The agrement [sic] of the General Council of Officers of the Armies of England, Scotland, and Ireland, together with the rest of the officers and forces in and about London; to which the rest of the officers and forces of this Commonwealth by land and sea, are desired to give their concurrence. England and Wales. Army. Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84434 of text R211400 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.22[31]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A84434 Wing E739E Thomason 669.f.22[31] ESTC R211400 99870129 99870129 163614 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84434) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163614) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f22[31]) The agrement [sic] of the General Council of Officers of the Armies of England, Scotland, and Ireland, together with the rest of the officers and forces in and about London; to which the rest of the officers and forces of this Commonwealth by land and sea, are desired to give their concurrence. England and Wales. Army. Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills, Printer to the Army, London : 1659. Ten articles forming a basis of a Republic without King or Lords, keeping executive and legislative powers distinct. Indemnity offered for everything done since 1 October 1659, except for the Stuart cause. Freedom of worship except to Popery and prelacy. Arrears of pay to be met. Army to be maintained on its 9 October footing. Dated at end: Thursday 22. of December, 1659. Annotation on Thomason copy: "xber [i.e., December]. 23". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A84434 R211400 (Thomason 669.f.22[31]). civilwar no The agrement [sic] of the General Council of Officers of the Armies of England, Scotland, and Ireland, together with the rest of the officer England and Wales. Army. 1659 697 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE AGREMENT Of the General Council of Officers of the Armies of England , Scotland , and Ireland , together with the rest of the Officers and Forces in and about London ; to which the rest of the Officers and Forces of this Commonwealth by Land and Sea , are desired to give their concurrence . I. THat the Government of England , Scotland and Ireland , and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging , be in the way of a free State and Common-wealth . II. That they will not have Kingship to be exercised in these Nations , nor any Single Person to exercise the Office of Chief Magistrate over the same . III. That there be no House of Lords or Peers . IV. That the Legislative and Executive power be destinct , and not in the same hands . V. That all those persons , and every one of them , who have sate or acted as a Committee of Safety , and all persons who have acted under them , or any of them , be Indempnified in their Persons and Estates , for all such things as have been done by them , or any of them , or by any acting under their Authority , in pursuance of the Instructions given to them by the Council of Officers . VI . That there be an Act of Indempnity and perpetuall Oblivion , both to Persons and Estates , for all and every thing and things , acted , done , or spoken , or ordered , or suffered to be acted or done with respect to raising of Forces , issuing of money , administration of Iustice , and proceedings in Courts of Law or Equity , or otherwise , since the first day of October , 1659. except such as have acted , done , or spoken , for or on the behalf of Charles Stuart . VII . That such as profess Faith in God by Iesus Christ , though differing in judgement from the Doctrine , Worship , or Discipline , publikely held forth , shall not be restrained from , but shall be equally protected and encouraged in the Profession of the Faith , and Exercise of their Religion , so as they abuse not this Liberty to the Civil injury of others , and to the actual disturbance of the publique Peace on their parts . Provided this Liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy , nor to such as , under the Profession of Christ , hold forth and practise Licentiousness . And that all Acts , Ordinances , Orders , and all clauses in any Acts , Ordinances , Orders and Customes , to the contrary , be forthwith repealed , made null and void . VIII . That the Arrears of Pay to the Armies , Forces , and Navies of this Common-wealth , now due or incurred to them , or any of them , be with all convenient speed satisfied and paid . IX . That the Armies , Forces , and Navies of this Common-wealth , as the same stood , upon the ninth day of October last , be continued and maintained , under the same Conduct , as the same stood upon the said ninth day of October , for the Security , Service , and Peace of this Common-wealth , and not be disbanded , nor the conduct altered , until the Cause contended for be secured , and the Government of this Common-wealth , as is before proposed , be effectually setled . X. That We whose Names are subscribed , do hereby promise and engage , by the help of God , to stand by and assist each other in the obtaining of the said things before-mentioned . Thursday 22. of December , 1659. ORdered by the General Council of Officers , of the Armies of England , Scotland , and Ireland , that this Agreement be forthwith Printed and Published . Thomas Sandford , Secretary . London , Printed by Henry Hills , Printer to the Army , 1659.