252 Mr. NEAL's IIà Vol. of the Then he gives an Account of the Correfpon dence, and obferves upon it ; * ' For ought I could ever obferve, by what was afterwards re- ` ported in the Haufe of Commons, or could learn ' from thofe that were more converfant with all the Secrets of that Defign, there was never the leaft Intention of working farther upon the Al- ' fedtions of the Army, than to preferve them from being corrupted, or made ufe of, for impofing unjuft and unreafonable Things upon the King. ' And all that the King ever fo much as confented fhould be done by them, was, that as moft Conn- ' ties in England, or rather the Fatiious and Sediti- ous Perfons in moft Counties, had been induc'd to frame or fign a Petition to the Parliament, a- ' gainft the eftablifhed Government of the Church, with other Claufes fcandalous to the Government ' of the State too ; fo the Officers of the Army fhould fubfcribe this following Petition, which was brought engrofs'd tohis Majefty for his Ap- probation ; before they would prefume to re- commend it to any for their Subfcription.' Then follows the Petition to the King, and the two Houfes, fetting forth his Majefty's great Con. cefl'ions to his People, notwithftandingwhich, there was a feditious Spirit kept up, and Perfons encou- raged to befet the Parliament -houfe, and White- hall itfelf ; they define that the Ringleaders of Tu- mults may be punifh'd, in order to which, they offer their Service to guard the King and the Par- liament, concluding in the following Words: " Ha- " ping we fhall appear as confiderable in the way " of Defence to our gracious Sovereign, the Par- " liament, our Religion, and the eftablifh'd Laws " of the Kingdom, as what Number foever (hall prefume to violate them; fo fhall we by the * Lord Clarendon's Hi(l. Vol. 1. p. J92 f93. " Wifdom
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