THis day having brought to my Hands yours, with the enclosed Repre­sentation and Petition of several Officers of the Army, to which you desire the Subscription of the Officers of this Garrison; I have accor­dingly convened and imparted your Letter and Paper to them; Upon consideration whereof, finding our selves at this distance to be wholly ignorant of the late proceeds whereupon we suppose it to be grounded: as also for that it is already tendered to the Parliament, which we apprehend hath Resolved our Subscriptions out of season, We have thought it improper for us to subscribe the same. Neverthelesse, that we may not leave you without satisfaction as to our con­currence with you, in what may expresse our faithfulness to the Parliament, from whom we are Commissionated upon publick Account, and thereby bound in all due Obedience, We look upon our selves as obliged to Declare our full purpose of heart to manifest our stedfastnesse to the Parliament, according to the tenour of our respective Intrustments, in adhering to them in all their just and Warrantable proceedings, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in us; whereby we hope, that nor only the Designs of all publick and private Adversaries will be disappointed; but we shall further (by Gods blessing) expect to see some further fruit of our former De­clarations for Truth and Righteousness.

This, as we doubt not but it will satisfie you of our firm and unfeighned intents to the Parliament in all their Just and Equitable determinations: So we trust the former Reasons, moving us to wave the Subscriptions of yours inclosed, will be of weight with you, to give us your excuse, and esteem us still as,