CHARLS
R.
WE
having
lately
received
an
Overture
from
some
persons
In
England
,
with
a
seeming
pretence
of
a
Peace
and
Reconcilement
betwizt
Us
and
out
Subjects
of
England
,
and
although
they
acknowledge
themselves
few
in
number
,
and
not
so
well
resolved
as
to
trust
us
with
their
Names
,
yet
undertake
on
the
behalf
of
many
thousands
,
to
make
good
their
propositions
to
us
,
conditionally
,
that
we
grant
and
assure
unto
them
,
their
(
as
they
call
them
,
reasonable
and
modest
)
requests
;
whether
these
mens
Intentions
are
just
and
upright
,
as
they
pretend
,
or
whether
with
Joab's
salutation
to
Abner
,
they
would
entrap
us
to
our
destruction
;
or
with
Shimei
,
come
the
first
of
all
the
House
of
Joseph
to
meet
us
,
not
being
able
to
support
themselves
in
their
decaying
condition
,
we
shall
not
be
much
desirous
to
enquire
after
:
Only
from
hence
we
take
occasion
to
let
those
persons
,
and
all
the
world
know
,
that
we
are
ready
to
grant
to
all
our
Subjects
(
some
very
few
excepted
)
more
than
they
can
have
the
confidence
to
expect
from
us
:
Yet
let
not
any
rash
judgement
condemn
us
for
our
large
Offers
,
as
being
in
so
low
,
and
forlorn
a
Condition
,
as
never
any
Christian
Prince
for
many
Ages
hath
been
;
That
we
are
forward
in
promises
,
though
intend
little
or
no
performance
:
We
say
,
were
our
calamity
more
heavy
upon
us
(
which
can
hardly
be
)
we
shall
not
be
drawn
by
the
greatest
allurements
and
advantages
to
pass
our
engagement
for
any
thing
we
are
nor
fully
resolved
co
perform
,
which
being
chiefly
for
the
general
good
&
peace
of
all
our
Subsects
,
we
cannot
but
hope
for
a
happy
success
to
ensue
,
and
therefore
to
declare
that
(
if
peaceably
receiv'd
)
we
shall
forthwith
grant
,
1.
A
general
and
free
pardon
to
all
(
seven
of
those
onely
excepted
,
which
were
the
bloody
Judges
and
Murderers
of
the
King
our
Father
.
)
2.
That
all
the
Armies
shall
be
within
six
months
disbanded
,
if
moneys
for
their
satisfaction
can
in
a
Parliamentary
way
be
so
soon
raised
,
and
that
they
shall
have
all
Arrears
fully
payed
them
,
and
three
months
pay
over
and
above
to
every
common
Souldier
,
for
their
better
removal
and
settlement
,
in
their
former
or
better
way
and
place
of
living
.
3.
That
the
Armies
being
so
satisfied
and
disbanded
,
no
Souldier
shall
be
continued
,
but
in
the
antient
Garrisonr
,
accustomed
on
the
Sea
Coasta
,
and
that
no
new
Army
shall
be
raised
,
or
any
Fleet
by
us
set
forth
to
Sea
,
upon
any
occasion
whatsoever
,
but
by
consent
of
Parliament
.
4.
That
not
any
of
Our
Subjects
shall
be
burdened
with
Taxes
,
Excise
,
Free-quartering
,
or
other
illegal
payments
or
pressures
,
or
any
Oaths
imposed
,
nor
any
debarred
of
their
Liberties
,
questioned
for
their
Lives
or
Estates
,
for
any
cause
or
pretence
whatsoever
,
but
by
the
antient
and
known
Laws
of
the
Land
,
according
to
Magna
Charta
,
and
the
Petition
of
Right
.
5.
That
the
Purchasers
of
Crown-Lands
and
Rents
being
satisfied
their
purchase-mony
and
interests
by
the
profits
thereof
,
&
further
payment
to
their
full
Reimbursement
,
The
said
Lands
&
Rents
may
return
to
the
Crown
again
,
we
being
resolved
in
the
mean
time
to
cast
our Self
on
the
love
of
our
Subjects
for
our
future
support
:
And
if
the
Parliament
(
that
shall
next
be
call'd
)
shall
not
think
fit
to
give
us
a
reparation
,
&
such
a
competent
revenue
as
we
might
expect
,
we
have
learned
,
and
shall
submit
(
if
there
be
occasion
)
to
the
condition
of
the
meanest
of
our
Predecessors
.
6.
That
the
Purchasers
of
Bishops
and
Deans
and
Chapters
Lands
and
Rents
,
being
in
like
sort
satisfied
,
their
purchase-mony
and
interest
by
the
profits
&
further
payment
,
till
they
be
reimbursed
,
that
then
the
said
Lands
and
Rents
shall
be
conferred
on
the
Clergy
and
Ministry
,
as
the
next
Parliament
shall
ordain
.
7.
That
as
soon
as
Writs
can
be
issued
,
a
free
and
legal
Parliament
shall
be
summoned
,
and
the
privileges
thereof
maintained
,
without
any
exemption
to
any
person
whatsoever
,
being
legally
chosen
and
returned
,
according
to
the
antient
Laws
and
Customs
of
Englund
in
that
case
provided
.
8.
That
the
Parliament
shall
be
desired
by
us
(
and
with
whom
we
shall
concur
)
to
take
care
for
the
setling
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
the
publick
worship
of
God
(
with
liberty
for
tender
Consciences
)
and
for
the
providing
for
the
Ministry
in
the
first
place
,
as
being
the
most
weighty
affair
,
and
ought
to
be
preferred
before
any
other
Concernment
whatsoever
,
without
which
no
blessing
from
above
can
be
expected
upon
our
Government
.
9.
That
if
the
Parliement
shall
pass
an
Act
of
general
Pardon
,
(
and
if
they
shall
desire
those
seven
persons
by
us
intended
to
be
executed
,
shall
be
included
,
and
giving
us
satisfactory
reasons
for
the
same
)
we
shall
concur
with
them
therein
.
10.
That
the
affairs
of
the
Land
and
our
Government
shall
be
Constantly
regulated
and
managed
by
Parliaments
,
and
that
the
Act
for
Triennial
Parliaments
shall
be
by
us
duly
observed
.
We
acknowledge
it
is
very
difficult
,
if
not
impossible
,
to
please
all
,
especialy
where
there
are
so
many
divisions
,
and
every
man
almost
of
a
several
mind
and
opinion
:
But
as
we
have
proposed
too
ur
Self
,
so
shall
we
endeavour
to
give
all
reasonable
Satisfaction
to
all
our
Subjects
.
And
if
the
Actings
of
the
Representatives
in
a
Free
Parliament
of
their
own
choice
can
satisfie
them
,
we
shall
not
be
wanting
in
summoning
and
concurring
with
them
:
But
if
that
will
not
please
them
,
nothing
will
.
Now
,
if
these
condescentions
of
ours
shall
have
so
much
freedome
of
passage
in
England
,
as
many
a
scurrilous
and
lying
Pamphlet
fly
abroad
without
our
control
,
we
are
confident
that
all
of
understanding
,
that
are
not
wilfully
blinded
,
or
not
over-swayed
with
present
self-interest
,
thereby
knowing
our
large
Offers
,
must
needs
be
fully
convinced
of
the
amplitude
thereof
,
extending
to
all
their
grievances
.
However
,
if
it
shall
be
instanced
wherein
we
are
too
short
,
(
for
we
are
ready
,
for
the
Good
,
and
Peace
of
the
Nation
,
to
give
large
satisfaction
,
and
ample
assurance
to
our
most
inveterate
Enemies
;
)
We
having
yeelded
to
all
matters
of
most
importance
,
shall
not
stick
at
lesser
things
.
And
if
any
that
have
been
adherers
and
assisting
to
our
late
royal
Father
and
us
,
shall
think
we
are
herein
too
free
and
indulgent
to
such
,
and
so
many
open
and
professed
Enemies
;
and
that
we
have
made
no
provision
for
our
Servants
,
and
Friends
;
we
desire
them
all
to
consider
our
own
,
and
also
their
Conditions
,
and
how
things
now
stand
in
England
;
that
neither
we
,
nor
themselvs
,
can
otherwise
(
in
any
probability
)
better
our
selvs
,
unless
by
a
bloody
and
hazzardous
War
;
which
though
we
cannot
doubt
of
the
lawfullnesse
on
our
part
,
and
consequently
a
prossperous
successe
,
if
we
shall
be
necessitated
thereto
for
the
recovery
of
our
just
right
,
yet
we
are
assured
,
that
the
God
of
peace
will
rather
prosper
a
peaceable
than
violent
and
forceable
entrance
:
And
therefore
we
hope
all
those
our
friends
,
and
loving
Subjects
,
will
rest
fully
satisfied
with
that
we
shall
do
pursuant
to
these
propositions
,
we
being
desirous
hereafter
to
consider
their
sufferings
(
though
not
comparable
to
ours
)
as
God
shall
enable
,
and
in
all
just
and
lawfull
ways
.
And
now
we
wish
,
that
all
the
people
of
England
would
remember
how
they
have
performed
their
Protestations
,
Oaths
,
Vows
,
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
:
But
to
instance
in
no
more
than
the
Honour
and
Priviledges
of
Parliament
,
the
foundation
of
all
their
laws
,
which
they
have
so
often
sworn
and
vowed
to
maintain
with
their
liues
and
fortunes
:
what
face
of
a
Parliament
they
have
now
left
,
which
should
consist
of
three
Estates
,
King
,
House
of
Peers
,
and
House
of
Commons
:
The
two
first
wholly
destroyed
:
And
what
of
the
last
is
in
being
(
not
to
mention
at
least
150
that
at
the
beginning
of
the
Wars
left
them
and
went
to
Oxford
)
when
a
considerable
number
of
their
own
party
protested
against
their
proceedings
,
and
deserted
the
House
;
How
many
imprisoned
,
and
what
great
numbers
by
force
expulsed
by
that
late
bloody
&
hypocritical
Usurper
,
which
actions
of
his
(
though
they
were
a
main
step
to
his
intended
Throne
and
Tyrannical
Goverment
)
yet
are
to
well
relished
,
By
that
Tail
of
a
Parliament
remaining
,
that
they
are
resolved
neither
to
readmit
the
persons
so
illegally
and
injurioussly
expelled
,
nor
to
fill
up
the
void
places
of
any
removed
or
dead
:
so
that
in
a
few
year●
,
what
by
death
and
new
expulsion
.
,
they
may
reduce
themselvs
to
the
number
of
those
infamous
Tyrants
of
Athens
,
and
if
they
can
establish
themselvs
by
their
designed
Militia
,
and
that
they
may
thereby
be
able
to
command
their
now
masters
,
the
Sword-men
,
and
Cashire
them
,
they
will
modd●…
such
a
new
Army
as
shall
be
in
subjection
to
them
,
and
then
Vote
themselvs
,
their
Sons
,
and
Nephews
,
a
Parliament
for
ever
,
Let
those
that
have
generous
English
Spirits
seriously
consider
into
what
a
Labyrinth
of
woe
and
:
misery
they
have
run
themselvs
and
now
lyc
under
;
what
a
confusion
there
is
in
Church
and
State
;
that
what
hath
been
gotten
by
blood
and
rapine
,
must
be
so
upheld
;
The
Government
these
Usurpers
would
settle
,
not
being
to
be
maintained
,
but
by
continual
Armies
&
Navies
,
and
he
support
of
these
must
be
Taxes
,
Excise
,
Free-quarterings
,
and
chargeable
Militia's
and
other
unsupportable
burdens
to
perpetuity
▪
Now
let
the
whole
Nation
beg
and
implore
a
blessing
from
the
Father
of
Mercies
,
and
let
them
all
be
of
one
heart
and
one
mind
,
to
free
themselvs
of
these
Iron
yokes
and
heavy
pressures
,
and
joyn
and
concur●…
with
us
,
in
esablishing
a
peaceable
Government
,
to
the
great
joy
and
happiness
of
the
honest
and
true-hearted
,
and
to
the
sdvancement
of
the
true
Protestant
Religion
and
God
glory
.
And
let
them
all
unanimously
with
one
Voyce
say
,
Amen
.
A
true
Copy
taken
from
the
Original
.
A
Letter
to
the
Right
Honorable
The
Lord
LAMBERT
.
SIR
,
LEt
it
not
be
a
Trouble
to
you
to
read
a
few
Lines
from
one
unknown
,
but
a
much
honourer
of
your
Noble
Spirit
,
and
therefore
desirous
to
cast
in
this
dram
of
Advice
among
those
many
&
weighty
Debates
now
before
you
.
If
I
should
tell
you
of
divers
that
had
a
power
or
capacity
to
contribute
to
,
or
restore
Peace
to
these
Nations
,
and
have
neglected
the
oportunities
which
they
have
since
repented
of
,
I
am
confident
you
would
,
even
your self
,
point
put
the
men
;
namely
,
Essex
,
Fairfax
,
Waller
,
Massey
,
Brown
,
Rich
,
Cromwell
,
and
others
.
Sir
,
We
look
upon
you
at
this
instant
as
having
the
whole
strength
of
the
Nation
in
your
hands
;
but
if
you
expect
to
hold
it
long
,
you
will
be
miserably
deceived
:
Therefore
I
beseech
you
make
good
use
of
this
happy
opportunity
,
and
consider
how
great
you
may
make
your self
,
and
how
glorious
you
will
be
to
posterity
,
if
you
be
a
means
of
laying
the
Government
on
the
shoulders
of
Him
that
ought
to
bear
it
,
which
will
in
an
instant
restore
a
happy
Peace
and
Settlement
to
this
distracted
Nation
:
Certainly
the
greatest
est
honour
,
and
a
better
estate
than
any
English
Subject
enjoyes
shall
be
your
reward
.
But
if
you
doubt
how
the
Souldier
,
and
Persons
deeply
concerned
,
that
shall
concur
with
you
shall
be
secured
and
satisfied
;
See
this
Deelaration
,
that
to
my
knowledge
hath
been
near
three
months
in
this
Town
,
and
perhaps
not
yet
come
to
your
view
.
Consider
of
it
,
and
see
,
if
all
your
own
seekings
,
both
from
Our
Hand
,
and
another
in
particulars
be
not
here
answered
.
Lay
your
Hand
on
your
Heart
,
for
are
you
not
thereby
convinced
?
or
would
you
know
under
what
.
Government
the
people
would
rest
most
satisfied
,
either
a
Single
Person
,
Council
of
State
,
Parliament
or
Army
?
Appoint
such
a
way
as
every
man
may
without
fear
or
danger
give
in
his
vote
undiscovered
.
To
begin
only
with
this
Town
;
Let
the
Clerk
of
every
Company
,
or
Constable
of
every
Ward
take
a
Ticket
in
Paper
from
every
man
,
and
put
it
into
a
Box
locked
and
sealed
,
and
you
will
find
Nine
parts
of
Ten
encline
to
that
Constitution
we
have
lived
under
above
these
five
hundred
years
:
But
if
not
,
you
will
however
by
this
course
give
great
satisfaction
to
the
People
,
in
letting
them
have
each
an
opportunity
of
declaring
their
minds
,
and
thereby
you
will
be
rightly
informed
of
their
affections
;
which
being
weighed
in
the
ballance
of
your
judgement
,
you
may
with
confidence
and
assurance
steer
on
a
straight
course
to
the
Haven
of
Happiness
and
Safety
.
My
Lord
,
I
conceive
I
have
done
my
duty
in
declaring
my
mind
,
and
have
no
more
to
say
,
but
that
you
do
as
God
shall
put
in
your
Heart
,
and
then
go
on
and
prosper
.
Octob.
14.
1659.
Your
Lordships
most
humble
and
faithful
Servant
,
S.
L.