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The Lord Generall Monck’s answere to the proposalls of the Commissioners of the shires of Scotland, presented to him December 13, 1659 - 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 Lord Generall Monck’s answere to the proposalls of the Commissioners of the shires of Scotland, presented to him December 13, 1659

xxxii. f. 157b.1. To the first his Lordship answereth, that hee doth authorize the noblemen and justices of the peace of each county, with the advice and consent of the governour of the next adjacent guarrison, to putt in execucion such orders and commands as his Lordship shall give for securing the peace of the county, provided the said noblemen and justices be such as have subscribed to live peaceably and act nothing to the prejudice of the Commonwealth of England, or in favour of Charles Stuart’s interests, and that none of them be papists.

2. To the second his Lordship answereth, that hee doth allow to the counties next adjacent to the Highlands, vizt. to the counties of Dumbarton and Sterling, forty men to beare armes, to the county of Pearth forty men in armes, to the county of Forfar and Kincardin forty men in armes, and to the county of Aberdeen forty men in armes, which are to be a guard for the security of the said countyes against theives and robbers, and for the rest of the shires his Lordship will take care, if hee shall have occasion to remove farther out of Scotland. And his Lordship doth allow the heritors of the above named shires to make choice of a fitt person to comand the said guard, they giveing security to the governour of the next adjacent guarrison for his fidelity and good behaviour in six hundred pounds sterling.

3. To the third his Lordship will give answere with all possible speed after the issue of the treaty is known.

4. To the fowerth his Lordship answereth, that hee will furnish them with fitt meanes for their defence whensoever hee apprehends their peace and safety to be in danger.

5. To the fifth his Lordship answereth, that such noblemen and gentlemen as have subscribed as above-mencioned in the first article shall have liberty (with passes from his Lordship) to weare their swords, and fower servants to be soe likewise arm’d for the attendance of each nobleman, and [two] for each gentleman.1

[1 ]Phillips, in his continuation of Baker’s Chronicle, on the authority of Sir T. Clarges and his papers, prints these five propositions and Monck’s answer (p. 696). He omits, however, the stipulation in Clause 1 of Monck’s answer, imposing the obligation not to act in favour of Charles Stuart, and this suppression is obviously made in order to clear Monck’s reputation for loyalty. Phillips also gives an excellent account of the discussions which took place on the question of arming the Scots. See also Guizot, Richard Cromwell, ii. 53, 335, 355 (Scoble’s translation); Price, p. 739 (ed. Maseres); Gumble, p. 149; Baillie Letters, iii. 439; Burnet’s Own Time (ed. Airy), i. 152, note.