A REMONSTRANCE Sent from Colonel Lilburnes Regiment To his EXCELLENCY Sir Thomas Fairfax: WHEREIN They declare their Resolutions, to stand and fall with him; desiring his speedy endeavour for the settling of all men's Interests in the Kingdom, and freeing the Kingdom from intolerable Oppressions, and then to disband.  
LONDON, Printed for Giles Calvert, at the black Spread Eagle at the West end of Paul's. 1647.   

A REMONSTRANCE Sent from Colonel Lilburnes Regiment to the GENERAL.  
May it please your Excellency,  
AMidst the many distractions and discontents in the Army and Kingdom which saddens our hearts, and presents nothing to our view but disorder and confusion, our experience and commemoration of divine providence propitious to your Excellency and the Army even from the first of your undertake to this very moment, is that alone that refresheth us: nor needs the recollection of our memories, or that we look far backwards for an occasion of praise; that late mercy (not the least) whereby a being was regained for us, deserves a perpetual remembrance, and was not England concerned in the case of our Regiment? Or is it imaginable, that disobedience was complotted there alone? or that they were the only maintainers and abetters of non-subjection to Authority? Surely, if their design to disengage those committed to our charge by your Excellency, from us as unworthy commands, had been there limited, we hope we should rather have given way to their desires, (though causeless) and withdrawn ourselves, then in the least, hazarded one drop of blood to continue our Employments. But if we seem more sensible of those dangers that were almost inevitable, than others do, (in regard we were the first that tasted of them, and were likely to be swallowed up by them) we humbly desire your Excellency's pardon and (for a clear manifestation of our integrity to your Excellency and the Weal public) leave to present unto your Excellency,  
1. That as Soldiers and Members of your Excellency's Army, we own all obedience and subjection to your Excellency's Authority and Commands, from which we humbly conceive, that neither Birthrights, nor other Privileges whatsoever, (whereof we have or aught to have an equal share with others) can or ought in the least to disoblige us; and that we shall rather cease to be Soldiers, (which is all the Liberty we desire) then dispute your Excellency's power, or admit of any Corrival or Competitor therein: nor do we suppose to have declared any thing more herein, than what always hath been, and must of necessity continue to be our duty; for besides that it is essential both to the being and well being of an Army to obey Orders according to the Discipline of War, we yet own more respect unto your Excellency (of whose care and trouble for us and the whole Kingdom we are witnesses) then is thereby required from us: And since necessity pleads for some particular person, to whom the care and Conduct of an Army must be committed, if we were at liberty herein whom should we desire but your Excellency?  
2. We cannot but remind your Excellency, how that necessity indeed, and the dissatisfaction of the Army in their just desires, drew them to a solemn engagement, and thereby the counsels of the Army being in some things altered from what they were before, hath lately been endeavoured to be made a precedent to alter them again, and male-contented spirits take occasion hereby to divide the Army into Parties and Factions, endeavouring to turn every man's sword against his fellow, pleading necessity where there is none: and for such things as are in themselves very disputable, whether just or unjust, and which is more than probable may be more destructive to the Commonwealth if granted, than the refusal of them will be: It is therefore our humble desire unto your Excellency, that you will still continue to mediate on our behalves for the obtaining of those our just and necessary desires in our former Petitions, Remonstrances and Declarations mentioned, that so the whole Army may be satisfied and return to its pristine way of Government wherein they have been very successful under your Excellency.  
Lastly, whereas the prevalency of particular persons in the Parliament, who have sufficiently manifested their disaffection to the Weal public, hath for the prevention of Factions and parties in that honourable Assembly, manifested the reasonableness of setting a period to this present Parliament: and that before that can be with safety, many things of great concernment to the Kingdom are first to be transacted there, whereof your Excellency and the Army have already several times desired consideration to be had by this Parliament; It is our hearty desire, that both Parliament and Army would jointly resolve, and accordingly act with all expedition to the finishing of that great work that lies upon them, and hath long been by the people expected from them: and that the whole Kingdom may be prosperous in the enjoyment of a free Parliament, and every particular person of his own proper interest, that the world may bear us witness, that we do not only declare for, but prosecute the obtaining of their Liberties and Freedoms; that so soon as a firm peace can be settled, the great burden of maintaining Soldiers in this Kingdom may no longer continue, to the great charge and trouble of the people, and to the impairing of that esteem which the price of our bloods in our former achievements have affectionately wrought in their hearts towards the whole Army, whereof both members and careful tenderers of their reputation are  
Your Excellencies most humble and obliged Servants. 
Subscribed by 


Henry Lilburne, Lieute-colonell.  
Paul Hobson Major.  
Richard Deane.  
Ethelb. Morgan.  
Gabriel Earwood.  
James Hart.     
Captains. 


Jer. Tolhurst.  
Abraham Holmes.  
Robert Hutton.     
Lieutenants. 


Jo. Topping.  
Jo. Turner.  
Bar. Davis.  
Jo. Mason.  
Fra. nichols.  
Tho. Cartwright.  
Ja. Rose.  
Ed. Boone.  
Nathanael Strange.     
Ensigns. 


Jo. Branson.  
Harbert Feild.  
Ed. Swallow.  
Wil Endecoat.  
Hen. James.  
Jacob Summer.  
Peter Bush.      
FINIS.