Dowager, may have such honorable provision setled upon them, and such
other dignities as are suitable to the former great services of that family to these
Nations.
3. That as you are free-born people of England, and not Mercenaries, you
will in your places, and according to the duties of your callings, maintain the
just Liberties of the whole people, their good Laws and Rights, and remove
all oppression, and every heavy intolerable yoke from off their necks.
4. That you would assert the freedom and priviledges of their Representatives
duly assembled, and consisting of persons rightly qualified, as being the
basis and foundation of the Government of this Commonwealth.
5. Lastly, As the best expedient for curing our distempers, we heartily rejoyce
that you have anticipated our desires, in inviting the remembers of the long
Parliament to re-assemble, and carry on the work of the Nations under a Commonwealths
Government, and we desire that you would own them, and stand
by them, as those by whom God hath formerly done glorious things for his peoples
liberties, and that some effectual course be taken for begetting a good understanding,
and mutual correspondency between the Parliament and the Army,
that so there may be no more dashing in pieces, nor dissolvings of them, but
such as are regular and according unto the established form of Government:
And we do assure you, that as in what you have already done in order to these
things, you have our hearts and affectionate concurrence, so our constant purpose
is, by the help of God, to stand in the maintenance of them against all opposers
whatsoever: And that this good cause may proper in your and our
hearts and hands, is and shall be the prayer of
Your most affectionate Friends,
and humble Servants.
Dalkeith, 12 May.
To his Excellency the Lord Fleetwood,
to be communicated to the General Council
of Officers at Walling ford House, these
present.
From Milan, May 6.
We here make no doubt of a good issue of the Treaty betwixt
Spain and France, for that the Count of Fuensaldagne
our Governor, forbears all preparations for the Campagne,
and hath sent order to the Frontires to stop the Recruitings
and new Levies.
From the Spanish Court at Madrid, May 3.
Some few days ago the Lord Visconti the Popes Nuntio
had audience to take leave of his Catholick Majesty, who
sent him next day a Jewel of Diamonds, valued at 4000.
crowns.
On the four and twentieth of the last moneth, Don John
of Austria had leave to come hither to salute our yong Princes