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Subject Area: Political Theory
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Topic: The English Revolution

The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to General Monck - Sir William Clarke, The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 [1901]

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The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660, ed. C.H. Firth (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901). 4 vols.

Part of: The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols.

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The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to General Monck

May it please your Lordship,

lii. f. 18.In pursuance of the 9th Article, touching withdrawing the forces, wee desire your Lordship to march back your forces, drawne forth upon the present differences, into such quarters as they may best secure and preserve the peace of the Commonwealth according to the tenor of the Article; the time of which marching back wee have agreed to be such as my Lord Lambert shall intimate to you, your forces and his being to march back both at the same time. Wee rest

Your Lordshippe’s most humble and
faithfull servants,

Tim. Wilkes.

John Clobery.

Ralph Knight.

Wee are prest to a debate touching the conduct of the army, which hitherto wee have waved, and shall endeavour to do so till wee have your Lordshippe’s instructions particularly in that case, which wee intreat you would speed to us.