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Topic: The English Revolution

One of the Commissioners to the Officers of the Army in Scotland - 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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One of the Commissioners to the Officers of the Army in Scotland

Honnoured Sirs and my dear Freinds,

lii. f. 24.I can give you but a small account of things heere since my last in which I inclosed our agreement, which agreement, I understand, is by the officers with my Lord Lambert much disgusted; and sure I am that were it to bee done againe those heere would never consent to it, for soe they have sundry times expressed themselves. This day wee mett the Lord Whitlocke, Lord Warreston, Sir Hen: Vane, Lt.-Generall Ludlowe, Mr. Salway, Colonel Berry, and two Comissioners of Ireland in the Horse Chamber at Whitehall, in pursuance of the 4th Artickle of the Agreement, and it was thought meete not to act upon that Article till Generall Monck had ratifyed the Agreement. Sir Hen: Vane declared that by a Parliament mencioned in that Article might bee understood the interrupted Parliament as well as any other, soe that you may see wee have not declined the restoringe of that Parliament, as some have rashly conceived; and sure I am in all other parts of our instructions wee have gained what wee could reasonably desire. I have beene in much trouble, and shall bee soe still till I heare how you aprove of what is done; wee expect Generall Monck’s answer Tuesday next, and then our way will bee clear before us. Wee are informed that many of the officers in Scotland have laid downe, and many horse diserted you; how true it is wee knowe not. I have not received a letter from you since I came hither; possibly there is an interuption of the pacquetts, as I am very apt to conceive. I have noe more at this time, but my unfeigned love and respects unto you all, and remayne

Your most affectionate freind and humble servant,

London,
24 November, 1659.

Wee have yet done nothinge touchinge the conduct of the army, the power of the Committee of Safety, or raisinge of moneyes, to all which our concurrence hath beene desired, but wee expect to knowe your mindes therein before wee act.