TWO DECLARATIONS From His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, AND The Generall Councell of His Army; THE FIRST, To the Right Honourable, the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-Councell of the City of London, in behalfe of the whole Army; together with the Generals Desires therein.

And an Answer of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-Councell thereunto.

THE SECOND, To the whole Kingdom in generall; Concerning the Reso­lution of His Excellency, and the Officers and Soul­diery under His Command, touching the Power of the Sword, &c.

BY the appointment of His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax, and the Generall Councell of His Army.

Signed, Jo. Rushworth, Secr.

⟨7 ber. 14⟩ LONDON: Printed for R.G. and are to be sold at the Royall Exchange in Cornhill, MDCXLVII.

THE HEADS OF THE NEW PROPOSALS Debated upon Thursday last, the 9. of this instant, by His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Lieutenant Generall Cromwell, and the rest of the Officers, and Councell of the Army.
To be presented to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty at Hampton Court.

UPon Thursday last (being the Ninth of this in­stant, 1647.) His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Lieutenant Generall Cromwell, and divers other Collonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, and Captaines, together with the Agitators [Page 2]of each respective Regiment throughout the Army, met at the Head-quarters at Putney, and about ten of the clock in the morning assembled together in Put­ney Church, where they continued till six in the Eve­ning, and had a long debate at the Councell Table, touching the inlarging of divers Proposals to be sent to the King; they are very large, and of great con­cernment, therefore to large to contract in this small Volume: Neverthelesse, I shall here briefly intimate unto you, the effect and substance of some of the chiefe of them, by giving you the Heads, as follow­eth:

The first is, concerning the Kings most excellent Majesty, and His Royall Posterity, touching their Rights and Interests.

The second, Concerning the Sequestration of the Estates of divers of the Kings friends, for assisting his Majesty in the late War against the Parliament, &c. With divers other Proposals, for setling of this tot­tering Kingdome in a firme Peace and Union.

The Right Honourable, the Lieutenant Generall declared himself most worthily at the Councell Ta­ble, and expressed himself to this effect:

That whereas it hath been suggested to the Kingdom, that hee hath a disire to cast down the Foundation of Presbytery, and to advance and set up Indepency, Hee declares, that he desires nothing more, then to see this poore tottered Nation established in Truth and Peace, and this languishing Common-wealth restored to their just Rights and Liberties, &c.

Divers other matters (worthy of observation were treated upon at the same time, a Copy of which I [Page 3]have sent you here inclosed, together with the Gene­rals Message to the Lord Mayor of London, and His Declaration to the Kingdome of England, all which I shall here insert verbatim, according to the origi­nall Copies, agreed upon by his Excellency and the Councell of the Army.

A Declaration from the Adjutators in the Army, pre­fented to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax at Putney.

May it please your Excellencie,

HAving received informations from some per­sons of good affections and fidelity to the Ar­my, and Kingdome, that severall persons, are now un­der unmertiful sufferings, by consiscating their goods and imprisonment of their persons, for words spoken against the King (acting in his tyrannicall practises in the late war they having been Souldiers.) And wher­as we being made sensible of their misery, not kno­wing how soon it may be our condition, their as yet being no provision for their, or our own indempnity. For want of which our Enemies have so great advan­tage of all the well-affected in the Kingdome, That if not timely remedied, they will recover more upon our words, then we of them by our swords. We are ingaged to supplicate your Excellency in behalfe of these prisoners, That you would be pleased to use some meanes for the restoring them to their free­dome, and to deliver them from their Tyrannicall sufferings, according as your Excellency shall find a­greeable to justice and reason.

This Declaration was presented to His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax at Putney, and signed by above 24. Adjutators in behalfe of the whole Army.

A Declaration from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fair­fax, and the Generall Councell of his Army, to the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-Councell of the City of London, &c.

My Lord and Gentlemen,

WHereas I am informed, that the City of London is in arreare to the Army, a very great summe, and understanding that care is taken by the Committee of Parliament for the Army to provide money seasonably for the pay­ment thereof, by sending to you to advance fifty thousand pounds upon the security of what is due from you, which is a far greater sum then is de­sired to be presently advanced by you, although wee cannot conceive that there well be any backe­wardnesse in you to answer this desire which is so reasonable, and of such necessity to the satisfacti­on and well ordering of the Army; yet we thought [Page 5]good to declare unto you about it, that so you may understand so much from us, with this, That de­lay will be equall to a deniall, and cause us to think that little regard is had of us, or the en­deavours now in hand, tending to the settlement of the peace of the Kingdome, which is so much desired, and hoped for by us, and all honest men; And to the obtaining of which timely supplies of Money, and especially the present payment of the sum above named will very much induce.

By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the general Councel of his Army, Signed. John Rushworth,Secr.
Postscript.

We desire there may be a present performance the cendition of the Army not admitting any lon­ger delay.

Putney Septem. 7.

Whereupon, the Common-Councell met at Guild-hall upon Saterday last, and resol­ved to send an answer to the General to this effect, That they will doe their endeavours to raise the said summe so soon as possible they can, and satisfie his Excellencies desires therein.

Whereas a Member of the Generall Councel of this Army hath publikely declared and expres­sed himself, That there is now no visible au­thority in this Kingdome, but the power and force of the Sword; We therfore the said Generall Councell, to testifie how far our hearts and minds are from setting up the power of the Sword above, or against the Fundamental autho­rity and Government of the Kingdome, and our readinesse to maintain and uphold the same Au­thority, have by a free Vote in the said Councell, no way contradicting, adjudged the same Mem­ber to be expelled the Councell, which we hereby thought fit to publish, as a cleere manifestation of our dislike, and disavowing such principles or purposes.

By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Gene­nerall Councell of the Army. Signed, JOHN RUSHWORTH, Secretary.

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