A late LETTER FROM Sir Thomas Fairfax's Army now in TRURO. Relating the severall Passages in the TREATY, And what is concluded. Communicated to both Houses of Parlia­ment upon Munday 16. March 1645.

Die Lunae 16 March 1645.

ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that this Letter be forthwith printed and pub­lished.

Ioh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.

LONDON, Printed for Iohn Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 17 March 1645.

For the Honourable William Lenthall Esquire, Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons.
Being a Letter sent from Sir Thomas Fairfaxs Army now in Truro.

SIR,

I Wrote to you this day of the further progresse of the Trea­ty held all this day, and till twelve at night, and yet could not bee finished, though all the materiall parts were over; those which remaine are onely circumstan­tiall, yet so necessary to be concluded in order to the perfecting of the Treaty, that more time is granted for the finishing there­of, so the Treaty and Cessation is to con­tinue [Page 2]to morrow also; and the Rendezvouz of this Army, that should have beene to morrow, is put off till the next day, at which time the Enemy is likewise to draw out to a Rendezvouze, and there according to the Articles, or as shall be further agreed on, dismount their common Troopers, and deliver up their Horses and Arms: The Ene­my is so impatient till the Treaty be done, that this very day there hath no lesse then between thirty and forty Lieutenant Colo­nels, Majors and Captaines, come away from the Enemy to us, besides others that came to visit our Quarters, that did not return; This evening likewise there came a Captaine and forty Gentlemen of quality, with their Hor­ses and Arms, who likewise by the Articles are to have the benefit of their Horses: And likewise there came from Penryn 96. Com­mon Souldiers, with their Muskets and Mat­ches lighted, and twelve more since came, and forty more gone another way, which so much disheartned Colonell Trevanian, the Governour of the Fort and Harbour at Pen­ryn neer Pendennis, that he sent unto the Ge­nerall [Page 3]late this evening, to desire that he might be included within the Treaty with the Lord Hopton, and have the same Con­ditions that other Officers have, which are, Passes to go home, and Protections to live quietly from the violence of the Souldiers; we conceive there will be all Officers and others of quality, being allowed their Hor­ses according to the Articles, neer two thou­sand Horse that will come to be delivered up to the Generall for the use of the State; and though they stand the State in two thousand pound Horses and Armes, yet they will be worth to the State ten thousand pounds at the least, but that is the least thing considera­ble in this great businesse. The dissolving of such a strength, by which meanes the West of England is cleered of a Field Enemy, and Forraigne adversaries deprived of that assist­ance they did expect from this force, whilst it was in so considerable a Body; We doubt not, but Pendennis will upon the disbanding of these Forces, incline to moderate terms, the Governour thereof is a Gentleman of [Page 4]good Fortune and Estate in the County, and in all likelihood will not be so mad to see all the whole Gentry at liberty, injoying their own, and himself as it were in Prison, injoy­ing nothing that is his own. I cannot ex­presse with what joy most of the Officers re­ceive those Conditions, and wish they had sooner known our intentions to wards them: those which are most discontented at this businesse, are the Troopers that were to be dismounted, but many of them do, during this Cessation, use waies in an handsom man­ner, to recompence themselves and ours too, by exchanging good Horses for bad Horses, gayning twenty shillings or thirty shillings in exchange from our Troopers, they reser­ving the bad Horses, to receive twenty shil­lings upon the delivering of them up unto us againe; so we have many of the Horses already, though not in manner according to the Treaty. I had directions to prepare a Letter for the Committee of the Army, to make stop of the providing of Horses for the Traine, for that here will be sixe hun­dred [Page 5]to be spared for that purpose, and the rest that are serviceable to be likewise dis­posed for Recruits in the Army. I am Sir

Truro, March 11. 1645.
Your most humble Servant J. R.

I Stayed the Messenger till this forenoon, but can adde no more, but that the Com­missioners are at it, and as some of them tell me, almost finished the Treaty; (I shall as soone as they are signed by both sides) send an Expresse with the Contents. Though one Army visit another during the Cessa­tion, yet we are more circumspect in kee­ping strong Guards, then when the Enemy was most active against us.

Truro March 12. 12 at noone.

This morning 100. Souldiers of Colonell Champernoons Regiment are come in, with Muskets, Swords, and Bandeleers.

FINIS.

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