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<P>A Letter from the PARLIAMENT of SCOTLAND, TO THE PARLIAMENT of ENGLAND, <HI>ASSEMBLED AT</HI> WESTMINSTER: CONCERNING The advance of the Engli&s;h Army, and their pleading of the <HI>Covenant,</HI> and the <HI>Articles</HI> of pacification.</P>
<P>Brought by Col. Grey, formerly a Member of the late Lord Generall <HI>Fairfax's</HI> Army.</P>
<P>ALSO, Their further Proceedings, touching the new Levy of 12000 Foot, and 4000 Hor&s;e; their &s;ending of <HI>Ordnance, Arms,</HI> and <HI>Ammunition</HI> to St. <HI>John&s;tons,</HI> and their <HI>Re&s;olution</HI> in ca&s;e the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Army advan|ceth over <HI>Tweed.</HI></P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, the arrivall of their <HI>Declared King,</HI> at the <HI>Holy-I&s;land,</HI> and the preparation that they have made for the receiving of his Per&s;on.</P>
<P><HI>TOGETHER,</HI> With the dangerous <HI>Declaration</HI> of the <HI>&V;l&s;ter</HI> Army in <HI>Ireland,</HI> again&s;t the <HI>Parliament</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> and their <HI>Re&s;olution</HI> in Order thereunto.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>G. H.</HI> 1650.</P>
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<HEAD>A Letter &s;ent from the Parliament of Scotland, to the Parliament of England, a&s;&s;embled at We&s;t|min&s;ter.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe <HI>&V;l&s;ter</HI> forces grow re&s;olute, and endeavour to embody, and have lately faln upon &s;ome of our men, as they were marching to their Colours, having (by &s;ickne&s;s and the like) been retarded from their former march; they have &s;ummoned in all that are able to bear arms, and have &s;et forth a Declaration, wherein they unanimou&s;ly re&s;olve to advance their Kings &s;ervice, with the lo&s;s of lives, e&s;tates, and fortunes; a Copy whereof I have &s;ent you enclo&s;ed: Yet notwith&s;tanding all their combinations and confederacies, our men are re&s;ol|ved to fight them; but that which &s;trikes the greate&s;t a&s;toni&s;hment, is, the raging of the pe&s;tilence in the&s;e parts, which &s;weepeth whole families away, and lea|veth many Towns almo&s;t unpeopled, the like mor|tality was never known in <HI>Ireland,</HI> nor I think ever
<PB N="2" REF="3">heard of in <HI>England:</HI> The Lord is now plea&s;ed to lay his hand of affliction upon us, having vi&s;ited our Camp with this terrible and grievous &s;ickne&s;s, e&s;pe|cially in the City of <HI>Dublin,</HI> where they now die 200. a week, and &s;preads daily: It hath been very vehe|ment in the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Quarters; from whence we hear, that many thou&s;ands have lately peri&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Cork,</HI> <DATE><HI>June</HI> 24. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Declaration of the Nobility, Gentry, and Commanders of his Maje&s;ties Forces of the Province of <HI>Ul&s;ter.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WHereas we are given to under&s;tand, that &s;ome ill-affected Members for private re&s;pects of their own, and malice to our party, have endeavoured to &s;ow &s;edition and di&s;cord betwixt us and &s;uch as are well-affected to his <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> both of the <HI>Scotti&s;h</HI> Nati|on and others, alluring many of them from time to time, to harbor very prejudicious and jealous thoughts of our proceedings, by ca&s;ting the Calum|nies and a&s;per&s;ions on us, that our intentions and actions tend rather to our own particular ends and private gain, than to the advancement and pre&s;erva|tion of His Sacred Maje&s;ties Intere&s;t, Crown and Dig|nity in this Land; Which evill practice can produce nothing but &s;ad, de&s;tructive, and lamentable effects, as it is two wel known already by woful experience; for it is mo&s;t palpably evident, that the like unhappy mi&s;con&s;truction enforced the <HI>Scots</HI> at fir&s;t to ri&s;e in Arms, and invade <HI>England</HI> again&s;t his <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> their own fle&s;h, and blood, that occa&s;ioned the falling out
<PB N="3" REF="3">of the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> and <HI>Scots</HI> in the beginning of the&s;e Wars; the occa&s;ion whereof, was only and &s;olely the cau&s;e of the beheading His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> of happy memory, all the&s;e mi&s;chiefs being perpetrated by the practice and policy of the Up-&s;tarts of <HI>England,</HI> that this day tramples under-foot in mi&s;ery, thraldom and &s;lavery, the <HI>Nobility</HI> and <HI>Gentry</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> by rai&s;ing and ex|alting the ba&s;e&s;t abortive &s;cums of that <HI>Kingdom,</HI> to the greate&s;t height of Honour, Power and Command, that allured the <HI>Scots</HI> hitherto to endanger their lives, endeavors and fortunes, fir&s;t in <HI>England</HI> as afore&s;aid, and &s;econdly in this Kingdom again&s;t our Nation, when we little &s;u&s;pected ever any &s;uch &s;edition, or quarrel could be fomented betwixt us and them, or that they having once in their hands all the Forts and Garri&s;ons in this Province (excepting a few) &s;hould be &s;o far deceived by the &s;ini&s;ter practice of the <HI>Parl.</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> as that they have not at pre&s;ent the Com|mand of any of them in all <HI>&V;l&s;ter,</HI> &s;o as con&s;equently it is to be feared none of the <HI>Scots</HI> will be &s;uffered, ei|ther <HI>Gentry</HI> or <HI>Communalty,</HI> to inhabit in any part of this Province, bordering on their Native Kingdom of <HI>Scotland.</HI></P>
<P>All which we cannot but &s;adly take to heart, and that the rather, becau&s;e we &s;ee our fellow &s;ubjects &s;o mi&s;lead, and withdrawn from their obedience to his Maje&s;ty, in not &s;iding with us in the pre&s;ent &s;ervice mi&s;con&s;tructed by the evil &s;ugge&s;tions of others, our endeavours and intentions, which might &s;ufficiently give occa&s;ion of di&s;couragement, where their commu|nity and a&s;&s;i&s;tance in the pro&s;ecution of this War in his Maje&s;ties behalf, was unfeignedly expected by
<PB N="4" REF="4">our Party and Nation, for the cleering and removing of all pa&s;t mi&s;chievous practi&s;es of that kinde on our parts, and prevention of any the like jealou&s;ie and di&s;cord hereafter; We thought it nece&s;&s;ary, and do accordingly declare and avow, in the &s;ight of the great God of heaven, and the world, that our intentions and re&s;olutions, are to the la&s;t man to endeavour with the lo&s;s of our lives, e&s;tates, and fortunes, the advancement and pre&s;ervation of his Maje&s;ties &s;er|vice and intere&s;t in this Kingdom, and of all tho&s;e who&s;oever, that pro&s;ecute his quarrel, &s;o far forth as we be not troubledled in the free exerci&s;e of our Re|ligion, as we will no way hinder or trouble any per|&s;on or per&s;ons of what Nation or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">uality &s;oever ad|hering to his Maje&s;ty to exerci&s;e and embrace his or their own profe&s;&s;ion or Religion, all which (with Gods a&s;&s;i&s;tance) our actions &s;hall ere long ever ex|pre&s;ly manife&s;t in the view of the World. Finally, it is our intention, that we &s;hall make no di&s;tinction or difference between our &s;elves and &s;o many of the <HI>Scot|ti&s;h</HI> or other Nation what&s;oever, that now &s;hall (as we invite them with heart and hand) joyn to his Ma|je&s;ties &s;ervice, or any way freely contribute to, or countenance the &s;ame, but as becometh Brethren and fellow-Subjects, ingage in one quarrel for their true and lawful King.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dated at Charle-mount</HI> <DATE><HI>May</HI> 20. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<ITEM><HI>Emerus Clogheren&s;is</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Farral</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>J. Loagh</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Inskillin,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Arthurus Dunmere and Conc.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ter O Seal,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Alex. Mac Donnel</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shane. O Cahane</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh Maguire</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tur. Boyle</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Brian O Neale.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM><HI>Miles Swine,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh Mac Mahone</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cormack Mahallen</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cullo O Donnel</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo. Mac Donnel</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jeron: Mac Donnel.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Owen O Dougherty,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Turl. O Quin</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Brian O Neale</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ter. O Boyle</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Brian Mac Mahone.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>An Ab&s;tract of a Letter from <HI>Scotland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Parl. of <HI>Scotland</HI> having ordered, that the Pallace of <HI>Hallyrad</HI> &s;hould be made ready for the creation of their <HI>King,</HI> have now intermit|ted it, conceiving that the <HI>Northern</HI> Ca&s;tles, and the advantagious pa&s;&s;ages in that Climate, will be a bet|ter &s;ecurity for his per&s;on, again&s;t the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Army: But many &s;uppo&s;e, that they begin to change and de|viate from their former principles, fearing he will be no obedient &s;onne to the Kirk, or that he will not forget how they u&s;ed his wel-beloved Co&s;en and Coun&s;ellor, <HI>Generali&s;&s;imo Montro&s;s,</HI> and therefore cold wi&s;h he might lo&s;e his way, and aime any where, ra|ther then in <HI>Scotland.</HI> And perhaps they may think it needle&s;s, to proceed any further in preparation; be|cau&s;e they may think that he, or &s;ome about him, may have jealou&s;ie enough, to &s;u&s;pect that which they know to be true; <HI>That it is not &s;afe for him to tru&s;t his per&s;on with them, and that they mean to &s;erve their turns of him, if he will not &s;erve all their turns.</HI> We hear that the <HI>Dutch</HI> Ships that were appointed for his Convoy, &s;tand very firm and true, and that upon the 16. in|&s;tant, arived at the <HI>Holy-I&s;land,</HI> upon the River of <HI>Elbo,</HI> near the Confines of <HI>Denmark.</HI> There is a great divi|&s;ion between the <HI>Lords</HI> in that part, and the <HI>Barons</HI>
<PB N="6" REF="5">and <HI>Burge&s;&s;es</HI> there; the <HI>Lords</HI> would have a further Levy of an Army for their defence, and the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">arons</HI> would have their pre&s;ent Army to be (yet) better purged from <HI>Malignants</HI> and <HI>Sectaries:</HI> which debate occa&s;ioned a great Conference on the 18. of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t, divers of the <HI>Nobility</HI> and <HI>Clergy,</HI> voting for a new Levy of 12000 Foot, and 4000 Hor&s;e, to be pre&s;ently li&s;ted and brought to a Randevouz, and then to return to their own dwellings; to the end, that they might be rai&s;ed upon any &s;mall warning, for any &s;ervice. The Conte&s;t in <HI>Parl.</HI> &s;eemes to be very high, and there is great talk of purging the Hou&s;e: Great &s;tore of Pro|vi&s;ion, Ordnance, Arms and Ammunition, is already &s;ent to <HI>Strineving</HI> Ca&s;tle, and to St. <HI>John&s;tons,</HI> two pla|ces very con&s;iderable, and of great &s;trength, where the <HI>Parl.</HI> of <HI>Scotland</HI> intends to take Sanctuary, if the <HI>Eng|li&s;h</HI> Army allarms them at <HI>Edenburgh.</HI> The <HI>Par.</HI> of <HI>Scotland</HI> hath &s;ent a Letter to the <HI>Parl.</HI> of <HI>England,</HI> by one Col. <HI>Grey,</HI> (an <HI>Engli&s;hman</HI>) directed to the <HI>Right Honourable, William Lenthal</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons:</HI> Wherein they plead the <HI>Covenant,</HI> and <HI>Articles</HI> of pa&s;&s;ification, <HI>That they &s;hould not be inva|ded under three Moneths warning,</HI> &amp;c. There is great talk that their <HI>Declared King</HI> is landed in the <HI>North</HI> of <HI>Scotland;</HI> but we have not received any Letters to a&s;&s;ertain the truth thereof: Of which I &s;hal particu|lari&s;e more by my next,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Vale.</SALUTE>
<DATELINE><HI>Carli&s;le,</HI> <DATE><HI>June</HI> 27. 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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