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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>THE RESOLVTION of the AGITATORS of the ARMY, Concerning the pro&s;ecution of their late Remon&s;trance and Prote&s;tation again&s;t the &s;itting of the late U&s;urpers of Parliame<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">tary power in the Parliament.</P>
<P>With the Rea&s;ons con&s;training them &s;o re&s;olutely to adhere to that their Prote&s;tation.</P>
<P>As they pre&s;ented to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax <ADD>7^b^e^r 4^t^h</ADD> <HI>Septemb.</HI> 2. 1647.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Harris,</HI> 1647.</P>
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<HEAD>THE RESOLVTION of the AGITATORS of the ARMY.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by the in&s;olency of the City and the treacherous complot|ments of many per&s;ons formerly Members of Parliament, was after an unheard of horrid man|ner forced, and for &s;ecurity of their own lives con&s;trained to fly for refuge to their Army; and for as much as your Excellency with your Ar|my have ingaged both to the Parliament and Kingdom to u&s;e their utmo&s;t endeavours to re|in&s;tate them in their ju&s;t power and freedome,
<PB N="4" REF="3"> and have been nece&s;&s;itated to declare and prote&s;t again&s;t the &s;itting of all tho&s;e in Parliament, who lately u&s;ur|ped the Parliamentary power for the better pro&s;ecuti|on <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">f their bloody intentions, and by their pre&s;ent in|tru&s;ion ob&s;truct the freedom of al votes, notwith&s;tan|ding contrary to the Armies Remon&s;trance and pro|te&s;t, and the Kingdoms expectation of its pur&s;uance, tho&s;e Intruders are &s;til permitted to vote as Members; we therefore humbly conceiving that the policy of tho&s;e intruders &s;til prevails to the danger of the Parlia|ment and Army, as appears by their late Ordinance on <HI>friday</HI> la&s;t, wherein they not only declar<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d again&s;t the Army, by acknowledging tho&s;e u&s;urpers to be the two Hou&s;es of Parliament, but al&s;o have laid the founda|tion of a dangerous deltaory way of proceeding again&s;t all the fomentors of a new war, and likewi&s;e conceiving that the Armies faithfulne&s;s to God and the Kingdom, before whom they have prote&s;ted, and their honor and Reputation engageth them not to permit tho&s;e u&s;urpers any longer to &s;it in Parliament, we thought our &s;elves obliged to repre&s;ent unto your Excellency our appre|hen&s;ions of this engagement of the whole Army, to re|&s;train all tho&s;e per&s;ons from &s;itting any longer in Parli|ament, as Judges of tho&s;e things wherein they have made them&s;elves parties, and we do humbly &s;ubmit un|to your Excellencies Con&s;ideration the&s;e en&s;uing Rea&s;ons for the Armies immediate fulfilling their pro|te&s;tation to that purpo&s;e.</P>
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<ITEM>Fir&s;t, the Army being engaged to remain near Lon|don until the Parliament be &s;ettled in its ful freedom,
<PB N="5" REF="3"> and all di&s;turbers of their ju&s;t proceedings removed, wil by their long continuance in the&s;e quarters, if any de|lays in the expul&s;ion of tho&s;e intruders very much im|poveri&s;h the Adjacent parts to London, which wil con|&s;equently &s;traighten the City in its provi&s;ions to the hazard of dangerous di&s;contents.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Much time is already lo&s;t, to the great damage of all the Kingdom, through the continuance of tho&s;e In|cendiarys in the Hou&s;es.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Tho&s;e u&s;urpers having already contracted the guilt of fomenting a new war, are nece&s;&s;arily engaged to ob&s;truct all proceedings which tend to the &s;ettlement of the Kingdoms peace, whereby the &s;ervice and relief of <HI>Ireland</HI> al&s;o retarded.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The permi&s;&s;ion of tho&s;e Incendiaries to &s;it in the Hou&s;es, may po&s;&s;ibly give them opportunity to find a time to over vote the Parliament, and thereby &s;tamp the image of Parliamentary Authority upon their own bloody de&s;ig<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The doting of tho&s;e in the Hou&s;es, who are decla|red to be under an incapa&s;&s;ity of &s;itting there, may po&s;&s;i|bly make the validity of all Votes, Orders and Ordinan|ces doubtful, that either are or &s;hal be pa&s;t during their &s;itting.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>A &s;econd Paper delivered by the AGITATORS of the ARMY to his Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e your Excellency,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas upon the 23 of Augu&s;t la&s;t, the Con&s;cience of our duty to God and the Kingdom to pro&s;ecute our Pro|te&s;tation con&s;trained us to declare our &s;ence of the inviolable Ingagement of the Army, im|mediately to re&s;train tho&s;e late u&s;urpers of Par|liamentary power from &s;itting in Parliament, to ob&s;truct all proceedings tending to the Kingdomes peace: and notwith&s;tanding we have waited with much patience, expecting that the Parliaments zeal to the publick good would have made tho&s;e Intruders &amp; De&s;igners of mi&s;chief a burden &s;o intollerable to their &s;pirits, that they would rather have called for for the Armies a&s;&s;i&s;tance to eject them, then to have permitted them to &s;it there; yet all our
<PB N="7" REF="4"> expectations are hitherto fru&s;trate, and no en|deavours to that end are vi&s;ible, we therefore in faithfulne&s;s to our principles and in a deep &s;en&s;e of the blood and confu&s;ion that threatens the Nation by rea&s;on of the delays of remo|ving ehe peoples burdens, and clearing and &s;e|curing their Rights and Freedoms, which pro|ceeds from tho&s;e Incendiaries &s;itting in Parlia|ment, cannot but humbly repre&s;ent once more to your Excellency.</P>
<P>That we are weary of waiting and that the peoples growing mi&s;eries and di&s;tre&s;&s;es pre&s;&s;eth us not to forbear any longer to u&s;e the utmo&s;t of our endeavours to make our Prote&s;tation real and effectual in re&s;training all tho&s;e U&s;ur|pers and Incendiaries from &s;itting in Parliament in ca&s;e they &s;hould not before Saturday next be removed, that then tho&s;e retarders &amp; ob&s;tructors of the Freedom of all Parliamentary actings, being expell'd from the Hou&s;e; that wicked de&s;ign of our enemies to make the Army bur|den&s;ome to the Nation by inforcing them to take free-quarter through want of pay might
<PB N="8" REF="5"> be cru&s;hed, and the Parliament might pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters"> &s;peedily to &s;ettle the Kingdoms Peace.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>SEPT. 2.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Which is the continued <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> of us who&s;e names are &s;ub&s;c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters">
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<ITEM>Jo. Renolds</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fran. Allen</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wil. Rainsborow</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jo. Willoughby</ITEM>
<ITEM>Geo. Joyce</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fran. White</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edw. Vaughan</ITEM>
<ITEM>Nath. Foxgill</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jo. Dober</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Wells</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Wil&s;on</ITEM>
<ITEM>J. Blackmore</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tobias Bridge</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wil. Ioans</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Sheapard</ITEM>
<ITEM>Nat. Vnderwood</ITEM>
<ITEM>Io. Wood</ITEM>
<ITEM>Steven Combe</ITEM>
<ITEM>Nich. Rawlins</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. Nixon</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Robin&s;on</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edw. Sexby</ITEM>
<ITEM>Timo. Thornbrough</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. John&s;on</ITEM>
<ITEM>Henry Githings</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. Grant</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wil. Pryor</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edw. Twigg</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edw. Orpin</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wil. Knolles</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jo. Tayler</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wil. Wilkin&s;on</ITEM>
<ITEM>Geo. Sten&s;on</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. Flower</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. Thomas</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edm. Garne</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. Creed</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Michel.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Io. Radman</ITEM>
<ITEM>Iacob Summers</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bart. Willock.</ITEM>
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