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 ADecl¢mtz'cmfiom his Excellency Sir Tho-
mas Fairfax , and the Army under hi;

‘ Command , humbly tendered to the P A R. .

1. I A M E N 1‘, concerning the  and fien-
detmentall Right: emd Liberties of them-

% felt:/es and the K ingdome, with fame bum-
ble propofalls and dejirer.

 
  
  
 

~ * ~ ~..=‘ we Hat  no longer the dif-fa_tisfE1-
1-.~.,§ 9 iftior-1-ofourfrtends, st:hc‘fi.1bjeé’t of.our
\ .   einémiesmalivce -to worke jealofies and
.   miflrepmefentations upon, and the fut?-
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.   pxtxonflf not /aflomflmmentnf omzuny tn
the =IQingdome in -ouIr;1ate orprefent tranf-.::«ébons.anc2l¢
conduét ofbuefi»neef’Té,o1sire =iéha11~'.in_ all faxthfilneflc and

  

clearenéffe -pro'fe{Te,and«ededl*ara3 unto you‘thoIé_things \

Whid, have cyfilate portxafied .and»hindered our dif-

> bafid~ing, the pfiefentogrievancesvwhich 'po£Te1Te our

Army and are yet unliemedied, with our defire as :to

the Ggmp1eat'fettiemen.t< ofthe liberties and peacé of
€133 Kiingdoméf,‘ whichis et'hat«b1efling of God‘ chest

whio11=notL*hing isémorezdeare to us, or more precious
"mung: «rib oug‘h‘ts,e v_veFh-aving -hithzerto thou T ht’ all our
iprefent Vmjoyments, Whether of hfe or.l.1ve xhood, or
T ‘ , A 2 e { nearefi

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nearefl relations, a rice but futficient to the pure
chafe offo rich a bk’; _ _
borne people of this Nation may fit downem quiet.

mg; that We, and all the free?

under our Vines, and under the glorious admina-.
, flirations of Juflice and Righteoufiae-He,‘ and in full

ipoiirflion of thofe fundamentall rights and liberties i i

‘ a without which we can have little hopes as to hu-

m:meconfiderr:ti0ns==» tsenioy sithsnrnnanyvascomfertsof
li:‘e, or fo much as lifefit. felfe, but at}the?pleafures
of‘ men , ruling ‘meerely ilacfcording t to will and
power; It cannot =be4“uni(novV”ne What. -h‘ia’t‘hpafled

L bcitvvncte the Parlia5n€I@t.'and the eAr.my" .’c1Sft0 the {cr-

viceiroffigelzzrzclgv j:byta"11,_ which together with— the
like proceedings the Ar1nyJ_'m' relation to
their ’ Petition and: grilevances,‘ all men s may"'judge
What hath hindered t»heiA1t'imy‘-fi*om .a1ready in'gage-
ment in that fervice, and Without fiirther Account
or Apology as to that.:par'tieular,.then' what thofe

‘ pafiiages and. proceedings themfelve's- already made

publike doefafford -3 we doe appeale to your felves,
Whethertho-fe couries to which -the Parliament hath

e by the defignes and praéiice offome been drawne,
have rationally tended to induce a ch.ee‘refull /and

unanimous undertaking of the Army to that fervice,

r or rather breake and pull the Army in peeces with

difcontents and diihonour , and to put fuch dif-
obligationsreandeprovocations upon it as might drive
it into diflemper , and indeed difcourage ‘both this

Army and other Souldiers from any further engage-.«

ment in the Parliaments fewice :’ And We Will] all
men would with us upon the Whole carriage ferioufly
confider, Whether in the intentions of thofe who
have by falfe informationsa; and mil"-reprefentations

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put the Parliament npson fuch
feéltuallireliefe of Ireland feen'1ereally‘to have lbeenin_ten-
dad, or rather ( Wlth the brealong or di.-lxmding of this

Army ) to draw together or raife fuch other Fofces, and .a ~ l

offuch atemper as might ferveto fome rleliperate and 
ftruétive defign es-In England, Vvhtcfh (belicles theliptobable-

fufpitions from their carriageof the tabuilishicfleg Wechafve:

tbe‘fo1'e hand, ii’n%thetra11fi1&ion‘ the;reo_f, had more then

A hints of fuch a defigne, by. cleare exprelfions to that put-

pofe, from matny of thofe Officers ofthe Army, that
have been perfvvaded, a‘n:l .tatppea—red'moPc'forWartl to in-

gage for illrelarzd on the termesi protpofer’. ‘And that fuch-

2 ‘efigne hath« all along been driven , -feemes now too
evident by the prefent difpofing of thofe Fotces that
have been ingaged for Irelmzci) by the indeavour of fome

togainei-at power fromthe Parliament, of ordering Athofg 

Forces for-fotne Service in~E”g[clfld3 and by the ‘private
lifiings of men forfiifervicehere, Without any publique
Authority of Parliament can And ( all this)"by thel:1me' per.

fons who have all aljong appeared’ moftgaétive and viio-» hi

lent in the late proceedings againfi ‘the’*Army.. A \ a
Aststo the jufl difcontents and.dif-Tatisfacftion of the-
Army‘, in relation to their grievances, and ttheirnon-«
complyance to the late Orders f'or,Souldiers ‘disbandiné.
by peece-meale, before more full and equall fatisfaé’ti~~
on were givensto the whole5iWe defire you to,looke

back to_the Papers al.re:.r.dy‘publ*i&hede or the grievances‘ I

themfEl‘v’es, the“N=.2rr-ative of the: Officers, and bothe-

lattere Papers from the Generall Councell of Warre at a

Bury <,‘ and the late genierall R::ndezvouze- neare Ncw—.
;7zzz‘r'-~k‘et‘5 and (we -t.-Ti!':.é:.1l(;':' your late tel-“uming the confide-‘:~

ratio f1~‘cof_'tho{e    a furthertfatisfafiiotgdoth:
much Juflfihe thew:,h1*es.:t;1nal procced1ngs.of'tl1e Armyin;

.thofe t3:2,l’c ga1‘ti.?:ula-rs .ii;»'l.t;_‘l._l"'.l‘|”,fl,‘. And though  had‘ we

w;'iyes.:' The tim‘;*ly~an:l .ef-I

 our firfi addreflesj for our undoubled Rights and

dues) found a free andcandid reception, with a yuft con-
fideration, and a reafonable fatisfaflion, or at leaft an in-

nious Anfwcr therein 3 We fhould have been eafily
fatisfiable, to have abated or forborne much of our dues,
and not to have inquired into, or confidered (fo feirre
as we have) ieithe‘r-the" poifibilities there are for more

prefent fatistaéirion of Arreares’, or the credit of future ‘

fecurities propofedg yet fince upon thofe former addreil
fes, ,we have found fuch ‘hard dealing (as in the faid Pa-

’ pets is fet forth , andethofe additionall (though hither-

to but partial} faxisfaétion) coming -info .ha1‘.d’ly as they have,
We finde no obligingreafons in- the leafl, to decline or
recede from what is our due , but ra-there fiill‘ to adhere

4 A unto our defires of full and equal} rfatisfaétion‘ inrall the

things mentioned in the ‘a-forefaidt Papers , not onely
in behalfe of our {elves and the Arxény , b.ut;alfo of the
whole Sou1d~i_ery thorow out the Kingdome, who have
concurred, or {hall _rCOflC1‘1lTC “with us in"theefame:defires,

i andto all our former_ dcfires. As Souldiers we ‘cannot

but adde this, V“-’»k1e‘rsé&I.1 we finde ourzfelves fo ne_erly.:c9,n..i

eetned in point‘ ofjrufiice and Reputation , sthatt more e

care, and aa ffir&&er;tco,urfe,;may be: tykenefor good, ‘all
Articies ~gr&nt-ed  fi';1If:r€fid01"S, according to the true
intent and mneaning of them 5 asialfo for remedy and "re;
paration ,  cafe, of any ibreach (and‘this ) without thofc
delayes ~w»hiC:~hedi2vefrs rhzrlvet/fou~nd prejudiciall to them,-
or more -then siffhey had been «totally denied the
performa-nce of them; =No-or  itrnow (wehope) feeme

ifirange ~ore—unfeafonable to rationall and honefl men, who_
zconfidtet~theeon‘feqIE1r:nce of our prefcnt cafe, ,and.theIrowrn3

and ‘the .K;ingdoms,.aswe1Ias our future cqnccrnm ems in
.Eo:on.t of r1gbt_,_frccdon1c.,i;peacc.andfafety; if from a deep:
genes of the} high confequenceof ~ourprd'cnt Cale, both to

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guy fcl«Vc8( in future) and all other people, we {hall before
Disbanding proceed in our owne and the Kingdoms behalte

-to propound, and ‘plead for some provifion torour and the

Kingdoiris fatisfaction, and future" fecurity in relation to
tholethings, eipecially conhdering that we were not a meere
rnercinary Army, hired to ferve any Arbitrary. owcr of

Eftate, but called forth and conjured by the fevera 1 Declaé ,

rations of Qarliamenta for the defence of our owne and the
peopleys,Rig‘hts and} Liberties, and (0 we tooke up Armesin
Judgement and confciencce to tlzofe ends, and have 1.2;, conti-
nuedthem; and are refolved according to your juft de-
fires in your Declarations, and fuck principles as we have
‘received from your frequent informarions, and our _ owne

gcornrnon fence aconcerning thofi: our fundarnentall Rights

and Liberties, to effect and vindicate the full power and right
ofthiis Kingdome in Parliaments for th0I_‘c'c common ends
promifedragainft all Arbitrary power, violence and opptef-
iion, and all particular parties or interefls whatfoever, the
faid Declarations fiill directing us to the equitable fence of
alllawessands Conflitutions, as difpenflng‘ with _the very
‘letters of the fame, and beingiupreame ‘toit, ’whéII1ithe fafe_,-

ityland prefervation of all is concerned, and » afl-'ur{ing,U$ their
4 3%

authority is fundamentally fealed in theiOffice_, and but

minifterially in the Perfom ; neither doe, or will thefe our .
p1'0,CC.€ilmgs (as we are fullyand in confcience periwadcdl)
amount to any thing not wan-an table before God. and men,

being thus farre ‘much fhort of the common proceedings
mother Nations, to things of an rlii-ghernature thienwe

‘have yet apiaeared to : and we cannot but be fenfible of the

. great 

plaints thathave been madeto us generallysin
the Kingdoms, from the people where we march-,<by Peti-

_tion,- and r otherwife ot Arbitrarineifeand-' injufiice to

their great and infupportable oppresfions.‘

And truly fuch Kingdomes as have according lmith‘ to
the Law ofNatu'e and Nations, appeared to the vindication

..and_-defence of their jufi Rights and Liberties haves rocc€-
. 'dedinuch higher, as our Brethren of'iScotlcwd, ‘who 'i.i‘I}_ii’fllC

ffirfl beginning lofthefe late differences. aflbciated in C"o*v’e+-
nant from the very lame Grounds and Principles, having no ‘
  vilible forrne either of Parliament or King to countenance.

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ment hath: Declared it norrefiihng 0,f«Majc1tracy fo: fide

with the jufi*£7rihCiples, ’andf* Law bf N_a%tur?e>éi1d Nations,
bcxngeth-atlaw upon wh’rch..vv*‘e*have ‘asfxitged M you; ‘and that

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land argfied ; and ifuch» v5ve‘r‘e,.t}1é_proceed_in gsof" our Ancefiors

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T particularly,to name them in this -our -Reprefentationato «you,fb.nt
‘ {hall very fpeedily give in their names, and before long {hall-0fFe'r

. what we have to fay againfl them to your Con;milTioner§*:
wherein we hope fo to carry our fe=lv_es,as that the world lluall fee

we aim at nothing of private revenge or animofities, but that ]u~
thee may have a free courfe, and t:l1e,Kmgdom bC'C'¢l{Cd and fecu-

  who defiring to advantage or let up othemfelvesand their§;:par.ty
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at new flame of War, then which nothing is more abhorrent
to us. i i A i o . f 
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ficie-_nt to afecnrepipounowngand the -vKingdOH1seR<igl1t, Liberti.e.s 
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l’tituted:(thait is) free*ly,~equal'ly‘ and fi1cc'efi‘Ev&lyehofeI3, r'ac3C0l1"d~»
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iudice. of 9'13. Community. afldrfihc inflaving of Ihe,.1<i¥?5i19‘P unto _
wnB§&°‘5i‘Y~ 5 but thatatheffi P¢0P16»n1aysba_V£an' h9P-99?
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ility (if they have made an ill choiiceat one tixneto 
it,in.ano.ther) and them felves may be in aca pacity to talie f_of.$_u_b.-

jeflion afwel as Rule, and may fo_ be inclined toeiconfider   V
mens’_ cafes, as what may come to be their own. This we 
‘as in xetaciontothe Heufe of Commons, has laeigagvintxuficd on

the monies behalf fort;thsirinrereiiaai;1 that gates: and’ e5u9¥§mc
power of the Commonwealth, -(2/jg. The Legiflafeia/:,e‘ 

with the power of“ finaliJnd,geme.n~t) which being inits owngna» 4

tan: {'0 .Atbittary~, and in a manner itunlitnited  -in .paint 

time) is mofi unfit and dangerotgass to the  iI1tet_efiJ,ato;"'-  —
be fixtfin the perfons of the fame men during Ii e. or thein‘ Qwwn -‘

pleafure; neither bythe miginal conflgitntion ,of_  vyas it
or ought it to continue fo, not do*s -it whereevet its is;aiid,C'm1:-
t-xnue fo, render that State. any better [hfifl a meet Tyranny,‘ 0:

e the people .fu.bjeL‘ted to it any better then eVafl31ls; but in all

States Wh€rC.thC£€..,;i»5 any face of common  and ;pa.;r-5
-tic!ula'r~1yii-n th,»is_ State oft _€1\(dG A N ‘ID, as "%evT-
dent‘ both by many ;Po1‘i:t.iMe _La-.ws  Ancient .q0;}lIants' 

‘ Roms) the People have .a~Righ-t tonew and fncceL'{iveii’Ele€itio1is

unto that great and Snap-remaef-1"ru{t , at certain peri_aodsofftime',
'W.l]lC.l_l,‘-I35 cfo Eflential and Eundamenml to their Freedtom, as it

cannot orought not to be denied} thetn on vvithheld .from\i them,

and \‘7r1.f.5h0U'1ZWhlCh1Ph¢H0lJ{§-.Qf xCo;IILm011€is»of ver}:;‘li§tt1€€¢.cin-

‘ ~cerntnentIto the In-tereft, of the Commons of Ehgldizdi: ‘Yéttin

this weiwouldt-not be"-m-ilirnderliood, inthe leaf} to 5bla_n1e' thofe
»Woert‘hie-s of ‘both.Honles, whofe zeal to vind;icate the Liberties
of this N ation ,did procure that Act for continuance of this Pat,-

‘liament, whereby-it wast-fecnrcdtfrom. beingtdiiTolyedi'at the -
i Kings:-ple_al,7n-re_, a:sfotrme~ts;Parliatnents:;har;1erljggn ,. and a reduced

-to Inch} a certainty- asgsnzight enable  the: ;_.bette'r t'o"?al.Te:rt
and windic-ate the/Libett»ies of I-hiS\Na,tion;aimmediatelyibefore
fo highly invaded, and then alfo fo. tnuchindangetedi; and thefe
we take to:.b.e the gprincipa-l endsand groqngls.fo,r which in'that

eatigency of. time, and,.lafl7airs.1t was ,ptom,i_f_ed,3_ and to which.'ia§¢ l

acknowledge it hath ha ppily   beentnade  of But we gcannof

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mick aewasty more *Worthies, intended, or ought 'coB¢.tmadc

_ufeeof’,;,ro-the perpetuating of-‘ that Supreme Tran, ‘and Power, ‘in
,t'hefj  ‘rfons of’ any duri‘t{g' theiri own A pleafures ,fo.t_‘" to the de.
s‘b:;r}rmg of the ’Pe‘ople~‘from their rightrbf Eleéliohs totally new,
'_‘wl:ien thofe Dangers or_Exigencies were pafi:,andt the Afi"airs
an

N i §afety of the Commonwealth would admit‘ of fuck a‘
 ':’,,I-Iavingthus el’ear_ed our_Ground‘s and‘ Intentions‘, as we hope,
from all efcruples, 0r‘,,m1fnhderfi,andings»;i in what followsswe

' 4na11‘pmceed fi1.rth€'r,  propofe, what we humbly defire for the

jfetling, and fecuringiof _oiir.own and the Kingdoms Rights and
Liberties (through the blefling of God to Polterity) and there-
fore, e 11 pan all the ground 5, premifed ,; we .fi1rrher..[1t1riiblyrdelire

That ,fofme determinate period, of timemay be feti, for
the ‘contiiiuahee of this and future Parliaments, beyond which
none lhall e"o_nt_i’nue,‘~ and uponiwhich new Writs may of courfe
iilue out, and new Eleflionsrfucceflively take place, aceording to
theinteneof the Billfor Triennial Parliaments.“ 1 , ‘_ k ', ‘V

i  And hereinvve would not i_.iCef[llfi1_I1d€filZOOd , to defiire-a'prcs
‘fent or fiidderfdifloltition ofi this«Par_liament, bnfionely ‘(as is'ex-*-

A :preHed'before)ii ,'1*”hiat-fome. certain period maybe feffor the de-
A terminmg of it, {o as it may not remain (asnow)" eontinuable

forever, or duringthe pleafure of the prefent Members :~ And

i welhot1ld*defi‘re, That the period to be now let for ending this a,

Parliament, may befuch as may give Iilllicientr «time for provilion

of what isiwantiing,‘ and neeefTar~y3t—o*be r palled ‘in point of ]u:ll:

Reforrnation, and for further fecuring the Rights, Liberties, and
{etling the Peace of the Kingdom ,~; In order to whiehrwe fiurther
humbly offer: , *   l ‘ t t

,4; ‘T_'l1';lt fecure
future1?erliaments,fo‘as‘ they-may not ‘be ad journable otr; dif-
folvableat the Kings pl¢afiire,_ or any other ways, then by} their
own eonfent, during their refperftive periods, butrat-t—hol'e periods

each Parliament to determine of courfe, as- before: This‘ we ’de— ii

lire may be now providedfor (if it maybe) f0~as“to- put-it out
, f’ all d'ifputea,for,;firttrre,, though we ,thi?nkf, of right its oiightnot
_t:i)'l13!vc.be€hooth€’x‘i'vife'beforCe.   — i V 5  "'  d
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provilionimay be «made for the continuance of

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   And’thus‘a firm foundation being laidin the Authority Sand

Conffitgution’ of R Parliament,-for the hopes at leaf’: of Common
and Equal Right and Freedom to our felves,:and all=_the.—Free-
bornPeople of this Land; We {hall forfour parts freely and
cheerfully commit our {fork or {hare of Intereft in this Kingdom
into thiscommon Bottom of Parliaments; andthough it may
(for our particulars) go ill with us in one voyage, yet we lhall

A thus hope (if right be with us) to fare better in another: Thefe
, things we define may beprovided for by Bill or Ordinanceof

Parliamenr,to which the Royal Affent may be defired ; and when
His M»"ajePty in these things, and what elfe fhallbe propofed by

- the Parliament, neceflaryafor fecuriug the Rights and Libertiesof
, the People, andfor fetling the Militia and Peace of the Kingdom, .
r {hall have given his-Concurrence, to put them pal’: all difpute,

We {hall then rdeiire, That the Rights of His ’MajePty and His

. Pofierity may be confidered of, and fetled in all things, fo far as
, maysconfii} with the Right and Freedomof the Subjetft, and

withthe fecurity of -. the fame for future.

: e 5-. We defire,.T hat the -Rights and‘Preedom of the People to
rep'refenr,f_ byway» ofi humble ' Petition to the Parliament, their  
Gtievancesi.n‘fuch things as cannot otherwife be ‘remedied, then _
it by Parliament, may be cleared and vindicated: That _all fuch;

Grievances of the. People maybe freely received and admitted

iintoconiiderat-ion, and put into an equitable and fpeedyway to

be heard, .examined and redrefied (if they appear real) 'And that
‘in fiich'.tlungsfo'r which men ha.ve~re'medy.. by Law, they may

R be freely left to thebenefit of Law, and the regulated courfe of
Jufiice, without interruption or check from the Parliament, exp
cept in cafe of‘ things done upon the Exigency of War, or for
- the fervice and benefit of the.Parliament and Kingdom ,.in re»

lation_to"the War, ..or‘ othervvife, in due purfuance.and.execution'
of Ordinances or Orders: of: Parliament. .,

g 1: More; pztrticularlyunderw this Head we cannot’-but-defire, That’
, allifuch asate imprifoned for anypretended Mifdemeanor, may;

be put into a fpeedy way for a juli Hearingand Tryal, and» fuch

, as {hall ‘ appear to, have been unjufily andundulyi imprifoned, may

(withthei rt liberties) have fome reafonable reparation, according ;

.to“their_,fu'fi"erings,and the demeritof. their opprefl"ors.. ‘ Th ,
.. P e 6.. at»:

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5.  the large Powers given to Committees or Deputi
Lientenants, during thelate times of War and Diitraetion, may
bcfpeedily taken intoqonfideration, ‘That fuch of thofi: Powers
as appear not necellary to  continued, may lie taken away, and
fuch of them as are necella‘1ry,pbe put into at regulatedvway , and

left to has little Arbitrarynefs as the nature and necellity of the

things wherein they are converfant will bear. ‘ T

7. We could with that the‘Kingdom might both be rigltted’,
and publikely fatisfied in point of Accompts for thesvaft firms
that have  levied ‘and paid, as alfo in divers other .things
wherein the Commonwealth may 'be conceived to have been
wronged or abuled ; But we are loath to prcfs anything that
may tend to lengthen out further difputes or contolta-tions,but era-e
ther fuch as-may tend to afpeedy and general compofure and quie-

r eting of mens mindes in order to Peace : For which purpofe we

further ptopofe,

_ 8.pThat (publique Juliicebeing firfiz fatisfied by {omefew ex»

amples to Pollerity, out of the worfl: of excepted V perfons and
other Delinquents having pail their com pofitions) fome courfe
may be taken (by an A5! of Oblivion or otherwife) whereby
the feedsioffuturevvar or Fewds, either to the prelent age or
polleriry may the better be taken away,by eafing that lence of
prefent, and flatisfying thofe fears of future ruine orundoing

to perfons or families, which may ‘drive men into any =c'lefpera,te _
ways for {elf-prefervation or remedy; and by taking away the p

private retnembrances and dillinétions of parties, as fair as may

{land with lfafety to the Rights and Liberties we have hitherto‘

fought for. W t ,

There are befides thefe-, many particular things which we coulsd
with to be done, and fome to be undone, all in order flsillato. the
«fameeen-ds of .Comm~onsRigvht," Freedom , L Peace ’ and .Safet.y. : but
thefe propofals aforegoing prefent, being the principal ‘tlxings

we bottom and infill upon»,pwe {ball (as we have faid before, for ‘
our parts) acquiefee for other pairticula-rs to -the Wifdom and

Juftice of Parlisament.  p , \
‘ {And whereas it hath been fuggefl:ed1or fufpefled, That in our
late ‘or prefent proceedings,onr:defign is to ‘overthrow Presbyioety,
or hinder‘ the fetlement thereof‘-, land to hawe.tl.1e Independent

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Government fet up, we do Elczirly difcllaim and difav-oiv ‘hazy
fuch defign : we only defire, That according to the Declaration
(promifinga provifion for tender Conleientes) there may fome
€fF€ClZl.1alCOu1‘f€l)€ taken according to the intent thereof, and that
fuch, who upon confcientious grounds may differ from the efla~
blilhed Forms, may not for that be debarred from the common
Rights, Liberties or Benefits belonging equally to all, as men and
members of the Commonwealth, while they live foberly , ho-
neftly, and inoffenfively towards others, and peaceably and faith-
fully towards the State.

We have have thus freely and clearly declared the depth and ,

bottoms of our hearts 8; clelires, in order to the Rights,Liherties,
and Peace of the «Kingdom ; wherein we appeal to all men, whe-
ther we feek any thing of advantage to your felves, or any parti-
cular party what ever,to the prejudice of the whole ; and whether
the things we wifh and feek, do not equally concern and conduce
to the good of all in common, with our felves: According to

the fincerity of our defires and intentions, wherein (as we have P
' already found the concurrent fence of the peoplein divers Coun-

ties, by their Petitions to the General, exprefling their deep re-
fentment of thefe things,» and prefling us to {land for the interell:
of the Kingdom therein, fo) we {hall wifh and expeét to finder
the unanimous concurrence of all others,who are equally concern-
ed with us in thefe things, and wilh well to the Publi ue. , A
And lo (tmfiing in the mercy andgoodnefs of God, to pafs
by and help any failings or infirmities of ours, in the carriage or
proceedings hereupon) we {hall humbly call: our felves and the
ufinels upon his good pleafure, depending only on his prefence
and blefling for an happy illue, to the Peace and good of this poor
Kingdom : In the accomplilhment whereof, we defire and hope,

— That God will make you bleffed inflruments.

i s B} the appointment of bo°s“i":‘xce/lent}? Sir Tho: Fairfax, rind

S oldier: of H7? Arm] under /22}: Command.
Signed byme

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