A DECLARATION OF THE Commanders and other Officers OF Colonel HUMFREY'S Regiment, IN Vindication of Themselves from these Aspersions and Scandals cast upon them, OF Plotting and Fomenting Discontents, and obstructing the Disbanding of Supernumeraries.  
Imprimatur. Gil. Mabbot.  
LONDON, Printed for Francis Titan at the sign of the three Daggers near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1648.   

A DECLARATION Of the Commanders and other Officers of Colonel HUMFREY'S Regiment, in Vindication of themselves from these aspersions and Scandals cast upon them, Of plotting and fomenting discontents, and obstructing the Disbanding of Supernumeraries.  
ACcused Innocence may crave so much liberty as to speak for itself, and we hope a just Vindication of our late proceed is both convenient and necessary. Were not our Enemies powerful, and the accusations guided over with pretended truth, we had not appeared in public; but things falling out as they do in the fomicture of time, our expectations being raised for a better construction of our actions our silence had been our sins, and we justly culpable of so gross a neglect.  
We therefore in behalf of ourselves and Regiment declare as followeth.  
I. Whereas we understand that divers suggestions of an high nature to the Honourable Committee of Lords and Commons at Darby-House have been transmitred against us, and from them to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, of obstructing the business of disbanding, as if we had plotted a combination to the fomenting an ill spirit amongst our Soldiers. We in the sincerity of our hearts affirm to the World our ready submission to the Authority of Parliament, and Commands of his Excellency. We were not so unwise, having by the blessing of God so many years with all humble subjection owned the Commands of the State, now at one Exit to stain the honour of that faithfulness with a nonobedience.  
II. Although we hear of a discontented party, men who love to fish in troubled waters, yet as formerly they dissented from the Army and us in our concurrence with it, so none can remonstrate our dislike of their proceed, though neighbouring to us, and that we are so fare from entertaining their design, which if it had been mentioned to us, they should have had nothing but discovery and opposition from us, and this our last Summer's actions sufficiently taught them as the Parliaments Call gave both edge and action to our swords, so we shall willingly sheathe them at their command, notwithstanding any invitation to the contrary.  
III. That although some dissatisfaction hath met us in the way of disbanding (fire being struck supposing us a tinder, thereby to reduce us to ashes) yet the Eagle stoops not to Flies, and such rebbes shall not turn us out of the way of our obedience, by which we shall serve the public, which is our main end, and frustrate some ends of our contriving Enemies, though it may be advantageous to them in their private Interests.  
iv We are in a ready way of disdanding, our Accounts are stating, Orders have been and shall be observed to the very last, and we hope 'twill not be long ere the work be finished, Peace being brought home upon the wings of Victory, and 'tis one comfort to have a share in that Peace, in the obtaining of which God hath been pleased to make use of our blood and labour. If ever the Clouds gather again, and that spirit gins to work which we have now laid, or any other in opposition of the Parliaments Authority, and his Excellency's Commands, though disbanded, yet upon a call from the Parliament we shall willingly engage again, being very ambitious of the honour to be styled the Faithful Servants of our English Parliament.  
january 30. 1647. 

Colonel john Humfery.  
Lieu. Col. john Blackmore.  
Major William Piggit. 

Captains  
William Browne.  
Anth. Gardner.  
jonathan Humphrey.  
Edward Tyson.  
Anth. Basket.  
Tho. Prichet.  
William jones.      
FINIS.