A NEW REMONSTRANCE OF THE FREEBORN PEOPLE OF ENGLAND: CONCERNING This present Parliament, and a new Representative: With their earnest Desires and Propositions touching the same.  
TOGETHER, With a Prophecy of the Right Honourable, Sir Francis Bacon, late Lord Chancellor of England, concerning the Wars and Government of this Commonwealth: with Advice and Instructions to be observed by all Persons whatsoever.  
AS ALSO, Observations touching the King, Parliament, Army, Presbytery, and Independency; in relation to New-Lights, and New-Devises.  
Published by Authority.  
London, Printed for George Horton, and are to be sold at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1651.   

A new Declaration concerning the Parliament. And the Prophecy of that famous and learned Lawyer, Sir FRANCIS BACON, late Lord Chancellor of England.  
WHereas future Posterities may admire the magnitude of those Actions, performed by the Parliament of England, since their first convening; even so may this present Age conclude them to be men of brave and undaunted spirits, that durst attempt so high, so great mutations in a Kingdom, whereinto less than 25 Kings and Queens had successfully reigned: insomuch, that it is an Argument sufficient to convince the people of this Nation, that they were men of admirable resolutions, and guided by divine Counsels, that through so many Meanders of good and adverse fortune, so many treasons even of their own Members, and contrary judgements within and without the Walls of their own House, yet at length foiling all their Enemies, have brought themselves and the people of this Nation to a secure Harbour.  
And behold, even now, when they might happily have expected rest for themselves, and thanks from this people, for whose sakes they have so dangerously adventured many of their persons, most of them their Estates; Providence it seems will have another Generation to enter upon this work, and if possible, finish that great Building, whose foundation themselves have with so great industry laid. But indeed, Prophets have seldom any honour in their own Country: Christ spoke it, and it is true; as also, that some of their Members have acted, as men being derived from the Progeny of Adam; their misactings cannot blemish the whole House; for the Countries from whence they came, elected men to act for them, not Gods, Saints, or Angels, for these are not commanded by men, or are their Habitations upon earth: Were not our judgements prevaricated, we might know, this Parliament itself is no more harmed by some men's failings, than the sound body of a strong Oak by rotten branches falling from it: Now may the good Angels of God preserve them, and let Posterity never mention any of their Names, without Encomiums of Honour due unto their merits.  
This is the sense and Remonstrance of divers of the freeborn people of England.  
But old things must now be laid aside, the whole Nation are in expectance of a new Parliament; very greedy of Novelties and changes we are, (for so the Heavens at present incline us) so were the Jews of old in craving a King; so we in 1639. and 1640. were stark mad to have a Parliament: God was angry with the Jews for their rashness, and thousands of our Nation repent their forwardness in promoting the convention of this Parliament: We cry Hosanna to day, crucify to morrow; nor full or empty bellies content us; when Gold was more plenty than now Silver is, we repined; when we abounded, we muttered; now we are poor we do but grumble.  
Nor King, or Parliament, or Army, or Presbytery, or Independency will please us long; New Lights, New Devices. What shall the God of Eternity do to satisfy every one of us? What shall this present Authority do? or that which shall succeed hereafter to give every curious fancy content? Oh people of England, be wise unto sobriety; seek the glory of God, and not yourselves; supplicate Almighty God, that he permit his ministering Angels (not Priests) to direct you, when you do elect new Members for a succeeding Parliament.  
I beseech you, let us in all humbleness represent our thankfulness to these present Members, who now sit at the Helm of Judicature, for that liberty and good (which if not unthankful) we must attribute to have received from their labour.  
Let us now send into the House of Parliament as many Representations of our loves and kind acceptances of their pains and carefulness for us, as formerly we did of vain and very unnecessary Petitions: Such acknowledgements from us, will encourage those whom providence shall elect to succeed, to endeavour with their uttermost abilities to serve the Commonalty.  
Let us wink at the small faults of some, and the personal failings of others amongst them; but let us spare the tyranny of none.  
Let us do what we do conscientiously, and nothing rashly, or in a giddy homour. Oh England, what ever we do, let us unanimously reverence the great Authority itself, let us maintain and support its greatness and Majesty with a venerable Reverence. Let us above all things keep up the Parliaments Supremacy above the Soldier or Divine; Omnia subject a sunto autoritati Parlamenti Anglorum.   

A Prophecy, Written by Sir Francis Bacon, late Lord Chancellor of England.  
Englands' worst is well-neer run,  
The loud Pipe stopped, the Fife and Drum.  
The Earl of Derby a prime Ringleader in Lancashire is now dead, and his Pipe stopped, so also the loud bagpiping Presbyterian Priests of that Country: We are possessed of Fife in Scotland, the Drums begin to be silent. This Prophecy wrote one hundred years since, is even now fulfilled.  
There shall be seen upon a day  
Betwixt the Bass and the May, 
d. alias Baugh.   
The black Fleet of Norway;  
When that that is come and gone,  
England build houses of lime and stone,  
For after Wars shall you have none.  
The Bass and the Baugh are two Islands in the mouth of the River that goeth up to Edinborough, where our Fleet lay 1650.  
So that now we may now safely buy houses, purchase Lands, either Crown, Bishops, Deans, or Delinquents, with full confidence of possessing our Purchases, until Doomsday. There's no scruple in the Parliaments Title, Kings did the same to Traitors, as now our State doth to Delinquents. Henry the 8. sold Abbeys and Munkeries; We Bishops and Deaneries; the Possessors were most part Lubbers and Drones, did God no service; Ergo, There's no Sacrilege committed in the sale of these Lands. And many there are that do aver, That this Nation shall be ever from this time quite free from War: For assuredly no Foreigner hereafter shall ever plant or fix his Seat here; nor shall we have any more Kings to reign over us. Yet shall Charles Stuart endeavour to disturb our peace; and from Denmark, Sweden, and other parts, get an Armado to Sea; but about the 7. day of July, 1652. there will happen a great fight; between the English Fleet, and his Armado; and after a bloody Contest, his whole Navy will be sunk, taken, and dispersed; and himself in perilous danger of suffering by shipwreck. The Dutch will likewise be troublesome this Year at Sea; but we shall make them tame enough quickly.  
There hath been within this 116. years five Conjunctions in the sign Leo. The influence of this conjunction intimates oppression unto the poor, divided opinions amongst our Governors; disturbances and emnities amongst the soldiery; the displacing of worthy men, preferment of vulgar sneaking fellows; loss and damage in Scotland by treachery, by neglect of such as are trusted in Authority, the downfall or questioning of many Ministers; several Heresies or very uncouth opinions in Religion do take their original.  
The minds of men incited through Choler and discontent to Rebellion, and contempt of Authority: much scorning of superiors; both the temporal Laws and Ecclesiastical questioned, strange and fearful sicknesses, private murders, poisons, casually many fires to the great impoverishing of the people; very desperate Sea-fights all over Europe.  
Uproars, blood, Wars, tumults, rebellion in France; either sickness, death, or strange misfortunes unto the French King. James Duke of York is threatened by this conjunction, with either hurt by fire, or a desperate Fever, etc.  
Women subject to abortions, or hard labour in the birth of their Children; many tertian and quartain Agues, a general Mortality threatened both on Men and Cattle: the temperature of men's bodies so poisoned by infectious airs, that a plague most probably will afflict us ere the influence of this conjunction departed from us, which will not be till 1654. is almost ended.  
I only say, the greatest vigour of this Conjunction shall express itself in Counsels and Action near about February, March, and April next   
FINIS.