An. 23 Car. I. do not fail to be at Royston on Thursday Night, to attend his Majefty thence the next Day; and we 1647. June. < remain, Which, with the foregoing Re ing read, the Lords defire his After reading the foregoing Letters, the Lords monfirance, be- refolved themfelves into a Committee, to read the Reprefentation from the Army again; and the Houfe being refumed, a Motion was made, That a Letter be fent to his Majefty, to defire him for fome Time to make a Stay at Royston, or to go to Newmarket, as he fhall think fit, in regard of fome Things that are lately fallen out; which being refolved in the Affirmative, the following Lords entered their Diffent by fubfcribing their Names: And order Letters to be fent accordingly. The Speaker having prepared a Draught of a Letter in Purfuance of the abovefaid Vote, and the fame being read, the Queftion was put, Whether to fend this Letter to the King, or not? and it was refolved in the Affirmative, Againft this Refolution all the foregoing Peers entered their Diffent ; but their Reasons for it are not given. Next the Lords ordered a Letter to be written to the General from both Houses, and their Speaker to prepare it; which was done accordingly in hac Verba: SIR, THE Lords and Commons have written a Letter unto his Majefty, to defire him that he would be pleased to stay at Royston, or to re 5 ⚫ turn here you 1647. < turn to Newmarket; and they have commanded An. 23 Car. I. us to give you this Notice, and to fend inclofed a Copy thereof. This being all we have in Command, we remain Your Friends and Servants, &c. The Letter to be sent to the King. May it pleafe your Majesty, Y Our Majesty's loyal Subjects, the Lords and Commons in Parliament affembled, in refpect of fome Occurrences lately fallen out, do ⚫ humbly defire your Majefty that you would be pleased to stay at Royston, or to return to Newmarket for fome Time; and they hope that this Delay of your Majefty's Coming to your House * at Richmond will be no ways prejudicial to your Majefty, or make any Retardment of the present fettling of the Peace of your Kingdoms, which is the Defire of Your Majefty's loyal Subjects and humble Servants, &c. This Letter to the King was ordered to be sent under Cover to the Lord Montague, to be presented by his Lordship and the rest of the Commiffioners; and a Copy of it was inclofed to them. June. Then the foregoing Vote of the Lords relating To which the to the King, the Letter to his Majefty, and to Sir Commons agree. Thomas Fairfax, being communicated to the Com mons for their Concurrence, they agreed to them all immediately, The fame Day (June 24) Alderman Fowke and others, from the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Common-Council of the City of London, prefented to both Houses Copies of two Letters which they had received from Sir Thomas Fairfax, An. 23 Car. 1. To the LORD-MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and COMMON-COUNCIL of the City of London. 1647. June. Letters from Sir Thomas Fair fax to the Citizens of London, enforcing their late Remonstrance to the Parliament. Right Honourable, W St. Alban's, June 21, 1647. } E received yours of the 18th of this Inftant, whereof tho' all Paflages are not fo anfwerable to our Expectation as we hoped, yet we apprehend the fame good Affection in you towards this army as was expreffed in your former Letter, that (not only from the Affurance of the worthy Gentlemen your Commiffioners, again fent to us, but alfo from that Information we have received of your extraordinary Endea⚫vours to procure Money for the Army, to prevent further raising or lifting of Soldiers, and to procure thofe already lifted to be disbanded) fome Perfons of your Militia only have been active for the railing of them without your Privity; as likewife from that Letter filled with Refpect, ⚫ which you prepared and intended to fend to us; but being sent to the Parliament, was obftructed by fome Perfons, who labouring to embroil the Kingdom in a new War, would not have the Forces already raifed to be disbanded; who excepted against your Difcovery to the Houfe that fame Perfons only of the Militia had joined in the raifing of the new Forces; who alfo would prevent a right Understanding between your City and this Army, knowing a firm Correfpondence between them would make the Defigns of all fuch Men hopeless: And tho' our taking Notice of thefe Things feems not regular, yet being fo publickly done, we thought fit to mind you of ⚫ them. Now, altho' the Confidence we have of the real and clear Intentions of your Lordship, and the Aldermen and Commons of your City of London, to promote the Peace of this Kingdom and juft Defires of this Army; alfo to prevent all Tendencies to a new War, or any further blood; and and therefore hold ourselves obliged to yield all poffible Compliance to what you defire of us yet adding to the former Grounds the many Informations which daily come to us of the continued under-hand Workings of fome Persons still to lift Men, that divers Agents are fent into feveral Parts of the Kingdom to levy Forces, and Worcester the Place appointed for a general Rendezvous, whither the troops defigned for Ireland, that were Part of this Army, are, by fome of the Committee at Derby-houfe, ordered to march; and feveral of those Companies that went from us for the Service, of Ireland having it intimated to them, and, by divers Carriages, perceiving they were intended as a Foundation for a new Army, and of a new War, they so much abhorred the Thoughts of it, as both the Officers and 'Soldiers of divers Companies are of late entirely ⚫ returned to the Army; likewife that no Means is ⚫ left unattempted to bring in Forces from Ireland, • France and Scotland, against the Peace of this poor Kingdom: We, upon the whole Matter, offer to your and all Men's Confideration, whether with your, our, or the Public Safety, we can remove further backwards, until, upon your and our joint Endeavours with the Parliament, thofe Things of immediate and preffing Neceffity be provided for, which we defired in our Paper laft given in to the Parliament's Commif fioners, in order to the better Proceeding upon the Heads of the Representation and Charge with 'more Hopes of Safety, and of a timely and happy Iffue to ourselves and the Kingdom, viz. That the Perfons impeached by us may not continue in Power and Capacity to obftruct due Proceedings against themselves, and, by their own "Efcape from Justice, to threaten Ruin to the whole Nation. That all Forces lately raised or lifted, in or about the City, may be forthwith discharged, except the usual Number of Train'd Bands and Auxiliaries; and that all Endeavours, publickly or 1647. An. 23 Car. I. or privately, to raise any further Forces, may ceafe. and be fupprefs'd: And that the fame Measure may be allowed to this Army, in paying them up to the fame Foot of Account as is already given 'to those who have deferted the fame. June. ' And for the Things expreffed in our Repre fentation, though of weighty Importance, yet, because they will require much Time, they fhall be no Occafion to impede our Remove; and, in the mean Time, both by Proclamation from his Excellency, and all other Ways, we fhall endeavour that the accustomed Supplies to your City may be speedily fent up. To conclude: We fay from our Hearts, That as our fpecial Ends are the Glory of God and the Good of the whole Land, fo our Endeavours 'fhall be to profecute the fame, without Prejudice to the Being or Well-being of the Parliament in C general, the Maintenance whereof we value above all our own Lives, as we have formerly faid of this Parliament in particular, but altogether in order to the Good and Peace of this Nation, and with a moft tender Regard to your City; to which we profefs we fhall, by all Actions, make good all Engagements tending to the Security thereof, in what Way yourselves fhall defire, ⚫ confifting with the Good of the whole Kingdom, you making good your mutual Correfpondence with us, and not doing any Thing to our Preju* dice, in the Profecution of our juft Defires and Endeavours.' June 22, 1647. P. S. We hear, even now, fince the writing of this Letter, that Yesterday divers of the Reformadoes came again in a threatening Manner to Westminster, the House of Commons then fitting, to the great Affrightment and Terror of divers faithful Members then prefent, and to the Difcouragement of others from their Attendance there; fo that we cannot but perceive that the Freedom of this Parliament is no longer; that thofe Members who fhall, according to their • Con |