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i  u Hen we remember tartar jivferrzzez Eazgizgté
 mm at New.— mark«;:t and Tripioe-

 . Heaths, and but therevtitii confider
and compare the firange aétings that
have been, and {iii} are carried on “in

  __ the name of the Army C as if upon the
‘accompt of that Engagemelit ) we are even fiartled at the
palpable contrariety and diipari ty that appeareth betwixt
them 5 for the difterenee is as great and‘ as Wide, as be-
twixt boiidage anfid Sreedoni : So that it hathput us tftpoln
confideration to n e out and difcover , where the an t
lurketh 5 and U1zOé1f;2i1“iOuS‘thOlJgi1tS, wee cannot impute
the deelinin s 0 t e rt’: Princi les of the Arm , tow the
Army itfelfg but rather to fompe Perfons of private and
dangerousinterefis, ufurping and fuwprifing the name of

   

i the Army 5 like as it was {aid of the 1 1 impeached Merna

bers, concerning the Name and Authority of Parliament,
imprinting the face and flampe of that Authority upon
their prodigious defigns, to the great abnfe of the Parlia-v
ment, as this mufi needs be of the Army. Thefe,tas too
many fuch there be, are Foxe: of tbe deepefi lgiazde, more do-
ceitfull and pernitious than their predeceflburs 5 and that
fuch there are, wofufl experience puts it out ofqueflion :
and who they are the print of their footfieps is 1'0 evident,

that you may trace them from {iep to fiep, from hole to a

hole totheir Mafler Den, where you may find: the whole
litter ofFoxe: in con]f:iracy,and you mayknow them by their
Ihapes. Thus then to their footfieps. d

When in the times ofStapleton -8c Hollir, the then faéizion i
— was afpircd to that height of tyranny and infoIency_.,as to

overtop the authority and native freedom of the People,
threatning generail vaflalagc to the whole Nation,‘ then
the private fouldiery( to interpofe betwixt the people and
their de{‘troiers)drcw_ themfelves into that folcrnn Engage-

ment of fame 5.1 647.i.n the attempting and tranfaétion of i

which they found no fmall oppofitiongas may well be re-
membred)amo”ng{i.the‘Officers.; andratthat: timeCromwell

A2  A thigh-

a   at at   

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  h~igh—1yidiflEmed5 116tWi¢11‘lslP§iing"tha garnet: rzfioeiei-iazioxi

a~fltitimpor‘tt1nityofln1¢an_S}‘ fi‘iends,tirl he was forced for fear

.  of imp1‘ifonim'£n~t3to Hy to the then engaging {'ou1diery( the

and Iretezz, when tliey. few-nio other-way to prefervle ‘
{elves and theiri11tere{i;e11gagedrin the fuhverfion» =

day after the firfl: Re22dezeom)for refugcgaxld tl1enCra2;;we1z

  

7that

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domineeri11g,_tyrannieal fa<‘3:iiron,and afluming higli offices =

» to thexnfeIves,a<?th1g assgenerall O”Eficers,r Without  lelee»

étion, of the f'oldiery,or 'Commifl'ionfron~1 theParli;tn1e11t, .
being outby the fizlf-denyingsOrdin:mce,and th‘e%%_C-ieneralfk,

having no power to make geneta1lOfficers.l _ ‘  _ w
’ And being thus;feeted,e.ven before they were Wei!’ wa1~m;. ,

“ed in their places,they begin to Iiomaek the fitting of the V .r

Erivate fouldiers in Cotmcel with tliemgalthough hit is Welli

nown,that the a&irons“of the Armyl,m‘oving :1! an Arm_y,im

relation to that Engageimengwa-s-,'firPt tolbe coneluded of 
by a Cotmcell, to conhfi ofthofe gen*erallOHicers (who 

COIlCL11‘1‘€d with the Army in their then jufl tmdetta kings)
with two CommiHionOfhcers and two foldiers to be cho--

fen for each Ptcgin1e11t;bt1t.a Councellithus mo;lelIed,was ~=

not futable to their Wonted greatnes and ambition,it was

fomewhat of {corn to them,that a private 1" oldier( though 
the P\CpI‘€{€I1tOI]lf'-Of a Regiment) fhoulcl fit check by jolly.

‘with them,and have with an Officer an equafll vote in that

Gouncel.fThis was a thing favoured too much of the eo- -
pies authority and power,and therefore inconfiflent with or

the ttanf aétioneof their lordly I nterefl; the title ‘offiee Ele~f-A

i;7ien( the originvel of all jL1Ptauth01*ities)tnL1fi give place to -

- prerogative patent (the root oflallexorbitant powers) that e~
=Counce1 muff change the derivation of its felfioq, and be- -~

ing; from eAgreeh3enlt.and eleétion of the Fouldieryito the

patent ofthe Ofiicers,tand‘none to fit there b1ut»corn'miHIon 

Officers,like.fo~n1any pateu-tee Lordsjin the high Court of
Ifltxfliament,deri.ving their titlefrom the will of their Ge-

neral,as the other did theirsfrona the willof“ the King: {'0 ‘

that the difference wasno othe-r,but in the cheng" ofirzamex.-"
Here was(when at this perfeétio n)a.s abfolute a Morzarcby,
and as abfolute a P7'6'T'0g(lU.7J€:COVTt over the Army,as Commas

;-zer:,as ever there was over-the Commomwealth, and act-" it

corelingly this Councel was overfwarmed with Colonels, ii
  Lieut.Colonels,Maiors,Captains3;(fi~t.s contxjary to and be-

, yond the tenour.pfthe.Engtagenic21t.. .  Hence. 

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hence followed fleeretlrmurmttrings 8: w/11/ferirzgxianlotzglt. 
thelVPre_rog;ztiwe Ofllcers agamft the fellion and power of the ‘ a
Agitatorr, and at length palpable endeavors broke forth to '

fupprefs tIiem:& fo ‘foon as the Ofllcers h ad Wwezmd z1ptl1en1g A l

lelvs to a faflion-,(UlllCl€Ilt't‘O overtop tl1em,anad.findingthlel l
privity of tllea/Jgztatorlpzn their Comzcel; Was an impediztlzemtoe 
their evil interefl an"lambitio7z,tl1en it was openly given Out,

‘fflmt they flood M f0%10'i€?”Is@72lJ toferw the Smre,e and 2n1gJ:r not as A

free ommom i72fifl'_Z{P072 their liberty; and tbat I/Je gromzd of their
refztflng to’ dz}:-!m7zd,wa«5,« .0221} the mrzt 0fj;4rrear.r am’ Indemprzity;
Which_.,hoW contrary to tl1elrE72gdgeme7zt,,Dec1arzzz‘i0725,Repre.
f£vntatio7zr,&c.Hcar,0 lleavezzgand judge,0 earth.’ for doth not b

their Declaratian of7m2.14.1 647s.‘ in rtbeir perfom thus fpeak.

" ‘ 4 n « '1 L;  . .
“W e {hall before dtsbandmg proceed 1n onr"own andthe Ems D“"_"

“'King;do7z2r behalf,@“c.el'peciall y confidering,thatwe were l~3 .9-
“not a Mercirzary Army,h'ired to ferve any./Irbzmzry power of
‘f‘"a {fate_.,but called fort!) and cozzjurred by the jeveral Declaration:
“V” of Parliament to the defence-of our oWn,8t‘ the peoples juff
“‘.Rigb.t3 8c‘?Lz'bertz'e:. And if of our oWn,then not to dellroy
our rig‘/Jt of Petitionizzgft) r that is in the mtmlver of our own, <
and fo formerly owned by theml'elves.~ And fttrther iome”
few lines after they thus proceed. ‘ A t e

“ The {aid Declar»atio'ns fill dircflzing us tothe equitable
“ fenfe of all "Laws and Confiitutions, as difpenfing with
“the very letter ofthefame,and being fupream to itgwhen
“ the fafctsy and-l prel'erva’tion— of all is concerned, and af-
i‘p‘ol'ured us, That‘ all Authority is fimdamentally feared in
“ the Ofllce, and but mini{’cerially in the Perfons : And‘
then to confirm and jtfiliefie their motion, as*Common”"ers '
in behalf ofthe People, they cite the Prelyidents of .S‘coot1a7zd,
Netberlzmdr, Portugal}, and others 5 adding this, “ That ac-

  “ cordingly the Parliament hath declared as %it- no 1’“¢‘fiP€iI3g

“"ofMagiltracy, to fidetwith the halls principles and law of’
“Nature and Nations, being that Law, upon which we
"3 have affified you; and that tl1efouldiegjs may lawfixllyv
“hold the handsof the General! (A and ifof the Generall
then.ofCramwe1!, “Iretorz and Ham‘fo:a) whowilll turn his“
“ Cannon againfl the Army,on purpofe to dlefiroy them;
“ the Sea-man the hands ofthat Pilot who wilfully runs‘
“ the {hip upon a~rock,as our brethren ofScotl;2nd arguecl,i*"
“*antlfuch were the pvroceeglings of our Anee {tours of fa-
lmmous ;z1¢moa~y.—; time   . fl Hmer‘n

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Here * out of their owne months it is confet}, That the

, V fotxldiery are not,nor ought to be mercinarygand that the

General(anCl f o co-nfequently all the Officejrs) may be op-
pofed by the fouldiery incafelofan«i immanent deflru€’tion'
to them 5 and how abfolutely deltruétive it is to them, to
be deprived oitheir right as Commoners, and not fufl"er-
ed upon pain of death or calltiernxent to petition the Far-
liament, but to be renclr-ed meerly mereinary to the lulis
and ambitions of two or three perfons,to ferve their pet-
nicious ends,.let the World judge : This is a cafe To plain,

To obvious and evident, as none can deny, but that it is a

palpable fubverfion of the Right oi the-Souldiery; and
therforein fix ch a cafe they are bound to oppofe their§Of-
ficers,anda it is no refilling of the General, nor of the OF-
fictrs , no more than itis a refiliing Magiflracy, to fide
with the iuft Principles and law of Nature and Nations, as

,tl1en1l"elves l1££v.f:tc;:WV'I1€(l and confelt, and if they will not

{land to it, they nmli be kept toit.

And belides, if the equity of the Law be filperiour (as
theyfay) to the letter, and if the letter {hould control!
and overthrow the equity, itis to be cont_ro1’d and over-

thrown it felf, and the equity to be preferved, then the

rule of the fame reafon doth tell them, that the Officer is
but the form or letter of the Army 5 and therefore infe-
riour to the equitable or ellentiall part, the Sozildiery, and
to be controlled and overthrown themfelves, when they

r controll and overthrow the Souldieryiin the effentials of

their being, life, liberty and freedon1,as the fouldiery are,
when by the Offieers rendred meerly mercinary, and de-
nied their right ofaddrt-[Te by way of Petition to the Parr
Iiamen t, for to be tortur’d, enflav’d and opprcihand not
fL1fii':r’d to complain, but tormented and abufed for
co mplaining (al th ongh to the Parliament, the undoubted

right of an E’/2glifl2—man') is the highefi cruelty, villany and
A Ilavery can be ima9,ined,even ‘flrlarzazy at tbe /)eigbt,a11dlther—

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fore to be oppofed by the Soulcliery.  
And thus,and upon thefe fundamentals of Nature and

_FLea{‘on_the Nit/Jfirltlfldl made their refiflancie agaitlll the
'4 ‘King or S'pai72.ThuS role the Scot: up in_ arms, and entered
this Kingdo rn,immediate1y before this Parliamcnt,with-

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out all formal “cojuntenanceor allowanteof King or Par-we
Iiamcnt,fince owned and juPcifie'd-by-tl1isParli11n1ent,Thus ‘
th.isParliamen«t took up armsagainfi the King :   and thus '

the«Pat*liame11t of France nowltaketh up arrnes :_ yea

thus this Army enter’d upon their jblcvnrzflzzgagelment againfi .

the opprcfing part} at If/ef2‘mi72[9er.Ands thus may the fouldiery i

renue and revive the fatne,and even oppofe,co1)t1*adi8c,di-

fpute and overrule the command; of their Ofhce rs themlelvs *
to.the contrary,and be equally iuflifiable with the forego- *

V .311? prefiden-ts. But to return to-the matter in-hand. it *

When Cromwell and Iretomand their fa€‘eio11offelFinteir- ‘

  effed Oflicers thought they had got the‘ fouldiery fafl by p
the brainaas to dote-fufiiciently upon their tranfztétion and '

conclu&’ofbufines,they then decline the Agitators,dec1in'e ‘

the Engagemengfleight their Declaration: and Promifes to the

people s and tArmy, rendringu the -Agiptatours but as ci-- *

phers amongfl them, corrupting fame with places, over»
ruling, and overawing otl1ers,zmd fo bringing the tranfa-

ly‘ to themfelves,under the impreflion and name of his Ex-

s &ions of the Army in order to theirfolcmrz~E72gagcmem,on- A '

ccllcncggarzd bi:.C’o_m2cel of W'ar,8c Co by degrees, fiepiafizer Prep 
they call outithe intereii of the foulciiery from amongii"

them,de{’rroi.ecl theE22gagenze72t,and-brolge the faitb of I/JBAHII)‘.

Sothat the honefl: Touldiery not feeing any redre{ie,the A

rights and freedoms of the Nation not cleared or feéured,
no i=ndemp,uit-y or fecuritylfor arrears, or provifion for
prefent pay, no: determinate period of time fee, when the
Parliament {hould certainly end, no publike vindiecation

. of the Army from that ‘moi’: horrid Declaration againfi '

the fouldiery for petitioning,nori offupprefling andivhur-l t

ning Petit.i0ns,abufing and inaprifibning petitioners»,c’§"c.v.
Thcfe things the fouldiery beholding and obferving,en-

deavorecl to rcflore their Agents to a competent power and 3
ability,to make good the faith of the Army to the people, J

but then they foundthe hottefi oppofition from Cromwell
and Iretan ‘With-his fas&ion~?'of~OHicers,‘ as whoever Cal 5 but
to mind the bufines o-fW‘are,when -Co1.Eyer was i-mprifo.

ned,a.nd M'.Ari2old a private fouldier was {hot todeath for '
promoting and allificing thewovk ofthe fouliiiery in refc-'-A '

rence to the fqlemnEngagemem ofzbe 24rm},may. knew; ~-

on

And 

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4. l'AI)d'tJl1'€l1lib1l13y'bE remembred how infoIe11t*.8c Furious

r: Cromwell deported l1i”rnfelfagainl‘t the ltonell obfervers of

Hit’ fair!) of tbe Arm),it being then made death to obferve the
1€2zgageme22t,or but {peak for the Agitz2tar5:O let thatdayne-
we be forgotten 2 let not the‘ blond ofthat innocent perfon
be here had out of remembrance,ti-ll jdllice be had for the

famegneither let our Engagement or the perfidious perju- a

red fiibverters thereof be forgotten; forhere the Engage-

’ men: was utterly call afide,and the Adjmator: laid by, and *

after that no more Agitator: would be permitted, but the
ttfentence of death,impril'onment, and calhierments for all

t that endeavored the reviving therofwas denounced : here
.. the right of the foldiery was clearly clellroied,and theGe1L..

Oflieers became lords of the name of the Army, alliltning

  the fame to themfelves, and litting the i mpreflion thereof
 upon all their future a"€tings,to theabufe and fiirprifall of

the Army 5 although in deedand in truth no tranfafiing
fince by Cromwell, Ireton, and their Officers, though in the
name oftheGen.Councel oftheArmy_.,Wil be accounted or
imputed to the a& of the Army, for it is no Gen.Councel,

 neither doth it reprefent the A r,my,neither hath it the Au.»

.thority"orCommillion oftheA1'n1yt.tl1erin;for it is another
Councel, differing from that of the Ezzgagemezfzt of the Ar-
1ny,that was by eleé‘iio22,tl1is is by force and obtrufiorz, in that
the foldicry were reprefentedfin this only the Ot“licers,tl1-at
is to conlifl of thofe Gen.Ofi‘icers concurring With tl’ieFn-
gagexnengtwo Com.Officers', and two foldiers chofen out
ofevery Ptegiment, this is only a Councel ofwar, whole
power doth extend to no tranfafiion in the name of the

iArmy,as Cornn1oners,but only to matters ofwar,as foul?-

diers : therefore their propofitions and tam'p_erings with
the King,their march up to Lo72da7r,their violent {ecluding
of lb many members from Parl.t heir trial! and txecutiorz of
the Ki77g,0f D.Hamilton,Hol!aizd,a11dlioutCapel,their ere€ti-

‘ on of the big!) Court ,of the Councel of State,and their raigniizg

i72_.,& 0’IJ€1‘I"Zt‘li72g,t/J6? Houfsgtheir flopping tl5ePrefl"e:,clon1»n:itting
1Jio‘1e7zt outrage: andecruelties theruptonytlteir ufit7‘PaIi07z~0f' the
civil Authority, Ste. are not to be tfieemed as‘:-ftions -of the
Arn1y,they are not to be ft: upon the {core ofthe foldiiery,
ft»r the folditjry hath no mouth:in their Councels, neither

.1-,

"have they therisn t0.do. ' “ lr Thin?

I M Thus it may well be cotiteiivecl, that their clhthing tllenlfélvei

with the glorious Garments of . that Engagement, with their mani-‘
fold Declzitations, RCm011li!“:{!'lC€S, 8&6. was but inorder to What
time hath iince nitride m:t1ii=fe{i,'_to l1e;rve‘ot1tStapleron andthat fa»
étion, to grztip the {ole GlC)_mu‘1i.O1‘1Il1t0 t_l1€i1‘OW11'l1al1ClS3 for by
'«tl1€il‘l:21i1‘li)eCCl1cS and fawning Clill1l1;1t1l8l'.1‘;tl‘1S, they courted the

-‘4'50t1ldiery' and htmeli party of the Common-'«.«realtl1 into 3 l°ctong'

deltfiioti, CVC‘l1r_.’.f; believe their lycs, their enchzmtments, and I012-
ceriC.s:lNCVte1‘VV€tC {itch S;titits,f;1th curious Atigels Ofllglifg 1’/M»
wzolastEgyptian Sorc.erers were {hurt of thele in their Art. Ant! i
when by tl‘t3tl7tl€al]Stl1€Aj,' hatl.c0tnpaiY.att1e1r ends agamft Holly
and his, they were fa félfeft-)fl1 inhiting ttpon the prcinifes of their
former promiles and v0ws,,that they relolve upon an Ham: Pom:
trick with the K :c'.J'2g,€t1]i(l to let upon the VVt')Il{;'tOil]12‘ll{(i mm a Pati-
dor to tl1C'i1‘Cl0mil11t)11 and power, to mathc. him C-i shteeti betwixt
them zmtlthe .p€;‘.0ple) axial they drive it ma bargain, ronmvel to . ”
bf; made Earl Oi‘ Ejjhws, atitl that (btilitltf. his gcerge and blew i*‘{ib—  
band ) to be :1 JC7zigl.:r of the Q'.—zrter, Ina: ovvn ion to be Bed cham—- Co1.10hn Ln-
her. man to the P1‘ll1CQ'),‘tl1(lV~lt.iS 8011 in lair Ircrun, eitlitr Lord De- 'e’5“l:‘i‘3“l§‘.=‘1“
puty ciffrelmml, or at legit Field l‘vI;1rlhat L? mtsrztl of frclmza’, and nmcic gootlugw
his own Son (til:-1t COITlm2-U]tlCCl~tl~-}C (3-eta. Life Ciuzircl) {aid that the f;c”§::‘§;"’h‘c
King had cztli himlielfupmi his fathrir and brother Iretcm, to malte uourc of Com»
his terms ii)1.'l1il11,Z1I7(l1'CljI01'C‘l'lim again : And to that entl, they ’“°“‘°"
frame €XpCCliC‘t‘1tS fiitgibis; to his 1 7~'t:r0_g.fztit/6 .I’ri;1ci])/c.r, Vctmningly
i zttetweztvitigtht: E-tnie in their l:-utmeis cztlledtlie Pi”0p0fi1[I_fi9?‘ the
fi-tliizg .4 jzrj} mzci lirzflritzg ‘PC1155 ( as tliey cttlletfi it) in tht:l'1e:ttls
whereof were cotvzhcd the fevetal l‘Ol111El;.11?i"fm3 oi‘ lieggtzl Tyrztmiy,
{Eating the w,’;m../5 power‘ and authority of t./:7zltZ\7rztio;2,fzm;lmr2¢mrzr/{y
in 1/20 ICfr2¢g.r will r3¢¢tl;;_g7;rL<_{ I]J€ffl7fl8filP7'€m€, or (1 [mar pmuamozzitr,
in all r/;m t’tl-l;"'I"("7"77’»5.!'.T{7irlfAi0."7J' 0fP.¢zrlid7m’77t : This is the tmanimous
>.:sic~.; ot‘th’r~ .2, 2., .mcl 3. p.irticL1lars,t1x1de1' the lirli gene:-ztl Pmpofitl,
and the lali ism iizal to them all. But this expedient Failing the-m%,z1s
ta their exox bitantintents, they cztiiofl thole »1'0bc.s0l‘Ro)'rzv[t)' with
which they had rendred thcmftflves acceptable with the Jt’ir{_q’:; ml.-
lierems, and lzticl-nlicle the Kingzllitltl1C1‘n,~fi11Clll‘1g the iva3.+"of‘m;
Agreement‘ oferhe Pea};/Te to be ‘much alilfied end €!n(l€‘:1V(‘.1u‘c_cl {titer
among7tliC»Souldie1'y, they alfo inveit themlelves with that [(050,
to hiclt: their deformity from the Army gvzmcl the hetterto allay all
motions after tl1C’i~3”11_1€.‘,, they cotifirfis anti ackiiiowledgc the C’:l\'.C(§‘,l..
i€I1Cy»~3'nd"g0O-;l1_l6l§0ftl‘1Epf€fl3illéS5“Cl1€y011137filled’ tl‘l€'alitl'116 Lin-

M f:at‘on;;.b1e5 tandthistwas idreli ogstin {rich taking .S‘;1il]t~,ljl(c, 3-km-

B‘ _ guage,

guzage, as 1 he 1*r.~:lIgi,<"~us people 1'1’) ght lac.-ll be fiit“p:~ili:<h D\’-it ‘ {llll’*95’f-

. . ,_ I; - _ , ___, ‘» ‘ V  1,
lug any vent-motis thin g; to bx iLI‘l\l1‘lf,_§ unclti the leaf of thtn holy

and {acted pretc‘nct‘s: t he y call Falls ( a certain l’O1'C-I'L1i"IiI“iC'1l of m ill-
ehieliwith them) try, and howl, and bcdew their ch, «ls:-.::$Witll1tl1e
tears ofhypocrilie and deceit, coniels their iniquity and 21 b0minati-
on in (l€C.lll'lii"g+,l1;‘ caule ofthe-People, and tampering with the
King 3 and humbly, as in t‘. e ptefence of the 14/1»/Eeirzg God, ac-
~vl{11C nzletlge the way of an Agreement of tke;I’c*ople, t0 be the way
—ta::- our Peace and Freedom; and even themafloon as they had VVi-'-
pccl their eys and their mouths,they proceed even to cleatli,'impri-?-
fomnent, or calhicrment ofall {inch in the Army,‘ as promotedor
owned that ./’ig7‘€E77¢e?¢t3 ‘and to fan andvcull all fuch Afferters bf
the"People_s Fieetlonis out of the Army, they proceed to clisband
-20. out ofa Troups by which the honeli party of the Souldiery
was very much wt'altnecl , and all the prOmOt<;‘i‘S ‘of Frzieclom clif-
cotii-agecl, and the people lit-uclt into 2 defpe1‘a:iOn5 which gave
rife unto the feconcl war amon gll our Elves , and In vafion oil the
Scots : But the lame by the blenhisg ofGocl being ovc‘r,thCy find.-
ing the old all-e€’ti011c-f the Soulcliers not yet qucnchetl or much

A coole-d,ancl great motions in the ll‘V€f3lR.€gln1¢l1tS_2lfE€rthe Fret?»-

clom of the Nation ; they then P rmalile ag;tin,and to keep the ho-
melt party in fuipenfe, and to wait upon their n1<>ti«:)i)s,:t1)cl lo cCa"e
from their own 3 and the better to make way to thf itovvn ambi—
t.ious intents, they then as a clolce, take up the vxay of an L"/f'AT:>”7‘('¢,"...
mm: fizgtzin , to pi:el7::nt tlictniclvtfs Amiable unto us, and a
great putlcler they rnalw-Le in tl1<:ii,Coz¢;2cc~l about‘ an cu,/e:¢:gr'ec72zr';:r,_,
and one they brot1g:gl1tfo1'tl1, but {itch an 0;-ze,;1:; wastnollabI1or1'e.i
by luch as moll Fotiglit afiter the way ollzzg flgreemmt; So incon-
fillent it was with the true liotimzlzttions of equal Freedom and.
Right : But by this meansthey lb far prevailed «;;-W1“ the moll con-

liant and fiiithhil friends to the people, asto btgit an acquielitence. t

in them for a fealbii, till they in the meantime lo {hr clie&t'd their

bulinefs,as to the I7zt7‘oo;’m‘.i*£o;«z of an abfoltite platform 0l7T}.=~m2m'e,.

long fince hatched. by Iretoz/15 For it was it: who fitll oflerecl that
Expedient of g‘o%vm2mmt, by way ofa Comzcel of State , which
was lbon alter the Armies .E73gi31£K7Wf?7t nter . Nc\3vmazr1{¢r—/aezzt/2,
andwhich ever lince he hath kept in the V42’/5 but now the Vail is
taken away, and it is now prtfeiited to the view of all men : , But

no fooner was this ManjZ'er born into the World,but it. devourstip -

half of the Parliament of.Engl.<md,ancl novv it is about adorning it
it if V..~"ifl‘l all Regal Magnificence ,» and MajcPty_ ofCqnrt”ly Atten-

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dance, 85c. and like the go. Tyrants of efltlyem, toheacl it felt 0-» Q
vs;-the people : This 1s;and yet [l']lS 18 not our new intended King, A
there is a king to luzceed, this is but his V1-:2:-toy : O Cram- .

m-l .’ wbitlaer air: that wxfiring P The W'V\1‘zi is alfreatly given out

‘ amongfi their oEh:ers,T/mt my N cation mufi‘ ll-we one prime Ma»

giflmte or Ruler avertlvem ; and rlmt fl’)!-.' Gt'.=¢cml lamb power to
make almav to bind all the Commie: ofErrgl.md : This Was molt
daringly and delperately avowetraf: IV/22't'e—lmll 3 and to this term
er theft Court-»Olfic:rs are now a lnwulding, he that rtrnsmny
read and fore fee the intent, at N ew Etgalit} I And thus by their
L2/faclrimxilimz pretcnl‘es,and‘ wicked praflilcs ,- they are becvmie
mailers and ulurpers of the n;1r.n:*: of the Arm], and of the name
of the Parliamilit 5 under which Vifbrsthey liave lr:v_*cll’d and dc:-—
lhtxyed all the Authurlity 0lEl1lSN.itlOn: For the Parliament in-
deed and in truth is no l’a1‘ll2%£‘I1'.T[]_t , but 21 Reptellmtative
Glafs; of the Ccvuncel of V‘.7;1r 5 and the C_:»uncel of War but
the Reprefintative of C romwcl, lreton, and Hm“ri_/En; and theft:
are the all in all of this N21rifm,which un..l.-:-r tlielegtrifesaticl names
of l’>arliament, Army, General Coux1cel,Hig/.h Court, and Conn~
cel tut St£l't‘€’_,plRy all the flranrre pranlts that are plajfd. A
Deer Cotmtreymen and rel ow-fouldiers, youthztt by your ad-
venterons-hazzrtdz and bland have purclialed a precedency in your

Native and jull Rights 3 Conficler and Weigh tht:f'e things in‘ your’

hta1'ts,for lnrcl y none are more cleeply concerned t‘*;an jmu?’ fives,

none streimore highly infringed oftheir Rights than you -, Yrwu are A

not lb much as,,fnlF:ted (howopprelshl or abus’cl your (elves, lm-W

lenfihle ofirhe nriferies of the publike loever) to rcprtlent _y'0L1l'"

defires or apprehenfions to the Parliament; While you are {Zmh;li-
ers, you (in their account) areno Free-men, neither have an e—-

qunlright in the Commrln-wealth with other wt" yottr lLҤ.l;tw'-

mtmbers therein. The General now tells it , 5]’ we will ipelitiorrz,’

'13’:-"77;lZ~.’fl' lay clowrz our 197075155 thefe were his own won-ls unto us;
It fizems he hath forgot the contelt of the Army(in VVl‘1iCl1,_l‘lC cam-l
CL1ffC.’t‘l)Wltl1 Smpleton and Hallzix about their right of» Petitioning
as Sionldiers 5 Why then “(if this mull be their received niaxime)
did he and the General Connccl as by uf'urpat'xontl1«:y call it ) pre-
fcnt their p:‘tltiOE‘l,llnC€ we prelented ours, and not lay tlown their
{Words and their high places, and petition as private Commonerqf

We irre conlidcnttit would bean happy day for England , would
they but praélile that doftrine they preach unto others; But: alas

deer friends, it is but in this it  {c with them as in all others , A the 7‘
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ttitr/W64 ?lZ€§?.?’??f?eW?§??fi¥ a"fl’et{ieze,rze.a /zerieet m=*w>‘-

1   be t ( I0)
contlemned Smpletm and Ho//1'5, becaufe they were not i the Sm/:~
p.:m;a_; and Ho/!.i;’s thfimlelves 5 - theycondemned privat COI1’C'.
l})VC)l1'Lil(fl"1Cl.¢3 W'i'ti'; the l‘iincf, bzzcaufit they were not the corrCfpond--
e:s tthtytni'elves5 they C.t‘)l1tl€lDl1CtZl‘[l‘rt? force offered to the Parlia-;
ment by the tumult of r‘rppte11tif'/es, Sec. becaule they -were not the

{otters thenuelves; they condemnetl that monllrous declaration  

of the Parliament againlt the Souldiers petitioning; they con-
dtmned the imprifomng p€tl{10l‘lC1‘:-‘, and burning petitions , bc—-

caule they were not the Declareralmpriligners,and Burners them-- i ~ “

f elves : As who, that cloth but confider their Waits, 1_naym,: P1;;i.n;.
ly difcertz. l   s V A e r

’ But to trace the foot-lleps of thole Foxes yet a little further, we
lhall tlifcover their clealings with us. a When they heard that the
Soldiers were about a petition in bthalfofithemlelves and the peo-
ple for vghom they had engaged, they tlrtteat were highly ollend--
( cl and enragetl, and clelpetate motions upon it were made in their
Convtnticle (by tluimfelves llilecl the General Councel)fome mo-
ved for an Aét of Parliament, that they might have power to try,
juclge,condemn,ancl punifh all fixcl1,vvhethcr of the Army or not of
the Army, as fhould dillutb them ( as they now call it) by petition
to the Parl. or othetwift‘ 5 and upon the modell re l of one,who
deiired that the execution of civil affairs might be lielt to the Magi-
C wrtgwe can /aozrzg‘ 20. before they will hmzg one-, andin the Lob-
by at the Parl. dore, the {aid Hzzflm breathing out bitter invetilives
againfl us Petitioners, who then were waiting at the dot: lbr an
anfwer to our petition, {aid thus openly, 01'/mt‘ me] oft"/at-m({peak—

ing of tl1qP€tltiO11fif1‘S) dnrfl come into my "lfcgiment, they [firm/d
rzevergo out; We flmll never ée quiet ti!/fame qft/acm :90 cm‘ a_/ffori _
exazmplmozmlttlam the ref!’ will ée qrm,//M 3 t/acre are I c. whom‘ t/mi: .

Town that better dcfl.~7'r2e to he banged!“/9.¢z;~z t/cafe Lora’: that me at
ti/seir T?)’fll before the big/9 C curt. Anti now the Ct: lcmels, Lieut.
Col.Maj. Capt. of this Gen. Councel,are now nnultling up to that

K Tweet temper,inl?3much that abotit/llzzrc/9 6.tht.-y conclu:.lt.icl on the

A6}, it mull now be death to p-ititi01‘)_,O1' fer any Country-man to
talk to us concerning ours and their Freedom : This enforceth us
to put you in remembrance of their former words, for out of their
own mouths they are judged.   A
In theBook of the Armies ‘Declaration, peg. I 7. we humbly
reprzglentiin their anclour behallk, as followttlr : I . T/mt Wlzmva

{irate , Col. Hzzfm anlwerecl, we /mere /apt}! trjuz/mozrg/9 of Civil '

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t>'ea!informtttz1mofn dtmgerom Pictit'lio*n iii the e/‘{rr‘t2)" , to dttlutt‘ A

antlimmedtately‘topu1a1ijIamprint.ito the Ktngdvm, i‘:altt1t~2‘b~.4£t Pt’-~

tition did tend to pat t’/a‘e~2:1rttr_}"i}t dtjtempet mime»), to abflruéi‘ .
t/be reliaf=of-Jrtlm2d,tmdpzzt cmdzi-iiottt ?of1:~t’bé ‘Pdtliamtant: Ami, ;:
devc~/tzritz_g~tl2c« 1”»etitiorter:tif the} ./bl}?/l"6'1'03’7’ThiW.'-fig he ttbeclpramotiitgtmtt 

tzb*lvttz¢c‘i_7zg that Pctit£m,f7mll be [ookt ttpon, and prom-‘edetl 'ttg‘ttinfl",
44‘ letteimitt t9 the Sttttt, med difittrbrc N to the pttb[ickPeozte.

We cmmot c/mfe, ésutwit/9 ftzdtttj]-e of Spirit be deep! fenfiélc
tlmtfa /Jttméle tzml i7¢720='6'€fi‘t Addteffc‘ could beget fit 
I rzterpretation. « V - _ i ‘ _

Yet now Staplttort and Hot7i5.bei11:g removed, are not they in
the fame Reps ? do not they cuil the Humble aendilnnocent Ad-
drelies of the Soulcliers to the Patliainent , Diiitirbatice to their
proceedihgs, and to the Publielt Peace? And do not they leek for
worfe than 21 Deelzti-zition, an A8: of'Parliament , to put to death
for P6ti|ClOlill‘lg E And even as Stttplttan and 1:10/Zlis“\VOL_1~lCi have d1«
videcl and broken the Army, under the pretence oi relief For Ire»
lzmd, do not theft men now do the like .9 it was formerly oppoftd
and condemned by them, it is now their own expeidiietlit. A

In the particular charge 3.vg21if1iltth€'I I. Members, ptzg. 8 3. /1rtrr3~
ole 5'. That tll1eL1idM. Ho/lzlt, Sr ‘Y’b’ilip Sttrp/etotz, and M. 9'1)':~z,

have beeniand are obPtrut‘?cers and prejudices offleveral P‘e‘tiElO1‘l'€rS A

to the Parliamen-r;For reclrelle ofpublick grievxtncfikr And the {Laid
Mr Ho/lit, and St Philip Snip/tron , in the moneth oft/'1/[a], lail:

, pztfi, did abufe axial zifiioiit divers Petitiolis, ofl‘"ering to draw their

{words upon Maj-*>1- Tu/rdflj‘, ahdiothers of the fitid Petitioners,
caufing N it/aoltts Tm: tobe ir11prili)necl,in Newgate, and to be dc.-
tained 21 long time there, for noother caull‘, but for having 21 Peti-
tion abouthim, which was to be prefehtedto the Home : 0 how

cmseiltll were they then,oF the freedom of the People to Petition !‘

‘In the eighth Article, fol. 85. Ha/lit is charged with procuring
otthe lorelfiid Declaration againfl: thefioulcliers petitioning, as a
thing to the great dilhonour ofthe Parliament, to the inliiiieralble
ifl}u1‘:,*,tl'1ejL1lt provocations,cli{eoumgement,2md dilito-lltcllltioflthlé
Army,_8:c. i t A

O Crttmweil , O Iretorz , l‘10W hath alittlli‘ time .3l_1tll':!ClCCl.l.t’:
changed the honefilhape of To many Ollilcelrs .’ who tlienwould
have thought the Councel would have moved for an 21&t0"p[IE

A men toclezith For Petitioning ? whovwouldhave th0L'I~g“~ht to have

nigh.

tier: Souldiers_( by their Ortler) ‘t« ride withtheir f‘a'Ce3’tj0Wa1‘ClS'
Wilt Eerie mlf

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rtmge am

 $0. 1t?~t5+’, their Siitvrdlébrokw: "9>Y‘?¥‘;l**‘-Tl’ H"wd‘*:« A

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and to be ca{hiered,and that for .Pct)itioning,an'd‘claiming th rcirjull
Right and Title to the lime ? Such dealing as this wasfacc ountcd 
 intheirrRepreientation of fmu.-4.. cé?5.164.7.to re a ainltrrythc ‘
' A ' irtrsfirithhg ,

I'lglr,t both of a Souldierand atsnbjcét. And in 12; gig. it t9 V
And our lilvertyiof ‘7’etitloning" for our clue éeiolenj-ed mt 7,» and 5:4

remlredfuela oz crime (44 éj thefozid Order and Teclaration  
€‘a<‘r‘?::‘?iUl low loolder zlrefozme , or worfe, hereafter not onelg to our he

_/ieltr/er, law‘ to all tl;efiee—6orn People oftloe Lewd in ‘the’ li e cetfe:
And fo this Preiideiit (if it ii-iand good) would extend in the confin-
quence of it, torerider all Souldiers under this Parliament, the
worfl of 1laves,and all Subjeéis little better. And though there hath
lain of late in other mens cafes,too many clwangerotrsi prefitients of
ii=p§:-t-«sfiirig p tit ions,& punifhing or cenfirring the Petitioners,‘&c.

Then they could lay (p. 35. ) Let eiver} looirzefl‘ Eazgli/lairmrz la}
lair lime! or look laeelrt, 'za>eigl.2 our cafe, mm.’ make it lozlv own 3 (as in
eonfequence it is) and 1/aen judge for 24;: omol loimfel_f. But ifwe now
lay our hands on mi‘ hearts, and weigh their prefurst cafe , what
may we fayfor them or ourfefves? We may fl:rbt‘ar' prontzuncing
the lentence, they have laid. for thtrnli-lve~s and us.

lnthe Declaration, 1m¢e14.. 164.7. fol. 4.4. We elrfire, tlmt rlae
riuglJt,,rtr.zalfreeelorI; oft/oe People, to reprefem‘ to the P il'."'llo17}%’ZvZt 6
mz)'o_f I’et'itiorz, rlaelr griewmoer may lie cleared and vinolicezted.

In the Remonlirance, Iome 2 3 .’ ‘I 647. fol. 58. They account
the firpprclling of Petitioning in the Arm y , an infringement of
the Rights and Liberties, both Ol'~Sf)L1lCllCI‘S and Subjeéls. And (fol.
(»_o.of the fame Declaration, ) ez putmzg the faithful! /mam: of
ill? 1’m‘li4mer2t emolKir1golom out of the proteflioio ofttloe Lem’.
Divers other paflirges ofrnoment out of their own Declarati0l‘1S,
Renrorrllrances,Sec. might be cited : but l1‘i'rtT is Fuflicieiit to con-
dsrnne their violence againfi, and jullilie» the Souldiery in Pe-
titiorung. V i r
_. ,_ Was there ever a generation of men (0 Apoflate lb falie and To
perjur‘d asthefe ? did ever men pretend an higher degree of H0-
linelle, Religion, and Zeal to God and their Count1'y than tliefe 3
theft: preach, thefe fafhthele pray, thele have nothing more he-
quent then the le1ite11c.es oflacred Scripture, the Name of God and ‘
ofChrifl in their rnouthesz You {hall fearce {peak to [mmwell
about any thing, but he will lay his hand on his breall, elevate his
eyes, and call God to record,he will weep, howl and repent, e-
rven while he doth’ {mite you rider the firli rib. Captain Ioyoe
_Capt.Vem;tm,andoM. Sexlv} he tell yeti fuflicierrt fiories to that

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Thusit iii evidentto the whole \’VOrlLi,tl1Zlttl1€' nwv pi€'h:Fnt it -

59 P33 Oftlle €Jl’flC€1‘S,iS Cl3.r§‘c‘-’£ly contrary to the inte ref’: of the 3:*rul~
tliery»: there is no more cirtierer'rce betwixt them , than betwixt
Chrilt and Bt.lial,light:md Cl2l?l'~:n€l?- If you will trpltolritlte irate»

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-irefi of the one,the other I1“:llliLit.)VV11-3a1“EI:l as Well you rm}? let them

bore holes through your CZIIF, and be their {leaves for \ vsr, for your
. better diPtiu8tion from tree mc n-Di. ?I what are you now.?yeL1t mouths

are flopped, you maybe ahttfed and enflavecl, but you may not
complaintyou maynot pet1tiontorr"ee1t'e{s-3 they are your lorcit,

  and you are their conquered vaifalg ; ;1'.;‘Ki this is the {fate you are in.

If a Souldier commit but a leemirzfi litult,e1" eciall iliba,» their ten-
. i i ‘ O .. 2 V .

tred far fercht coufl quences they can malte it but refiC€t' on tnerr
Prerogative gre£«ltl‘1€'iS.-3 Oh, to what an lttéigltt that crimeas they

callit, is advanced .’ What ztggravutiorts and load is laid upon it .'

and if there be nevcran Article inltheir (‘»LlIl;m«.llltriI mt:rceu.u'y Ar»

ricles of W air that will tottchhirri, yet they tiartl one in their tlilhe-

tionary Conclave that will do the buiinef:§3 for thtcre muli be no '

lizinding ;gtinll the Ol‘l“icers: they trmt7i be itnptacltttl oriely by

_ their Peers, th. Soulditzt muli not {By Elacl“ ié their ey: liiit‘/.1t‘y'l;%1y

the Crow is white, {is mufi the Sfitllfli r : he thus”: not liip 21 filtlztlfle

mg tiuii their tr€c'ue;"ies and ;thu‘fe.x of the Sxtte, 1 hi it fats}: rrnttiitet-.c,t

and cheating the Soulrli fry ofthcir pzty, tliattgt it he tht::ir c~:mll‘:'mt
and f}unili;tt.pt:1t'3:iFe. '¢l‘.2LC Soultlier that is (It) pt'c.":.tn1pttt«>t1s as to
(late to Article ag.tinl‘t zm C‘I’ll'CCt‘, mull be Cili.l3iC1"C(l. O{!:11‘t<£’1‘~I11Zl-
fier lflrrlzy wzis but the Otl1'.1'iid_')7 C£rll1iC1‘€tl, but 5 r :.lt‘:l-i‘~’€1'iI‘tg in :4
C barge . fDelii.1qut:ncy ;«.g.tiuli Liettt. Col. ;'7t:-_,“‘17r"/;:.{,i?:>i' his p 1t’i.lt‘..

ous Confederacy with tI‘CCl'1C1‘(")L1S:Li/[w7‘fl,iEl'“3t 't':etr:tt'er:i Ti;-zmatrmh
Cafllt‘ : zmd dzxylyiltouell men are C2lll';i€1'<.'l for ct>1”t1pltti;‘aiat3f; zrgainlt

their ()ii=icé'1“s: No Inteteli nmfi now Hand in the Army, that is .11-

, gainft the lntertfl of the Officers ; We muli all how to their i0I':,‘l~—
‘ ihlpsyatid lay down our necks uncler their l€3t,£m..'i.C<‘>L1‘i‘1‘¢ it ourho—-

nor that they will be but itplyeafisd to tread upon us, but liheworms,
We marl’: not turn ag:1in,ttpm pain ofde:tt_h or calhiermeut. This
mal<'es us call to mind the {trying of Ircton tr: honeli Ivlai )1‘ C‘0zi*l't;‘-’L'

of SnoW—l:ill, who for j:t),;,r11ittg'Witl1tl“te /Iggjerzrr olithe .‘lt!'l‘l1}",£l$l%Z-
vcd l'1iITl'2'fi].'}E Were not alt’/noted in ink 2-zmlcrflrznding, in jc»_yr:£ng 'wir~,5J

tkegiddyhearlcd Sozrldicm 3 and aclvihed him not to“ mm agaizcfl rim

i.Inte7'c_{} of laimfelf and the Ofiicerr. And now we have plainly
found what that Interefl was, it Wasl011gaForgiz¢g, butis now  

émtglat fort}: ; but like a.wViper,t it will grzawlotrt their own

bowels- A V
ll i A ‘ A But

V ved,and a new King,and new Lo:rcl‘¢,
' one Honfe-and lo under a more 'c'll)i0li.1t(3A1'l‘)iti';li.'_\7‘ Monarchy than

then we Shall proceed to out Examinations.’

ii  tietstr  ‘-%_,f  you rt1myiEeit=hat their Conclave of
/H. A "V ' "9' 7' 7 4 on ‘V. ' r f-/\ ‘. ‘  1- V":
r ‘i ll: in into sciaii hath lneht no.1... 11 the. mnome of all former

Ith‘;

E.‘.‘vL
A  ’ 14' .
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'i€01‘3’t“p£ Cfltiiltsi , and intetefis that Were before them , we {hall

T iigh Cotirrniii;'oz.1,tlte i§tar4"chatn—

 ihetv you l1D‘fl}'i:Il"!C ifientt oi the 1-

her, the i~ion1"e o't"7Lot'ds:, the King and his P1'ivievConncel are all
elive in that Court, called the G-enctal CO'd1]CC,l=Oi‘ the Armiy. "
Firfi, ifyou do but remember, th:.7 king to his cleath flood upon

this principle, That he was accornptahle to none but God ; That   7

he was above the Parliament, and above the People. And nowto
whom Will thefe be accotnptable? To none on earth.Ancl are they

’ not above the Parliament? They have even a Negative Voice

thereover: Formerly the Commons could paié nothing without
the concurrence ofthc Lords,noW they da1‘e pals "f10ti1i1]g"VVith0ut

' the concurrence of the Conclave of Ofhcers : we were before ruled

by King, Lords, and Com moms 5 now by:-1 General , a Court Mar-

7 "rial, and Houfj: of Commons : and we pray you wh L131‘ is the difFer-

cnce .9 The I.lordss were nzgtt Members both of the H we of Lords,
and of the I-iouie ¢.vHC3a'2mmom, but tthohc are l‘vlc‘mhers both in
the Houfe ofOtheets(the m:n‘ti:1l Lords)ant"l in the H .iL1h’;‘. om.
mons. The old Iiinggs Petfon , and the old Lords, are hut remo-
Wltll the Commonsl,'y are in

.3 . .. W. ‘
hefore. We have notthe el'—xange of a t.x.1r*;,gtlort1 to a Common-

” wealth 5 We are onely under the oid cheat, the t'1‘fliT§ii‘l1L1taCiOl1 of

Names,but with addition ofNew Tyranies tothe old : for the ca-
lling out of one unclean Spirit,they have brought with them In his

A lfleztd Raven other unclean Spirits, more wicked then the former,

anclthey l1£1V’elt.1]ltr€(3li1-'1; and dwell there and the lafi l’tat'etof this

Common vvealth; is worfe than tln: hrll 4.
Now as Fortheir High Corntntflngan and Star- chamber praéhles,

"ifyou will be pleaiigdto view over an Epito mile of out feveral exaa
‘min-ations before them 5 you may have a perfeét Emblenic of
thofe Courts befofie your eys 2 and to that end, (and not out of any

vaimglorious Elly) we have Fubjoyned an Abfiraét of their Inter.-
rogatiues,with our .Anfi2ve“r:~; 5 together with th errefentence they pail
ied upon us. Butlfirfillvvc deirre you to take notice, that the A matter
which they made the occafion of advantage toproceed againfi us,
was a paper vvhieh wedeliverccl'to‘the'General : AyCop1e ‘wherein
of (lefl you lhould notlhave fElemt)wetherevV1

t«h»prcient*you ‘: and

    Excellency oridFai'rfax,arndhisii

    Co uncelfli nnf‘ ohms.  

i  plmfl: year xcellenaiegnsnai  Counsel fiiccrt, wt

   

 - V Efhave lately made sour humble Aaddrefle tunto the peoples
‘    at  plieppreféntors ‘ ini5~iPabl4iatnent , concerning fome reiinef to
A out {elvesandthe Cdomano*ntwea1t;h,a by wayof Petition,
* ‘i - 2 the meandtand '1oew*2eh:::degree aiofan Englifh m.ans.Prce-
dome thatgwe know of, and eyetthe fame (toaout afionifhtnetit) hath
much dhiitafieel and imbittered diver: of our Supetiour Ofiicers (in

 

this Councel conven ing) ~again[t;us, as we perceive , and that.€VC«H

untodeiath.   t    A  - a    
“  We tfh-etefore being willing to avoid all occafion of offence and di-
vifion, and to clean: our {elves from Aaleleimputations »thereof5 that in
Jufiice and Reafon may be conceived againlt us , defite , that you
would be pleafed toecionfider, that we are Englith _Souldiers,, engaged
for the FI'ecd0m‘S'0f.Engl4nhd ; and not outlandifla mercenaries , to
butcher the peoplefor pay, tofetve the pernitiousends of ambition
and will in anytperion under Heaven. That we do not imagine our
{elves ablolved from the {olemn Engagement l.~t~—NewmnrketfH€ath,
but to be hill obliged ‘before God and the Whole world to ipurfuotho
juli ends of the some ; and you may remember‘ your many promifes
and Deciarationsstothe people upon tfhatlaccomépta , which like the
blood of Aboltcries for isflhice upon the perfidious infringers and<per-
vettctsptbereofi-i-notthis Armpy. pp ‘Youimayffutther remember , that it
hath been a principle by you jafferted and avowed ; that our being
Suuldiers hacnm; d¢p'l'iYt':d usof our Right as Com moners, and to
Petition the p,eop,le in Parvliament, ; we "do account}i<n tihetnumbersaof
our Birthrighfs ; and you may teimembeflthat in that time of the
domination of Staplctam SCHOIZI5, youcomplained againlitthcita then
endeavour to fupaprefli: the liberty ofthie_i,Souldsiers~t_o petition, as an
imfufferable inftingetmetit of the 1:ipgh.t of the Army and people ; and
we hope you did not thefni egntdetnn itinthetn, to ?j'ufii»tieaitt in your
(elves: e whcn»the_power W\3.S«th€irS,” it wa"s~thenii‘eondemne.d ; but
now it is yours , ‘howtcomes it to be iuitified ? In the point of
Peti-tioning, we oexppefied your encouragement, and not to have ma-
nactes and Fettersi1.ai’d upon it :_it is not the hm:-mmi  pt‘ {hadowai

th_ef_c'Qi~¢w1li {atisfie us,  “while w;eare‘guii‘d ofitheiieflif V =I'e5lf:+;;n

it

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it isla perfeéhfrecdom therein we defire,nor therein to be fubjefied l

under t}he'_,Gra,dtial [Negative .voites of a (?aptai'n, a Colonel], your
Eaceilency,or this lCou,neel; to pafsthetei?ci*rQiI1 one Negative voice

to another for its appirolvernentg ‘we accmmt aslithe mofi vexatious A

Labyrinth of thraldom that in this point can be devifed, worfe then

' allthe oppofition andinfringements'of,.Stozplerm ,ai1dl"1_%Jl;;.»; wc

had rather that in plain tern_1sfyouiwonld dengylus our right of_petiti-

toning, and pronounce and proclaim i us abfoiute Slaves and,;Yafi7a_ls

to our~Oiiicers,then fecretly to robusfof the rightitfelf. God'h5,:h

‘ in.fome meafure opened our eys",lthat we can feeaand perceive; and
we delireplain dealing, and not tobe met half way with ifmooth

Exvpedients and Mediums facing both Wayes, with f ecious and fair
pretences, to overtake our {odain apprehcnfions,an punawares fleal
upon us, and fo be defeated, as too often we havebeen, to the ‘ wo

8.: mifery of the people,and of us:but the lwrnt c/yild dreads tkefire.‘ '

. F11rtl1er we defire you to confider, That the iiren th, .tl1e.rhonour,
conliii in the Arme of the SOL1iCl1(:‘l‘.IS it not the Sou dierthat endLi-,-

and being of the Officer, yea and of this Councell(under God)dothr ll

reth the heat and burden of the day, and performeth that Work
whereof the Otficersj beare the glory andgnarnie P For iwhatis or
what can the Officer do without the Souldiier? If nothing, why are
are they not alharned to deny us our right to petition 9 y T

We have long waited in lilence, even while we could perceive, my
hopes of any realliredrefs from them. But*:QOW,findiflg the Military
power in an abfolute tifiarpation of the Civilljtiriifdiétion, in the
placer of the Magiittate executing that authority‘, '1 by Whith“ the
{word of the MagiP:rate'tand the fword ofwar is incroached into the
{elf-fame h:1nds,under one Military head,whi‘ch we difclaim and ab.-
horr, as not having any hand or aiient therein at all. And we findiap
iirange and u»nexpei§’cped.conftittutionp of _a Countell sol‘ Stated, ‘fiich
as neither we or our fore fathers were ever aciquainytedwitlnintruiie
ed with little ‘lefs then an unlimited power,& with th“e whole A force
both of Sea and Land, into which is combined the moiic pernicious
intereli: of our rotten State, Lords, Lawyers, S‘tar- chamber Judges,
and dillienterps from thyew-.plroc‘eedings againii the King 5 And which
hath already fwallowed up half our Parliame-ntgand we fear to be an

t expedient to cut off our Parliaments forever; for if this Councel of
N State furvive the Parliament, how lhall W e obtain at new Reprefen-l

p1ao:s,_fa ;

_ Parliaments,farwelFteedoms.  H   A p
-    or “  ’  ‘‘ “Further

tative? if the Parliament fit but till a new one be ready to take their

  
 

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     I :-Ax93* ‘ i » __ A
A Further,Wt: findethe iuit and lcgall“ way of trial-thy twelve men of A
A the neighbourhood in criminall cafes, utterly htbvcrted, in this new

confiitution of A an High Got-zrt, ta i_Ptefidentf for ought We know; to
frame ailithé Courts of ‘England and towhich i.go1;:t';fe1ves mtty be
afwell fubiefied as our Enemies. And confidering not one opprefli-
on is removedpot one vexation in the Law abatedgot one punétillio
of freed om reitored, or any fair hopes at a1hAppearing, butotpprehfé

e on heaped upon the back ofnoppAreflion,dou‘gle cruelty upon cruelty ;

we therefore from thoie many confideiations, betook outiifelvies as

Ehgliih men to make out adchfefs, unto theH—Pq.t1iament,as the proper "

‘refuge "and authority oAf_theA people for? out and their addteffe, in
which by birth weiitchaltlenge a,;right,. as alto by the price and put.

bhafe ofou-t'Ah'azat'dand blond ; and our Civill Rights we cannot

yeeid up, we ihallfirftqgather yeeldup ourlives. M _ ‘ , I
And thus after the weak meafure of out underfcandingsg we fudge
rweihhvegiven a rationall and full accom t of the occafion andrca-—

{on ofour P’etitioning,and we hope, {atis afioty to your Excellency

A and this Councellt, hutnbly   praying that you; will make a charitable

and fair coofirufiion Athercin.

A A 7 And we further defire,tha,t you will takekfpeciall notice“of the {e_r_i- h

  V oils Apprehenfion of it part of the people if! behalf of the Commons-

weaithi,prc.=-{cnted to the Houfe by Lieut.CloL7alm Lill_mrn,and divers

other Citizens of London, and the Borough ofsantlawark, Fabr. 26. e
Alnow Apubliihed in print.To the wh-i-ch,with due thartkfulnefs to thofe

our faithfull friends, the ptomoterst ind prefenters thereof} we do

fteelyjand cheerfully oonour, t to fianidnthoii fall iinthe juft ptofecution K

~ thereof, as the_mo{t Aabfolute mediunfto ‘out peaceand freedom that

hath be‘en_priodaccd; and we hope it”wil1Aproduce ‘an h};ippyieAfFc€t

upon this Cottncel, to prevent ttjheiotthctwifenunavoydhbnle Adeiolation

ii  ‘Ind *divifion?that will enfuc ggonw_i1s.a?t11e=f

m_ A ’ [which to pt-evActn;,{ha«1lb:;
thefaithfnll endeavoursof   A , A  A ” " a A

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 Examination Md Ate/'we?r.rt0fR om AVE 15',

l ~ before the ’Com<t Martiia hl1,y. Myattch 3.4 16 48.

;. BEing ’ca1l‘d "in before the Court, the Ptyeficlent tdemandedt of

A him whether he owned the I;ettet; or no  he anfweyted, Yea ,-,
and did admire he lhould belcommittéd to prifon for delivering his
juedgtnent to them. A

2. 4 They asked hid: Where lthefaidh Iy§ett:et was written‘-. and {who l

was prefetztat: the writing thereof :» lflmvnfwered, hethought that

Court had "abotnitiatedy the Spanifln‘ llnquifition», {and Sm-«chamber

prefiice, in exami,ningt him upon Intetrogatoties, contrary to their
own Declarations»; llandhejwouldlratherlofehis1iFe,then betray his
Litbetrtie. A V o A H “   ‘£ V y T * « ~ 4 t .L.

k 3. They told him,» he had not Wit fitfiitcientt toocotnptofizl {uchtu
Letter = I-fle anhfweted‘, The Letter he did own; and as For worldly

  wifdorn,he'had not much ; buthe told the Court, he hoped he had (0

tnuch.thone{l,yttaa .W+oul’cl bear yhimout in-this mien 4; and defiredt them

* to tremembocr Whit ‘Pm! fpake; ‘how yytHd“tlGodAtdidht ttchufé the fa ti-fh

things of ythé world to cohnfoundi the mighty. V A’ to , \

A .4. They ftid, That notwitbflandingtwthat he might think of
himfelf touching ‘Y honefly, they would not be’ afi::idtto,proceed in
judgment at dihnlt him  To Whieh healnefweredttheymightldo what
they pleafe ,” {for he waajnll thei‘rehande;“attdl?they “ mightttll take; away

his me if tyheyiwohldt : but ffble aflhred they wlomd:rbti:nglt.innocentt

blocudt t1pt5ntthei’r OWl?)l1eaclsl.y, Theylanfwcred, They did not much
pafle whaythe‘d't'dfay._ A  ‘ A  ' A A “ 4  4

‘A  5.; Thefiyddidgngk whyiitlaley did“ h rignt theltetter  To which.htcc
anfweteld, ““That he hid“ Bleetfin  lfon,1=hf1d* itwas Iimpolfibwhmt  

they fl1ou1d‘printin%prifoln. V  ~  ~  . A   .. A H
6. .Theyyaeked how he yptovedt the Givill and Military {word to

be both in one hand. To which heanfywered}, That fome that fate‘ in

Eouncelwiith. them,did lilceyvife {it in the‘Parliament A and Cetttncell ‘
of State, tcontrar/ye to whatthey hgdy pro-pounded to the People in‘

t—heii' Agreement; _ y y. A A   A o 4
 They asked what he had tolhy concerning the Counsel of State...

'4 He antw et:ed;,'I7:hey did c1o‘n”fifi'of, corrupt performs; via. Star-chémber

Judges, c,or;;_uptI:o‘rds,e dillenters fromthe Proceedings a aittltthe

3 ‘late King, ant! of takingyawaylthe Hogfe of Lords ;,_i and tru ed with"

little

[MEI 

‘ iittie lash‘: thentn.uh1imited~:potw er A :   new oonfideriog the 

herald them; it tfeem*’d to hirn wary dangerom;

8. They asked him whatho¢had~totfayconceroiogthefibvzerfioti

A of our Liberteies by the Hightcoortrof juftice. He anfweredkt that it

wae atiPrefidetit (for ought he knew") to frame all the Courts in-,Er:g+s
land by ‘; cofifikkring that the lefiiwdoth conform it felt, to t,ii.*3‘great,f:t*,.
and to which himfeif might be brought to tryall as well as others;
and fo deprived of ailliberty of exception .again{’iTriers. V ‘M ,

u . 9.They asked‘-ywhat he {aid concerninrgthat claufe,That;no oppref-i y  
fion wasremosved ;. the King and!-loufey of Lordsrrrbeing taken aw 2157,
the chiefcaufeof all oppreflion. To which he anfweredflhat it~'w.as»

! not the taking away of the King and Home of Lordsthatym ade usfreey

 

from oppreflion ;fO1' it was as good for him to fuflereuoder the King,

as under the keepers ofthe Liberties of Englmzd; both maintaining
oneefld thfi Time thing ; 'mz..thc corrupt; adminiflratioms in the Law,

treble dammage for Tythes, perfecution for matter of Confciience.
andtopprefliont of the poor. \ A1 A » -2 * _ :     V . he i p I
  we to. ~-"Tih_E“y asked what: he thoughtof the ferious apprehenfion of

part of the Pco 1e.in behalf ofthemfelves and the Common-«wealth,

delivered to the Parliament bynlfireurengnt C oL.§‘al:m Lilburn and di-_
vers others : To which he being about to anfwer, they put him

forth with iconifidence that he did own‘ it. h
After tbzér they were all commi*ttedy to pri/an again .- tam} after three

  ham’: calfd again before the Camt,amd tberdcntencc readgat which time

elltttald the Czmrt,Tbat'tbe7,rmigbt,m' ‘Well take away htkcaat M:£2i5‘A/iv£ird;i

with ‘being lat}: awn proper: good: . Md V mtevar draw 4 it again/t my -lmtfithe
Natisam déchlmd Etzamict :  andbo: did app:.ml from them,» to a izaj?‘

,Gafd5 before Wham hath my .41-M he [hauld ,antia’.szy appear“ to give an

iiaccmurrof their afiiout : ..Fnr the fizcnkéng af.y\?0k2t’:c1a,i they told h£'m,r ’
that by tlnoglrticlas. 9fWLrtr  did dcfiievcydeaty/v.  Herold them, irwar

more than he Izmir; and fa wfl amwedragyaim ta yprit am. And for ttiiib

deportmerzt, theeM‘arflm;al:Gfincrial told him. hehaed no.m.ore breeding.

;the:n:ar  V

 ‘ it  ‘1'bé Eéotmi'mttion anélntafmerr  4 A 

’ter_ ‘: He told _th~em,r;be€ote heteaote“e.to,5thet6enera11. They demand!-
.y y i _ L _;c~  .

 He President iaskedihim wherhierhe did owm1.etLenet gee

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arifwtered, he did. Then they asked him when he {aw i the_Le.t- A ~

  , i on       ,
ed, how long before : Hee told tltcm, two hours. Thl‘-‘Y as C

7 when, and at what ehoulie, and where heididtlfeeiiit firlti ?; But aPP‘¢' .

bending they had not whereywithall to icohdemh him. but High‘. 
Commifiion like fought an adyantage out ,of;his‘,m,outh, hereplyed,

If they thadiany thing ag1.in&a,him aslmatter’ of Chargfisiihé dffiffld ’
 that they would draw it up agail?ll;”hiim',i landlif they would give him

time, he would anfwet: it. Yes, (laid Co‘loneliBy3¢a:m') and then
hee that wriotethe Letter, would wriicethe Angfwer; vtTow,hichUhe
replyed, It was his plealure to fay {Oh i Theln“ thejudge Advoqatfl.
tasked him, whether he did appreh-end the Martiallssword and the

Magillerial Sword were encroached into one another. He anfwetn. , "

ed, he did apprehend it was (0 ; becaufe he did fee .dai1Y, that many
Souldiers did go about to draw and pull men out of . their houfes,
as well as the Civtll Magiilrate, yea, and more. Then. he was asked

whether he didfown all the Letter, : He anfwered, Hedidiown it .

all. i They told him, tthcre were many lies in it ; and askediwher
then: he did own them. But hee replyed, that (as hcticoncoeived)

' there tlvaé none 3 he had let his hand to it, and would own it. Ma-

ny more {uch like catechizing Interrogitories they put to him ; but
as frivolous astheftn i l ‘i   l v N i ‘  l

u—-iv-n.._____.4__ ——-iv-—

A The Examlmtiomcnd Anfver: ofTho.,Watfon.

.THe Prefidcnt firflt demanded of him ,» whether he did own the
Letter : He anfwered,he didown i t. Then Col.Ha/Em (landing
“inithe Court,told him, he had proclaimed open Wars againlt the Ge-
znerall and the Counccll. He anfwared, that Colonel Ha/Em had palt

{entence upon him," it was in vain for him to fay any thing. One "

of, them rcplyed, that he knewmnot the prafiice of the Court.» He ane-
fwered, that they had no reafon to accnfc or condom nhim  decla-

ring his mind in ‘reference to his Freedom, inibccaule; they had declared

i y e in their own,decltara_tions,tihat in {uch thin 9 a man might? write and 
_,fpea,k his own mind freely. Neverthelefs he told them) if they had a - '

Charge agaihlt him,and would produceit,he would anfwer it,if they

wouldigivc him time‘; although they were not c‘apaplc1to fudge him, 4

laecaufe they declared heihad abufed the General and thecoupcelg

+.and he had never heard, that they who were the Accufcrs, ought

_ " alfo to bethcjiudges. l

Colonel Baxter aelced him, Who wrote the Letter. He termed

W,‘ ‘n  ‘N ‘ ' ‘ I H,
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warm “‘ g H ‘ ,
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:He,c‘ame~not toaccufe himfelf ‘or friends. Then he asked where it

»was written ,’ and in whole houfe P I-le anfwered , IL'l'L0ndon,*_ .

Baxter asked, why he gaveorders to have it printedfo quickly?
He replied, How. can you prove that? Then the Judgefldvocate
toldihim,,it would have been better for him ifhe had_confeli:, he had

found more mercy from the Cfiourt, for his obilinacie would gain ,

him nothing. To whom he replied, They had a limited power, and
could do nothingtbutevyvhat Godperrnitted them,and they mulizronce
ap)pear,.before,;a righteous Judge: but as for their Cenfure, _he valued
it not. So he was remanded back to prifon. A p

. X r   A , ‘ y

 The Examination and Aufwrrt of George jelles..

V I-leyfdema’nded‘if he wouldownithe Letter ? He anl'Wrered,l he
4. 7 would, his hand was to it. They asked if he did write it ? He
anfwered, he did own it ; and defired to know whether they would
judge him in matters relatingto the freedom of the Commonwealth
by their Martial Law is’, They told him they would, being asouldier.
To which he replied; He was alfo Commoner of England : but if
by their Martial Law he muft be judged, he defired to know by what

,Article,: in regard he had broken none, It was anfwered, upon the
I Article for Mutinie; and it was death. He replied, ‘he had made no
dlturbance in the Army ; _ and told them, that in the timeof thetpre-9

dominance of Smplcronand Hallzlr, they then declared the Souldiery
might petition the Parliament ;“ but nowxthepower was in their
ha’nds,~ the ‘Fouldiery had loli the Liberty thereof; and fo defired
rGodfand the whole world" might be judgebetwixt them." And upon

ahistdefiting of them toknow whether they had feen. the Agreement I
or no, theyvanfwered they had; He replied,it was therein concluded,‘ 

that the Military fword 8c the Civil {word £-hould not be encroa-ched

undcrone head- They anfwered, it _was l-'0, but that warsileftro the M
next Parliament to alter. But we wtlh they would tell us when that
{ball be ; r it is to be feared, it_~isj never in-tended; for it is fcarqe ima- ,

.

l i yygiuablethcy willteverventtetheftell of in new Reprcfentaftivc, ex-

jcepr they keep it under, the fiword,‘ T as they do this 7:. “let us have but fly

r ifreelurccefiiiveParliament, andwee’il run theyyhazardr ofit-t

  Thus'%he'that confidereth their catching queliionsandtybut. rcmcmf-_

‘brethithe High-icommifliofln andiStm'-iCham,bcr proceedings "jlhali, 5

Wno, difference betwixt thele Courts ,  iottpname. *Wiherefo_r€[ 79.11,

and



Englifh Sbuldiers or Comlmolnhers , thathave the lexft {park ofnue

  removed, to take fucceflion overl the peop1e‘;i:

lzmazo thchmielvesland their Cfiountries fceedom, are bound kno W01‘

~ ibWfa:r,h to unite {+h€f1I1felvf3é(a_—£,_3.1infl:‘I-vboftr Ah1p¢;aitate;5, tho%*fl:hlj‘he£"uites‘.and V

Traitors to”ch?e people 4 :h h Tbofe “ are the Levi/efier:4itl34deed_;.;h fbrh whhat
halwmey not elc*ve1led P ffhere is no trufl: or confi‘dera.ceeever'any
‘more to ‘oe‘had~io them : for h_fh—eyé have broken their faith withtall
pfar‘tie1s‘ , by; wbichh they have advanced themfelves to this height of
dominion into which they are intruded ; anldnow they reigne as
Kmgs , and fitoulpon the Throne of «their Phnedece$_ or‘, lwhom they
And now We {hall give you a Copyof their Sentence they pafled
upon us , the which Baxter being Prcfident (asthey callhic ) pro-g
n-ounced aefblloxvet‘h. ’ ‘ . l A   be ‘  _ * ’ I
e Gentlemen 5” for fl: I think I_ may without offence, call you, fir 44’ yet
you are Smldiarso; "hut tmly you aremt long to 'rontz'm¢ab fii : For yon

A are guilty a hlghcrimex, at your Lmérhhcre by you awneddothh mamfefi,

being /ban alum to the Parliament , Caxmfil of State , High Cfcmrt cf
fnefilce, and tending to hrcqzl mminie in the Army; for whichejou have
in dnhigh mmfure defcrmal death ; hm through the great. mam’: of the
Garitrt that 23 waved, and truly they have Whz:éd*th:‘ Sentence :2/‘gain and

_ again, amlnaw they are come a: lawn: pojfihlyhthey can’: an it lacing

late, I fhfall declare mzta ymyaflrfewm/I Smtmm , which are as .fal~_

lawetbh. ” ” V ‘ , .

M You {hall ride with your hfacestowards‘t‘h?e Hoirfe~
_tai1es , before the heads Of your feveralhl _R.egimenVts,
with your faults written upon your breafrs , and your
{words broken over your heads, and fo be caihiered the
:Army,las~not worthy to ride therein; 8: a Proclamation-.1
to be made, that none {haljl receive you into anyTroop,
Company,o"*r Garifon: And vthisflwouldhave you look

shupo-n as a great mcrey of the Court." 4     

Which fcntence was accordingly ejcecutedbupon us,r in the Great "

Palace-yard at Wefiminftetg March 6;" g M e A V A   V
L Thugs you may {ecto what paefieweel are brought, hat they have
done to us, in the confequence thereof it dorhextend equally to you
all; For what they have done to us to day, you are liable-’_ to fuffcr co
gworrow. V Thus youmay fee, they are Wolves in Sheeps clothing,
. oxes in the habit ofbsdaintsg Mand_theirV ‘footfleps ere in fome mea;
;fu¥re"_t1:,:ced and laid” open unhto you, from their beginning ofenigage-

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~ with the Army to theirprelentmfidence in Wlaité-Hall : So that

from hence wemay afafely conclude with the fayirig of one of their t
Gireatutesl.-A that they did notintond to keep the Engagement, but‘
provided the Acquieffing bufine-flea at Ware on lpurpofe ’ to‘ ‘make
void their engagement; We {hall fay no more at prefent, onely add
»a coppy at a petition to the Parliament on which the Souldiers of

the Army are proceeding, T y,

   

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go the Supreme/iutbority of the Nation:

V The Common} aflembledtin Parliament .-u

The bumble Petition of the Souldiery under :5..-
Corzduél of TH o. Lord FAIRFAX. i t

.3/ae1pe¢h,l  ‘ ' 

Has we efteem the liberty of addrefle by way of ‘Petition

I - to this Honourable Houfe, a prime andmolt effentiall part
ofvPreedo:n,~ and ofright belonging to the meanell member '

i Of this Com mon- wealth.

“ Thatwe humbly conceive our being Souldiers to be fo far from

. depriving us of our [hare in this Freedom, as that it ought rather

‘Obi’ a confirmation thereof to us ; we having with our utmoll:
hazard ofour lives been’ inllrumentall in preferving the fame.

That the power of the Officers doth onely extend to the Matt y
{balling and difciplining of the Army, for the better management
and execution of marfl1allAffairs,_ and that wefubmittingthereun-
I0, do perform the utmoll of obedience that can be required ofus
as Souldiers. All which notwithflanding, as we are in the capacity
of Cor-nmonlwealthsamen, we judgeour {elves as free as any other
of.the.People, or asour Officers themfelves, to reprefent byway
of Petition,ito this Honourable Houfe, either our Grievances, In}
formations, or whaefoever elle may tend either to the Right of our,»

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felvcs,- otfthe bench‘: of the Common» wcatth.’ And thiaib ab more

.t;h:.~nt what our()fficersthemfc1Ve8 have deflated to bcour’Right,

five :14.‘ 1647.

andhwithout whitzh we (hould be our {elves the worftofflaves.

L That the.extr«aordinary a&ihgs‘Wof the Army‘, diltinfily 
' tthcmfelves, ino'rt.«fl;§rtnce to the Common‘-t«wea1th, arogtoundetdtzt “
on out folemn Engagement at Nmmm-lg: and Triple: Heath ,1

That the giouldiery by that Engagement hath an equal! Right
and Proprtety in and to the Ttantaéiionsaaof the Army as Coma-.
m0nEts.. A h ‘ h A  V *

out a Hero cl-eéfion and confent) the Reprefentets of the Souldicts,
asaCom mtoneresgbut at e oncly theit‘ Conduflots in Military matters.
That by vettut: of our {o~Ietr1n E.ng‘agement, _r1oth'i7ng done or to
be done, tbough in the name of the Army, can be taken as the
{cafe or the aft of the Army, {o as to be imputed tothe Army,
that is not agreed unto by a Councell to confifi of theft: general!
Qifficcrs who concur with the Engagemem,tt. with two Commif-2
fioo Officers, and two Souldiers to be ch”ofe“n fotaa ch Rt-giment ;
or by the major part of ‘fttcha Couhncellh. A ' 4
 That ifyo-ur Honours conceive it meet inyout aétings to concur
with the aétings of the Army, then it is neceiTary that with the
ifenfciof the Otficers you maxi; require the fenfe of the Souldi‘ers,y
ezlfc not to account of it, ortruft to it as. thefenfé; of the Army;
and without this, we conceive, you cannot be fafe, for it is fmall
fecurity, as to the aft of faith to thé Army, to receive the fcnfe of
the tO1~11icers,y W'1El1011tfl1eConculfremfi of the Souidiers in Councell,
astaforefaid. a . y
a That being cjefted and deprived Of our Right and property ‘in.

That tht: Officerst in trtatlérs “of that contttnment are not with-

that Counceil, weflzill. conceive out‘ fem:-s‘ at freedom to Pettitionft

thi§:Hou:fe' ; but yet in-the: latctexcctcifet thereof am0ng[Home'0£

‘ us) we-havebeen very much abufod and menacedt; and Orders
tahcrettpon.»madeaby they General!-Councell, toiutettu t ourrfreet“

acoefs to thisvltonorablch:Houfc,fi1bjc6ting our pe-titions or approve»-
me7nt,. to pafs the F Tet“: from Officer to ()fl‘icer, by which the fedfe
and underfcanding of thtrsouldicr is ‘futprifed aad»tovet«awed to:
thepIeafure‘oftl1e-Officer that heat muihneithet he«ar,ft:e,not {peak
but by. taheacycs, ears and mouth of the Officer ; fo that the Soul-
diert-:rig»I1t of petitioning is he taby taken fr‘om.thcm=t 5, for to Peti-

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‘ tion. in that tafe,eaii.bc armoo butc~tfl*= barfitfbfift 6F ii ’r"eW"0Hicérs;
inconfiderable in comparifoii of the Souldieryi, ~anVd for not the mind A ~

plea/itre nndlnnderfihnding: qfothcr mam;

Of the Army; for the Officers disjutlft, make not it.-he~Arn‘1y. ~ »

   Thar to Hxonfi-V great i grief, we are infor;ced.- to complain to tliii}
honourable l~_.io-ufe,e tthatlfoine of us; to wit, _ Simorz Gm;-r, rtaom
Ir?/‘ard,Thomnc WntfBn,.Wi11inn¢ Magyar» and Evtge. Wile: were fen;

tenced by the Court Martiall, to ride with their faces towards thleii-_

Horfe-"tails, to have. their Swords broken over their heads, and
to be calhiered the Army , as .unWo~rthy therein to ‘bear anyflrms;
countirrg it as 1 mercy of that Court; thzit their liveisxvere (pared;
the which fentence was accordinlgly executed upon them in the
great Palace—yard at Weflzminfter, March thefixtll: an‘d~allfwas
but For petitioning this Houle, and delivering a Paper of account
of that afiion to the Genetall.“Counce1l,»i whichis ready,’ if call’d
for .o to be produced. "Elie conlidlerationi whereof doth exceed;
ingly agirieveiius , N    

mere .hardfhips, that in {lead of additions to" our Freedoms, Wé~
fliould in this opprobriours manner be rendred the worlt of ~flaves;
for we take it as done to our felvcs: and that robe deprivéd of

.to think, that we flioitlcl‘ in vain‘ undergo our for.

our Rights both as S"ouldiers"an‘d Enghl=i'fla-‘-men 5 " as‘ univo”rth_V'_toi ”

petition or bear Arms, and tl1‘atrbyfiJCh"aS are firth i gloriotts pres
tenders to Freedom, is a matter of atr1.a*zen“iént? to 11's,‘coitificlering' the
Crime (asrthey callit)was no other thencearbové-inelntioiiéd.

i Wherefore from thcfe weighty €onfid«eratio‘n§'w_e m;~l¢’iirorce.cr

to act» ply our {elves a'ga‘i‘n unto tliis‘ hb~noura‘hle Houre,; arid":
to ’ i “ i t

efire,

Firfl,'Thnt no heretofore -and according to Right we may he nofrec '

to petition thzét Honomhlc rHon:/Ea, 4): other our fie//ow-memhcr: in the
Commonwealth ; and that We may with free and uninterrupted arc-
ccfl"e approach with onrfetitionx (though hj enforcament) Without

our Oficrrr, an the Ofiicerr have done in declining of no ; and that

for our cleozrfntzérfafiionjon Wonld dccldre nnto no , that it 135 the
undonhtcdfreedome of the Sonldieny to Petition the Parliament,

either fingb: of thenafe/<ve.r, or jojntbv with thcir.0flicer.r, or with may V
other well-afeflcd of the oNntion Whntjoever 5, ibtherwife We cannot 
hnt lookgopon onrfeloer no vnflnlr and mercenariex, hound up by tho 

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2, Time Mtlze power oftlye 0fl‘?oe}*.r ez;1d}7rejZ'nt*(‘o5o7tcelrJy“ tlo€‘”Aj1*_n¢ll)
3,,“ Am-;4¢;¢id any to;/ye Marfég/ling and Défieipliooazting thereof; and
that in_'‘ A A ten W/oio/a concern Ar/ooloC'ommo:¢~voe.oltb , wemogy not ée
l W l J Jr zlaefe Deéozte-V, or any tloirzg tlodtozmtulro wk on do the
fydgmefit of the whole /Iron}, (woof the ;S‘1¢éforiée:e.r only , molejfe

or dtpfitfltjflfg give olooro.zopproée‘otioe¢eeeznd coefm:

 

tIgereooezto‘.,

3. Tbatjozo would require oz rewcoztioze of their Order probiéi/ting .
— .mfirom Petitioozng, Mt 5)’ our Oflioerw» ,  «   A o > ~ * ~ l 4

_  4-, Tfioezt our foreznezooeeol fe/lo W-15 ozoldlerg, é}'0m'er»of tbi5~e.%Hoe*
” oaozorozélo .Houfi= , my be reflored to tbeirformer plezoe: in _t/aeir re-

ffeflive Reglmerxto-.e — % _ V

5. That according to our _/ileum Engagement, We may not’ be diw
wided nor dz:/Zvemeleel eit/oer in part or irz W/pole , or orgy of an engaged
for“ Ireland, or anjfervvioe W/Jmf/oever , om/z full féztioffezflion emd

,  fi'c'flfiity lac given no in relation room‘ Rigbtsléotla ow Sozoldiere and

o2iomoner5,tkat_We 0t_¢7’fl~:’/’b'6’.r,W/967$ in the c'o2¢dition o prizmre mm,
aimel all other tloefiee people ofEngland, may not éeflo jeii‘ to the lig-
oppre’/j'?onl moo.’ zjmami e do both éem put upon me.

6. Tina: the defire: ofotorformer Petition which in mojl pm»-n’-

  mlezr: loezt/9 lveenf/imlowed fort/a by oz Petition of zloe 0_fi5c~e}{r, 44 ezlffo

tbeferiozeo Appre/yenfiom of a part of xlao people, in leloolf of the

Commonlwedlr/o,lprefls’nted to I/9z3.e’Houfo’ 13613.26. 1] Lime. Colonel!

  I"o.Lillburn, “meg ée/flveedily taken into can zdemtiorz, ezndefirefbm/ly
. olaooompli/75€’d; tlmt “ V
A A tare our live: in tbeproteélion ez2zel;eleferz(:e offlz good mooljotfl Axo-
’”‘tl::o,r£tj. l l l e

a we may 17: more ‘anal moreezgooozmgeel to '5/en"

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