6V. Anſw. No doubt but they will do what they can to keep out all ſuch as adhere to the one ſide, and we humbly beſeech them, that they endeavour likewiſe to keep out them that adhere to the otherſide: there is no Heretique that will hazard his life for the truth, nor any out-landiſh Souldier will ſight principally for the good of England.
VI. Anſw. We cannot by any means agree to this ſubmiſſion.
7VII. Anſw. If we go on ready and••ce•tly according to our Articles for making of Peace, there are none but Enemies to Peace, ſelf-ſeckers, and Plunderers will oppoſe us, and againſt ſuch we are confident, all honeſt men in either Army will aſſiſt us, if not, we hope God will enable us to defend our ſelves, and give us liberty to move according to our own directions.
VIII. Anſw. As we were thankfull unto Sir Richard Grenvile for the good government of his Army, ſo are we no leſſe thankfull to Sir Thomas Fairfax for his good government, and we will continueColonell Welden, and Colonell Vandroſſe. our thanks, as moſt due to him, if he continue his good government, and do not, after a ſtrict diſcipline for a while, let loofe his Army to plunder, as ſome have done before him.
THat for the ſpace of theſe three yeers laſt paſt, we have miſerably ſuffered under the Calamities of Civill Warre; and the Miſeries Greaten ſo extreamly upon us, that without a ſpeedy Accommodation we can expect nothing but utter ruine and deſolation; In a deep ſenſe whereof, being large ſharers in the miſeries, we do in the anguiſh of our ſouls, moſt humbly beg your Majeſty once more, according to your former Princely compaſſion to your People, to invite the Lords and Commons aſſembled at Weſtminſter, to the compoſures9 of theſe unhappy differences by a Treaty; for which purpoſe we alſo intend to petition the Lords and Commons, hoping, by Gods bleſſing upon your Majeſties pious endeavours herein, we may again enjoy a happy Peace; For which, together with the preſervation of your Sacred Perſon, we ſhall heartily pray, &c.
THat we have a long time groaned under the burthen of a Civill Sword, which hath brought this Countrey to extream miſery, and threatneth both it and the whole Nation with ſpeedy ruine and deſtruction, it being the unavoidable Fate of a divided Kingdom: for the prevention whereof we humbly pray you to be pleaſed to be Suitors to His Majeſty, that the late Treaty, ſo hopefully begun, may be renewed: And in purſuance of that great truſt repoſed11 in you, you will vouchſafe your utmoſt•ndeavour for a ſettlement of a happy Peace, that we may enjoy our Religion, our Laws, and Liberties; And we ſhall, &c.
Be it ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Aſſembled, that all and every perſon of what degree and quality ſoever, that hath lived, or ſhall live within the Kings Quarters, or been aiding, aſſiſting, or adhering unto the Forces raiſed againſt the Parliament, or hath, or ſhall come to inhabite, or reſide under the power or protection of the Parliament, ſhall Swear upon the Evangeliſts in manner following.
ANd now let•ny reaſonable and i…ent•an but compare this Oath now enjoyned by the two Houſes, either with the Oath of Allegiance injoyn'd by Law, and taken by every one of the Members of both Houſes reſpectively before they were admitted to ſit as Members, or with that firſt Proteſtation made and taken by themſelves, and by them Ordered to be taken by all the Subjects of this Kingdom, & then let him judge whether theſe deſperate men, having ſo often forſworn themſelves, have not by this, and other Oaths and Covenants deviſed and impoſed by them ſince, endeavoured to involve as many others as they can in the ſame crime of Perjury; which, together with Rebellion, is already the Great Burthen, and crying ſinne of this Nation.
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