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<P>A DECLARATION Of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, AND The Knights and Gentry in the North of <HI>England,</HI> With the Rai&s;ing of Forces in the North, We&s;t, and Ea&s;tern Ridings of Yo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">k&s;hire; And the Ren|devouzing of fifteen hundred Hor&s;e at <HI>Maulton</HI> Moor, and another great Body near the City of YORK.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, the &s;ecuring of <HI>Cliffords</HI> Tower, <HI>Carli&s;le, Leeds, Hallifax, Skipton,</HI> and divers other plac<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s: And the Lord <HI>Lamberts</HI> Re&s;olution, at a General Council of Officers. With Orders and In&s;tru|ctions to &s;everal Regiments.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>G. HORTON,</HI> 1659. <ADD>Jaunuar:</ADD></P>
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<HEAD>The Re&s;olution of the Lord Lam|bert; And the Ri&s;ing of the Lord <HI>Fairfax</HI> in the <HI>North.</HI></HEAD>
<P>UPon the arrive of Col. <HI>Salmon</HI> with the Lord <HI>Lambert</HI> in the North, and repre&s;enting the great Turn of Affairs in the South, a Council of Offi|cers was immediatly called, where (by &s;ome) it was re&s;olved, to deter all further motion towards Gen. <HI>Monck,</HI> and to acquie&s;ce in the Parliament, and to yield obedience to their authority; but col. <HI>Lilburn</HI> is the onely man that hath heightned <HI>Lambert,</HI> notwith&s;tanding the Revolt of above &s;ix hundred hor&s;e, be&s;ides the Iri&s;h Brigade, who have de|clared for the Parliament, and returned to their former Duty &amp; Obedience: in&s;omuch, that col. <HI>Lambert,</HI> Major <HI>Creed,</HI> and &s;ome others, are in no &s;mall con&s;ternation, being re&s;olved to con&s;ult their own Intere&s;t; and to that end are preparing Overtures for a &s;ubmmi&s;&s;ion, and 'tis believed they will accept of the Parlia|ments gracious Tender and Act of Indempnity. For the di|vi&s;ions of his Army are &s;uch, as give him no great encourage|ment to engage with them e&s;pecially now they hear of the Par|liaments &s;itting, as al&s;o upon receipt of the Orders di&s;patcht by Lieutenant colonel <HI>Pepper</HI> from the Parliament, to require
<PB N="4" REF="3">them to return to their Obedience. Col. <HI>Redman</HI> is ordered the command of the Iri&s;h Brigade of Hor&s;e, and Lieu. colonel <HI>Bret</HI> (at pre&s;ent) hath the conduct of the Foot. The &s;aid Brigade hath &s;ub&s;cribed an Engagement, and &s;ent it inclo&s;ed in a Letter to Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;ilr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">gg.</HI> Which Letter be<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ng read in Parlia|ment i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> was re&s;olved, That all the Offic<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rs who <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ve &s;igned this Engagement, and all the non commi&s;&s;ionated Officers and pri|vate Souldiers of the &s;aid Iri&s;h Brigade; &s;hall be, and are hereby indempnified.</P>
<P>On Friday la&s;t, being the 30 of <HI>December,</HI> the Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> and mo&s;t of the Gentry in the County of York, rendezvouzed near the Ci<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y, and appeared with many hundreds in Arms, be|&s;ides three Troops of the &s;tanding Army all declaring for the Parliament; as manife&s;tly app<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ars by the following Declara|tion, <HI>viz.</HI>
<Q>WHereas we cannot without much grief of heart, and con&s;ter|nation of &s;pirit, con&s;ider and bewail the de&s;tructive confu&s;i|&s;ions, that have plunged into Church and State, and the inevitable Ruine threatning the good people of this Nation, unle&s;s &s;peedily and timely prevented, in this day of publique calamity; We therefore having earne&s;tly be&s;ought the Lord to direct us in this great and weighty Affair, wherein the Liberty and peace of the&s;e Nations, and the Interest of the Godly and Faithful therein is &s;o nearly con|cerned, do find it our duty to Declare, That we &s;hall, through the &s;trength of God, a&s;&s;ert and maintain the Freedom and Priviledges of the pre&s;ent Parliament, the &s;upream Authority of the&s;e Na|tions, and not &s;uffer the Members thereof to be illegally interrupted or mole&s;ted in the di&s;charge of their Duties; And we do &s;olemnly avow to all the World, that our onely intention in doing this, is to pre|&s;erve the Rights of our Country, and to protect and encourage all the Godly and Faithful therein; and likewi&s;e to e&s;tabli&s;h the peace of the&s;e Nations, and the Government of a Free-State or Common|wealth.</Q></P>
<P>The Lord <HI>Fairfax</HI> is marched to <HI>Leeds,</HI> having a great Body of Hor&s;e, and mo&s;t of the Gentry in the We&s;t-Riding of <HI>York|&s;hire</HI> have al&s;o appeared at a Rendezvouz with him, gallantly
<PB N="5" REF="3">mounted, and well arm'd. Sir <HI>Henry Cholmley</HI> hath al&s;o rai&s;ed a con&s;iderable Body in the North Riding, and Sir <HI>Hugh Bethyl,</HI> and Sir <HI>Francis Boynton,</HI> have done the like in the Ea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t-Riding, who on Thur&s;day la&s;t Rendezvouzed fifteen hundred Hor&s;e, well armed, at <HI>Maulton</HI> Moor; all in generall declaring for the <HI>Parliament;</HI> and in<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">eed &s;uch a great and voluntary Ri&s;ing as this hath hardly ever been &s;een in <HI>Egland.</HI></P>
<P>Divers other Counties have declared for the <HI>Parliament,</HI> among&s;t whom, the Counties of <HI>Leice&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Warwick</HI> have bin highly in&s;trumental: from whence we hear, that the City of <HI>Co|ventry</HI> have declared wholly for the <HI>Parliament,</HI> and that the parts adjacent flocked into Colonel <HI>Hacker</HI> in &s;uch multitudes, that he might in a very &s;hort time, if occa&s;ion were, have formed a con&s;iderable Army, ready to a&s;&s;ert the Parliaments Intere&s;t. Upon his entring the City, be rode to the Market-place with Sir <HI>John Norris,</HI> having about five hundred Hor&s;e, and there decla|red for the <HI>Parliament.</HI> Since which time, They have been proclaimed at &s;everal other places, more e&s;pecially at <HI>Lyn</HI> in <HI>Norfolk,</HI> where the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es of the &s;aid Town did not onely rai&s;e Forces for the <HI>Parliament</HI> but al&s;o di&s;armed &s;uch that were rai ed again&s;t the Authority thereof, taking away all their arms and ammunition: For which good and faithful &s;er|vice a L<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er of Thanks was ordered to be &s;ent to the &s;aid Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es.</P>
<P>This great and providential <HI>Change,</HI> doth not onely appear obvious in mo&s;t parts of <HI>England;</HI> but from <HI>Ireland</HI> al&s;o it is af|firmed, That Major <HI>Wil&s;on</HI> hath &s;ecured the city of <HI>Limrick</HI> for the <HI>Parliament.</HI> Lieu. col. <HI>Nel&s;on</HI> is fled, being not <HI>Parliament-proof. Waterford, London Derry,</HI> and the City of <HI>Cork</HI> have al&s;o declared their concurrence. Be&s;ides, Colonel <HI>Privy,</HI> Gover|nour of <HI>Carlow,</HI> hath &s;ubmitted.</P>
<P><HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> &amp; <HI>Limbrick</HI> is Surpri&s;ed, <HI>Clanmel</HI> and <HI>Ro&s;&s;e</HI> have Declared this Way&punc; <HI>Kilkenny</HI> and the Ca&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">le likewi&s;e: the Souldiers threatning to throw their Governour over the VValls, if He &s;tood Out. In fine, there is a con<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">inual Intercour&s;e between the Scotti&s;h and Iri&s;h Souldiery.</P>
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<P> The Parliament have Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of In&s;pections to examine what moneys have bin rai&s;ed and taken up in the &s;everal Counties of this Common|wealth, and by whom, and what is become of the &s;ame, with power to &s;end for per&s;ons, papers, writings, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved by the Parliament,</HI> That all Officers who were in Commi&s;&s;ion on the 11th of <HI>October,</HI> 1659. and all other Offi|cers and Souldiers in the late Defection and Rebellion, who have already &s;ubmitted, and &s;uch as &s;hall hereafter &s;ubmit them|&s;elves, and have returned, or &s;hall return to their Duty and Obe|dience to the Parliament, before the Ninth of this in&s;tant Janu|ary, &s;hall be, and are hereby pardoned and indempnified for Life and E&s;tate, provided that this Vote doth not extend unto the pardoning of wilful Murther: and it is Ordered, That all &s;uch of the &s;aid Officers and Souldiers, who &s;hall &s;o return to their Duty and Obedience to the Parliament, &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed of by the Council of State, Commi&s;&s;ioners for the management of the Army, or General <HI>Monck.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved,</HI> That <HI>John Lambert</HI> E&s;quire, &s;hall be included in this Vote.</P>
<P><HI>Ordered,</HI> That the Council of State do &s;ee that this Vote be put in execution.</P>
<P>The Committee appointed to treat with the City, reported, That it was the de&s;ire of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com|mon Council, to acqui<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ce in the <HI>Parliament,</HI> under whom God had ble&s;&s;ed them with peace, when there was War throughout the whole Nation, and to yield Obedience to their Authority.</P>
<P>Since the Rai&s;ing and Rendevou&s;ing of the York&s;hire Hor&s;e by the Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> and the Gentry, the De&s;ign of colonel <HI>Lil|burn</HI> is diverted, and the Tower of York &s;ecured for he Parlia|ment; &s;o that the Gentleman was forced to wheel about, and retreat with his two Troops to the Lord <HI>Lambert,</HI> who we hear hath commanded his Forces from the confines of <HI>Northumber|land, We&s;tmerland,</HI> and <HI>Cumberland,</HI> conceiving that through the remotene&s;s of their Quarters, many interpo&s;ed for a diver&s;ion; and that whole Troops, as well as Foot Companies, fall off <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"></P>
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<P> The Town and Ca&s;tle of <HI>Carli&s;le</HI> 'tis &s;aid, hath declared their concurrence with the York&s;hire Forces, who are ready for a conjunction, as occa&s;ion &s;hall invite. <HI>Skipton</HI> upon <HI>Craven</HI> hath a&s;&s;uredly declared for the <HI>Parliament,</HI> as al&s;o the ca&s;tles of <HI>Scar|brough, Helm&s;ley,</HI> and divers other places; but what the intent and de&s;ign of the <HI>Lambertarians</HI> are, in gathering to a Body; there is no certainty: yet 'tis probable, though many conjecture other|wi&s;e, that it may be in order to a Return from his late Defecti|on and Di&s;obedience to the <HI>Parliament.</HI></P>
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