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Firſt, that J have ſaid, that in caſe the Parliament and his Excellency the Earle of Eſſex ſhould be at variance, J would fight for the Earle againſt the Parliament.
Secondly, that J have detracted, by ill Language, from the Honour and reputation of the Scottiſh Nation in generall; and in particular, from the Honour of his Excellency the Lord Generall Leſley.
Thirdly, that J have laid baſe aſperſions upon the whole Nation of the Engliſh.
Fourthly, that J have behaved my ſelfe ſo Poultron-like, as that in the head of a Brigade J have ſuffered my ſelfe to be baffled, without offering that juſt defence appertaining to the reputation of a Souldier.
By the Law of God and nature, and by the particular obligation of Military duty I am forced unto ſome Apology for my ſelfe, albeit it troubleth me to ſpeake for mine owne private, when I muſt be doing for the publique. But I will ſay but little.
When I firſt entered into this ſervice, and ever ſince, I have had no end but unto which I and the reſt of the Army were directed by the State for the defence of Religion and Liberty, againſt the common Enemy: it being impoſſible that ſuch a miſchievous thought ſhould riſe in my heart, as what to doe in a falling out betwixt the Parliament and the Earle, while the common deſigne of the State is ſo honourably and faithfully carried on by his Excellency.
Neither am I guilty to my ſelfe of ſo much barbarity in manners, and perverſneſſe in judgement, as to ſlander the glory of the Scottiſh Nation, purchaſed by them in ſo many valorous and Noble actions, and atteſted by the common report and eſteeme of Europe. And in particular of Generall Leſley, whoſe conſtancy, valour, and fidelity, hath beene ſo highly honoured by the King of Sweden, and of whoſe actions ſo good a memory is left in my native Countrey of Germany, I having had the honour not onely to be a fellow-ſouldier and Commander in that Army, but a ſpectator alſo, and a witneſſe of his atchievements.
Nor can I diſcover in my ſelfe that height of impudency, as to dare defame the Engliſh Nation, which carrieth throughout the World ſo high a luſtre of Glory and Renowne, eſpecially in this time and occaſion, while by this Noble Nation I have the honour done me to be imployed in ſo important a charge, for the defence of the State.
To the laſt calumnie I can ſay nothing, but muſt referre my behaviour unto the report of thoſe Gentlemen and Souldiers, who upon our march to and from Gloceſter were in the Brigade.
But of all theſe calumnies and lyes in generall I am bound to ſay, that they are invented, forged, and vented by men ill affected to the common good, who for ſiniſter ends endeavour to ſow diviſion, and to rend in ſunder the happy union of the two Nations: of which raveling ſome beginnings are already diſcovered in divers Commanders who have laid downe their Commiſſions in his Excellencies Army, upon no other ground, but that it ſtandeth not with their honour to ſerve where the robber of their Nations honour is tolerated.
I proteſt before the Almighty God, and all men of Honour, that in theſe particulars, and in any other that may have reference to theſe, I am maliciouſly and undeſervedly circumvented, baſely ſlandered, and falſely belyed. And if any one ſhall be ſo forward as to take upon him the maintenance of any of theſe, I hereby offer my ſelfe ready to give him all the ſatisfaction which with life and honour a Souldier and Gentleman is bound to do.