A LETTER FROM Major General Laughorn, TO The Speaker of the Honorable Houſe of Commons.

THe firſt rumor of His Majeſties departure with the Army, hath put the Delinquents in Glamor­ganſhire into their old Frenzy; the incloſed Papers will expreſs their preſent Poſture, and ſhorten my Rela­tion: The Leaders of them are of the prin­cipal Delinquents engaged in the former4 Revolt of that County, and whom the Par­liaments clemency for offences paſt hath oc­caſioned to this ingrateful relapſe: Divers of the well-affected Gentry of that County disfavor their courſes, and caſt about for their own ſecurity; ſome of them are come hither to me, and I am drawing up my Forces thi­therward, to ſuppreſs the Inſolency; and finde my Soldiers, I thank God, very chearful and inoffenſive where they come, not capi­tulating for any Conditions: I ſhall (God willing) never deſert my firſt Principles for the Parliament of ENGLAND; The iſſue of this Inſurrection probably will occaſion ſpeedy and frequent ſeconds of this Addreſs, by him who is,

To the Honorable, Major General LaƲGHORN.

IT hath pleaſed God to make Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army a miraculous means of the KINGS Reſtitution (in appearances) Theſe Counties, very apprehenſive of their long deſired Liberty and preſent Sufferings, have already declared for the King and Sir Thomas Fairfax: Now that there might be nothing untimely done to your prejudice, We thought it fit to communicate ſo much of our buſineſs as can be no way prejudicial to yours; We ſhould be very glad to hear how you look upon our proceedings, and un­feignedly reſt,

To the Honorable, Major General LAUGHORN.

THere hath hapned a buſineſs in Cow­bridge, which may (except you be plea­ſed to interpret it in a fair ſence) be lyable to a miſconſtruction; The truth is, the Com­mittee, as is known, had an intent to ſeize on the perſons of divers Gentlemen, ſome whereof for their ſecurity betook themſelves to Cowbridge, and there made bold with the Magazine, without any the leaſt meaning of oppoſition or diſreſpect to you, to whom by many civilities they are much obliged: And being certain of His Majeſties conjunction with Sir Thomas Fairfax his Forces, they conceived they had been wanting to them­ſelves, in not providing ſo well for their ſafe­ty as they could. And they more then hope you will be ſo far from being any way diſ­pleaſed7 with it, as to receive aſsiſtance from you in their juſt and neceſſary Defence; whereby you ſhal eternally oblige the whole Countrey, and more particularly

To His Excellency, Sir Tho: Fairfax, General of the Parliaments Forces.

THeſe laſt days there appeared a ſudden and violent Diſtraction in Glamorganſhire; I ſhall uſe all my power and diligence to alay it, and expect your Ex­cellencies Orders for my proceedings, and the rather, in that the turbulent party, as I am informed, pretend your Excellencies Authority for what they do. The incloſed copies of ſome Expreſſes I received out of theſe parts, and of one of the Delinquents Warrants, will ſupply what I here omit: The chief actors are an­cient Malignants of a deep ſtain, and can pretend no Grievance but the juſt and conſcientious proceedings of the Committee, according to the Ordinances of Parliament: Other Gentlemen well-affected and of good quality in the countrey, are not ingaged among them, but ſtand upon their Guard. This is all I can at preſent in that affair preſent to your Excellency, with my humble ſervice, and readineſs to obey what com­mands you will pleaſe to impoſe on

To Major General Laughorn.

WEE have in a former Letter made bold to intimate unto you the ne­ceſsity of our preſent Poſture, which we in the Name of the whole Countrey muſt ſtill affirm to be no ways tending to the di­minution of your reſpects with us, but meant onely for the vindication of our E­ſtates and Liberties from the unjuſt and Ar­bitrary diſpoſition of Committees here; on the mediation of whoſe Friends, we have not­withſtanding thus far complied with their deſires: Yet upon aſſurance given, The In­habitants of this County may enjoy their Liberties and Eſtates, and all Taxations (o­ther then ſuch that are for the Army) be for-born, until, by Gods bleſsing, the preſent unſettledneſs of Supreme Affairs be compo­ſed, we ſhall not farther proceed on theſe terms whereon we now inſiſt: This, for ought we can yet diſcover to the contrary,10 may in a very few days determine our in­ſtant Differences: However we ſhall not fail to advertiſe you of what farther courſes the proſecution may engage us to, and ever remain,

VVEE require you forthwith to di­rect your Warrants to the Petty-Conſtables of the ſeveral Pariſhes within your Hundred, That they ſummon all able men from Sixteen to Sixty, to appear before us at Cowbridge, to morrow, by Nine of the clock in the morning, with all Horſes fit for Service, or Dragoons, and all ſuch Arms as are Defenſive or Offenſive, as they have or can come by, for the uſe of the Kings Ma­jeſty and Sir Thomas Fairfax General, for the preſervation of the Peace and Safety of this County: Hereof fail not, as you owe your Allegiance to His Majeſty.

To the Honorable, Major General LAUGHORN.

I Am very glad, that by your watchfulneſs and dili­gence you have ſo timely prevented the inconve­nience of the riſing of theſe Men in Wales (according as your Letters mention;) I believe too many are apt to make advantages of the preſent diſcompoſure of Affairs to work their own ends, though it be to the diſturbance of the whole Kingdom. Its very true, I have made ſome Repreſentations to the Par­liament, and I hope their Wiſdom and Juſtice will ſo anſwer our Expectations, as that we ſhall ſpeedily ſee an happy compoſure of all Differences, and a ſettlement of all Rights, both to the King, the Par­liament, and the People, to the comfort and ſatisfa­ction of all men that wiſh well to Peace and Righte­ouſneſs: I deſire you ſtill to continue your care in thoſe parts to prevent any evil of this kinde, and to let all men know, That I cannot in the leaſt allow of ſuch proceedings, but ſhall ſend to your aſſiſtance to ſuppreſs them, if need ſo require, and that you do give me ſeaſonable notice thereof: I reſt,

To His Excellency, Sir Tho: Fairfax, General of the Parliaments Forces.

MY Letter of the 17. inſtant informed your Ex­cellency of a violent Diſtraction in Glamor­ganſhire, which I have been diligent to alay without the effuſion of innocent blood: The Countrey hear­ing of my approach, deſerted the chief Actors, whom to the number of Fifty, all well mounted, are fled the Countrey; the Names of them are ſub­ſcribed to the Letters I ſent your Excellency, onely ſome few added: They had convened Fifteen hun­dred or Two thouſand, pretending Authority for ſo doing; but the Countrey are made ſenſible how they were ſeduced, and I ſhall neglect no diligence to ſettle quietneſs, and remove the diſturbers of it. This Accompt in duty I conceived my ſelf bound to give your Excellency, and remain,

His Excellencies anſwer to the former Letter dated at Ʋxbridge,Iune 29. 1647.

YOurs from Cardiff of June 21. I received this day; I hope my laſt unto you from Barkhamſtead, will give you ſatisfaction con­cerning the proceedings here, and how far we are from countenancing any that ſhall raiſe Forces againſt the Parliament, or thoſe imployed by them.

Your care and diligence in preſerving thoſe parts in peace, will be an acceptable ſervice to the Kingdom.

Things here are like to come to a ſpeedy compoſure, both Houſes having agreed to ſend Commiſsioners to Treat and Debate of buſineſs in order to the preſent ſettlement of15 the peace of the Kingdom, which is a thing much deſired by all, and I hope in a ſhort time will be effected, to the quiet and con­tent of the Kingdom.

For thoſe Forces of Horſe and Foot which you brought lately into Glamorganſhire upon the late occaſion; I deſire you to remove them back into thoſe counties where they were formerly quartered. I remain