SEVERALL
ARTICLES
OR
The
Heads
of
a
Charge
delivered
in
the
name
of
the
Army
under
the
Command
of
his
Excellency
Sir
THOMAS
FA●RFAX
,
to
the
Commi●sioners
of
Parliament
,
now
with
the
Army
;
to
be
by
them
sent
up
to
the
Parliament
.
AGAINST
Denzill
Hollis
Esq.
Sir
Phillip
Stapleton
,
Sir
William
Lewis
,
Sir
John
Clotworthy
,
Sir
William
Waller
,
Knights
;
Major
Gen.
Massey
,
Sir
John
Maynard
,
Col.
Walter
Long
,
Col.
Edward
Harley
,
and
M.
Anthony
Nichols
Esq.
Members
of
the
House
of
Commons
:
joyntly
,
or
severally
,
as
followeth
.
FJrst
,
that
contrary
to
the
trust
reposed
in
them
,
the
persons
above
named
,
Members
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
have
ioyntly
or
severally
,
invaded
,
infringed
,
or
●ndeavoured
to
overthrow
the
rights
and
liberties
of
the
Subiects
of
this
Nation
;
in
arbitrary
,
violent
,
or
oppressive
waies
(
and
this
in
cases
where
no
pretence
was
,
or
could
be
of
the
excegencies
of
warre
,
or
other
necessaries
which
might
iustifie
or
excuse
the
same
;
)
and
they
have
likewise
endeavoured
by
indirect
and
corrupt
practices
to
delay
and
obstruct
Justice
,
to
the
great
dammage
and
preiudice
of
divers
of
the
poore
Commons
of
England
Petitioning
for
the
same
.
II
.
That
this
Army
being
untill
the
middle
of
March
last
,
in
a
quiet
and
orderly
condition
and
posture
,
free
from
any
colour
or
appearance
of
distemper
or
disorder
,
or
from
offence
to
any
;
and
ready
(
upon
reasonable
satisfaction
in
their
necessary
dues
for
service
past
)
either
quietly
to
have
dis-banded
,
or
else
to
have
engaged
in
service
of
Jreland
;
the
persons
above
named
,
have
Joyntly
,
or
Severally
endeavoured
by
false
informations
,
misrepresentations
,
or
scandalous
suggestions
against
the
Army
,
to
beget
misunderstandings
,
preiudices
,
or
iealousies
in
the
Parliament
against
their
Army
;
and
by
deluding
,
surprizing
,
or
otherwise
abusing
the
Parliament
,
to
engage
the
authority
of
Parliament
in
such
proceedings
,
as
to
put
intollerable
and
unsufferable
iniuries
,
abuses
,
and
provocations
upon
the
Army
;
whereby
to
provoke
,
and
put
the
Army
into
distemper
;
to
disobliege
,
and
discourage
them
from
any
further
ingagement
in
the
Parliaments
service
:
by
all
which
,
and
other
the
like
practises
and
proceedings
of
theirs
,
the
peace
of
this
Kingdome
hath
been
emminently
indangered
,
and
the
reliefe
of
Jreland
retarded
.
III
.
That
whereas
the
Parliament
might
otherwise
have
had
out
of
the
Army
an
entire
force
(
answerable
to
their
proportion
designed
,
)
to
have
gone
for
Jreland
as
aforesaid
,
under
their
old
Officers
,
and
conduct
;
the
persons
above
named
(
for
advancement
of
their
owne
ends
,
faction
,
and
designes
,
and
to
the
preiudice
of
the
publique
)
have
ioyntly
or
severally
,
under
pretence
of
the
service
of
Jreland
,
endeavoured
by
such
evill
practises
,
as
before
,
to
breake
and
pull
this
Army
in
pieces
,
to
the
weakning
of
the
power
,
and
endangering
the
safety
of
the
Parliament
and
Kingdome
;
and
have
likewise
endeavoured
,
to
put
the
Patliament
to
the
hazzard
,
delay
,
and
vast
expence
of
raysing
a
new
Forc●
,
as
for
that
service
.
IIII
.
That
(
with
the
breaking
of
this
Army
as
aforesaid
,
)
they
have
in
like
manner
endeavoured
,
under
pretence
of
Jreland
,
to
raise
a
new
Force
(
as
before
)
to
advance
and
carry
on
designes
of
their
own
in
England
,
to
the
preiudice
of
the
Parliament
and
Publique
:
And
in
pursuance
of
the
same
,
have
endeavoured
to
divert
the
Forces
ingaged
as
for
Jreland
,
unto
such
their
purposss
as
aforesaid
here
in
England
;
and
have
in
like
manner
endeavoured
to
have
gained
a
power
from
the
Parliament
,
to
themselves
,
or
some
of
them
,
of
diverting
and
misimploying
those
forces
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
raise
new
Forces
under
pretence
to
guard
the
Parliament
:
and
(
not
having
obtained
that
,
)
have
in
like
manner
endeavoured
privately
to
list
and
ingage
officers
and
Souldiers
:
or
procure
them
to
be
listed
and
engaged
,
without
authority
of
Parliament
;
for
the
raysing
of
,
and
embroyling
this
Kingdome
in
a
new
and
bloudy
Warre
,
and
to
hinder
the
setling
and
securing
the
rights
,
liberties
,
and
peace
of
the
Kingdome
;
and
for
the
sheltring
,
upholding
and
protecting
of
themselves
,
and
their
accomplices
,
in
their
uniust
,
oppressive
,
and
factious
designes
and
proceedings
.
V.
That
they
have
ioyntly
or
severally
invited
,
incouraged
,
abetted
,
or
countenanced
multitudes
of
Reformadoes
,
and
other
Officers
and
souldiers
,
tumultuously
and
violently
to
gather
together
at
Westminster
,
to
affright
and
assault
the
Members
of
Parliament
,
in
their
passage
to
and
from
the
House
;
to
offer
violence
to
the
House
it selfe
;
and
by
such
violence
outrages
,
and
threats
,
to
awe
,
and
enforce
the
Parliament
.
These
severall
Heads
of
charge
,
the
Army
will
by
such
Solicitors
as
they
shall
appoint
,
(
when
the
House
of
Commons
shall
admit
thereof
)
make
good
in
particulars
each
Head
,
against
some
of
the
persons
,
and
some
one
Head
or
more
against
each
of
the
persons
:
and
shall
shortly
give
in
the
severall
particulars
against
each
person
respectively
,
which
shall
be
made
good
by
proofes
:
the
Army
desiring
to
save
and
reserve
to
themselves
the
liberty
of
adding
any
further
charge
against
all
or
any
of
the
said
Persons