A letter from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, to Mr. Speaker;: concerning, the forces of the Northern Association, and Nottinghamshire Horse joyning with the Army. With their severall declarations and representations. Also, two petitions from the Nottinghamshire Horse; the one to both Houses of Parliament; the other, to His Excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax.

To His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Generall of the Forces raised by Authority of Parliament.

The humble Petition of Nottinghamshire Horse, &c.

SHEWETH,

THat although we the Regiment under the Command of our honoured Colonell, Col. Thornhagh, never had so much our owne desires as to serve under the immediate command of your Excellency in that your gallant and faithfull Field Army; yet having received a resolution next to the Justice of our Cause, by your Excellencies virtuall presence in the Commissi••ns of our honoured Commanders, we may without vanity professe, That in our Orbes we have moved for the advancing and pro∣curing this Kingdomes peace and liberty, so cheerfully, that we cannot doubt your Excellencies countenance and assistance, which we humbly implore in our humble addresses to the Par∣liament, professing that such is our resentment of the injuries done unto you as done unto our selves, neither will we hope to stand, if you fall; nor fear we falling, if you stand, when no∣thing is controverted, but the same for which wee first enga∣ged, and dare not recede from, viz. The priviledge of Parlia∣ment. Of Free born Subjects, and Reformation of Church and Common-wealth; And as to the better effecting all these, the necessary and just vindication of the too much slighted Souldiery, amongst wee your humble Petitioners, who haue from the beginning of our engagements, which beare date al∣most with the beginning of these warres, served the Parlia∣ment these five yeares, and have not received for our service past 6.8. per weeke in money, nor free quarter one weeke wish another; and that there is at this time due unto this Regiment

in Arreares 40000 l. and upwards, that we have not received above one Moneths pay these 50 weekes; and having for our present accomodation and maintenance no other subsistence, then what a small and harrassed County of Charity (which is malignant) will afford in meat and drink: A slender requitall, as we conceive, for our losse of bloud.

Our humble request unto your Excellency is, That you will recommend our further addresses unto the conside∣ration of the Honourable Houses of Parliament, where∣by we may obtain the wages of our bloud, our Arreares, and such present maintenance, as first when we engaged under their service were promised; and yet that we may not hereby be understood, to be unconcern'd in, or disin∣gaged from the past or future necessity of the Army in the plaine and honest prosecution of their Proposition and Desires in the late Declaration, and that we accor∣ding to our proportion of time and arreares may be sa∣tified, as the Army shall be for their proportions.

(Subscribed George Palmer Captain, and the rest, as in the next Paper before.)