A paper delivered into the Lords House by the Earle of Essex Lord Generall, at the offering up of his commission: published by authority. Essex, Robert Devereaux, Earl of, 1591-1646. 1645 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A84111 Wing E3325 Thomason E276_10 ESTC R209878 99868729 99868729 121085

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84111) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 121085) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 46:E276[10]) A paper delivered into the Lords House by the Earle of Essex Lord Generall, at the offering up of his commission: published by authority. Essex, Robert Devereaux, Earl of, 1591-1646. [2], 3 [i.e. 5], [1] p. Printed for Thomas Hewer., London. : 1645. Page 5 is misnumbered 3. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 3d". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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 eng Essex, Robert Devereaux, -- Earl of, 1591-1646 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. 2007-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-06 Sampled and proofread 2007-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A PAPER DELIVERED Into the LORDS Houſe BY THE Earle of ESSEX LORD GENERALL, At the offering up of his COMMISSION:

Publiſhed by Authority.

LONDON, Printed for Thomas Hewer.

1645.
A Paper delivered into the Lords Houſe by the Earle ESSEX, Lord Generall, at the offering up of his Commiſſion.

HAving received this great Charge in obedience to the commands of both Houſes, and taken their Sword into my hand, I can with confidence ſay, that I have for this now (almoſt) three yeers, faithfully ſerved you, and I hope without loſſe of my Honour to ſelfe, or prejudice to the Publique, ſupported therein by the goodneſſe of God, and the fidelity and courage of a great many gallant men, both Officers and Souldiers. But I will neither trouble you nor my ſelfe, by repeating either the difficulties, or danger, we have ouercomed, or the ſervice that I have done you.

I ſee by the now comming up of theſe Ordinances, that it is the deſire of the Houſe of Commons, that my Commiſsion may be vacated, and it hath beene no particular reſpect to my ſelfe, (whatever is whiſpered to the contary) that hath made me thus long omit to declare my readineſſe thereto, it being not unknowne to divers men of Honour, that I had reſolved it, after the action of Gloceſter, but that ſome importunities (preſſed on me with arguments of publique advantage, and that by thoſe of unqueſtionable affection) over-ruled me therein; I now doe it, and returne my Commiſsion into thoſe hands that gave it me, wiſhing it may prove as good an expedient to the preſent diſtempers as ſome will have it believed, which I ſhall pray for with as hearty a zeale as any can deſire my doing this, which I now doe.

I thinke it not immodeſt that I intreat both Houſes, that thoſe Officers of mine, which are now laid by, might have their debenters audited, ſome conſiderable part of their arreares payd them, for their ſupport, and the remainder ſecured them by the Publique-faith; and that thoſe of them that remaine queſtioned, may be brought to ſome ſpeedy triall, whereby they may receive either the puniſhment or juſtification that is due to them; under which notion I remember onely three, of whom I muſt teſtifie, that they franckly and couragiouſly have adventured their lives, and loſt their blood for the Publique, and that with continued fidelity, for ought ever I could obſerve.

My Lords, I know that jealouſies cannot be avoyded, in the unhappy condition of our preſent affaires, yet wiſdome and charity ſhould put ſuch reſtraints thereunto, as not to allow it, to become deſtructive. I hope that this advice from me is not unſeaſonable, wiſhing my ſelfe and my friends may (amongſt others) participate the benefit thereof, this proceeding from my affection to the Parliament, the proſperity whereof I ſhall ever wiſh from my heart, what returne ſoever it brings me, I being no ſingle example in that kind, of that fortune I now undergoe.

FINIS.