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l V Aifleclaration, or 7@prefintzztion from his
8xceZ1'ej2c},Sir Tho. Fairfax, and of the
VI rm )1 under /913: Command,

Hazmély temsiredto the P A R L I A M E N '1‘.

H A T we may no longer be the dif-faytisfaétion of out
friends, the fubjccft of our enemies malice (to worke
jealoufies and mifreprefentations upon) and the ful'piti-
on (if not aftonifhmcnt) of many in the Kingdoms, in
our late or prefent tranfaétions and conduct of bulineffe; we iha!
in all faithfulneffe and clearnelle profeife, and declare unto you ,
thofe things whichhave of late protrafied and hindred our dif-
bandi g, the prefent grievances which poliefie out Army, and are
yet un emedied, with our defir.-gs, as to the cotnpleat fettlement
of the llberties,and peace of the kingdome 5 which is that blefling
of God, then which (of all worldly things) nothing is more clear.
unto us, or more precious in our thoughts , we having hitherto

thought all our prefei-at enjoyments (whether of life or liveli-f 7

a hood, or nearelte relations) a price but fulficient to the purchafe of

[01-jchabmfing ; that we, and all the free-horn people ofthif '

Nation, may fit down i 1 quiet under our Vines, under the glori-
ous adminiftration of Jultice, and righteoufnfflfa and if! U16 full
poifefiion of thofe Funclamentall Rights and Liberties, without
which we can have little hopes (as to humane confidcrations) to
enjoy either any comforts oflife, or fo much as life. it {elfe_, but
at the pleafures of {ome men, ruling meerly according to will and
power. i _ _

i It cannot be unknown what hath paiied betwixt the Parlia-
naentand the Army, as to the {ervice of Ireland. By all which,
together with the late P1‘°¢¢€di“§3 again“? ‘he A}'mYs 1“ Velauon
to their petition and grievances; all men may judge what hath

A2     hirsilrsal

hi;nd'ted the hrrny fif’oma1'e‘ad(y engagenient. in that i’ifervi‘ce‘; atfd
(wmgougjurjrher account or Apologie, as to that particular;
than what pallages and proceedings themfelves C already made
publiclteg) doe afford; -we doe appeale to your (elves, whether
thofe eourfes, to which the Parliament hath, (by the defignes
afndlpraétiies‘ olr‘fo1_ne») been drawne , have 1'ationally’tende«;l
to induce a cheerfull and unanimous undertaking of the Army to
th3c.g’etviee, orrather to break and pull the Army in pieces
with difcontent and dilhononr , and to put fuch difobligetions
and provocations upon it,’ as might drive it into diflemper, and
indeed clifc:ot1rage.both this Army rid other Souldiers from any
further engagement in the Parliaments fetviee. And we with all
men would (with us) upon the whole carriage , ferioufly‘ confié
clet , whether (in the intentions of thofe who have by ,falfefin-

~ -formations, and mifreprefentati"ons putthe Parliament upon fetch ,

eyayes ) the timely and efi‘e&uall reliefe of Ireland, teem really
to havebeen inC€HClEd,‘OI‘ rather (withthe breaking, or disban-’
ding of this Army) to draw together, or raife fuch other forces,‘

and“of fuch a temper as might ferve to fome defperate and dil’cru-T "

Etivedefignesein England. For Which, (befides the probable fufa-7
pitiioiis from their carriage of the bufineffe) we havebeforehand;
in the tranfaftionithereofl had more then hints of fuch tadeligneg‘
by cleareexpreflions to thatpurpofe, from many’ of the —OFfiCers"
of the Army°,that have been petfwaded‘, and appeared molt for-r
W"arel',o toleengage as for Ireland, on the tearmes propofed. And,’
t_hat’_fuieh a clefigne‘ hath allalong been driveiifeemes now :00 3.3
videht,’ by the prefefnf difpofing oF*thofei Forces that havebteuj
engaged Forilre/and: by the endevours of fome, tosgain a power

tioin the Parliament of‘ordering.thofe Forces for fume fervice in‘ r

Eriglaad 5 andby the private liftings of men For fervice thergf
,Wi'ipthoixit_‘Aany pnbliclt authority of Parliament. And ‘ (all this) by'
the fame perfons, who have all along, appeared molt aétive, and?
trioltnt rmhe late proceedings» again-ft the Army.‘ _ " I
A"s”to thejiult difcontents and dif-fatisfzafiions of the Army;
in relation to their grievances, and their non-compliance to the
late orders for futidemdisbanding byipeece-‘imeale ( before mafia?
falleand equall fatisfatftion were given to‘ the whole) we defiteg

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vancesfithemfelves, theoNarrative of the Officers ,' and the late
Papersfrom the general! Councell ofWarre at Btzry , and late

1 generail Randezvouz neare Newmarlq.-t: and (we thinke) your a
late refuming the confideration of thefe things (as to a further

fa%'isFa&ion) doth much iuflihie the defifres and‘ proceedings of
the Army,ein the paPcpairticulamhitherto,   ‘ 

«And though (‘had we ( upon our firft addreiTes'.) for our un-
doubted Rights and Dues ) bound or Free, and candid recep-U

tion , with a iufi confideration, and a reafonable fatisfaflion , otf
at leaft a. freer anfvizer therein, we fl1ouldj"havei been yeafilyi
perfwaded to have abated or fofrborne much of our Dues, and
not to have enquired into , or confidered (ifo farre as we have)

either the poflibilities there are for more prefentffatisfaflion ofi L
Arreares, or the credit of Future fecu'rities_‘_propofi:d; yetffincde’ i

«upon thefe‘ former ‘addreffes 3  haiie found ‘fjucrhd jhard .dealing,
as in thefaid "iPape‘rs is fetiforthi, and" thofje. iaddiiti'onall‘('though

hithertobucrpartiall) fatis%fat‘tion‘s,cornn1ing To’ hardly as they i

have, we finde norobliging reafons in the leafl:,' t'o:i_dec1ine or ‘re-
cede from —what is our due ;_but rather ifii%l1flitovadhgrc.unto“ our
defires offuigl and equalifatisfaétioni, »in"i“a1l'i*the%* th§n‘g;1_n1¢n:joi

fled in the-aforefaid¢Papetr§?;j  beha1’f7%‘¢5f‘_7b'u;fifelV}es,i-and  
the Army , ‘ but alfothe whole iS6‘ulc~fiery ‘throughqutihe whole —

Kfinigdomea‘Wh0‘haVe.C’OnCui"fe_d5i‘Or‘{'r1a1YC5C?li1C11”e with us inthe

 =Atad 9tosa1‘l  urfrontier-asares;:sjsou1di&:frs,r\ivre’cmhabu: adde
this4:(»wh¢reinv'vefind our -felves’To’;ie‘a£1y éoheerned in Poynt of
Iuflgiceand Reputation) that ‘more“{:are,and’ ha ’ffff‘itE’cer courfe may
bfifakén for making good a1l’Air.tiig:1fes granted upon: .Surr_end€.rs;
according toethe’ trutiintefit afiiditiféhniing_i ‘of,  -As taifowfgig
Rem¢.dY,a"+* R.<?P3F3fi9¥'1_i@ eafetof anoyib§*>éae,h:f ...(‘%1’z.1‘c!’r’t'iw‘is)xiIbir’h¥
out taho%fe”AC1€1_a‘Y‘et%s;Whieh divefs havhe'ifofi’n‘d;ias p’reih'diéiaI fdthetrg
O1‘ ‘mbI_‘e,%th€:h’ifj’ they ha"d‘_bC,en‘ gtotrallyfdeniédothe -performance of

 N5*§Wi’t1i.5Fi fldwifweae hépé) Tfeeihe i.Tt1*aingcé~oI‘;h unlisafonhblé
W ‘rat.i§tia1‘f7a£¥d  ‘i%s:e.n,:  ecofifidiar me cjonrequjc{i;c¢i’asr';,i;i;
ptefi=:dc°¢caféi,=*t‘g.L jtheiiiri oown,r— and ' the I§i:fig.ac3ms, (:.‘fhie11i’as”’ our)

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if _( from a deepe fence of the highconfequence oiourpreiient

-a cafe, both to our {elves (in future) and all other peotpie)we 111311,

before disbanding, proceed,in our own and :l'1C Kingdoms behalf,

-to propound,and pleadfor fome provifionjor our, and the King.

do rns fatisiaéiion, and future {ecurity in relation to tho-Ce things,

«».e{‘pecia1ly confidering,that we were not a meere rnercinary Army,

hired to {erve any Arbitrary ‘power ofastategbutcalleiforth

  and conjured, by the feverall Declarationsof Parliament, to the

d:fence of our owne and the peoples juit rights, and liberties;
And to we tooke up Armes,in judgement and eonfcitnce‘ to thefc

::e-nds, and have fo continued them, and are refolved according to
gyopur fwirihjuit defires in yonr Declarations, and fuch principles as

we have received from «your ifrequent iniormations, and our own
common fence concerning thofe our Fundamentall Righ rs and Li-
berties, to _afl°:rr‘and vindicate, the jufi power, and Rights of thiesr
Kingdome in Parliamen-t for thofe common ends pre1;niferd,a-
gairrlt allarbitrary powe-er, violence and qpprefliomand agai;nPc3all
rparricular parti~es,or initerefis whatfoever. The fair! Declarations
{till direétingius to the tq iitable fence of all"I.a.w-s and conflrtc-.1tpi-I.
one as difpencing with tnevtry Letter of the fame, and being fu-
preame to it,when the faiety and :prefer~vat_ion_ of all isrconcerned,
and ‘afluring us, that all ‘authority is‘ furidaenentally feated, in the
office, and but" miniPcerially in the perfons, neither doc orwill
thefe our proceedings (as we are fully and in confcience perfwa-
ded) amount to anything, not warrantable betore God and men,
being thuspfar, much fhort of the comm_on proceedings in other
Nations;,to t‘hings'of an highernature then we have yet appeared
to. And we cannot but be fencible of the great complaints, that
have been made generally to us of the Kingdome, from the people
where we march, ofarbitrarinelle and injultice, to their great and
infuppdrtable oppreflions, A  i -  _;   , .
V ’ And trulyifuch“ Kingdomes, as have according,both_ to the
law of Nature and Nationis, appeares tothe vindication and de-
fence, of their fut’: rights and and liberties, have proceeded much
higher; As our brethren of Scotland ; who in the firfic beginning
of thefe late differences, affociated in Covenant, from the very.
lame grounds and principles (having no viflible form, either of

 Par1iaxt1¢9_t9rKine so. saaeteaeqts them) 45% as shay were

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_g. erein iullified, and iproteéted by their own, andthis Kingdomee

a fo,fo we jufily {hail expect to be-

We need not mention the States of the Netberlazgdr, the }’orJ .

:1: air, and others , all proceeding upon the fame Principles of’
fight and freedome; And accordingly the Parliament hath de-
claredit no rcfifiance of Magiftracie, to fide with the iull Prin-
ciples, and law of Nature and Nations , being that Law upon;
whichlwe have affiltedyou. And that the Souldiery may lawful+
ly hold the hands of that Generall,,who will turne his Cannon
againfi his Army on purpofe to deitroy them ;' the Sea-men the

, hands of that Pylot, who wilfully runnes» the Ship upon a Rock,

a (as our brethren 0fJ'cotlomdargued.)- And fuch were the pro--  

-ceedings of our Anceftors offamous memory, to thepurchafing‘,
offuch Rights and Liberties as they have enioyed through the .,
price of their blood ; and we (both by that and the later. blood of ~
our deare friends and fellow- Souldiers, with the hazard of our
own) do: now lay claim unto-.1 " ' ‘e A ’ i f

Nor is that fupreame end , (the glory of God) wanting ‘in 
t-hefe cafes, to {ct a price upon all fuch proceedings of Righteouf—
nctie and Jultice, it being one witneffe of God in the World to -

i carry on a Teftit-nony againft the I-n;"ul'tice and unrighteaufnefle of~.::_

men,and againlt the mifcarriages-. oi Govertnnents, when cor-1
rupted or declining from their primitive or original! glory, g t

Thefe things we mention, bot to compare proceeding. and 4:
to ihewthat we are fo much the more iultifiable, and warranted.
in what we do,by how much we come flaort oftthat height and .
meafure of proceedings, which the people in free. Kingdomes and
Nations have formtly pra&iccd.. i i  it

Now havingthus farre cleared our way in  this pb‘ufinefl‘e,we. J
V {hall proceed topropound fuch things as wedoi humbly: defire,

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for the fctling and Iecuring or our own and the Kingdomes com.

amen right, freedome, peace,and ftfety, as followeth.   _ =

1., That the Houfes may be fpeedilypnrged of fuch i tnem;

‘hers, as for their Delinquency, or for Cqrruptiopns, _ or abufe to l
y the State , or undue Eleflions, oughtfngt to [it there : whereof ’

the

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-.'-the’ late..e1e&io'tastin ‘Carnw4ll,Wale:and other parts ofthe.Kin.g .j

dome afford to many examplesgco the great prejudice of the 9:93
.-~pEee,efteed<‘anJetin th‘e’faid eleétions. 1 t L  o

2. «That thofexpetfo¥ns,who_ have,’in vthe«unju{% and high pro?-S

- tceedizngi; againftithet Atmy,_appea:ecl to have the W111 , the confi,
. dence, cre-dit,;antl power,.to:abnfe:t‘hei?'ariiament,:tnd the Army,
. gandindanget the ‘Kingrfomtin .cattying on fuch things agapinllt us
Zj(Whil€ an Army) may be fome way fpeedily difabled from doing
- the l1'ke~t0pt'. wotfe to us (when disbanded, and dii”petll:, and in the
, condition of private men.) or to other theWftee+botn people of

England -in the {1m6COf‘ldi.£iOn‘With.L1S,-and that for that put'po_fe;
A the famepetfons may nottconninuefin the‘~fatne power (efpecially
. as our and thelfingdoms Judges in the highfipclrllli) butmay be
-(made incapable thereof for future, .— ~   ,

And if it be queflzioned who theleate, we tho~ugh,t not fitpari-‘
1 ticularly *-to’natI‘i‘e' them in 'EhiS‘0ui? mprefentationunto you, but
A-{hall very ‘fpeedily givepinttheir names; andbefore long {hall offer
what we have to fay againlt them,to your Comrniflionets,where-t
wehope fo to carry out felves, as that the world fl1all,{ee~=we
~aitne at nothing‘ of private revenge, as animoflities, but tligt-ju-fl
ftice rngy. have a Free coutfe and the Kinggdpome be eafed, and fecu-
cured by difinabling fuch men (at lea&)from places ofjudicatute
who defiting to advantage,‘and fet up themfelves, aucl ts‘-:eir’p'arty
in a generall confuiion have indeavot1red.to put the Kingdom into
.2 new flame of t warrc, then which nothing is. moteabhotrenv;
IONS. 4» T . @  .1 -» : '
But becaufe neither the granting of this alone, would be fuflir
cient to fecure our own, and the Kingdoms rights, liberties, and
fitfety either for the ptefent ageoro poltetiety, not would out p to.
-tpofing of this A finglybe ifreei from; the fcandal. and appearance of
faétion or gtdefigneenely to weaken A 6116 party, under the notion

of uniuft or oppteflivc) that we mayadvanceianflotpher (which

may b.§iPP§19§°l mars 9%: gen) We W265??? d.‘91%E§:e

  

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__  be rpreferred covnhe green,poWer'=eand"e1¥l1fliof—ehe
22:‘ Gofnmmnéwéaifhg a5_ga‘reapdpr@I{edn;‘a«e‘¥eaf’¢,«féij';m6f%§1l righ teo'fiE-
to  -,5Aa\3»dof’fuqh.weéacannoe but in’;'bur: ‘Wifhes~* preferreithofe,
  thaunppeare a&ed . thereunto by ‘a principle ofCon{i§ient:e‘i)‘£d9"I“':’e;4
gli idnfin; them. And accordingly wedoe and ever {best} ble’flE”God
in ‘.f-rt:fiofi:.mea1iy fuch :Worchies , ,who,~.through hiieprovidence,

 havebeen el_1‘ofen-' into this Parliament; Andu,to‘fuch  endea-
 ~vo'ur'erGun3er God ) wee cannot’ but attribute thaéivindication, T
u.  in part‘) ofchef peoples Rights‘; and Libertiesyand ‘thofe begin-  

uings of ‘arjuit fieformation, which the firfl proceedings of tfiis
1- Parliatrieutféppeared to have’ driven at, and tefidedfflda euoughjbf
“~la‘Ee%‘obfiru&Ed;{it§i*iracher-diverted to othe‘t'»%n’é1§3‘éi‘t‘18‘-‘i‘i’itere{1_’ by
wfiezprevainliag o'f‘~‘other operfona of oth1e§_e.§Ph?éip¥es~” ~a‘n=e:P¢o:iai-
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I iin9é§1Ul’uté or arbi:rary'powerIfia;e‘dE’e‘r0fleH¢a , in
 ipe‘rfons,wHatfoeve;gés €H’§t_,’ (iéwemghé-. ‘ ’*i;6«noB:aine
E i駑éuv'e=e‘eatnnot wifh to l2i‘pa~veu1it~<t*'oIin eéefiyg Whom wee
"could1_moficonfide in ,'- or’who'(hou‘ld§pg5§are‘~z-‘Eon’ of 5our~o’wn
K ; inione-or prineipies ,- or‘who‘n§= are-de1mig&ch»aye mofi perfbnall
‘é ,iira‘tice-of’, dr intercfif in;  dwéejdéew ,7‘ end»: fhéilfinuch '?rath°er
< wiIh,ma’c;the Authoriti_e‘of>fthis'Kingd"dfi1é5ifr7P§rlf§inems ‘(right-
~'1y confiituted, that is‘,-fraelyi, ?eqge1ly?fué:€eHive1y' dfofend,‘ at-1
“ cording to its originitll intentione) dt‘-nag? eyer fiaiide and havedits
" co“urfi=._.é And therefore vwee“fl1all apply ‘oundefires -, chiefly‘ to tuck
fining” an? (by ~having?Parliau;ent"s‘-fetled inffuch :1 4right~~Confiicu-
~ tion m‘ay~»give mofi hopes ofjufiicéhnd Righteoufnefie, to How
A downe; equally ‘to’ 5115 in thatius’anciencChaE1ne1l5 Without any
Overtureis, tending~ either to overthrowsrhht ‘fiou:i'd'artion of Order
4? and Government in‘ this Kingdom; or to Iiwgrofleifhat power for

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’ by many men , minding'fincerely*I;he publiques good,’ but not:

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  pm: 0r—iI1,t¢¥911éwha£t?2.e!e,Q9t0 the ospprcffion or “prejudice eo’f;t,b6

.CQmmunitie,:';;nd\;__hggagilefiing oflthe Kingdoms unto all potte-
ritie, ;bt;_t that..,the.ppepple,m;:y. :h'a1ve.a.np equal! hope , or pofli.bi1i-

e tie.,if_ they have..matje»~an iilté;hoiee;at,0ne time, to mend it immo-
thee5tp_gigd§;he;q1embers>o£ t5he<:Houfe themtelves erqaysbetixya _t;a- t
.,P,3.~C¢.i‘.i§.:»rtQ§3#-~°£‘[ubiF&i0n~'35 Wielleas rules and mey.vfé>..glie incli-
ned t,o' ¢on_fider.%of other mens cafes, as 'what may conic; tQabe.theit
 owne. Ilfisfwee fpeakeof, in relation to the~Hou{e of Commom,
. as beingentrllfledg on the peoples behalf, for their interefi in that
_ gr_eatea.ndeI'tzpte;1me power of the ComunorrwcaIth:,(tz2iz-;the;I;,e- »

giflative "power, with the power of final] judgementplfilhiczh; beitjg, 

' finite own ~natur;e,._fgfatgbi;trary,and in 3"_‘I'l}&Bgfl€l'~ u5nl_irtaited‘»( un-
leflejn poiqc~of1imet)is moi’: unflc—andedangeroue Qaeptothei peo- n

 interefl )top_be fixt in the perfona of theéfamemen duringlife, . .

;or;the3i~rfownhLpleefu1:es,. ;I$}ej;11¢;,..by_thetorigiqa1l Qogtfitutiogfof

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*l”thi~s-State,-rwafg *lt;» or ought it-tercor1_t;inpuap_pfo,W nor deceit (' wl‘aere;=7
-ever it is ,‘and continues (0) render ‘that State any better then’:

meerc Tyranny.) or rhepeople lli}bjE4_é_1‘ed to ,it,.,m.any better then

‘vgaffans : lp_B_ut‘ in all States, pbere there isény face of CCl)m'tnlon freee
d’cxh1le,laiidp’parti‘Cularly ip"il13s>Sta‘te.0fefizgland-{as is molbevi-'

d‘ent" bdth b *mii3‘ " 6fitlve‘Lawéé =a'na‘1ancaen'£ conlfint cl-in [tome T
L2, p ‘Y }’P . 3_ _

the people havea right to new and: {uccell-‘xve Ele&1ons~unto that
great‘a‘nd fuprcame trail, at jcertain.,.perioda of time , which _is,l'o

ellentiall and fundamentall to their freedothe, as it i$,cannpt, [pr
ought not, to be denied them, or withheld from them, and “with-

out which the Houlé of Common: ‘is of very little concernment __to
the interefi of the Commons" of 'E_;__zg-land... ec  we; would
not be mif-Tunderllood , in the leaf}, to blame ‘ thofe 'Worthies of

both Houfdlg. Whole zleale to vindicate tAheLibe’r'tieslp0f'this lNa‘ti- %

on, did procure that A& for 'bcdnhTlt'imi'lat3ce o£’_‘rhis'*Pparl}ialment‘;'
whereby it; was fecured from being p‘dilIc3lved’A2it rhe‘Ki'n‘gs plea-

=furc, (lasfornjcr Pgrliamentsp had,bcen_) or reduced to fuel: ‘a’ ‘Cer-'

tainry, ‘as might enable tl1enirthe better to allbrt and vindicate
the Liberties ofxhi-§,pNa:ioln,  immediageely ‘before fo highly in-
vadedarand then.a1f,° it» much °"6élné§fEd- > Andeecheere: me take
togbe the principall ends ‘and grlopgltidg‘, ‘for “v'vhlch‘~,i‘. in! that exi-

gencyof time and affaires, it was procured, and to which_-weed a‘(:‘-- A

knowledge it hach.happilyl'b_een made ufe Of 5 but Wee cannot

vthinke it was by tlaol'e5Wort'hics intended , or ought to be had:
«ufc of, go.e¢_h¢=perpe_d1ating ofthar {upreame trull and powerr Tijxe
the perfons of any during their bwue pleafures, orto thcdebfaro
ring of the people from their right of Elefiions  totally new \
when thofe dangers or e»x'=g-sncies were path and the affaires arid _
Iafcty of the Comnaon-Wealth would admit ofifucb achange;

58 2.    ef?H“Vifi£»

’

Having tfmfs clawed our ground: and Izzte.e5tz'o7z's a(z2>r‘zte‘aj3
1 ébpe) from allfcézkp la; and mifmzderfidndizzgs, iiz’ nélmt‘ T
fqllarveswe [ball p]rocee.a'e’furtl9ertVo propofe what wee.‘

  s W25/J 43/’3”9etI'bV' t=6efet1i?igse>2d‘fe¢¢4rzT22g. of auiuowze  

5" and the K ingdomes t‘I§z'gb_ts ann’fLrz'éjéKt£€S: (t/714021;:/.i_'t/Jeirii
.s *élesfi;ng.ofGad)i to p0_fl€1/‘l.t_y.;'.dh6£; tbereferegapan allit/we 1

in 3.  (other deterlraiitizite. V time triaybe fit, for the‘
continuance of this eahde future Parliamentgbeyond which none
fhall continue5,Aand_'upon which “new Writs may of courfe iifne

greLI;_w‘z%V’.s _pj*emfg'fed,Vwe fartleejf [humfily }z%Ie_/ire M» fi)llam- t

out,§nd' new ifilefiionsifuecemvel talgeefplatxjaceording” to the in-

tent ¢r‘:‘&,tr¢,Ba;1_fc3,« Ti=ién.ji;1I‘iP;;:~ iamepcg,   

A"11‘dI3.eréin we would not B: fimiiauuiderfgo

bd to defir'e'a”prefEnt or '

fuddaitj difl‘ lutienfot‘§his»Par1ian;¢m;btxeon1y(as=isexp;-ea beef-‘

' g;_;;~,¢)i that Cer‘§aii;te\per1iod?‘n1’ay ibefct; for  determining ’
ofjt, fq"a§jt,m:1y,not retfrtaine :(a‘snov§f“" eonfitmaBle‘,for ever, ‘

;or,dg “ gfehe,p1earu%,e‘gr iéhgpmrce;
‘ ‘ defilfémfla A ’
. may lieifueh as may give fufiicient time for provifion of what is

 

  ‘  embargo; And dvéefhotiid 
;. "ta die period to Ezejnow fete for ending this Parliament, i ‘ “

_:.iiWanting_,andn¢C!§H}iry to ibeepiaffed in point of jufi Re'formati- r

‘V O. on,ii.an_d_for furtjherilieéuringfhe Rights a’ndL‘ibeirties,'iandfec-

} ilingseheibeaceicodf the Kingdome. In order to which wefurther’
‘ fhlflmblyflefferc A i

4.‘ That fecure provifions 
future Parliaments,‘ to as tile};  not be adyournable or dif-

2? be made For the continuance of

folveable at the Kings pleafu re; or an to that wezyes then by their

owne confent during their refpefiive periods, but at thofe periods
each Parliaments to determine ofcour {e as before. This we defire
maybe now provided for (ific may be) ['0 as toput it out of all
difpute, for future, though we thinke of right, it ought; not to
have beene otherwife before. ' i i

And thusa firme foundation being laid in the authority and
confiitution of Pariiaments fog the hopes, at leafi: 0? GOm‘fl;r0:§

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i and eqizall right and freedoms toour {elves and allthe free-born‘

\ people of this Land {we {hall for our parts freely and pcheerefully
commit our fiockor {hare of interefi: in this Kingdome, into this fp

common bottomeof Parliaments, and though itmay (for our

particulars) goe ill with us in one Voyage, yet we [hall thus hope _

(if "right be ‘With us)‘ to‘ fare better in another.

Thefe things we defire may be provided for  Bill or Ordi- V

nance of Parliament to whichthe Royall Aflent may bedefired:

when l1iS.Majefile in thefe things, and what elfe (hall be propofed .

by theParliament,;necelTary for fectiring the Rights and Liber-
ties ofthepe0ple,,and for fetling the ‘Militia and Peace of the
Kingdome, (ball have given his concurrence to put them pafi

difpute, We (hall then defire that the Rights of his Majeliie and  
his pofler-ity may be confidered of,and fetled in all things,fo farre '

as may Lonfili with the Right andlhreedome of the Subjefi, and
with the fecurity of the fame for future. ' t

.5 Wedefire,that the right and fredome 0f.the,people, . me-

iprefent to the _Parliament by way of humble Petition, their gr-rie-t. .g
vances (in fuch thingstasr cannot otherwife be remedied then by

Parl1iamcnt)'may be cleajredr;and yindicated, That all fixcb grie-

vances of the peoplenaay hefreely received 8: admitted in to con-,;
i fideration,and put intogan equitable and efpeedy way,~_to be heard,
A examined, and redrefled ( if they appeare reall) and that in fuch
things for which men have remedy by law, they may be freely left a

to the benefit oflaw, and the regulated courfe of juliice, without

interruption or checkerfrom the Parliament, except. in cafe of .

things done upon the exigency of Warre, or for the nfervice and
benefit of the Parliament and Kingdome inrelation to the Warre,
or otherwife, in due purfuance and execution of Ordinances or
Orders of Parliament.   A e ‘ " 1
i More particularly (under this head) we cannot but defin°,.that
allfuch as are imprifoned, for any pretended mifdemeanor, A may
belputinto a fpeedy way fora juli hearing and triall, and fucha as
{hall appeare to have beene uniufily and unduly.imprifoned,may
(With their liberty ) have fome reafonable reparation according to

their fuflerings and the demerit of their opprellors. _ ,
  " B‘ 3 _ ‘i 6. That‘

e(r4> 

‘*6 ’That fthe Iairgéipowereat gsven to 'thefCommitteés*or Deputy

 Lieutenantstduting the1a’_re timesbf W.trre and defiraflien, may
e _et be fpeedily tékent intoeonfideration, That fuch ofthefe powerg as

appeare‘t1ot.necefl3nry to becontinttef6,~mey' be taken ‘away, and
{tick ofthem as are necefllary may‘"be put’into_a;regt;I1ated* way,an'd

T lefttoeas little hAtbitrarineHe,' as the nature and nneceflfiltyof the

things wherein they are converfant wiil bea‘re. L M  

 -7‘ We could wjfh that the"Kingdotne might'both"be"r,ighted8c
phbiikejy fafisfiedtin point of'.Accounts, for theevafi fun1;mes(tha_c
have been Ieyyed anti paid, as zlfo in divers other ‘things wherein
the Common weaith" maybe conceived to‘ have becne wronged or
abufed ;"But we are *‘loath_.to prefie any '-‘thing, that may;ten‘d to
lengthen out'further"dHi>utes br conteflatione,‘ ‘butrather filch as
may tend to a fpeedy and generall compofure, and quieting of

men: minds,in order to‘Peace, For which pu rpofe we further pro- '

pofe. e % j _' . % .' % . ,

‘*3. That (publigue Juflice being"firfl;-fatisfied by fome few ex-
amples to pofierity out ofthe worttkfirexceptcd perfons, and e-»
ther“Deli'nquents,‘having pafl their Compofitions) fomeeourie

may be taken (’ by 3, general! A& dfoblivion or otherwife) vehereé V
by the feeds of future Warre, or fewds, either to_ -the prefcnt age,‘
e or poflerity, may the better be taken away, by eafing that fence

of prefent, and fatisfying thofe fearett, of-future‘ ‘Raine or Unflo-%
ing, to perfons or Famiiies, which maydrive men into any “det-
fperate way/es forfizlfe prefervation or remedy, and"‘by tak'u_1g’a-
way the private rentembrances and diflinfiion ‘of parties, asfiarre

as may {tend Wi'th_fAfctj to ‘the right; andiiberties weehave ‘hi- A
:thert0 fou ;-ht for. “
¥ There arefbefides thefe) many~particu“§ar things wh'zc'.1 wee, «

eouidwif-h I0 be/done_ , and fame to be undone , ail ‘-3 in order
efliil to the fame entis,ofc+jn1mon fight, freedome, peace, and
fltfety. But thefe fprcqpofalis aforegoing, ‘being the pr‘inc'apa?l
.-things weebottome end infifl uptm, weefllall as weeihave {aid
before) for our-parts acguiefceg for other ‘S/¢rtEcu'3ars‘in the
e‘t"Wifdome and Juftice c»f‘jPerIiaments, And whereas it hath
_;:been {ttggeficd or iufpefieehthat in ourlate, or prefent procee-
'   «dings:

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dihgs,our’defign is to overthrow Prcrbyzemor hinder the fettle-
ment thereo.F,and to have the Independent government {at up,we

doeclearely difclaim-e,and difavow any finch defigne ; We once  

iy defire that according to the Declarations ( promtfing a pro---
vifion for tender conlcieiaceis) there may\ fomfifzfiefiuall courle

be taken according to the intent thereof", ‘A'n"Cl\hat fuch, Who, . W
upon conf;_ientious. grounds may differ from the eftgblilhed” T

forgnesg rg1a)rehoty_(fory that) be _deb(tfed§ffogf1:§he;col;1mon ' -‘

Rights, Liberties, orBenefits belongiiigtqually to all, as men

and~Métnbe‘rs olllthe Common Wealfb’§‘fV¢1hile.ihéyal”ive foberly, - ’
homejHy,1andinopifenfively towards othegsgrand. peacefully and ‘ 

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Weahaxe thns‘}freeLy. ‘and ycIeareIy'decIared__“ehe depth‘ and ‘
bottome.of'ourihe‘art§ and"defires’in order to oldie Rights, Li-'+ ' ‘
berties and Peace of the Kingdom_e,j, -wherein we appeale to ‘all-
men, whether we feelte anything of advantage ‘to our-felves, -
or any particular partie whatever ,.to the prejudiceof the“

W{1Ql§,8;,Wl1q_.tl1.2er<.,f,<?l}1€ things we with and feek, do not equally

chnéerti  the good of others in common with our i '
felves, according to the fincerity ofourwdefires and intentions
.‘ .hereiin,s .(aa.‘we. have already ‘found-the concurrent fence of
£16 people ' in‘divers Counties by their Petitions to the Gene— ~ '
mu, lexprefiingtheir deepe reprefentment of thefe things; and * i
preffing yuseto fiandfor the lnterefi of the Kingdome therein _,  ‘

fo, we {hall with and expect to finde' the unanimous concur-

rence of all others, who are equally concerned with us in thefe » i

 “t*hings3-and‘-“With ewel-1’ ttrthe Publiqure: Andfo tmfiing1‘n'1:he

mercy and goodnefle of God to pafle by and-helpe any fai-

lings or infirmities of ours, in the carriage "oreproceeidingse “
hereupon,) ,_WCfl1IilL.hUmbly cafi our felyes andrethe bufinefle  ‘
upon his good pleafiire,l‘dep%.hding oyely on his prefence and ‘e

blefling for an happie ifiue to the peaceand good of this poore " '
Kingdome, in the accomplilhmentwhereof, wee edefi.re——and I ‘

h0P3a; that God willnlakeyou bleffed Inltmments. e

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