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DECLARATIO Oliveri Cromwelli Praefecti Exercituum pro REPUB. ET Conſilii ſui Militaris; Exhibens fundamenta, & cauſſas Diſſolutionis nuperi Parlamenti.

Ex Anglicano Sermone in Latinum traducta.

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DECLARATIO Oliverii Cromwelli Praefecti Exercituum pro REPUB.ET Conſilii ſui Militaris.

NOn eſt id praeſens inſtitutum no­ſtrum, rem ab initio repetere, rationéſque percenſere, quibus moti & inducti, arma inprimis ſumpſimus, vitamque noſtram & quicquid uſpiam charum fuit, huic Cauſae impendimus. Neque illud impraeſentiarum agimus, quo varias & multiplices divinae Providentiae Diſ­penſationes, per quas ducti fuimus, ſigillatim reco­lamus;2 aut in memoriam revocemus, quoties nobis adſtipulatus eſt Deus, & quàm luculenta benevolae ſuae acceptationis teſtimonia ſinceris immerentium ſuorum ſervorum conatibus adhibuit; interea dum illi multis magníſque difficultatibus colluctabantur, tam belli, quàm domi inter curas & negotia trium Nationum. A Neceſsitate quandoque impulſi, quò melius eandem Cauſam, quam primùm aſſeruere, tuerentur, ad inuſitata & extraordinaria provocare; quae omnia ex ante editis Declarationibus abundè ſatìs innoteſcant.

Poſtquam Deo viſum eſſet, non modò Hiberniam recuperare, Scotiàmque inſuper adjicere, verumetiam ad Wigorniam non ſine ſingulari Numinis praeſen­tiâ, & quadam Emphaſi Providentiae Populi ſui partes agere; unde non levis Pax in iis Nationibus ſe­quuta erat, & Anglia perfectae quieti ieddita; Adeó­que Parlamento pulcra ſeſe obtulit occaſio de Re­pub. bene merendi, tantíque ſanguinis & ſudoris, támque ſumptuoſae ſementis vindemiam & meſſem populo retribuendi, juſtaeque libertatis tam in Ci­vilibus quàm in Spiritualibus conſtabiliendae; quae quidem & officia, & promiſſa ſua, & mirabilia, quae Deus pro iis operatus erat, jure meritóque poſtu­labant. Non levis dolor viros cordatos, & bene­affectos inſedit, dum indies animadverterent, quàm frigidè & lentè haec procederent; ideóque ad Ex­ercitum contendebant, adjutrices ejus manus implo­rantes, quò meliùs in poſterum eorum rebus con­ſuleretur. At cùm Exercitus ad ſe iis immiſcendum, quae ad Civilem Curiam propriiſſimè ſpectant, non niſi illibenter & invitò adigeretur; in hoc tandem3 conſenſum eſt, Excellentiam ſuam, caeteróſque rei militaris praefectos, qui unà ex Ordine & Numero Parlamenti erant, exorandos eſſe, ut Parlamento ſuaſores aſſiſterent & hortatores eorum quae in Re­gimine depravata erant in melius collocandorum, utque Rei-pub. ſuper Juſtitiae & Rectitudinis Baſi firmandae unicê & ſtrenuè incumberent. Quod à nobis factum eſſet, Conſilia maturiùs inita fore ſperantibus, nihil minus à Parlamento exſpecta­vimus, quàm ut ſpe vanâ lactaremur. At poſt quam cum dolore perſentiſceremus, ab eo moras inutili­ter necti, iterum renovavimus noſtra deſideria, ſup­plicem libellum ultimo Augusti ei exhibentes, quem licèt id temporis in bonam partem ab iis ac­cipi prae ſe ferebant, gratias hac de re nobis refe­rentes, & Capitula rerum propoſitarum Delegatis à Domo ſuâ perpendenda transmittentes, nihil ta­men indè memoratu dignum ſubſecutum eſt, néve talis factus eſt progreſſus, qui ullatenus teſtaretur ſe id ſeriò velle perficere quod rogabatur; quin è contra noſtrorum poſtulatorum certa quaedam aver­ſatio magìs magíſque indies inter eos apparuit, non ſine amarulentia & inimicitia contra Dei Populum ſubinde ſe prodentibus; quae uſque adeò increve­rant, ut integerrimi illi viri & maximè honorandi, qui tam antè, quàm durante bello, pro Deo bo­nóque publico tam eminenter ſe totos devoviſſent, ad caetera inutiles in Parlamento facti eſſent, prae­terquam unà cum prava Factione conveniendo, ad Autoritatem iis ſuâ praeſentiâ conciliandam, quò meliùs ſuis commodis velificarentur, atque id ef­fectum darent, cui prae reliquis ſtudebant, nempe4 ut Summum Imperium indeſinenter & perpetuò ſibimet continuarent. Atque eundem in finem dicta Factio novae Populi Repraeſentativae diu ſe opponere non deſtitit, donec coacta demum ſchedulam illam ſive Billam in conſiderationem admittere, ut nunc aſtu eluderent quod priùs impedire non poterant, hunc in finem utì fruíque apud ſe ſtatuunt, nempe ut viri ſuorum ſimillimi locis in Domo vacuis ſuc­centurientur, adeóque ſuus ipſorum Conſeſſus per­petuaretur. Quod quidem conſilium nonnulli ex eorum praefervidis & promptioribus nequaquam oc­cultabant, quinimo ad ei aſſentiendum alios pelli­cere ſatagebant; quódque ut effectum ſuum ſorti­retur, plurimae Petitiones in diverſis Comitatibus ob Continuationem hujus Parlamenti ab eorum nonnullis, ſi non progenitae fuerint, erant ſaltem enutritae, iiſdémque ſi non ortum, debent tamen in­crementum.

Quò hiſce malis obviàm iretur, Ductores Exercitûs plurimios cum nonnullis è Parlamento congreſſus im­petrârunt, in commune deliberaturi, quâ commo­diſſimâ ratione praeverterentur. At poſtquam omnes noſtri conatus irriti facti eſſent & fruſtranei, Exer­citui tandem pro comperto erat, ſicut omnibus pru­dentibus & aequis rerum aeſtimatoribus manifeſtum eſſe confidunt, Parlamentum hoc per nonnullorum pravitatem & corruptelas, aliorum perverſas ſuſpicio­nes, plurimorum incuriam & negligentias, ea mini­ praeſtiturum, quae Deus, Populúſque ſuus, to­táque Natio ab eo multum diúque exſpectârant; quinimo fore, ut haec Cauſa, cui plurimum bene­dixit Dominus, quámque ſuo ſuffragio ſaepius com­probavit,5 ſub eorum manibus langueſceret, & ſen­ſim expiraret; Vitáque, libertates, & ſolatia po­puli ſui in inimicorum manus traderentur.

Quibus omnibus ab Exercitu, & Conſultioribus Po­puli hujus Nationis ſeriò moeſtéque perpenſis, & fuſis ad Deum precibus ut ſapientiam cordibus noſtris in­ſpiraret, greſſúſque dirigeret, officii noſtri eſſe duxi­mus, qui tantum potentiae & praeſentiae divinae unà nobiſcum euntis experti ſumus, efficaciora aliqua re­media perquirere, ad eam Cauſam tutandam, in qua boni & cordati viri hujus Reipub. tam diu colligati fuere, & ad Juſtitiam unà cum Pace in his Natio­nibus conſtabiliendam.

Poſt multas altercationes neceſſarium adjudica­tum erat, & in hanc ſententiam itum, quòd ſum­ma rerum & Autoritas ſuprema, ad viros bene no­tos, rimentes Dei, & ſpectatae integritatis, à Parla­mento deferretur, Reipub. regimine pro tempore illorum fidei concredito; quae ratio expeditiſſima viſa eſt, ad protegendum Dei populum, eíque vi­res addendas, ad Legem reformandam, & Juſtitiam unicuique cira reſpectum adminiſtrandam. Atque indè ſpes affulgebat Populum poſſe Monarchiam obliviſci, atque intelligere quid è re ſua foret in fu­turis Parlamentis eligendis, atque ità demum Regi­men ſuper verâ Baſi firmaretur, abſque periclita­tione glorioſae hujus Cauſae, vel Exercituum Ope, qui in illius defenſionis diutiùs alerentur.

Et adhuc immoti perſiſteremus, nulli operae parcentes, quò minùs ad extraordinaria recurratur, à viginti circiter è Parlamenti numero impetravimus, ut collationem nobiſcum inſtituerent, quibuſcum Ne­ceſsitatem6 & aquitatem eorum quae à nobis propo­nebantur, liberè & amicè diſceptavimus; & liquidò evicimus, ea fuiſſe, non Decretum illud five Actum, quod ſub incude & prae manibus eorum tunc erat, quae maximè probabiliter tale quippiam erant pro­ductura, quod ſimilitudinem aliquam & conformi­tatem illi Operi haberet, cujus fundamenta ipſe Deus locavit, & adhuc in mundo exequitur.

Quae tamen cùm ſurdis auribus exciperentur, at­que ex altera parte proponeretur conſultiſſimum eſ­ſe praeſens hoc Parlamentum continuare, à quo bo­na omnia rationabiliter exſpectari poterant, & cûm hoc vehementer urgeretur, plurimum hinc roboris noſtrae ſententiae acceſſit, quam priûs imbiberamus, id quod ab iis dictum erat non ex Amore Reprae­ſentativae profluxiſſe, ſed ut eam privatis ſuis rebus accommodarent, dum alios in abſentium relictas provincias cooptando, Imperium ſibimetipſis pro­rogarent, atque hunc in ſcopum conſilia ſua colli­mâſſe.

Cum hac de re apertè cum iis ageretur, & diſer­tis verbis reſponderetur, neque Nationem, nec Probitatis Cauſam, néve noſmetipſos talibus artificiis velle deluſum iri; dies craſtinus poſt meridiem al­teri conventui datus eſt, quò melius utrinque ſatiſ­factum foret; pollicentibus iis è Parlamento, qui tunc aderant, eorum conatus minimè defuturos, interea temporis quicquam à Parlamento decerne­retur, quod antedicta Propoſita intercipere poſſit aut evacuare.

Nihilominus tamen Parlamentum proximo manè in praedicto ſuo Acto procudendo ſolito magìs feſti­nabat, nemine omnium qui interfuere contranitente, quin & adjuvantibus nonnullis, ex eorum numero, qui nocte praecedente fidem ſuam nobis in contra­rium obſtrinxerant. Et nunc ad extrema ſuffragia ultimámque diſquiſitionem deventum erat, de iſthoc Acto figendo & ratum faciendo, quo facto, omnia quae à nobis propofita erant incaſſùm eſſent, omníſ­que iis aditus ad juſtum in Parlamento examen praecluſus.

Ad quod antevertendum, omniáque quae exin­de ſequutura erant mala, unde periculum bonis om­nibus, & huic glorioſae Cauſae imminebat; quae, me­tuendum erat, uno ictu ſucciſa decumberet, atque hae Nationes novis motibus agitarentur, quo tempo­re hoſtes extranei ſuis occaſionibus invigilant noſtris infortuniis libenter fruituri, & nonnulli bella nobiſ­cum actu gerunt; extremâ cogente Neceſsitate in­viti admodum & reluctantes huic Parlamento finem impoſuimus. Quod tamen, utì ſperamus, ex ſincero corde fecimus, Cauſam hanc noſtris Nominibus, vitae, familiis, rebúſque quantumvis clariſsimis, ante­ferentes; certò nobiſcum ſtatuentes, Viros ſpectatae fi­delitatis, & probitatis Reipub. gubernaculo admovere; credentes, ſicut nemo ſapiēns exſpectat uvas è ſpinis decerpere, ità ſperabunt boni hujuſmodi viris ad re­gendum Electis & Evocatis, fore, ut fructus juſtae reformationis diu multúmque precibus petitae, Deo benedicente, ſuo tempore colligantur; in eorum om­nium refrigerium, qui magnis votis haec ſuſpirâ­runt.

Multò plura potuimus congerere, ſi id à nobis age­retur, aliis inſpergendo labem, & malam Rei-pub. adminiſtrationem palàm Omnibus propinando, ae­quitatis & juſtitiae nomen Actionibus noſtris com­parare. Sed iis ſuperſedentes, in hoc tantummodo deſinemus, quòd ſicut Neceſsitate & Providentiâ prae­euntibus, ad ea ducti fuimus, quae modò fecimus, ultra ſupráque cogitata noſtra & deſideria: ità quod reliquum eſt magni hujus Operis, in eo exequendo, totos nos Domino & coeleſti ſuae benedictioni re­ſignamus, & ſemper reſignabimus; palàm profi­tentes, nos unum momentum poſſe conſiſtere, ultra quàm ipſe pedes noſtros firmaverit: multò minùs ea de quibus adhuc mentio facta fuit, quo­rum meſſis in ſpe & herbâ viridi, abſque illius ope & adminiculo poſſe perficere. Quocirca om­nes & ſingulos publicè & ſolenniter obteſtamur, ab iis id exſpectantes, quòd ſicut Dominum in eorum ruinam provocare nollent, ità illum exitum, ad quem ipſe res deducturus eſt, praeſtolarentur: út­que quietis & ſedatis animis negotia ſua pertracta­rent, in quibus obeundis Protectionem & Securitatem, per Dei aſſiſtentiam, iis pollicemur.

Quantum ad eos, qui timorem ſuum & Amorem erga Dei nomen profitentur, quandoquidem ut pluri­mum eorum gratiâ & juſtitiae cauſâ in his perpetrandis vitae noſtrae pericula inivimus, ab iis petimus, ut apud Dominum nocte diéque pro nobis intercederent, quò ab eo gratiam obtineamus. Et cùm ſaepius Nominis ejus mentionem fecimus, vel tantillo dedecore illud afficiamus, quae res nos ad extremum everteret, & in­ſignem pietatis profeſsioni maculam affricaret.

Eos itaque hortamur, ut cum omni ſubmiſsione ani­mi, manſuetudine, juſtitiâ, charitate, ad ſeinvicem, & erga genus humanum, ſeſe gererent; indè facturi ut ig­norantia ſtultorum, eos falſi incuſantium, obmuteſcat; utque penitùs cognoſcerent, ſe ex his nuperis magnis & glorioſis Diſpenſationibus, in quibus Deus tam mi­rabiliter ſe conſpiciendum dedit, tanta haec per ſu­dorem & ſanguinem filiorum ſuorum operatus, fir­miûs teneri & obligari, ad vitam ſuam in ſapientia & amore Chriſti ità ordinandam, ut dum viderint alii Chriſtum, non verbo tenus magìs quàm reapſe, iis ineſſe, honos & reverentia piae ſuorum profeſsioni ali­unde concilientur.

In animo nobis eſt, intra breve particulatim magìs & expreſsè monſtrare fundamenta hujus facti, & co­pioſiùs exponere tam inſignis mutationis & Actionis cauſas, quibus hac in chartula tantummodo digitum intendimus.

Atque ultimò declaramus, quòd omnes Judices, Vice-comites, Juſticiarii pacis, Praetores, Ballivi, Commiſsionatus, & Commiſſarii, caeteríque civiles officiales, & Miniſtri publici quicunque intra hanc Rem-pub. vel aliquam ex ejus Ditionibus, in officiis & reſpectivis ſuis muneribus obeundis progrediantur; omnéſque & ſingulae perſonae, cujuſcunque gradûs fuerint, eandem iis obedientiam praeſtanto, quam durante Parlamento praeſtitere.

Signatum Nomine, & Mandato Excellentiae ſuae, & Conſilii ſui Militaris. GUILIELM. MALYN, Secret.

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TextDeclaratio Oliveri Cromwelli præsecti exercituum pro repub. et consilii sui militaris exhibens fundamenta, & caussas dissolutionis nuperi Parlamenti. Ex Anglicano sermone in Latinum traducta.
AuthorCromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658..
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Edition1653
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Bibliographic informationDeclaratio Oliveri Cromwelli præsecti exercituum pro repub. et consilii sui militaris exhibens fundamenta, & caussas dissolutionis nuperi Parlamenti. Ex Anglicano sermone in Latinum traducta. Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.. [2], 9, [1] p. typis Guilielmi Du-Gard,Londini :1653.. (Declaration of Cromwell and his council of officers concerning dissolution of the Rump Parliament.) (Copy filmed at reel 2494:1 has upper margins closely trimmed, page numbers 7-9 wanting.) (Reproduction of original in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.)
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