THE DECLARATION OF THE GENTRY, MINISTERS, freeholders Of the County and city of Lincoln.  
We the GENTRY, MINISTERS, and freeholders of the County and city of Lincoln, being truly sensible of our miseries and Greivances, namely the sad consequents of intestine war, the fear of Invasion from abroad, at this time of our Distractions and Divisions both in Church and State, the violent alteration of GOVERNMENT, the heavy imposition of unheard of TAXES; All which of late years hath ruined our TRADE, and impoverished the whole Nation, and are all occasioned by reason of the many Violences and Breaches made upon our known established laws and fundamental Liberties, do therefore humbly propose and declare (having first met and consulted, as other countries have done) that the only remedy for our said Greivances, will be for A Free Full PARLIAMENT, speedily to be called and assembled, to sit according to our said known established laws, wherein the Free Votes of all Free People of this Nation might be included, Since that such only have a leagall Capacity to enact laws and Statutes that may equally bind all the free people of this Nation; And therefore if any persons (how ever impowered) not having the authority of such a PARLIAMENT: shall take upon them to lay impositions upon the sree people of this commonwealth, or to prescribe or enjoin any Limitations, Restrictions or qualifications whatsoever not formerly agreed upon in full PARLIAMENT. We do declare ourselves not obleiged thereto, as being destructive to the freedom and undoubted privileges of PARLIAMENT.   

Printed for H. M. at the Prince's arms in Chancery-lane, 1659.