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A94286	Englands standard advanced in Oxfordshire, or, A declaration from Mr. VVil. Thompson, and the oppressed people of this nation, now under his conduct in the said county. Dated at their randezvouz, May 6. 1649. Whereunto is added An agreement of the free people of England, as the grounds of their resolutions.	Thompson, William, d. 1649.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1649 (1649)	Wing T1018; Thomason E555_7; ESTC R204511	9,195	8

Agreement of the People And in particular We do own and avow the late proceedings in Colonel Scroops Colonel Harrisons and Maior General Skippons Regiments declared in their Resolutions published in Print as one man resolving to live and die with them in their and our lust and mutual defence And we do implore and invite all such as have any sense of the Bonds and Miseries upon the people any Bowels of Compassion in them any Piety Justice Honor or Courage in their Brests any Affections to the Freedoms of England any love to his Neighbor or Native Country to rise up and come in to help a distressed miserable Nation to break the Bands of Cruelty Tyranny and Oppression and set the people free In which service Trusting to the undoubted goodness of a iust and righteous Cause We shall faithfully discharge the utmost of our endevors not sparing the venture of all hardships and hazards whatsoever and leave the success to God Signed by me William Thompson at our Randezvouz in Oxfordshire 〈…〉 in behalf of my self and the rest engaged with me May 6. 1649. The Agreement before mentioned here followeth viz. I. THat the Supreme Authority of England and the Territories therewith incorporated shall be and recide henceforward in a Representative of the People consisting of 〈◊〉 persons but no more In the choice of whom according to naturall right all men of the age of one and twenty years and upwards not being servants or receiving 〈◊〉 having served the late King in Arms or voluntary Contributions shall have their voices and be capable of being elected to that supream Trust those who served the King being disabled for ten years only All things concerning the distribution of the said four hundred Members proportionable to the respective parts of the Nation the severall places for Election the manner of giving and taking of voyces with all Circumstances of like nature tending to the compleating and equall proceedings in Elections as also their Salary is referred to be setled by this present Parliament in such sort as the next Representative may be in a certain capacity to meet with safety at the time herein expressed and such circumstances to be made more perfect by future Representatives II. That two hundred of the four hundred Members and not lesse shall be taken and esteemed for a competent Representative and the major Voyces present shall be concluding to this Nation The place of Session and choice of a Speaker with other circumstances of that nature are referred to the care of this and future Representatives III. And to the end all publick Officers may be certainly accountable and no Factions made to maintain corrupt Interests no Officer of any salary Forces in Army or Ga●rison nor any Treasurer or Receiver of publike moneys shall while such be elected a Member for any Representative and if any Lawyer shall at any time be chosen he shall be uncapable of practice as a Lawyer during the whole time of that Trust And for the same reason and that all persons may be capable of subjection as well as rule IIII. That no Member of the present Parliament shall be capable of being elected of the next Representative nor any Member of any future Representative shall be capable of being chosen for the Representative immediately succeeding but are free to be chosen one Representative having intervened Nor shall any Member of any Representative be made either Receiver Treasurer or other Officer during that imployment V. That for avoiding the many dangers and inconveniences apparantly arising from the long continuance of the same persons in Authority We Agree that this present Parliament shall end the first Wednesday in August next 1649 and thence forth be of no power or Authority and in the mean time shall order and direct the Election of a new and equall Representative according in the true intent of this our Agreement and so as the next Representative may me●e and sit in power and Authority as an effectuall Representative upon the day following namely the first Thursday of the same August 1649. VI We agree if the present Parliament shall omit to order such Election or ●eeting of a new Representative or shall by any meanes be hindered from performance of that Trust That in such case we shall for the next Representative proceed in electing thereof in those places and according to that manner and number formerly accustomed in the choice of nights and Burgesses observing only the exceptions of such persons from being electors or elected as are mentioned before in the first third and fourth Heads of this Agreement It being most unreasonable that we should either be kept from new frequent and successive Representatives or that the supream Authority should fall into the hands of such as have manifested disaffection to our common freedom and endeavoured the bondage of the Nation VII And for preserving the supreme Authority from falling into the 〈◊〉 of any whom the people have not or shall not chuse We are resolved and agreed God willing that a new Representative shall be upon the first Thursday in August next aforesaid The ordering and disposing of themselves as to the choice of a Speaker and the like Circumstances in hereby le●● to their 〈◊〉 But are in the extent and exercise of Power to follow the direction and rules of this Agreement and are hereby authorised and required according to their best Judgements to set rules for future equal distribution and election of Members as is herein intended and on oyned to be done by the present Parliament VIII And for the preservation of the supreme Authority in all times entirely in the hands of such persons onely as shall be chosen thereunto We agree and declare That the next and all future Representatives shall continue in full power for the space of one whole yeer and that the people shall of course chuse a Parliament once every yere so as all the Members thereof may be in a capacity to meet and take place of the foregoing Representative the first Thursday in every August for ever if God so please also for the same reason that the next or any future Representative being 〈◊〉 shall continue their Session day by day without intermission for four months 〈…〉 and after that shall be at liberty to adjourn from two moneths to two moneths as they shall 〈◊〉 cause until their yeer be expi●ed but shall sit no longer then a yeer upon point of 〈◊〉 to every Member that shall exceed that time and in times of adjournment shall not erect a Councel of State but refer the managing of Affairs in the intervals to a Committee of their own Members giving such instructions and publish them as shall in 〈…〉 contradict this Agreement IX And that none henceforth may be ignorant or doubtful concerning the power of the supreme Authority and of the Affairs about which the same is to be conversant and exercised We agree and declare That the power of Representatives