A letter of November the 16th from an eminent officer in the army at Edenburgh to a friend at London, declaring the true number of the horse and foot now under General Monck, and their unanimons [sic] resolution to adventure all for the support of magistracie and ministrie, the rights of the people, and priviledges of Parliament : all which are now endeavoured to be subverted by that part of the Army under Colonel Lambert and others about London. A. B., Eminent officer in the army at Edenburgh. 1659 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 6 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A48121 Wing L1573C ESTC R2965 12890094 ocm 12890094 95090

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A48121) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 95090) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 718:36) A letter of November the 16th from an eminent officer in the army at Edenburgh to a friend at London, declaring the true number of the horse and foot now under General Monck, and their unanimons [sic] resolution to adventure all for the support of magistracie and ministrie, the rights of the people, and priviledges of Parliament : all which are now endeavoured to be subverted by that part of the Army under Colonel Lambert and others about London. A. B., Eminent officer in the army at Edenburgh. [1], 3-8 p. s.n.], [London : 1659. At end: "I was commanded by my L. Monck to write to you, and to give you this brief account of our affairs ... A.B." In the Harvard copy these initials have been filled out in ms. to Abraam Bell. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

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eng Albemarle, George Monck, -- Duke of, 1608-1670. Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2009-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A LETTER Of November the 16th:

From an eminent Officer in the Army at Edenburgh to a friend at London, declaring the true number of the horſe and foot now under General Monck, and their unanimons Reſolution to adventure all for the ſupport of Magiſtracie and Miniſtrie, the Rights of the People, and Priviledges of Parliament; all which are now endeavoured to be ſubverted by that part of the Army under Colonel Lambert and others about London.

Printed in the Year 1659.

SIR,

MY Lord General Monck not knowing if his Letter to your Brother, came ſafe to him, commanded me to remember his ſervice to you. We are here, the LORD be praiſed, all of a piece, reſolv'd to venture all for the eſtabliſhment of the Ordinances of Magiſtracie and Miniſtrie: ſome time ſince his Lordſhip ſent to acquaint ſuch of the horſe that were not free to act, That they ſhould have liberty to goe whither they would, and about 55. of Twiſleton's Regiment, moſt of Capt. Davies Troop, and 24. of his own Regiment of horſe, went away. We ſhall march ſomewhat more then ſix thouſand good Foot, and two thouſand horſe, and leave our Garriſons well enough ſupplied. Yeſterday the Nobility and Gentry of the Scottish Nation met at Edenburgh, and have engaged to live peaceably upon our marchaway, they have offered large aſſiſtance of men, but my Lord Generall meddles not with any of them, four of the County troops of Northumberland are come in to us, and three more had come but they were ſuppreſs'd by contrary orders from Newcaſtle: But we doubt not, by that time we get a few daies into England, recruits both from the Army and Countrey will come in unto us, for we have certain intelligence that their men are much divided, and many of the moſt pious Officers lay down their Commiſſions, and few but Anabaptiſts and thoſe that are profeſt enemies to Miniſtrie engage againſt us, except the nine whoſe Commiſsions were taken away by the Parliament, and ſome of them are of that judgement alſo. We hear at London they ſpeak ſtrangely of us for ſecuring Colonel Cobbet and ſome other ſeditious Officers that went about to divide us here, whom they call ſober godly men. As for Cobbet, I know not how my Lord could doe otherwiſe, he being one that came to command his Regiment after the Parliament had made his Commiſsion void, and being one of the moſt active in their interruption; and likewiſe his Lordſhip had certain intelligence that he came to Scotland to ſecure his perſon if he could not draw him to join with thoſe at London in their wicked practiſes: but as for the other Officers, after they were at firſt ſecured to prevent their diſturbance of the peace of this Army, as many of them as were free to own the Parliaments Authority from whence they received their Commiſsions, were admitted to their Commands, and the reſt have their pay continued to them: but truly, as for their ſobriety, I think few in Bedlam were leſſe wild in all honeſt principles, and the beſt marks of Godlineſſe we could obſerve in them, were hatred, violence, emulation, ſtrife, ſedition, hereſies, envyings, revileings and ſuch like: and notwithſtanding all their pretences for the Good Old Cauſe, and the Godly intereſt, their whole endeavour hath been to ingroſſe all power to themſelves: and moſt of the Officers in England, and Ireland, and Scotland of late put in, were all of that judgement; and all that were for Magiſtracie and Miniſtrie, reviled and call'd Prieſt-ridden, and the like; and I am confident, not any but of theſe ſort will oppoſe us: Major General Morgan came in to us the 6th inſtant, he brought a letter from my Lord Lambert to mediate for peace, but hearing my Lord General and our Officers (upon an earneſt deſire of my Lord Fleetwood) had ſent up three of our number, Commiſsioners to endeavour to beget a good underſtanding betwixt us & our brethren; he wrote a letter to my Lord Lambert by Colonel Talbot, wherein he told him, if the Treaty ſucceeded not, he deſired to be excuſed if he acted in his ſtation where his command lay, and he is at preſent with his Regiment, putting it into good order, it being lately chang'd from Dragoons to be Horſe; ſince his coming to us Lieut. Colonel Ledger a Yorkshire Gentleman that was Lieutenant Col. of Flanders Regiments now at York, hath laid down his Commiſsion, declaring, he cannot with conſcience act againſt us, & we have a rumor that Col. Samuel Clark his Col. hath done the like, and many more will do ſo or better, of whoſe names it is not ſafe to write at this time. The Regiments that march'd from London were very unruly in their march, Duckenfield's men would not indure him at the head of them, and cried out they would have a Parliament, and Salmons men were very rude upon the Countrey in free Quarter and violencies. My Lord Gen. has been ſo good an husband for us, that we are all paid, and have enough for December and Ianuary; and we ſhall march with much chearfulneſſe. All true English men, that think no hazard too much for the Vindication of Magiſtracy and Miniſtry, the liberties of the people, and priviledges of Parliament. I preſume by this time our Commiſsioners know what to truſt to, their time is almoſt expired, and if they cannot make a good accommodation we ſhould be glad to ſee them here, that we may doe our duties in this our generation to ſave the Nations from confuſion in civil and ſpiritual liberties, which vvere never ſo near ſubverſion as novv; Indeed if they at London had ever yet ſtuck to any declaration they ever emitted, one might expect ſomething from them but at a Committee of Officers at Whitehall, about the 24th of Octob. (of which we have here certain notice from and of them;) They being in debate about Tythes and Miniſters maintenance, one of them (a Colonel) ſaid he was both againſt Miniſters & their maintenance alſo, but yet the time was not come to take them away, and therefore they ſhould declare at large, are theſe the Co nſels of Saints? Truly I muſt tell you with grief of heart, we are certainly inform'd here, That the Officers at Wallingford Houſe never meet in a day of Prayer, but the hearts of ſober Godly people are afflicted at it, finding all thoſe devotions but the Forerunners to ſome grievous miſchiefs in perpetration. How can my Lord Fleetwood acquit himſelf of the private engagement he made in the Parliament the day before he acted in their interruption, and how can Sydenham be freed from the publick Engagement and Profeſsion he made, and with what conſcience can Salway Act to model Governments, that was ſo ſevere againſt all things done in theſe yeares from the firſt interruption in 53. Upon the 5. of this moneth Captain Dean the Treaſurer brought us a letter from the Officers at Whitehal, which was ſent as an anſwer to ours from Linlithgowe dated the 22. of October, & diſperſ'd many copies of it to ſeduce the Souldiers, ſo that aſſoon as our Officers had framed an Anſwer to it, my Lord General cauſed both their Letter and our Anſwer to be Printed, and I have ſent them to you here incloſed, and I deſire you would get them Printed if you can, for I think they are well worth publick view.

Sir, Your very humble ſervant. Edinburgh, this 16. of Novemb. 1659.

I was commanded by my L. Monck to write to you, and to give you this brief Account of our Affairs, I hope you will pardon this boldneſſe of

Sir, your very humble ſervant, A. B.
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