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             The humble proposals and desires of His Excellency the Lord Fairfax, and of the general councel of officers, in order to a speedy prosecution of justice, and the settlement formerly propounded by them
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           THE
           HUMBLE
           PROPOSALS
           And
           DESIRES
           of
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           And
           of
           the
           General
           Councel
           Of
           OFFICERS
           ,
           In
           order
           to
           a
           speedy
           prosecution
           OF
           JUSTICE
           ,
           AND
           The
           Settlement
           formerly
           propounded
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           BY
           the
           Appointment
           of
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           Lord
           General
           ,
           and
           His
           General
           Councel
           of
           Officers
           ,
           
             Decemb.
          
           6.
           1648.
           
        
         
           Signed
           ,
           JOHN
           RUSHVVORTH
           Secr'
           
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           JOHN
           FIELD
           for
           
             John
             Partridge
          
           Decemb.
           7.
           1648.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Honorable
           ,
           The
           Commons
           of
           England
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           :
           THE
           HUMBLE
           PROPOSALS
           And
           Desires
           of
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           general
           Councel
           of
           Officers
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           a
           speedy
           prosecution
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           Settlement
           formerly
           propounded
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           HAving
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           for
           a
           long
           while
           sadly
           beheld
           and
           tasted
           ,
           in
           your
           proceedings
           ,
           the
           miserable
           fruits
           of
           Councels
           divided
           and
           corrupted
           by
           Faction
           and
           personal
           Interest
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           neglect
           ,
           betraying
           and
           casting
           away
           all
           that
           's
           publique
           and
           good
           ,
           to
           the
           lengthning
           out
           of
           endless
           troubles
           ,
           burthen
           and
           damage
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           the
           continuance
           and
           widening
           of
           that
           issue
           of
           blood
           ,
           whereby
           these
           Nations
           have
           been
           so
           much
           polluted
           and
           consumed
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           perpetual
           hazard
           of
           Bondage
           and
           Destruction
           to
           them
           at
           last
           :
           And
           both
           we
           and
           many
           others
           having
           propounded
           foundations
           of
           Justice
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           evident
           Advantage
           and
           Security
           to
           the
           publique
           Interest
           ,
           and
           clear
           from
           any
           thing
           that
           's
           personal
           or
           particular
           ;
           But
           finding
           that
           through
           
           th'aforesaid
           Corruption
           and
           Divisions
           in
           your
           Councels
           ,
           the
           same
           can
           obtain
           
           no
           place
           or
           consideration
           at
           all
           :
           And
           foreseeing
           evidently
           that
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           will
           not
           bear
           delay
           of
           Settlement
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           We
           conceive
           our selves
           and
           others
           that
           are
           sensible
           hereof
           ,
           to
           be
           necessitated
           unto
           some
           extraordinary
           vigorous
           and
           speedy
           way
           ,
           whereby
           those
           roots
           of
           Faction
           ,
           Division
           ,
           and
           private
           Interests
           may
           be
           weeded
           out
           from
           amongst
           you
           ,
           and
           so
           your
           Councels
           cleared
           and
           united
           ,
           to
           the
           timely
           and
           effectual
           prosecution
           of
           Justice
           ,
           with
           a
           sound
           Settlement
           and
           publique
           good
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           speedy
           introducing
           of
           such
           a
           succeeding
           Authority
           ,
           wherein
           future
           Differences
           may
           be
           prevented
           ,
           and
           a
           general
           Acquiescence
           obtained
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           seeing
           no
           better
           or
           other
           way
           ,
           We
           propound
           and
           demand
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Whereas
           
             Denzil
             Hollis
          
           
             Esq
          
           
             Lionel
             Copley
          
           
             Esq
          
           Major
           Gen
           :
           
             Massey
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           your
           Members
           ,
           (
           whose
           Names
           you
           well
           know
           )
           were
           in
           the
           year
           1647.
           impeached
           by
           your selves
           for
           Treason
           ,
           or
           for
           high
           Crimes
           and
           Misdemeanors
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Treasonable
           Engagement
           in
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           The
           violence
           then
           done
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           The
           levying
           of
           a
           new
           War
           ,
           and
           other
           evils
           in
           maintenance
           and
           prosecution
           thereof
           ;
           and
           upon
           clear
           proofs
           against
           them
           ,
           were
           by
           your
           censure
           expelled
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           disabled
           from
           further
           
           trust
           therein
           ,
           and
           upon
           new
           Writs
           issued
           out
           new
           Members
           were
           chosen
           and
           return'd
           in
           some
           of
           their
           rooms
           ;
           and
           yet
           by
           the
           prevalence
           of
           their
           Faction
           (
           
             When
             in
             the
             last
             Summers
             War
             divers
             faithful
             Members
             were
             ingaged
             abroad
             upon
             necessary
             publique
             service
             ,
             and
             others
             through
             Malignant
             Tumults
             and
             Disturbances
             could
             not
             safely
             attend
             the
             House
          
           )
           the
           same
           persons
           were
           afterwards
           re-admitted
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           Vote
           as
           formerly
           ,
           without
           any
           tryal
           or
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           things
           whereof
           they
           were
           accused
           :
           We
           demand
           ,
           That
           all
           those
           Members
           so
           Impeached
           ,
           may
           be
           forthwith
           secured
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           Justice
           or
           Trial
           for
           their
           said
           Crimes
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           others
           of
           their
           Faction
           ,
           by
           whose
           Votes
           ,
           Councels
           and
           Confederacy
           they
           were
           so
           re-admitted
           ,
           may
           be
           secluded
           from
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           not
           sit
           as
           Judges
           for
           those
           their
           confederates
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Whereas
           by
           the
           Confederacy
           of
           Major
           Gen
           :
           
             Brown
          
           now
           Sheriff
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           with
           the
           said
           Impeached
           Members
           ,
           the
           Scots
           were
           invited
           and
           drawn
           in
           to
           invade
           this
           Kingdom
           the
           last
           Summer
           ,
           in
           somuch
           as
           when
           upon
           the
           actual
           Invasion
           the
           House
           proceeded
           to
           declare
           them
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           adhered
           to
           them
           Traytors
           ;
           yet
           the
           said
           Confederates
           and
           other
           treacherous
           Members
           (
           to
           the
           number
           of
           Ninety
           and
           odde
           ,
           as
           upon
           the
           division
           of
           the
           House
           appeared
           )
           did
           by
           their
           
           Councel
           and
           Votes
           endeavor
           to
           hinder
           the
           House
           from
           declaring
           against
           their
           confederate
           Invaders
           ;
           We
           desire
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Major
           Gen
           :
           
             Brown
          
           may
           be
           secured
           and
           brought
           to
           judgement
           ,
           for
           that
           and
           other
           his
           treacherous
           Confederacies
           or
           Correspondencies
           with
           the
           publique
           and
           declared
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           (
           which
           we
           hereby
           charge
           him
           with
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           ready
           to
           make
           proof
           of
           )
           And
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Ninety
           and
           odde
           persons
           dissenting
           in
           the
           said
           Vote
           ,
           may
           be
           excluded
           ,
           and
           not
           trusted
           further
           in
           your
           Councels
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Whereas
           in
           a
           continued
           Series
           of
           your
           proceedings
           for
           many
           moneths
           together
           ,
           we
           have
           seen
           the
           prevalence
           of
           the
           same
           treacherous
           ,
           corrupt
           and
           divided
           Councels
           ,
           through
           Factions
           and
           private
           Interests
           ,
           opposing
           or
           obstructing
           Justice
           in
           all
           kindes
           ,
           diverting
           your
           Councels
           from
           any
           thing
           of
           publique
           good
           ,
           hindring
           any
           proceedings
           to
           any
           such
           Settlement
           ,
           as
           would
           consist
           with
           Security
           to
           the
           publique
           Interest
           ,
           or
           put
           a
           real
           end
           to
           the
           Troubles
           ,
           Burthens
           or
           Hazards
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           precipitating
           into
           treacherous
           and
           destructive
           Compliances
           and
           Conjunctions
           with
           the
           acknowledged
           Enemies
           thereof
           ;
           and
           this
           we
           have
           have
           seen
           particularly
           in
           the
           corrupt
           Councels
           and
           Resolves
           of
           receding
           from
           ,
           and
           recalling
           
           the
           Votes
           of
           
             No
             more
             Addresses
             to
             the
             King
             ,
          
           &c.
           (
           the
           justness
           and
           necessity
           whereof
           you
           had
           once
           so
           cleared
           to
           the
           world
           )
           also
           in
           the
           Votes
           for
           entertaining
           or
           seeking
           (
           after
           all
           that
           )
           a
           Personal
           Treaty
           with
           the
           King
           your
           Prisoner
           ,
           upon
           such
           Propositions
           as
           himself
           should
           tender
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           your
           own
           ,
           offering
           upon
           imperfect
           (
           and
           those
           but
           wrested
           )
           Concessions
           from
           him
           ,
           to
           Restore
           him
           ,
           with
           impunity
           ,
           to
           Honor
           ,
           Freedom
           ,
           Safety
           ,
           and
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           exempting
           all
           (
           even
           the
           principal
           )
           Authors
           and
           Actors
           in
           the
           last
           Summers
           War
           from
           capital
           Punishment
           or
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           bringing
           off
           the
           rest
           with
           Fines
           or
           Censures
           most
           inconsiderable
           to
           the
           publique
           Damage
           and
           Mischief
           they
           have
           done
           ;
           whereby
           both
           they
           and
           others
           are
           encouraged
           to
           renew
           and
           multiply
           the
           Kingdoms
           Troubles
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           in
           the
           Votes
           declaring
           the
           Kings
           past
           Concessions
           to
           be
           a
           Ground
           for
           the
           House
           to
           proceed
           upon
           ,
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           the
           PEACE
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           visible
           insufficiency
           and
           defects
           of
           them
           in
           things
           essentially
           concerning
           the
           publique
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           (
           as
           those
           propounded
           in
           our
           late
           Remonstrance
           are
           )
           and
           in
           other
           matters
           both
           Religious
           and
           civil
           (
           from
           which
           ,
           by
           express
           Covenant
           or
           publique
           Faith
           given
           ,
           you
           were
           obliged
           not
           to
           
           recede
           )
           In
           which
           Votes
           &
           councels
           it
           is
           apparent
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           thē
           have
           deserted
           ,
           betrayed
           &
           justly
           forfeited
           their
           Trust
           for
           the
           publique
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           we
           dare
           appeal
           to
           all
           well
           affected
           or
           reasonable
           men
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           any
           hopes
           by
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           conjunction
           of
           such
           men
           in
           your
           Councels
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           sound
           or
           timely
           Settlement
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           end
           of
           Troubles
           ,
           Burthens
           or
           Hazards
           ,
           or
           any
           publique
           good
           done
           for
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           We
           therefore
           most
           earnestly
           desire
           ,
           That
           all
           such
           faithful
           Members
           who
           are
           innocent
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           would
           immediately
           (
           by
           Protestation
           and
           publique
           Declaration
           )
           acquit
           themselves
           from
           any
           guilt
           of
           ,
           or
           concurrence
           in
           the
           several
           Votes
           or
           Councels
           here
           before
           particularly
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           corrupt
           or
           destructive
           ,
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           may
           know
           who
           they
           are
           that
           have
           kept
           their
           Trust
           ,
           and
           distinguish
           them
           from
           the
           rest
           that
           have
           thus
           falsified
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           such
           as
           cannot
           or
           shall
           not
           so
           acquit
           themselves
           particularly
           ,
           may
           be
           immediately
           excluded
           or
           suspended
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           not
           readmitted
           ,
           until
           they
           shall
           have
           given
           clear
           satisfaction
           therein
           to
           the
           Judgement
           of
           those
           who
           now
           so
           acquit
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           grounds
           of
           such
           satisfaction
           be
           published
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Thus
           ,
           such
           as
           by
           faithfulness
           have
           retained
           
           their
           Trust
           ,
           being
           set
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           pursue
           and
           perform
           the
           same
           ,
           without
           such
           Interruptions
           ,
           Diversions
           and
           Depravations
           of
           Councels
           ,
           as
           formerly
           ,
           We
           shall
           desire
           and
           hope
           you
           will
           speedily
           and
           vigorously
           proceed
           ,
           To
           take
           order
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           Justice
           ,
           To
           set
           a
           short
           period
           to
           your
           own
           Power
           ,
           To
           provide
           for
           a
           speedy
           Succession
           of
           equal
           Representatives
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           late
           Remonstrance
           ,
           wherein
           Differences
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           may
           be
           ended
           ,
           and
           we
           and
           others
           may
           comfortably
           acquiesce
           ;
           as
           (
           for
           our
           parts
           )
           we
           hereby
           engage
           and
           assure
           you
           we
           shall
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Appointment
           of
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           Lord
           General
           ,
           and
           His
           General
           Councel
           of
           Officers
           ,
           
             
               December
               6.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Signed
             ,
             JOHN
             RUSHWORTH
             Secr
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .