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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88230	An outcry of the youngmen and apprentices of London: or, An inquisition after the lost fundamentall lawes and liberties of England. Directed (August 29. 1649.) in an epistle to the private souldiery of the Army, especially all those that signed the solemne ingagement at Newmarket-Heath, the fifth of Iune, 1647. But more especially to the private souldiers of the Generalls Regiment of Horse, that helped to plunder and destroy the honest and true-hearted English-men, trayterously defeated at Burford the 15. of May, 1649. Signed by Charles Collins, Anthony Bristlebolt, William Trabret, Stephen Smith, Edward Waldgrave, Thomas Frisby, Edward Stanley, VVilliam VVhite, Nicholas Blowd, John Floyd in the nameand [sic] behalf of themselves, and the young-men and apprentices of the City of London. Who are cordiall approvers of the paper, called, The agreement of the free people, dated May 1. 1649. and the defeated Burford-mens late vindication, dated the 20. of August, 1649.; Young-mens and the apprentices outcry.	Collins, Charles, apprentice.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657, attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing L2152; Thomason E572_13; ESTC R202784	16,945	12

the firm setling of the peace Liberties and Freedoms of this distracted nation which hath so much justice righteousnesse and safety in it that we hope it will in a very short time levell all self interests before it make it clearly appear to him that claims the greatest personall share in the government of this Nation that there is no way to obtain the true love of the understanding English people without which he will never obtain his desired Crown but by a cheerefull hearty and reall promotion of such principles therein contained as doe sufficiently tye his hands from cutting the peoples throats at his will and pleasure the endeavoring of which exposed his father to that fatall end that befell him which may be a seasonable caveat to all Princes c. to take heed of that d●sperate rock viz. the attempting to govern the people by will and not by Law by force and not by love the onely and alone durable and permanent tie or bond amongst the sons of men We say that expedient of an Agreement of the free people appears to us to have so much ●…uity righteousnesse and common safety in it that we are resolved to bury all by-past DISTASTS at the greatest of English-men that shall heartily and cordially signe and put forth their power and interest to promote the establishment of the principalls therein contained and in the ADHERING TO AND STANDING BY all such as shall be in any danger for walking in such paths we shall through the strength of the Lord God Omnipotent to the uttermost of our power and abilities resolvedly hazard our lives and all that is dear to us For the effectuall promotion of which said Agreement we are necessitously compeld to resolve in close union to joyn our selves or our Commissioners chosen for that end in Counsel with our foresaid Burford friends or their Commissioners and to resolve to run all hazards to methodize all our honest fellow Prentises in all the Wards of London and the out-Parishes to chuse out their Agents to joyn with us or ours to write Exhortative Epistles to all the honest hearted freemen of England in all the particular Countries thereof to erect several Councels amongst themselves out of which we shall desire and exhort them to chuse Agents or Commissioners impowered and intrusted by them speedily to meet us and the Agents of all our and the Agreement of the People adherents at London resolvedly to consider of a speedy and effectuall method and way how to promote the Election of a new and equall Representative or Parliament by the Agreement of the free People seeing those men that now sit at Westminster and pretendedly stile themselves the Parliament of England and who are as they say although most falsly in the Declaration for a Free State dated March 17. 1648. p. 27. intrusted ●…nd authorizedly the consent of all the People of Engla●d whose Representatives ●…ey are make it their chiefest and principallest work continually to part and share amongst themselvs all the great rich and profitablest places of the Nation as also the Nations publike treasure and Lands and wil not ease our intolerable oppressions no nor so much as of late receive our Popular Petitions having upon Thursday last August 23. 1649. rejected that most excellent of Petitions re●dy at their door to be presented to them by divers honest men our true hearted neighbours of Surrey the true Copie of which for the worth of it although it be at large already printed in Friday Occurences and the Tuesday Moderate we desire here to insert To the supreme Authority of this Nation the Commons of England assembled in Parliament The humble Petition of the oppressed of the County of Surrey which have cast in their Mite into the Treasury of this Common-wealth SHEWETH THat as the Oppressions of this Nation in time foregoing this Parliament were so numerous and burdensome as will never be forgotten so were the hopes of our deliverance by this Parliament exceeding great and full of confidence which as they were strengthened by many Acts of yours in the beginning especially towards conscientious people without respect unto their judgments or opinions so did the gratitude of the wel-minded people exceed all presidents or example sparing neither estate limb liberty or life to make good the authority of this honorable house as the foundation and root of all just Freedom although we many times observed to our grief some proceedings holding resemblance rather with our former bondage yet did we impute the same to the troublesomness of the times of War patiently and silently passing them over as undoubtedly hoping a perfect remedy so soon as the Warres were ended But perceiving our expectations in some particulars frustrated and considering some late dealings with some of our friends c. the consideration of which lies so heavy on our spirits that for prevention thereof we conceive our selves bound in conscience and duty to God to set before you once more the generall grievances of the Commonwealth and the earnest desires of the ingenuous and well-minded people First That the Petition of the Eleventh of September last and the Agreement of the People may be reassumed and the particulars therof speedily established Secondly we most earnestly beg with many other of your faithfull friends in all the Counties of England that that most irksome and intolerlable oppression of Tythes which is retained in no Reformed Church neverthelesse more firmly established then ever by your Ordinance for treble dammages made in the Parliaments corruption and yet no Act against it which causes our hearts to be discouraged and brought into much fear and doubt of the removall of these and other bondages by this Representative Wherefore we cannot passe it by but again intreat that the Ordinances for Tythes may be speed ly revoked and that a more equall way of maintenance be provided for the publique Ministery Thirdly That all proceedings in law may be in English that a short time may be inserted for the tryall of all causes and that by Twelve men of the Neighborhood and that none may be debarred of Freedom to plead his own or his Neighbors Cause as by Law any man may and ought t● doe as clearly appears by the Statute of 28 Ed 1 ch 11. before any court of Justice although no Lawyer And that no member of your House be suffered to plead as a Lawyer whilst a member thereof Fourthly That some course may be taken for the future to pa● the Army not l●…ing such intolerable Burthens and Taxes on the people whi●h we are not able to ●…ar And so we shall for ever stand by you and ●ll Representatives for the freedom of this Nation as formerly Desiring that we may obtain speedily a new and equal Representative We say considering what is before premised we are necessitated and compeld to doe the utmost we can for our owne preservations and for the preservation of the Land of our Nativity and never by