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Letter from the parliament of Scotland to the generall, 30 July 1641†
Our verie good lord,
We receaved your excellence letter, togidder with that written be oure commissioners to yow, and haif returned answer to thame with instructiounes, which we haif left open that ye may reid and clois the same. And what occurreth to your awin consideratioune which is necessar for accomodatioune of bussines, your excellence may remember the same in your awin letter to the commissioners; and especiallie gif ye can adduce any other reasounes against thair comptis and damnages then is exprest in your former letter, ather against these demandis in the generall or any of thame in particular, it will be expedient also to delyver the same in your letter and that these accomptis be brought to ane conclusioune with all possible expeditioune. And seing we haif permitted to the Inglish ather that oure haill armie shall reteir upon the payment of the arrieris and 80,000 lib., or els 7,000 or 8,000 foote and 1,000 horsis to remaine whill the payment of the 80,000 lib., and the rest to reteir upon the receipt of the arrieris, we desyre that your excellence will haif the armie in readines upon thair electioune of any of these alternatives, that accordinglie the haill armie may be in posture and preparatioune to march upon payment of both sowmes, or otherwayis incaice of stay of 7,000 or 8,000 foote and 1,000 horsis that your excellence will consider what regimentis ar fitt to be retained to mak up that nomber and haife the remanent of the armie whom ye think fitt to returne home to be disbandit in the first place in readines of all necessar preparatioune for thair march, and with these it will be convenient among the first to licentiate all the reformiered officiaris. We ar presentlie to give ordour that all officiaris of the armie who ar in Scotland and not members of the parliament shall forthwith repair to Newcastle, and all such members of parliament as ar necessar officiaris we shall upon advertisment from your excellence give present ordour for thair addres to yow. In this nomber the generall commissar is one, whom hitherto we haif detained to serve in his charge in parliament, bot upon your excellence desyre shall send him up to yow howsoone we may spair his attendance. So we rest,
Your loving friendis, Edinburgh, 30 Julii 1641.
30 Julii 1641
Red and approven in parliament and ordained to be subscryved.†