YOur Commissioners for the Command of the Army, having from Portsmouth Ordered us to march unto Major Breman with such Forces as we could raise, for the restoring the Parliament [Page 4] whilest we were at Henley, and had sent to find out Major Breman that we might adde to his number what we could; upon Intelligence that the Forces with him were marched to­wards London, we resolved to march nearer London, in order to a conjunction with him as soon as we had particular Notice of the place of his Rendezvouz nearer London: and in our march being informed from undoubted hands, that some of Colonel Hewson's Regiment of Foot were designed for Windsor-Castle, to keep the same against the Parlia­ment; and being also assured, That Colonel Whichcott the present Governour, had not onely joyned with those that put the late Treacherous Force upon your Honour, but also had endeavoured to raise Forces in this County against the Par­liament, and offered Commissions to that purpose unto se­verall Persons: And upon further Intelligence, that the Cavaleers had some Design upon the place, in order to a Con­junction with some of their Adherents in London, and know­ing their Guards to be very Weak and insufficient for a place of so great Consequence, We thought it our Duty, in order to the Parliaments Service, to secure this Castle with the Forces now with Us, and did Summon the same accordingly: and as we were upon our March thither within two miles of this Place, we received further Orders from the said Commis­sioners, to march with our Forces unto this Place, and to remain here untill further Orders: and looking upon this as an Act of Divine Providence concurring with our Inten­tions, We immediately sent two of our number to perswade Colonel Whichcott to admit our Horse into this Castle; who submitted to our demand; and thereupon we thought necessary to draw together the Souldiers under his Com [...] and whilest our Horse were in the Castle, and to inform t [...]m of the vilenesse of their defection from the Parliament, and as­sisting those that had betrayed the Trust reposed in them, and [Page 5] that we hoped they had done it through Ignorance, being mis-led by their Officers; and therefore we presumed to assure all the Souldiers of Indempnity: if they should return to their due Obedience to Your Honours, and their faithfulnesse to the Cause engaged in, and should sign the Engagement of those Horse under Major Breman (which we read unto them); and thereupon they unanimously declared, That their Hands and Hearts should be unto that Engagement. Yet we have thought it our Duty to place Guards in the Castle with some of the Horse with us, and to give an Account of what we have done, to your Honour, and to expect the Parliaments Plea­sure therein; We have no more but our most humble Congra­tulation of the Parliaments happy Return to the Exercise of their Trust, and with our hearty Prayers to God to direct your Great Councells, We remain,