The declaration of the navie, being the true copie of a letter from the officers of the navie, to the commissioners vvith their resolutions upon turning out Colonell Rainsbrough from being their commander. 28th. May, 1648. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82191 of text R210803 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[36]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A82191 Wing D713 Thomason 669.f.12[36] ESTC R210803 99869560 99869560 162829 2248506827

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82191) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162829) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[36]) The declaration of the navie, being the true copie of a letter from the officers of the navie, to the commissioners vvith their resolutions upon turning out Colonell Rainsbrough from being their commander. 28th. May, 1648. Lisle, George, Sir, d. 1648. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Signed at end: Thomas Lisle [and 8 others, plus the "Captaine of the Roebuck, Hinde, and severall other Officers of these and other Ships."]. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Rainborow, Thomas, d. 1648. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A82191 R210803 (Thomason 669.f.12[36]). civilwar no The declaration of the navie, being the true copie of a letter from the officers of the navie, to the commissioners: vvith their resolutions Lisle, George, Sir 1648 1 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE DECLARATION Of the Navie , being THE True Copie of a Letter from the Officers of the Navie , to the Commissioners : With their Resolutions upon turning out Colonell RAINSBROUGH from being their Commander . 28th . May , 1648. Worshipfull ;

THese are to certifie you that wee the Commanders , and Officers of the Ship Constant Reformation , with the rest of the Fleet , have secured the Ships for the service of King and Parliament , and have refused to be under the Command of Colonell Rainsbrough , by reason wee conceive him to be a man not wel-affected to the King , Parliament and Kingdome , and we doe hereby declare unto you , that we have unanimously joyned with the Kentish Gentlemen , in their just Petition to the Parliament , to this purpose following , videlicet .

First , that the Kings Majesty with all expedition be admitted in Safety and Honour , to treat with his two Houses of Parliament .

Secondly , that the Army now under the Command of the Lord Fairfax , to be forthwith disbanded , their Arrears being paid them .

Thirdly , That the known Laws of the Kingdome may be Established and continued , whereby we ought to be Governed and Iudged .

Fourthly , That the Priviledges of Parliament and the Liberty of the Subjects may be preserved .

And to this purpose we have sent our loving Friend Captaine Penrose , with a Letter to the Earle of Warwick , and we are resolved to take in no Commander whatsoever , but such as shall agree and correspond with us in this Petition , and shall resolve to live and dye with us , in the behalfe of King and Parliament , which is the Positive Result of us .

We humbly desire your speedy Answer . Officers of the constant Reformation . Thomas Lisle , Lievetenant . Andrew Mitchel Boats . James Allen , Gunner . Tho. Best , Carpenter . Officers of the Swallow . Leonard Harris , Capt. Jo. London , Mr. Nich. Laurence , Lievet . Andr. Iackson , Gunner . Io. Short , Carpenter . Signed likewise by the Captaine of the Roebuck , Hinde , and severall other Officers of these and other Ships .