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<P>SEVERALL PROPOSITIONS FROM THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTLAND, CONCERNING The Kings Maje&s;ties Royall Per&s;on, and the rai&s;ing of a new Army for the defence and pre&s;ervation of the <HI>LEAGVE</HI> and <HI>COVENANT.</HI></P>
<P>WITH A Declaration from the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> of the <HI>Generall A&s;|&s;embly,</HI> to the honourab<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e E&s;tates of <HI>Parliament,</HI> con|cerning <HI>Monarchical Government</HI> in the Kings <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> and His Po&s;terity.</P>
<P>AND Their Repre&s;entation touching the Presbyterian party in <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>AGreed upon by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the <HI>Generall A&s;|&s;embly,</HI> and <HI>Sub&s;cribed, A. KER.</HI></P>
<P><ADD>Aprill 17th</ADD> LONDON, Printed for R. W. MDCXLVIII.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary propositions">
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<HEAD>Severall PROPOSITIONS Agreed upon by the Parliament of SCOTLAND Concerning The Kings Maje&s;ty, their Army in <HI>Scotland,</HI> and the &s;olemn League and Covenant.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honoured Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe greate&s;t newes which the&s;e parts afford, is the &s;ad thoughts of a &s;econd War, and it is feared it wil be too probable; for a great party of Hor&s;e &amp; foo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> lately rai&s;ed in this Kingdome, are quartered betwixt this City and Barwich. Here is now very little talk of Cap. <HI>Wo|ga<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI> Sir <HI>Tho: Glenham</HI> was lately in this City, but he, with &s;ome other of the Engli&s;h Cavalry, are gone, (as it is &s;aid) towards the Borders of <HI>England.</HI></P>
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<P>The Parliament have &s;ate very clo&s;e the&s;e 6 or 7 dayes and have now agreed upon certain propo&s;itions, touching the Kings Maje&s;ty, Army, and Covenant, the heads whereof I &s;hal here briefly in&s;ert, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM>1. That an Army be rai&s;ed for the &s;afety and pre&s;erva|tion of the two Kingdomes of <HI>Scotland</HI> and <HI>England.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That none who have adhered formerly, or ingaged with the malignant party, &s;hal have any command or &s;ervice in the &s;aid Army.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That they wil by their Army defend and maintaine the Solemn League and Covenant, as al&s;o the Kings Maje&s;ties Royal per&s;on, if he wil take the Covenant, and that they wil to the utmo&s;t of their power, maintaine and pre&s;erve the peace of both Kingdoms.</ITEM>
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<P>The&s;e, and &s;ome other particulars, doth not a little di&s;|courage the malignants in the&s;e parts.</P>
<P>The Commi&s;&s;ioners of the General A&s;&s;embly have al&s;o pre&s;ented their Repre&s;entation to the E&s;tates of Parlament, touching the &s;tate of a que&s;tion for War, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM>1. We conceive that there may be an acting in reverence to a War, before the unlawfulne&s;&s;e of the Warre, and the &s;tate of the que&s;tion be agreed upon, which is the very thing we did de&s;ire to be avoided.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Wee neither find any breaches of peace betweene th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Kingdoms, which may be a ground of War condi&s;cended upon, nor any po&s;itive re&s;olution of the Parliament to &s;eek reparation thereof, according to the Treaties, yet both the&s;e were de&s;ired by us.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. In &s;tead of that clau&s;e of the de&s;ire, The Pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">sbyterian party in <HI>England,</HI> who continue firme in adhering to the League and Covenant, we find this change of expre&s;&s;ion in the An&s;wer, The Presbyterians and wel-affected in <HI>Eng|land;</HI> which, as the words &s;tand, may intimate and &s;uppo&s;e
<PB N="3" REF="3"> that there are &s;ome wel-affected in <HI>England,</HI> which are not of the Presbyterian party, nor do adhere to the League and Covenant.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Our fourth de&s;ire for not joyning or a&s;&s;ociating with the malignant party if they &s;hal again ri&s;e in armes, and that it may be endeavoured to &s;uppre&s;&s;e them as Enemies to the Cau&s;e and Covenant on the one hand, as well as Sec|taries on the other, being &s;o ju&s;t in it &s;elf, &s;o con&s;onant to the former principles and profe&s;&s;ions both of this Kirk and Kingdom &s;ince their fir&s;t engagement in this Cau&s;e, and be|ing al&s;o as clear, both in the matter and expre&s;&s;ion as the Covenant, Treaties and Declarations of both Kingdomes, &amp;c.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. As your Lord&s;hips an&s;wer &s;eems to oppo&s;e his Maje|&s;ties late conce&s;&s;ions concerning Religion, not to be &s;atisfa|ctory; &s;o the&s;e conce&s;&s;ions being &s;o prejudicial to the cau&s;e and Covenant, we wi&s;h your Lord&s;hips had beene plea&s;ed to declare again&s;t them, both po&s;itively without any con|dition, and pre&s;ently without any delay.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. In an&s;wer to the 6. de&s;ire, As there is much &s;aid in the fir&s;t part for &s;ecurity of Religion to be had from his Maj. &s;o that clau&s;e, <HI>viz.</HI> That this &s;ecurity be had from his Ma|je&s;ty before his re&s;titution to the exerci&s;e of his Royal po|wer, not being agreed to by your Lord&s;hips, but rather laid a&s;ide until &s;ome &s;moother expre&s;&s;ions be found out, we are left un&s;atisfied in that which is the main of that de&s;ire, and cannot be a&s;&s;ured of any &s;ecurity, expre&s;&s;ed in the fir&s;t part of your Lord&s;hips An&s;wer.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. The An&s;wer to the 7. De&s;ire concerning &s;uch as are to be tru&s;ted in Armies and Committees, doth omit &s;ome of the qualifications expre&s;&s;ed in our de&s;ire, we are not with|out fears that this omi&s;&s;ion may be made u&s;e of by &s;ome, as if your Lord&s;hips had not meant to agree fully to that de|&s;ire.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>8. In an&s;wer to the la&s;t de&s;ire, in &s;tead of th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t clear ex|pre&s;&s;ion u&s;ed by us, namely, <HI>That the Kirk may have the &s;ame interest in any Oath for a new Engagement which they had in the &s;olemn League and Covenant,</HI> we find this doubtful, and uncertain expre&s;&s;ion, <HI>That both in the framing of the Oath, and otherwi&s;e, the Kirk &s;hall have their due interest.</HI> Which difference of your Lord&s;hips expre&s;&s;ion from ours, may al&s;o be interpreted by &s;ome, as if the Kirk had a&s;&s;umed more intere&s;t in the League and Covenant, then was due unto them.</ITEM>
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<P><HI>Vpon the&s;e and the like con&s;iderations, we humbly conceive that our De&s;ires, unto which we &s;till adhere as ju&s;t and nece&s;sa|ry, are not &s;atisfied by your Lord&s;hips an&s;wer. And without clear &s;atisfaction in the&s;e De&s;ires, we find it not &s;afe to appoint a Conference, for agreeing vpon the state of a que&s;tion for war.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="General Assembly's response to proposals">
<HEAD>The An&s;wer to the Parliaments paper.</HEAD>
<P>THe Commi&s;&s;ioners of the <HI>Generall A&s;&s;embly</HI> having received a Paper from the Honourable E&s;tate of <HI>Par|liament,</HI> de&s;iring a conference upon our late De&s;ires, and the Parliaments An&s;wer given thereunto, and al&s;o upon the &s;tate of the que&s;tion, and whole matter, Do humbly return this An&s;wer, and Declare, That if your Lord&s;hips &s;hal be yet plea&s;ed to give real and cleare &s;atisfaction to our &s;aid De&s;ires, wee &s;hal immediatly thereupon appoint &s;ome of our number to confer with a Committee of Parliament upon the &s;tate of the que&s;tion, This in&s;i&s;ting upon &s;atisfa|ction to our De&s;ires, before we appoint a Conference upon the &s;tate of the que&s;tion, doth not proceed from any perem|ptorine&s;&s;e about words or things of &s;mal moment, nor from any partiality or &s;elf-intre&s;t, nor from any inclination
<PB N="8" REF="4"> to &s;tretch our &s;elves beyond our line, nor from any intention to obstruct any lawful endeavours, either for pre&s;erving Mo|narchical Government in the Kings Maje&s;ty and his Po&s;teri|ty, or for oppo&s;ing and &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of Sectaries, <HI>Our record is in Heaven, we abhor and dete&s;t all &s;uch wayes: But our reall pur|po&s;e is to keep our &s;elves &s;o free, that in an implicite way we may not con&s;ent to, nor concur in stating of a question of war, before we &s;ee the &s;afety and &s;ecurity of Religion &s;ufficiently provided provided for, being tender of the great tru&s;t committed to us, as the &s;ervants of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, and Officers of his Kingdom, for pre|&s;erving the precious jewel of Religion, which ought to be at well to your Lord&s;hips as to us, above all worldly intere&s;ts.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Sub&s;cribed A. KER.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>Sad newes from the We&s;t of <HI>England.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Noble Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe affairs here are in a very &s;ad condition, our feares dayly increa&s;e, and the Country is divided; for the ma|lignant party gives out high &s;peeches, and divers of the Ca|valry re&s;orts to Pembroke Ca&s;tle, for the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of col. Poyer, and it is to be feared, they wil very much indanger the publique peace of the&s;e Counties, and prove a great ob|&s;truction to the proceedings of Parliament, &amp;c. Their num|bers increa&s;e, but not to that height as is reported, although it be rumoured that they are 4. or 5000. &s;trong, but I can a&s;&s;ure you to the contrary, that they do not con&s;i&s;t of above 8. or 900. Hor&s;e and Foot, and divers of them &s;lightly ar|med, the greate&s;t part of them are &s;uch who its thought will hardly change many blows.</P>
<P>On Tue&s;day last a little before night, the two Companies of &s;ouldiers that went down by water from <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> landed neere <HI>Hentlan</HI> in <HI>Milford,</HI> and on Wedne&s;day were &s;et upon by the two
<PB N="6" REF="5"> troops of Hor&s;e, and about <HI>100.</HI> Foot of <HI>Poyers</HI> in <HI>Pulchran</HI> Church, and Church-yard, but they maintained the place, and are not taken as the report was, but had conditions upon treaty, to march away with their arms, and are gone to Cardiff, upon en|gagement not to land again in <HI>Milford.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;ame day <HI>Poyer</HI> be&s;et Hentlau hou&s;e, where was Mr. <HI>White,</HI> Mr. <HI>Roger Lort,</HI> Adjutant Generall <HI>Flemming,</HI> Mr. <HI>John Lort,</HI> and &s;everall other Commi&s;&s;ioners and Gentlemen that were met together, about the accomodating and quartering of the new landed &s;ouldiers, all of them are and was in great danger of taking, but they al&s;o by a stratagem e&s;caped, and are got on &s;hip-boord.</P>
<P>One <HI>Butler</HI> a Colonell of the Kings Army, a grand Malig|nant, commanded the Foot that were about the Hou&s;e, and had provided bars of Iron, &s;ledges, and other in&s;truments, for the breaking open of the doors of the hou&s;e.</P>
<P>By this, and what hath formerly been certified, you may &s;ee the &s;etled re&s;olution and activene&s;se of <HI>Poyer,</HI> and his adherents to rai&s;e a new war, which I am confident will grow to &s;uch a head on a &s;udden, if not timely prevented, in tho&s;e malignant and di&s;|contented parts, as will not ea&s;ily be overcome.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Carmarthen <DATE>12 April, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>Imprimatur,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>G. M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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