The Remonstrance of the Noblemen, Knights, Gentlemen, Clergymen, Freeholders', Citizens, Burgesses and Commons of the late Eastern, Southern, and Western Associations, who desire to show themselves Faithful and Constant to the Good Old Cause, the Privileges and Freedom of Parliament, the Liberty and Property of the Subjects, Laws of the Land, and true Reformed Religion, which they were formerly called forth and engaged to defend by Declarations of Parliament, the Protestation, and Solemn National League and Covenant.  
WE the Noblemen, Knights, Gentlemen, Clergymen, Freeholders, Citizens, ●…gesses and Commons of the late Eastern, Southern, and Western Associations of England, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having for a song season with bleeding hearts, perplexed spirits, weeping eyes, and overmuch patience and silence, beheld the miserable public Distractions, intolerable Oppressions, various Revolutions, great Tumults, and destructive Confusions, wherewith our former most glorious, flourishing Churches and Nations (for want of a settled Government, and Free Parliament) have many years bypast been violently rend in pieces, wasted, consumed, made the very hissing, scorn, laughingstock of all Neighbour Countries; whether Friends or Foes, Christians or Infidels; and thereby exposed to the justly dreaded hostile Invasions of combined foreign Romish Adversaries, whose Emissaries have been very active, instrumental in our late Combustions and Changes; being now deeply sensible of the deplorable, desperate Condition and imminent ruin, not only of our own Persons, Families, Posterities, but of our dearest, exhausted, enthralled, dying Native Country, and Protestant Religion too, far dearer to us than our Lives or private Interests, the preservation whereof is the Supremest Law; and calling to our minds the first public ends and causes for which we took up arms (since totally perverted, subverted, oppugned by ambitious, self-advancing Commanders, Officers of the Army, and others contrary to their trusts and Commissions) with the manifold Oaths, Protestations, Vows, Solemn League and Covenant, and other Sacred as well as Civil Obligations lying upon our Consciences, engaging us all in our several places and callings in this day of England's trouble, and extreme danger, to put to our helping hands and best advice to obviate those Perils, and remove those Disorders, Grievances, Confusions which menace utter desolation both to her and us, if we should any longer sit stupidlie silent, or unactive in our spheres, like persons altogether uninterested or unconcerned in these perilous times of unpresidented exorbitances, usurpations, tyrannies over our persons, estates, Laws, Liberties, and Parliaments themselves, by ambitious, turbulent self-seekers and Incendiaries, and of universal decay of trade by Sea and Land; Have thereupon conceived it our necessary bounden duties in this sad posture of our Sacred and Civil Concernments both as Christians and English Freemen, by this our joint REMONSTRANCE to tender to the rest of our English Brethren throughout the whole Nation of what rank, calling, or condition soever; such just, legal, safe, rational, honest and Christian Proposals, as through God's blessing upon our and their unanimous, vigorous prosecution of them against all selfended Opponents, may redeem us from our present bondage, dangers, Schisms, Confusions, frequent Rotations of public Government, and restore our tottering Church, State, Kingdoms, Religion, to their pristine Unity, Tranquillity, Purity, Stability, Dignity, Felicity, and secure them against all future Concussions and Convulsions.  
For which end we all passionately desire, and shall unanimously and cordially endeavour by all lawful means within our Orbs,  
1. That a legal, full and free Parliament of England may be speedily summmoned, according to the prescription of 16 Caroli, c. 1. enacted for this purpose, not hitherto put in execution; and that free elections of able Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, by and of all well-affected persons to Peace, and the old Parliaments good Cause, to represent them therein, may be no ways disturbed, nor restrained by force of arms or otherwise.  
2. That the said Parliament may safely, freely meet at Westminster on the third Monday in January next, to consult of, vote, and settle the Peace, Government of our distracted Churches and Nations, without the interruption, disturbance, force or dissolution of any Commanders, Officers or Soldiers of the Army, or other tumultuous persons whatsoever, under pain of being declared, prosecuted, executed as Traitors and Enemies to the public.  
3. That the full power of the Militia both by Sea and Land be delivered up to this Parliament, on the first day of their Convention therein, for the better assurance of their free and peaceable Session, and not continued as a distinct body or interest in opposition, contradistinction, or superinspection, but in real subordination to the Parliament and people.  
4. That the whole frame and settlement of the Government of our Nations be entirely referred to the Parliaments unanticipated consideration, the proper Judges thereof, without any antecedent restrictions, prescriptions, or impositions by the Army-Officers, or any others.  
5. That the Supreme management of all Civil, Politic, Military affairs, and appointment of all Great Officers of State and Ministers of Justice, shall be in all the surviving Members of the long Parliament without secluding any, as in a General Council of State and Safety only (who are all desired to meet for that purpose) till the New Free Parliament shall assemble, and no longer.  
6. That the Preservation of the Peace, Government of each County, shall be in the hands of such Sheriffs, Conservatorss of the Peace, and other ancient Officers, as the Freeholders of every County shall publicly elect in their County-Court, according to their ancient Rights and Liberties; and of every City and Corporation in the Mayors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs and other Officers elected by them, according to their Charters, Customs, and in none other Officers imposed on them, till the Parliament shall take further Order therein.  
7. That no Taxes, Contributions, Excises, Imposts, New Customs, Militiaes', or other Payments whatsoever shall be henceforth imposed, assessed, levied upon, or paid by the people, but by their common grant and consent in free and full Parliament, by Act of Parliament, under pain of High Treason in the Imposers, Assessors, Collectors, and voluntary payers thereof; this being the people's indubitable Birthright, acknowledged, declared, confirmed by manifold Acts and Declarations old and new.  
8. That such an Act of Indemnity may be agreed on and assented to in this Parliament by Common consent, as may secure and indemnify all persons, whose future peaceable deportment till this Act passed shall demerit it.  
9 That care may be therein taken for the speedy satisfaction of all just arrears of all Officers and Soldiers, duly listed before the 7. of May last, who shall peaceably and dutifully submit to the free convening and safe sitting of this desired Parliament. That all others who shall tumultuously oppose or interrupt the summoning, assembling, or sitting thereof, shall forfeit all their Commands, arrears, indemnity, and incur the penalty of Traitors and public Enemies to the Parliament and Nation.  
10. That an effectual course may be taken both for the settled old maintenance, succession, protection and encouragement of a godly, learned, painful Orthodox, preaching Ministry throughout the three Nations.  
11. That due care and order may be taken for the speedy detection, banishment, and execution of the Laws against all Jesuits, Seminary Priests, Freers, and other Romish Emissaries, or Seducers whatsoever, employed to divide, corrupt, seduce the people; and the Oath of Abjuration duly tendered by Justices of Peace and other Officers to all persons, who shall be accused and justly suspected to be such, for their better detection.  
12. That the causes of the great extraordinary decay of all sorts of Trade, Merchandise, Shipping, Scarcity of Bullion, Coin, with all frauds and abuses in Manufactures; dilatory vexatious proceed, extortions in Courts of Law and Equity, may be diligently inquired into, redressed, punished; and the great destruction and waste of Timber in all parts inhibited under severe penalties.  
13. That all Treasurers, Receivers, Collectors, Farmers of any moneys, Customs, Excises, Rents, Revenues, Taxes, Imposts, Sequestrations or other goods, profits whatsoever to the use of the public, may be speedily called to account in each County, by fitting, unaccountable persons appointed for that end, and all their frauds and abuses therein inquired of and condignly punished.  
14. That all good Laws formerly enacted for the preservation and defence of the Persons, Lives, Liberties, Properties of the Subjects, against illegal Imprisonments, Banishments, Restraints, Confinements, Corporal punishments, executions by any Person or Persons, Powers, Committees, Council of State, Military, Civil Officers, or Judicatures whatsoever, and against all unjust Taxes, Confiscations, Sequestrations, Rapines, Plunders, may be ratifyed; and the late, and future high wilful violations of them, exemplarily punished.  
15. That every Person who shall henceforth Canvas for Voices to make himself a Knight, Citizen, Burgess or Baron of the Ports, in the next, or any ensuing Parliament, either by Letters of Recommendation from Great men, feasting the Electors before, at, or after Elections, Gifts, Bribes, or otherwise, shall upon due proof thereof, be made Uncapable to sit or serve in Parliament.  
16. That all Members of Parliament, Officers of State, Justices, Sheriffs, Mayors, Recorders, shall henceforth take a Corporal Oath, to the best of their knowledge, skill, power, inviolably to preserve the Fundamental Laws, Liberties, Franchises of the Freemen of England, and to give all Laws for the defence of them in charge to the Grand-Jury, in their respective Assizes, and General Sessions of the Peace, that they may inquire and present all Offences against, and violations of them, to be condignly punished according to Law.  
17. That all Unnecessary Garrisons, Supernumerary Soldiers, and Seamen, may be speedily paid off, dismantled, disbanded, and all superfluous Officers, excessive Fees, and extortions whatsoever taken away, for the Impoverished people's ease; And the manifold extortions, abuses of Gaolers, Marshals, Messengers, and other detainers of Prisoners, punished and redressed.  
18. That Able, Faithful, Conscientious, fitting Persons fearing God and hating Covetousness, may be preferred to all Offices, Places of public Trust, and Administration of Justice; and detur digniori, made the only rule in all Elections and Preferments whatsoever.  
19 That all Universities, Colleges, Schools of learning in our three Nations, with all Lands, Rents, Annuities, Gifts, Revenues, for their support, may be constantly maintained, preserved from rapine, and all misimployments, subtractions of them, and of any Lands, Rents, Annuityes, Monies, Gifts, Legacies to them, or any other public or charitable use whatsoever, diligently inquired after and reform.  
All which proposals we are resolved by God's gracious assistance with unanimity, constancy, and activity, in our several stations, with our lives and fortunes, to prosecute and accomplish to our powers by all just, and legal ways, with what ever else may conduce to the Peace, Safety, Unity, Wealth, Prosperity of our Lacerated, Macerated, Naufragated Church and State; wherein as we shall constantly pray for God's Divine assistance and blessing upon our weak endeavours, without which they will be altogether successless: So we cannot but confidently expect and shall importunately desire the cordial Concurence, assistance, Prayers of all other Noblemen, Knights, Gentlemen, Clergymen, Freeholders', Citizens, Burgesses, and English Freemen, without the mallest opposition, that so Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other, and glory once more dwell within our Land, wherein they have been strangers overlong: And let all the People (by their joint subscriptions) say, Amen, Amen, Amen.