me measure, have heard of before this time; | trust, they have much blemished the honour d therefore I shall still, in satisfaction to ur lordship's expectation, That I should not oppose the Committee of Estates in their ious, loyal, and necessary undertakings,' swer, that I conceive their resolutions are sally grounded upon mistakes; desiring you consider whether also not contrary to the venant: and I must, in prosecution of the st reposed in me, to the uttermost of my wer, oppose all forces whatsoever, either sed or brought into this kingdom, except se by authority and command of the parment of England; in which I hope your dship will not oppose, but rather assist ine, the parliament of England shall desire it. ave, according to your excellency's desire, urned your trumpeter as speedily as I could patch him; and doubt not but, upon your dship's addresses to the parliament of Engd, you may receive more ample satisfaction rein; and, in the mean time, this is tenderto your lordship as an Answer from my d, Your &c. J. LAMBERT. Castle Sowerby y 8." Declaration, offering an Indemnity to the reted Seamen.] July 13. A Message was t from the commons to the lords, desiring ir concurrence in the following Declaration cerning the Mutiny in the Fleet. To which y agreed: It cannot be unknown unto all men, that ecommerce and navigation of this kingdom th been, by the blessing of God, an especial cans of the honour and greatness of the Engseamen; and that the courage, industry, dfidelity of the English seamen and marirs, hath been a principal means for the incase of the trade and commerce of this kingm in all the parts of the world; the consideion whereof hath caused both houses of parment to have an especial care unto the royal vy, by building many ships and frigates, and ting forth and maintaining ficets; expending that service the whole revenue of the Cusus, (the greatest part whereof, in former es was diverted to other uses) besides other st sums of money laid out in that action; d for the better encouragement of such mahers as were employed in the service of the ate, they have much advanced their pay ove that which it was formerly; and at the ming in of the Fleet have so carefully proied for them, that they were not discharged om boarding, victuals and wages, until. their >neys were duly paid them; hoping that, by ese and many other encouragements upon occasions, they would have approved themIves faithful to the kingdom, in the discharge the trust reposed in them; but, contrary reunto, the mariners of several royal ships, t forth in this last summers fleet, being sedud by the cunning insinuation of some men -affected to the Peace of this kingdom, have eacherously revolted from their duty, and do ill persist in their disobedience; by which rid and detestable act, in breach of their and credit of the navigation and mariners of this kingdom; and as much as in them lay, betrayed the public interest and liberties thereof and retarded those ends of an happy Peace which the parliament have ever pursued, and now are more especially employed in: and although both houses of parliament have, after an Act of Indemnity already offered, good reasons to proceed to the reducing of them by force; yet, to the end it may appear that the parliament do, as much as in them lies, seek to prevent the effusion of blood, the said lords and commons do hereby offer and declare, That if the seamen, officers, and commissioners aboard the ships shall, within 20 days after publication hereof, or forthwith upon notice given them by the lord-admiral, or such other person or persons as he shall appoint, render themselves, and the ships wherein they are, to the parliament's obedience, and bring them into some port under the command of the parliament, the persons so submitting shall be indemuified in their persons and estates, any former act of theirs notwithstanding: But if they shall, after the said time prefixed is expir ed, persist still in their disobedience, then the house will proceed to the reducing them by force, and doubt not of a good success by the blessing of Almighty God; hoping that every true-hearted Englishman will contribute his utmost assistance to this great work, especially the merchants and owners of ships, they being principally interested in the consequences thereof, it being to be expected that the revolters will endeavour to maintain their defection by rapine and violence and for the encouragement of scamen to engage themselves herein, the lords and commons do promise and declare, That such seamen as shall so engage, and use their best endeavours in so honourable a work, shall have two months wages extraordinary duly paid them as soon as the said ships shall be, by them, reduced and brought into port: and it is lastly declared, That not only the persons aboard the said ships, who shall, notwithstanding this offer of Indemnity, stand out, but also all others the subjects of this kingdom, and others whatsoever, who shall hereafter join with, assist, supply, or any way adhere to them, shall be dealt with and proceeded against as traitors and enemies to the kingdom, and their estates confiscated; and for the miseries that shall ensue they will stand charged with the same as guilty of them, and authors of that ruin which will attend them and their posterity." : The Commons vote the Scots Army under the Duke of Hamilton to be Traitors.] July 14. A Letter being read in the commons from major-general Lambert at Penrith, signifying that an Army of Scots were come into England under the duke of Hamilton, who arrived at Carlisle the 8th of this month, and that his forces were now lying about Wigton, in Cumberland; the house resolved, "That the forces so come out of Scotland into England in a hostile manner, (under the command of the duke of Hamilton*) being without the authority of the parliament of England, are enemies to this kingdom; and that all persons of the English or Irish nation that join with, or adhere unto, or voluntarily aid or assist them, are Rebels and Traitors; and shall be proceeded against as such."-Thus the Resolution stands in the Commons Journals: but a member of this parliament writes,† That the question was at first proposed, That all such Scots as are, or shall, come, &c. and that upon debate the words or shall were left out upon this consideration, "That the marquis of Argyle might haply come into England with a party, and fall upon the duke of Hamilton in his rear." the continued, nay encreasing, distractions thereof, cannot but look on your present reso lutions of a Personal Treaty with the king's majesty as a door of hope opened by the God of Salvation for the cure of our, otherwise remediless and all-destroying, distempers; and as they give you hearty and humble thanks i your Votes and Resolutions already passed to that purpose, so they cannot but as Englishmen, nay Christians, humbly and earnest beg your lordships speedy and effectual progress therein, until the great Creator of the ends of the earth create a happy Peace to the now miserably tossed and afflicted kingdomAnd whereas the lord mayor, aldermen, common council of the city of London bavi, in order to the said Personal Treaty, mate several late Addresses to the houses of par ment; offering their utmost endeavours, bee of estate and life, for securing of his majesty and both houses of parliament, fr all force and tumults impeding or distort the said Treaty; and desiring, in order theunto, that the Militia of the out-parts may united to and with the said city of Londz, a it was constantly, during our said troub with very good success and advantage to 2o public safety, fixed till of late: your petitione in concurrence with the said Engagement | Desires of the honourable city of London, humbly pray that the said Personal Trea may be hastened; the Militia of the out-pat "Sheweth; That the Petitioners, being in united with the said city, and the com fraternity above 2000 persons, are all undone thereof vested in the hands of such perser and like to perish by reason of his majesty's only as are cordial to the ends of the Pre absence from us; he being kept away notwith- tation, Solemn League and Covenant; wh standing his many former gracious offers; and we humbly conceive may best tend to the p therefore, having an interest both in his per-servation of his majesty's royal person son and government, we cannot do less than humbly beseech your honours speedily and really to invite him to London, with honour, freedom, and safety. And your Petitioners shall pray, &c." Petitions from the Watermen on Thames; and the Inhabitants of Westminster, Southwark, &c. for a Personal Treaty.] July 18. Two more Petitions were presented to the lords, but of a different nature from the last that from the Watermen is the most pathetic we have yet met with, and very expressive in the King's favour. The lords Answers to these and the foregoing both shew, that they thought themselves obliged to use all parties with civility. To the Right Hon. the Lords in Parliament assembled; The Humble PETITION of the WATERMEN belonging to the River of Thames, both houses of parliament, in their setir safe and well-grounded Peace by this so desired Treaty. And your Petitioners sho pray, &c." The Petitioners were called in again and answered by the Speaker, "That the lords" bave not been wanting in their endeavours to bring his majesty to treat at London, and shall still continue to do what in them lies for the procuring a speedy settling of these unhappy distractions." To the Right Hon. the Lords in Parliament assembled; The Humble PETITION of divers well-affected Inhabitants of the City of Westminster, Hamlets of the Tower, Borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, The Petitioners being called in again, A swer was returned by the Speaker, as foliow The lords return you Thanks for the expre sions of your good affections and zeal for public peace of this kingdom: they have ther commanded me to let you know, that tie shall improve their best endeavours in Answer to your Desires contained in the several part culars of your Petition; nothing being in their care than the restoring of the pe and happiness, and the establishment of t fundamental government, of this now distracte: and divided kingdom.” The Lords refuse their Concurrence in the Vote against the Scots Army.] This day t "Sheweth; That your petitioners, notwith-commons sent up a Message to the lords, standing their grievous sufferings and heartbreaking fears of utter ruin to all that is precious in this sometime flourishing kingdom, by On the 20th of July the Resolution against the Scots was somewhat softened by this Ad dition. their Resolution of the 14th, "That the S now come into England in an hostile man were enemies to the kingdom of England, s that all such English and Irish who join the are Traitors." This Resolution occasioned i warm debate in the house of lords, a ended in a division on two questions: the first, Whether the consideration of this matter should be deferred for some days? the news Whether to agree to the Resolution? and both assed in the negative. The Commons declare all such to be Traitors invited the Scots Army.] July 20. The ommons passed a Resolution, declaring all ach persons of this kingdom that had invited e Army of the Scots, now come into Engnd, under the duke of Hamilton, or had assted that Army, to be Traitors, and that they ould be proceeded against as such; which ote they iinniediately sent up to the lords for eir concurrence.-The occasion of passing is Vote is thus set down by Mr. Walker: The Speaker informed the house, That major neral Lambert having stopped one Mr. Haliirton, a Scots gentleman, in passing through s quarters with Letters from the duke of Hailton to the two houses and the king, he und upon him divers private Letters, for car ing of which he had no public authority; d therefore Lambert made bold to seal those ivate letters in a packet by themselves, with s own seal and Mr. Haliburton's; and Lamrt had sent up Mr. Haliburton with lieut. l. Osborne, a godly Scots gentleman, and other keeper, in nature of a prisoner. Mr. borne delivered that private packet to the eaker; so a committee was named to peruse e same. Mr. Osborne was then called in to eak what he knew of this matter, who deared at the bar, That the godly party in Scotnd were oppressed, and trodden under foot, the duke of Hamilton's party; that their ry souls were afflicted at his proceedings; at the kirk of Scotland, with one mouth, proaimed to their faces their Engagement, and e proceedings thereupon, to be damnable d destructive: he also desired the house not look upon those proceedings as the act of e nation of Scotland, since there were a great any godly men who hoped the Lord would able them, in his good time, to march into gland with the marquis of Argyle, and fall on the rear of the duke of Hamilton with a version. He reported the Scots that came to be but 8000 horse and foot, and Langdale t 2000. Then were read the Letters of the ke of Hamilton, wherein he complained that Answer had been given to the parliament Scotland's just Desires of the 26th of April t; that by authority of the Scots parliament was necessitated to come into England acrding to the Covenant, and not without the itation of divers well-affected English who d taken the Covenant. There was a Deration inclosed in the Letters, but the preling party obstructed the reading of it; and en the question being put for declaring all ch persons Traitors who had invited the ots Army under the duke of Hamilton to me into England, it passed in the affirma e." Paper from the Scots Committee of Estates, pressing their Dissatisfaction at the Prodings of the English Parliament.] The • History of Independency, p. 121. same day, the earl of Manchester presented to A PAPER from the Committee of Estates of "We the Committee of Estates of the parliament of the kingdom of Scotland, do return this Answer to your lordships Paper of the 17th and 22d of June: that although our commis sioners at London did often, for some months together, after the return of our Army out of England, attend without any Answer to their Papers, and the just Desires of this kingdom; and at several times, for many days, could obtain no hearing; yet the parliament, notwithstanding of their important business, and that this last session was very short, did always, immediately after the receipt of your lordships Letters and Papers, read them; and returned such Answers as they conceived ought to satisfy, and particularly to your Desires concerning Berwick and Carlisle, as likewise to that Engagement which you were pleased to offer, upon the advance of the Army under the command of the lord Fairfax, into the north of England towards our Border; which therefore we shall not here repeat.-The parliament also, upon consideration of the great dangers threatening religion, his majesty's Person and authority, yea monarchy itself, and the peace and happiness of these kingdoms, strictly united by Covenant, Treaties, and so many near Relations, did, upon the 26th of April last, send such Demands to the houses of the parliament of England, as they conceived to be just and necessary; to which they did, upon the 15th of May, return a very general Answer, relating to a more particular satisfaction, to be expected from your lordships. And the Committee of Estates did, on the 23d of May last, desire to know if your lordships had received any further Instructions for satisfying the Desires of this kingdom: to which your lordships answered, That as yet you had not received any;' neither have we, since that time, heard any thing concerning the said Desires from your lordships; which we cannot but look upon as a great contempt and neglect of this kingdom, and an evidence of no great forwardncss or inclination towards a peace or settlement, or resolution to entertain that amity and good correspondence betwixt the nations, which we, by treaties, messages, and all imaginable means, have still studied to preserve : and, had a satisfactory Answer been returned to these our necessary Desires, all the inconveniences which hereafter may ensue, would probably have been prevented, which we have still since that time patiently expected, and acted nothing as to an engagement, in hopes thereof: but finding the dangers to all that is dearest to us still increasing; no satisfaction, nor so much as an Answer offered to these our just and necessary Desires; no security to 6 Grounds, and Ends of their Engage ment; and of the Return of the Scots Army into England. religion, but rather a greater danger thereunto from the three Propositions now communicated unto us; no hope of safety or freedom thereby to his majesty's person, and as little of freedom to the honourable houses of the parliament, ease to the oppressed subjects of England, or security to either nation; we have therefore resolved to pursue our duties in order to all these, as Christians, as subjects,and as brethren joined together in Covenant, upon the grounds contained in the inclosed Declaration; which we desire your lordships would be pleased to communicate to the honourable houses. By command of the committee of the estates ofed upon as incentives of new troubles, than parliament, ARCH. PRIMROSE, Cler." "After so long continuance of the sad calamities that have almost wasted these three kingdoms, and the uninterrupted endeavours of this nation to have all the causes of them removed, we cannot possibly express with what grief of soul we find them still more likely to be increased than diminished; neither did any part of our former sufferings more deeply affect us, than again to be necessitated to expressions and actions, that, by some, will rather be look means to quiet and calm the present distes The foregoing Paper, and the Declaration pers: Wherefore we have thought fit to offer mentioned to be inclosed therein, was read, this ensuing Declaration to the honourabit as were also the Desires of the Parliament of houses of the parliament, and to our brethrea Scotland of the 26th of April last, which had of England, for satisfaction of all religious, lora, been presented to the parliament on the 2d of and honest men, That heaven and earth mar May. Then the Vote sent up this day from bear witness with us of the necessity of on the commons, declaring, "That all such per- engagement and undertaking at this tune, mi sons of this kingdom, who have invited the of the candor of our intentions and resolutions. Scots Army now in England, under the com--After that, by the blessing of God upon the mand of the duke of Hamilton, to come into endeavours of this nation, and their armies this Kingdom, or have assisted that Army, are home and in England, in two several expeé Traitors, and shall be proceeded against astions, a happy peace was settled, religion and such," was also read. And the question being the just liberties of this kingdom established, put, Whether to agree to this vote? it passed parliament called in England, and great in the negative: but the earls of Pembroke, gress made towards the redress of all grievance, Salisbury, and Mulgrave, the lord viscount Say and reforming abuses both in church and stan and Sele, and the lord Howard of Eskricke, it pleased God again to call us to new troutae, entered their Dissent. for the differences betwixt the king and parte It was then ordered, that a Message be sent ment being increased and heightened to to the commons, to desire that the committee bloody war; the many Addresses of this formerly appointed to consider of a Peace with dom to his majesty and the two houses, for the King, should meet this afternoon, to review amicable composure of differences, ba the Declaration from the Committee of Estates proved fruitless and ineffectual; and the para of the kingdom of Scotland, and also their De-ment reduced to a low condition; this kingəm sires of the 26th of April last; likewise to find out some expedient, that the Treaty between the king and parliament may be speeded, and that care might be taken to prevent the casting the two kingdoms into war and bloodshed, The lords also resolved, That the Scots Declaration should be printed and published. Declaration of the Scots, containing their Reasons for returning into England.] This Declaration, which is a recapitulation of all the proceedings of the English Parliament since the Independent party and the Army gave the rule there, we shall give at large from the Original Edition.† A DECLARATION of the Committee of the Estates of the Parliament of Scotland to the Honourable Houses of the Parliament, and to all their Brethren of England, concerning the Necessity, To this Paper the English Commissioners returned no Answer, seeing that the Scots Army had then invaded England. + Printed at Edinburgh, by Evan Tyler; on the back of the Title-Page are these words, God save the King'. The Edition printed at London, by Robert Bostock, is an exact Copy, except in this circumstance. was invited to the assistance of their Bret might have confided in for affection to religion and monarchy: whereunto the honourable houses of the parliament did effectually apply themselves, as appears by their Declaration of the 28th of May 1647; but the Independent Party was as diligent to hinder it, by contriving and procuring a Petition from the Army against their Disbanding: this by the houses was voted mutinous, and the abettors of it enemies to the state. Then 200,000l. was provided, and commissioners sent down to the Army for disbauding it, and engaging a considerable Supply for Ireland, under the command of majorgeneral Skippon, and lieutenant-general Massey; 167 Presbyterian officers engaged for Ireland, and gave obedience to the commands of the parliament; but, on a sudden, the sectaries of that Army drew themselves toge ther; entered into a solemn Engagement against the Resolutions of the parliament; cashiered all the Presbyterian officers who had adhered to the parliament, or subscribed for Ire land; placed Sectaries in their charges erected a supreme council of Agitators, and then grew indeed into a complete new model. son; and both kingdoms, in their joint Deation, Jan. 6, 1643-4, obliged themselves, decreed, never to lay down arms till truth peace, by the blessing of God, were settled his island upon a firm foundation, for the ent and future generations. Although we I not mention what success that Ariny had, it blood they lost both in Scotland and land, what hardships they endured, and much this kingdom was thereby imposhed; yet we cannot but remember how , by the blessing of God upon the joint ncils and forces of both kingdoms, the two ses of parliament were recovered into a conon of making good those engagements; with what unity both kingdoms proceeded ards attaining of those ends, until that party he houses, who since have declared themas Independents (who seemed most forward ngaging of this kingdom, and at first profesgreatest care of our army) had attained to er, discovered their intention, and intered all those fair beginnings: they created fomented jealousies against the Scots; and, heir influence on the houses, cashiered all ngland by sea and land, how eminent, how Soon thereafter a party out out of several ful soever, that they could not confide in; regiments, commanded by a taylor, a cornet by the success of their new-modelled of theirs, one Joyce, violently seized on the y, (for the most part Sectaries) they person of the king; and carried him from his ossed all power, military and civil, into house at Holdenby, against his own will, and own and their creatures hands. The the Protestation of the commissioners then atpositions formerly agreed on by both tending upon him, and against the declared doms, and treated on at Uxbridge, were resolutions of both kingdoms: and though this red; yet this kingdom was content so far action was at first disavowed by the General, deny themselves and their own interests, yet it appears to have been done by some wave the Propositions most advantageous under-hand warrant; for the king was kept cotland; and, for witnessing their desires of still within the army's quarters, and strong ce, to join in those framed by the two houses guards placed about him: and when the houses re the Independents had got such a power. thought fit to command the Army not to come nd for the greatest testimony of our con- within 30 miles of London, and to vote his ma ce in the honourable houses of parliament, jesty's coming to Richmoud, they, by a threatwithstanding the many injuries and discou-ening Message, forced the recalling of these ments received in England, from the then Votes, and carried the king along with them still prevailing party in the English Army to Hatfield and other places at their pleasure. their abettors, who were grown Anti-Co--The houses did then justly think it necessary nters, and threatened a disappointment to look to their own preservation, least they the ends of the Covenant; yet, upon the should be served as his majesty was; and, ic faith of the two houses given to us, for upon the 11th of June 1647, they appointed preservation and safety of his majesty's Committee of Safety to meet with the Militia ed person, and of making joint Addresses of London, and to consider upon the preserva s majesty for settling a safe and well- tion of the parliament and city.-The great nded Peace, and free access of all em- work of the Army being to new-model the ed by this kingdom to his majesty) the ar- parliament, as well as they had done themof Scotland returned from England, and selves, and to subdue and enslave that great he king with the English commissioners; and glorious city: in order thereunto they first of our army were immediately thereafter | began with a false and frivolous general Charge inded; and no more kept on foot but so against divers members of the houses, eminent y as were necessary for reducing some Scots for affection and action in this cause, and vio is and Irish subjects of the crown of Eng. lently pressed their suspension from the houses; , whom, by the Large Treaty, England but, upon a full and free debate, it was voted bound to reduce. We expected that the to be against the law to suspend any member course would have been taken for dis- upon a general charge, without bringing in and ing the armies in England, and none proving of particulars. This procedure did not on foot but such as were necessary for fit the Army's occasions; they therefore sent garrisons and safety of the kingdom, there several threatening Messages, That they would gthen no professed enemy in arms, and march to Westminster; that they would purge e to have been such as both kingdoms the house, and that they must take extraordi |