appoint a Com|mittee of Nomination, for the propo|&s;ing of Officers to the Parliament for their Approbation, we humbly pray, that no Officers may be brought into the Army but &s;uch as &s;hall fir&s;t come
<PB N="9" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 100 -->under the con&s;ideration of the &s;aid Committee, and be by them pre&s;ented.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. The office of the Commander in chief of the Army being of &s;o great concernment to the peace of this Com|mon-wealth, and his Commi&s;&s;ion at pre&s;ent (as we conceive) expiring within a few moneths, we humbly pray, that the con&s;ideration of that mat|ter may come before you, and &s;ome &s;uch effectual cour&s;e taken therein, as may prevent our fears, and the ha|zard of leaving the Army to confu&s;ion.</P>
<P N="9">IX. And that you would retain a good opinion of your Army, and, again&s;t all di&s;couragements what&s;oever, proceed in the carrying on of that good work in|tru&s;ted in your hands for the glory of God and advantage of the&s;e Nations. In the pro&s;ecution whereof through the help of our God we &s;hall be found (not|with&s;tanding all endeavours to the con|trary) faithful to you and this Common|wealth.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Wedne&s;day Octob. 5. 1659.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That the Petition and Repre&s;entation of the Army, and the par|ticulars thereof be taken into con&s;ideration on Sa|turday next.</P>
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<P>The Officers being called in again, M. <HI>Speaker,</HI> by the direction of the Hou&s;e, gave them this An&s;wer.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Parliament hath read your Repre&s;en|tation and Petition, and taking notice of the good expre&s;&s;ions of your affections and faithfulne&s;s to this Parliament and Common|wealth which are therein, have commanded me to return you the thanks of this Hou&s;e, and in their Name I give you thanks accordingly. I am likewi&s;e commanded to let you know, that the Parliament hath already taken into con&s;i|deration the relief of the poor Widows, Or|phans, and maimed Souldiers, to whom Pen|&s;ions have been formerly allowed, and a way for &s;atisfaction of the Arrears due to the Offi|cers and Souldiers, and &s;hall endeavour to bring the &s;ame to a &s;peedy effect. The other matters of your Petition are appointed to be taken in|to con&s;ideration on <HI>Saturday</HI> next.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Thomas St Nicholas Cler.</HI> of the Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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