A Declaration of the Parlament of England, upon the Marching of the Armie into Scotland.

England and Wales, Parliament,

A Declaration of the Parlament of England, upon the Marching of the Armie into Scotland.

London: Printed by William Du-gard. 1650

Parliament justifies its pre-emptive strike against the Kingdom of Scotland in this famous pamphlet that ushers in the final chapter of the English Civil War. “…and that the wrong-doers have left us no other waies of Remedie, or Vindication, saving what the sword can produce,…”

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Parliament justifies its pre-emptive strike against the Kingdom of Scotland in this famous pamphlet that ushers in the final chapter of the English Civil War. “…and that the wrong-doers have left us no other waies of Remedie, or Vindication, saving what the sword can produce,…”

Parliament justifies its pre-emptive strike against the Kingdom of Scotland in this famous pamphlet that ushers in the final chapter of the English Civil War.

“…and that the wrong-doers have left us no other waies of Remedie, or Vindication, saving what the sword can produce,…”

The volume(s) measure about 20.5 cm. by 16.5 cm. by .5 cm.

Each leaf measures about 180 mm. by 145 mm.

The full title reads:

A Declaration of the Parlament of England, upon the Marching of the Armie into Scotland. Die Mercurii Junii 26. 1650. Ordered by the Parlament, that it bee referred to the Council of State, to see this declaration forthwith printed & published. Henrie Scobell Cler. Parl. London: Printed by William Du-gard, by the appointment of the Council of State, anno 1650.

Published June 26, 1650.

The volume is paginated as follows: [2], 28, [2] p.  Last leaf is blank.

The volume collates as follows: A – D4.

With marginal numbers on p. 7 and errata at foot of p. 28

General note: “A Declaration of the Parlament of England, concerning their late endeavors in a peaceable waie, to remove all misunderstandings, and differences between the common-wealth of England, and the kingdom of Scotland. .. Die Sabbathi, Julii 14 1649. .. printed for Matthew Simmons” has separate title page dated 1649; register and pagination are continuous.

‘…concerning their late endeavors…1649’, is a reprint of Wing E1498 in much smaller type. (See below).

ESTC: R205097  Wing E1505  Thomason, E.604[6]

This volume includes a fragment, loosely laid in, from an earlier printing of the second part. Pg. 23 – 30. The Fragment is from Wing E1498, ESTC R205153

A Declaration of the Parliament of England concerning their late endeavors, in a peaceable way, to remove all misunderstandings, and differences between the Common-wealth of England, and the kingdome of Scotland. Herewith is printed the last paper of the Scotch Commissioners, with the sense of the Parliament thereupon. Also the letter of the Parliament of England to the Parliament of Scotland, with their answer thereunto, which is answerd by this declaration. Die Sabbathi 14 Julii 1649. This declaration was read the first and second time, and upon the question passed. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that the said declaration be forthwith printed and published. Ordered, that it be referred to the Counsell of State to see the said declaration printed. Hen. Scobell cleric. Parliamenti. London : printed for Matthew Simmons dwelling in Aldersgate street, MDCXLIX. [1649] Annotation on Thomason copy: “July 20”.

The volume is paginated as follows: [2], 30 p.  Our fragment 23 – 30 p. The fragment measures: 178 x 138 mm.

The Volume is in Very good Condition disbound, with generally clean, well margined leaves, some mild general toning, as well as some small creases and fox marks.  It is bound in a simple quarter cloth folder with paper boards and folding leaves inside to contain the pamphlet.

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On the decision to invade Scotland.

“The government’s decision in the summer of 1650 to embark on a pre-emptive strike against the Scottish kingdom – a decision that drove the lord general, Fairfax, into resignation – may have been unusually assertive for a regime whose habitual posture was simply reactive. But the Republic was by no means casting expansionist eyes northward. The declaration issued by both Parliament and army that summer insisted that England only sought punishment of the guilty, security against yet another Scottish invasion of her soil, and reparations for the last[1] – indeed, Cromwell himself continued to sing that tune long after the dramatic victory at Dunbar, up to the very eve of the Scots’ collapse in August-September 1651. The English authorities left the matter of Scotland’s precise constitutional shape studiously vague. Not until its declaration of June 1650 (our copy) – and then almost as an afterthought – did Parliament propose “the furthering of a just Freedom, where God shall minister the opportunitie.” (Pg. 9 our copy).

Excerpt from: Derek Hirst. The English Republic and the Meaning of Britain. The Journal of Modern History. Vol. 66, No. 3 (Sep., 1994), pp. 451-486. Published by: The University of Chicago Press

[1] A Declaration of the Parliament of England upon the Marching of the Armie into Scotland. London, June 26, 1650. Makes the English case for the first time. This would be repeated in ‘A Declaration of the Army of England upon their March into Scotland. London, July 19, 1650; A Declaration of the English Army now in Scotland. London, August 8 1650.’

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