THE Humble Desires OF A FREE SVBIECT AND True Lover of the Liberties of the three NATIONS, OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, And of the Dominions, and Territories belonging to them; Whereby To unite them in Love, and Amity.  
LONDON, Printed for Fr. coals, 1659.   

The humble desires of a free subject, &c.  

IN the first place, he humbly desireth to know by what immediate Power, and under whose Commands he and all other free people are to be subject to pay Customs, Taxes, and all other levies, and Impositions; not that he hath the least desire to contradict, or resist any lawful Power, but to satisfy himself and the people, and encourage them in giving obedience thereunto.   

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Secondly, He doth then demand in the behalf of the aforesaid people, that those who have such a Power, and are entrusted with it over all Liberties, privileges, freedoms, Immunities, shall declare unto the World without any dissimulations, or mental Reservations whatsoever; what the people shall trust unto from them as their supreme or chief Governor, or other subordinate Governors, and magistrates in the three Nations, whether Military or Civill.   

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Thirdly, he desires that the said people may have a Parliament that shall be freely chosen, and without the exceptions of those who are entrusted to make choice of them, as being men fearing God, and voided of covetousness, and hypocrisy. And when the said persons so chosen shall sit in Parliament, he doth desire that they shall there Act freely, without the least molestation or interruption, and not to be opposed by the Lord Protector, or his counsel, or the general, or any of the Generals of the Army, or Armies, either by Sea, or by Land, belonging to the three Nations of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions, and Territories thereto belonging:   

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Fourthly, that the Parliament thus elected, and assembled, they shall be desired to call unto account any whatsoever, of what sum, or several sums of money, or moneys they have received, and what charges and expenses, have been disbursed and laid out within these seven last years, or more, as they themselves shall think fit.   

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Fifthly, that all persons whatsoever who have been entrusted by former Parliaments, or by the Lord Protector, or Council, or any others by their Commissions, shall be liable to be called in question; and give unto the Parliament, or the committee for that purpose chosen, a faithful, and a true account upon oath, of all those moneys which from time to time they have been entrusted with, and what they have either received or disbursed, and what sums of money they have still lying in their hands, for the use of the public.   

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Sixthly, that not any of the said free people of the three Nations, and Territories thereto belonging, shall not be molested, or imprisoned, or have any violence offered to their persons; but shall have full power and liberty to seek for their redress unto the Law, and the Courts of Iustice, according to the ancient constitutions of the Laws of the three Nations, and the Dominions belonging to them.   

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Seventhly, that the aforesaid people may have the free liberty of their consciences in Religion, provided they do not deny the Deity, or the three persons in the Trinity, or hold forth any thing that shall tend unto blasphemy, or proneness, or is repugnant to the truth contained in the Word of God.   

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Eighthly, that all those who heretofore have been opposite, or who have either actually born arms, or privately and sinisterly maintained, or upheld any thing that is contrary to this present Government, and shall for the time to come submit, and come in, and subscribe to be true and real, and cordially faithful, to the peace of these three Nations, and the establishment of this present Government; that then the said persons shall live quietly in their several habitations, and vocations, and be admitted to be unmolested by those persons who are the supreme Magistrates, as aforesaid.   

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Ninthly, that whereas Monopolies have been so prejudicial to the State, and so cried down by Parliaments, that for the future they may be all taken away, and that there be no further grant for any Monopoly whatsoever, within these three Nations, or any part of the Territories, or Dominions belonging unto them.   

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Tenthly, that all Cities, towns, and Corporations, and all Manufactories shall enjoy their privileges, freedoms, and immunities, unless they be regulated to the contrary by the Authority of the Parliament.   

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Eleventhly, that some way may bee found out to ease the people, if possible, of their taxes and burdens; and for the time to come that the taxes be so indifferently, and so proportionably laid, that a due regard be had unto the estates of every particular person; but those who are rich and men of quality & substance, may be raised so much above them in the taxes and impositions, as they exceed them in their possessions and estates.   

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Twelfthly, that due encouragement be given to all schools of good learning in the education of youth, and that the Ministers of the holy Word, such who as well in their conversation, as in their learning are well qualified thereunto, may have so liberal a proportion of eternal things, as may be suitable to their families, and the dignity of so great a calling.   

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Lastly, for the better reducing of all men together, to a right temper, and to the better understanding of one another, and for the the removing of all jealousies, discontents, and fears, that there shall be an Act of Grace, whereby to confirm the hearts of the people, and to conform them to a free submission to one Government; that so the laws of the Land may flourish and continue in their ancient Splendour and Vigour, and no noise, nor the fear of any noise of intestine Trumpets, or be Divisions heard amongst us, that we may all with as much joy as safety, sit in peace under the shadows of our own Vines, and feed on the fruits thereof with such an effectual thanksgiving, that it may not serve only to resort and commend, but be a sanctified invitation to promote the happiness we enjoy.   
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