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<P>SEVEN PROPOSITIONS Sent from the Parliament of SCOTLAND To the Parliament of ENGLAND; CONCERNING The Kings Maje&s;ty, and the Citizens of <HI>London,</HI> touching their priviledge and Liberties. With other parti|culars of great concernment.</P>
<P>Brought by Lieutenant Colonell <HI>Mar&s;hall,</HI> and pre&s;ented to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons upon <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> la&s;t, <HI>May</HI> the 3. 1648. Together with his Speech at the delivering thereof. And the procee|dings of both Hou&s;es thereupon.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, a Letter from his Excellency the Lord Generall to the Hou&s;e of Commons, concerning the Citizens of <HI>London,</HI> and their late <HI>Petition.</HI></P>
<P><ADD>may .5.</ADD><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by R. W. MDCXLVIII.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>SAD NEVVES FROM THE NORTH.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE di&s;tractions and feares of the&s;e parts are very great, and jealou&s;ies and differences doth dayly ari&s;e; for the Royali&s;ts De&s;ign begins to appeare vi&s;ible, &s;hewing them&s;elves very forward and active for the aug|mentation and advancement of the De&s;ign in <HI>Wales,</HI> But not|with&s;tanding all their preparations for a &s;econd Engage|ment, that which doth the mo&s;t terrifie us is, the great Army now rai&s;ing in Scotland, con&s;i&s;ting of 35000 Hor&s;e, Foot, and Dragoons, to be &s;peedily &s;ent into <HI>England,</HI> for the re-in|throning of the King, it being the chiefe&s;t pretence where|on they now build their foundation.</P>
<PB N="2" REF="3">
<P>As for the &s;tate and condition of this I&s;land, I can a&s;&s;ure you, they are in an excellent defen&s;ive po&s;ture, and are re&s;ol|ved to oppo&s;e both Scots, and other Forreiners, who dare or &s;hall intrench upon the Confines of <HI>England,</HI> or di&s;turbe the peace and quiet thereof, being unanimou&s;ly agreed, to &s;tand firm to their fir&s;t principles, for the defence of King, Parliament, and Kingdome. Here is a vigilant eye fixed to|wards the Clifts of <HI>Berwick,</HI> by rea&s;on of Sir <HI>Thomas Glen|ham's</HI> &s;udden &s;urpri&s;all thereof for the King. This is all for the pre&s;ent, from</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours to &s;erve you, <HI>Nehemiah Daniel.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Holy-I&s;land <DATE>1. of May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Letters from Berwicke declare as followeth.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Declaration of the Parliament of Scotland (thun|dring again&s;t <HI>England</HI>) being perfected, it was put to the Vote, whether it &s;hould be &s;ent to the Commitee of Divines, before it pa&s;t, or not, was carryed in the Negative; When it was voted, 81 were for it, 31 again&s;t it, who prote|&s;ted again&s;t it: the thing will be printed, and is to pa&s;&s;e as a Herald, and had by this time beene abroad, had not the Church delayed their an&s;wer to Tue&s;day but have now de|clared their di&s;&s;ent fully and unanimou&s;ly, being &s;en&s;ible of the &s;word getting into &s;uch hands, as when they &s;ee time, will make nothing of Covenant, nor other a&s;&s;urances given, and that they who have been e&s;teemed hitherto the mo&s;t re|ligious there, and in <HI>England,</HI> will become a prey to both popi&s;h and prelatical party.</P>
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<P>This is, believe it, the apprehen&s;ion of tho&s;e in Scotland, many of whom &s;tick not to &s;ay, they &s;ee no vi&s;ible delive|rance from ruine, but the Army in <HI>England,</HI> what ever you think and &s;ay in the South of it, making good the old max|ime of the multitude, to di&s;like what ever is pre&s;ent; and if there were none other arguments to ground the former ex|pre&s;&s;ed fears in Scotland, this one were enough, that 250. Barons or Lards have met at <HI>Lithgow,</HI> and other places, within view of Parliament, and &s;o no doubt approved by many, who write Letters to the Inhabitants, to ri&s;e in de|fence of the King, Religion, and the Church, the two latter being the Golden out&s;ide of all ri&s;ings: one of them was &s;ent for to Parliament, who was not afraid to come; the other &s;ent to him not to an&s;wer without them, they ju&s;tifie their proceedings by an old Act of Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Edinburgh <DATE>28. April 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>An exact Relation of the great Ri&s;ing and In&s;urrection which happened in the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>here hath lately aro&s;e a great in&s;urrection in this City, occa&s;ioned by the malignant party; what their in|tents are, you may ea&s;ily &s;uppo&s;e; and if timely &s;upplyes come not for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ion of them, the event may prove very bad; for what their intentions are, you may ea&s;ily &s;u&s;|pect.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Bri&s;tol <DATE>1 of May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="4" REF="4">
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE Parliament of <HI>Scotland</HI> having fini&s;hed their Declaration, it bath pa&s;sed by a major part in the vote vpon the que&s;tion. But the Marq. of <HI>Argyle</HI> and other Lords and Members of Parliament, to the number of <HI>60.</HI> prote&s;ted again&s;t it, and cau&s;ed their pro|te&s;tations to be entred, except they took the advice of the Kirk, and had their concurrence therein Yet never|thele&s;&s;e the Parliament proceeded vpon it, and putting it again to the question, pa&s;&s;ed it vpon the vote by <HI>41,</HI> voyces &s;o that Forces are to be rai&s;ed. But the Marq. of Argyle, and the re&s;t of the other party, with the Mi|ni&s;ters, are re&s;olved, that if they do march into <HI>England</HI> upon that <HI>Declaration,</HI> that they will follow with ano|ther Army in the Rear of them, and that they have a&s;|&s;urance from the old Army, which con&s;isteth of about <HI>2500.</HI> Foot, and <HI>1000.</HI> Hor&s;e, to joyne with them, they cleave fa&s;t to the Clergy The Declaration and Propo|&s;als of the Parliament of <HI>Scotland,</HI> are di&s;patched for <HI>England</HI> by Col. <HI>Mar&s;hal,</HI> to be pre&s;ented to both Hou|&s;es of Parliament a&s;&s;embled at We&s;tmin&s;ter.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Edenburgh, <DATE>April 29. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary declaration and proposals">
<P>UPon Wedne&s;day la&s;t, being the 3. of this in|&s;tant, <HI>Lieut. Col. Mar&s;hal</HI> pre&s;ented the Decla|ration and Propo&s;als of the Parliament of Scot|land, to the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> a&s;&s;embled at
<PB N="5" REF="4"> We&s;tmin&s;ter, wherein is declared the re&s;ults con|cerning <HI>England,</HI> who at the pre&s;enting of it to the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons, the &s;aid Leut. Col. <HI>Mar&s;hal</HI> declared, that his time was limited, and that hee had order to &s;tay but fifteene dayes, which was the utmo&s;t of the time prefixed. The particulars of this Declaration are as followeth: <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM>1. That his Maje&s;ty may come to <HI>London,</HI> or &s;ome of his hou&s;es neer the City, and there to remaine in ho|nour, freedome, and &s;afety.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That reparations be made for his carrying away from Holdenby, or &s;atisfaction, by puni&s;hing them that did it.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That the Presbytery be &s;etled, and Sectaries pu|ni&s;hed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That the Army under command of the Lord <HI>Fair|fax</HI> be disbanded.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5, That the City of <HI>London</HI> have all priviledges made good to them.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. That the Covenant of both Kingdomes be injoy|ned univer&s;ally.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. That all Members of Parliament, who have faithfully &s;erved, be re&s;tored.</ITEM>
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<P>The Lords put off the con&s;ideration of this bu|&s;ine&s;&s;e, till Thur&s;day, <HI>May the</HI> 4.</P>
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<P>The Commons con&s;ulted, whether they &s;hould in their &s;ettlement of the Kingdom, upon the matter of Propo&s;iti|ons, take in the Scots, or not, and then whether an addre&s;&s;e to his Maje&s;ty again.</P>
<P>The Hou&s;e of Commons received a Letter from the Ge|nerall, wherein he lets the Hou&s;e under&s;tand, his good li|king of the Cities choice of Major Gen. <HI>Skippon</HI> being cho|&s;en Major Gen. for <HI>London,</HI> and parts adjacent, and &s;aith, that finding the Cities de&s;ire, that the Forces of the Army bee removed further from <HI>London,</HI> he being de&s;irous to content them therein, rather then wrong them, hath ordered al&s;o the drawing off the Regiment of Col. <HI>Bark&s;teads</HI> in White-Hall and Col. <HI>Riches</HI> at the Mewes, praying that they will take care of another guard for them&s;elves, and intends to remove the re&s;t as is de&s;ired.</P>
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<P>Imprimatur</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>G. M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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