A letter from the Lord Lambert and other officers to General Monck, inviting the officers under his command to subscribe the representation and petition presented to the Parliament the day before. With a modest and Christian answer thereunto by General Monck, (deserving perpetuall honour) importing their refusall to joyne in that design, as being a breach of trust, and of danger to the Common-Wealth. Lambert, John, 1619-1683. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A88308 of text R202770 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E1000_22). 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. 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A88308) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 115132) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 148:E1000[22]) A letter from the Lord Lambert and other officers to General Monck, inviting the officers under his command to subscribe the representation and petition presented to the Parliament the day before. With a modest and Christian answer thereunto by General Monck, (deserving perpetuall honour) importing their refusall to joyne in that design, as being a breach of trust, and of danger to the Common-Wealth. Lambert, John, 1619-1683. Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. 7, [1] p. [s.n.], London : printed, an. Dom. 1659. Annotation on Thomason copy: "8ber [i.e. October]. 22". 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. A88308 R202770 (Thomason E1000_22). civilwar no A letter from the Lord Lambert and other officers to General Monck, inviting the officers under his command to subscribe the representation Lambert, John 1659 827 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 C The rate of 12 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-04 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-04 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A LETTER FROM The Lord Lambert And other Officers To General Monck , Inviting the Officers under his Command to subscribe the Representation and Petition presented to the Parliament the day before . With a Modest and Christian Answer thereunto by General Monck , ( deserving perpetuall honour ) Importing their refusall to Joyne in that Design , as being a breach of Trust , and of danger to the Common-Wealth . London , Printed , An. Dom ▪ 1659. A Letter from the Lord Lambert , and Other Officers , to General Monck , Inviting the Officers under his Command , to Subscribe the Representation and Petition , Presented to the Parliament the day before . Right Honourable , WE do by command from the General Council of Officers of the Army , now in London , transmit the Inclosed to You , being a true Copie of the Representation and Petition , which was this day by them Humbly Presented to the Parliament , and the Votes of the House Passed thereupon ; and are further to signifie their Desires , That the same may be Communicated to all Commissioned Officers of that Part of the Army under Your Command , : and that the Subscriptions of all may be taken , to the Representation and Petition , that are free to Sign the same ; Which being so Signed , It is desired , You will be pleased to cause them to be close Sealed up , and Returned to Thomas Sandford , Esq Secretary to His Excellency the Lord Fleetwood , who is to give an Account thereof . As we have thus fulfilled the General Councils Pleasure , we are well assured you wil be pleased to Comply with Their Requests , which is all at present from White-hall , 5. Octob. 1659. Your Humble Servants , Lambert . John Disborowe . William Packer . John Mason . Richard Creed . Robert Barrow . For the Right Honourable General Monck at Dalkeith , Scotland . General Monck's Answer to the foregoing Letter , Directed as followeth , For the Right Honourable , the Lord Lambert , To be Communicated to the Council of Officers . Right Honourable , I Received a Letter Directed from Your self and others , of the 5th of this Instant , with the inclosed Papers , In Pursuance of an Order of the General Council of Officers , as You are pleased to intimate : I must humbly begg Your Excuse , that I am not able to satisfie Your Commands in that particular . Indeed Our Force is very small , and Our Enemie very great ; and I shall be unwilling to set any thing on foot , that may breed Jealousie amongst Us ; And finding many Officers decline the Signing all Papers of that Nature , and rather propense to declare their Testimonie to the Parliaments Authority , and their absolute adherence thereunto , I have thought it My Duty to suspend the Execution of Your Desires , least it may make a breach of Affections amongst Us . And I further humbly offer to Your thoughts , That the Petition having been already Presented , and in Part Answered by the Parliament , Our Concurrence therein cannot be any ways advantageous . I shall not interpose Mine own Judgement concerning it , but do earnestly desire that Matters of such great waight may not be imposed upon us , who are not present at the Debates , nor Privie to the Councils by which Your Resolutions may be Governed and led to such Actions . I shall not further trouble You , but only Represent to Your thoughts the great necessity We have to labour for Unity , in this day of Our fears . I shall not need to tell You , That mis-understandings between the Parliament and Army are the great hopes of Our Adversaries , and there is no other way to gratifie their designs . I bless the Lord for those evidences that I see , of a Peaceable Spirit , in Your Address . I do , and I shall always endeavour , and pray , That God would not break the staff of Our Beauty , or staff of Bands , That he would make all good men ( though of different Judgements ) one in his Hand , that We may arrive at that blessed Settlement , for which We have expended so much blood and Treasure : And as I have always endeavoured to express My Obedience , in acquiescing in the wisedome of those that God placeth over me , so I shall continue and ever be , Dalkeith , 13. Octob. 1659. Your Lorpps . very Humble Servant , George Monck . For the Right Honourable , the Lord Lambert , To be Communicated to the Council of Officers .