made by Letters from the Honourable Committee at Darby
house, and votes pass'd for transmitting supplys unto us, especially in
case of Major General Starling, his being sent to attend the pleasure
of the Houses the only Remora then alleadged to make stay of seven
thousand Suits of cloaths, and ten thousand pounds in money, being
before designed for our releif, there is no more than two thousand seven
hundred pounds sent unto us in mony, and thereof but fifteen hun∣dred
pounds design'd for the feeding of us and the Souldiers under
our Command. And that notwithstanding the signal Testimony gi∣ven
of our real intentions and affections to that Cause and service in
a late Engagement against the Rebels at Knockninosse, which we touch
at without any affection of vain-glory, the Votes then renewed for our
Relief, and the Order for our Indemnity, (which was conceived
would not have found so much hesitation, with those whose service
we had only profest) are laid aside, and nothing effectual or advanta∣gious
done in order thereto for our avail, save the transmittal of two∣thousand
seven hundred pounds, but on the contrary, new jealousies
and distrusts of us are reimbrac'd and fomented.
It is not therefore so insupportable a dis-comfort to us, to observe
our own lives exposed a sacrifice to the malice of our now potent pub∣lick
Enemies, who by the conjunction of three several armies are not
more encourag'd to confront us in the field, than we, by the art and
practice used to withhold those just and necessary supplyes from us,
disabled to joyn battle with them, as to observe our honourable Re∣putation
and Integrity, (dearer to us than our lives) brought into such
frequent question, and unworthily mangled, depraved and slaughter∣ed,
by the calumnious aspersions of our powerful and prevailing ad∣versaryes,
in despight of all our zealous and cordial Endeavours, to
give indubitable testimony and evidence of our Fidelities. What if
we are beyond any common measure afflicted and dismay'd? we are
confident, that all persons of honour will acknowledge that we have
much more than common cause.
And now that our adversaries have prevailed to deprive us, not on∣ly
of all hopes of subsisting here in your service, but have proceeded
for to provide, that we may not live hereafter but out of your favour.
So having intercepted and perverted the comfort, we well hoped to
have received from other testimonies of our sincerity, they have only
left us this expedient, to testifie our mindfulness of our duty by, which
is to give humble intimation to that honourable House, that we are
involved in so great and extream Exigences of distress and universal
want, with the pressure of three joynt Armies, upon our weak and
naked forces, that there remains no humane means discernable amongst
us, to subsist by any longer in this service, unless it shall stand with
the pleasure and piety of those in whose service we have exhausted
both our blood and Livelyhoods, to send us some seasonable and con∣siderable
supplyes, or that we should be inforced to entertain such
terms, as the Rebels will give us, which of all things we abominate,
as knowing our necessities will render them such, as must be both ob∣structive
and dishonourable, and therefore shall resolve of making that
the last Expedient, to preserve our own and many thousands of poor
Protestants lives by, or that it shall please the honourable Houses to
send Shipping to fetch us off. And so in discharge of our dutyes both
to God and man, we humbly offer to consideration, and remain
Subscribed by the Officers under the
Lord Inchiquen