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A85018	A happy handfull, or Green hopes in the blade; in order to a harvest, of the several shires, humbly petitioning, or heartily declaring for peace.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing F2437; Thomason E1021_17; ESTC R208465	46,178	87

of sober spirits and offended not the Parliament should out of their estates pay for those extravagant mens Delinquency rather than the Delinquents themselves And although the said Lieut. Gen. Ludlow and Miles Corbet Esq together with Col. John Jones and Col. Mat. Tomlinson stand impeached from hence most justly of High Treason and that charge against them being known to the House and there remaing yet they have admitted two of those persons namely the said Lieut Gen. Ludlow and Miles Corbet actually to sit in the said House And now the greatness of those miseries which have befaln these three Nations in General by such late actings in England and those heightned with many aggravations in the circumstances of them too many and too long to be repeated as it hath begotten in us and in all good men in the three Nations deep impression of astonishment and horror so it is evident that if it be any longer continued it will perpetually nourish dishonour to God grief to all god men and we doubt and fear utter infamy and destruction to the three Nations In contemplation whereof and considering how God hath in his justice blasted all attempts that since the year 1648. have been made for re-setling of these Nations in peace and tranquillity and that after all the trials and various changes of Government which we have in all that time with much long-suffering and patience endured there is no way visible to us under Heaven whence deliverance may be probably wrought or expected but from the care and wisdome of a Free and full Parliament in England which by the experience of all former ages hath been found the best and only expedient for providing remedies to be applied to so great and general mischiefs arising in Church or State And considering also that the marks of the true Reformed Religion according to the Word of God and of the fundamental Laws of the Land and of our now dying Liberties and Freedome are not yet so utterly razed and defaced but that some footsteps of them do yet remain so as by the wisdome of a full and Free Parliament they may be again renewed and firmly re-established and considering likewise that our hopes of having the said excluded Members restored and of new Elections to be made for vacant places whereby there might be a full and free Parliament as there was on Decem. 5. 1648. and the antient and long contested Liberties of the people might be asserted are much contrary to our expectations and contrary to the fundamental Laws of the Land and indeed contrary to all justice and become frustrated and considering further how unjust and unreasonable a thing it is that of above five hundred Members whereof the Commons House of Parliament usually consisted there were but four and forty or thereabouts when that fatal Vote passed for the keeping out the aforesaid excluded Members by the prevalency of a major part of the said 44. persons not much exceeding those who voted then on the contrary side which assumes to it self the Supreme Authority not onely of England but also of the three Nations without president or example of any former age there being above two hundred and fifty which stand eleven years excluded without so much as the least offer of an Impeachment against them in all that time which unexampled and unparallel'd assumption in those men is not possible to continue but by the force of an Army poisoned with Anabaptistical and corrupted principles to the continual grief and unsupportable burden and charge of the three Nations And besides that act of the aforesaid persons chasing away for so it now appears about two hundred and fifty Members of above five hundred chosen by all the several parts of England according to the known Laws of the Land to represent the whole Nation in Parliament and after the forcible exclusion of so many that the four and forty persons remaining amongst whom we believe there are some worthy Patriots who are not so fully concurring in the actings of the rest of their number as violently over-voted them which is a further aggravation of the others guilt should dare to usurp to themselves as is formerly mentioned contrary to all the Laws the Supreme power not only of England but also of Ireland and Scotland is a thing which none but Conquerors or Tyrants would attempt and in all circumstances is so hideous and monstrous to be endured by a Free people formerly famous to all the world for wisdome and valour as the English Nation have been as it will be incredible to all posterity And lastly considering that as in all Ages and more particularly since the beginning of the late horrid Rebellion in Ireland our Brethren in England have abundantly manifested a tender and compassionate sense of the condition in Ireland and were careful to relieve us in our lowest estate as bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh which we do and shal ever acknowledge with humble thankfulnesse and as a debt which we well know to be due from us to them above all people in the world shall be for ever as tender of their happinesse and welfare as of our own which indeed is involved in theirs and without whom Ireland cannot be happy We therefore remaining constant in the reasons of our said Declaration of Dec. 14. 1659. for adhering to the Parliament in defence of its Priviledges and the just Rights and Liberties of these Nations all which we see now are apparently more and more violated by the not admission of the said excluded Members and by not filling the vacant Places whereby the House might be full and being freed from force might uninterruptedly Act according to their Judgements and Consciences towards re-setling the peace of these Nations which otherwise in all humane probability can never be restored to Peace and Tranquillity We do therefore declare for a full and free Parliament in England consisting not only of those that sate on Oct. 11. 1659. but also of all such of the Members of Parliament imprisoned excluded or withdrawn in December 1648. as are yet living whom we desire may be restored to the freedome and liberty of sitting and acting according to the Trust committed to them by the several Counties and places which did chuse them that so they may be no longer debarred from discharging their said Trust and that vacant places may be speedily supplied by free and due Elections of the people yet so as none of the persons to be Admitted or Elected be any of those who have been in Arms or otherwise aiding abetting or assisting the late King or his Son in the late War against the Parliament and that the House being so filled may proceed unanimously to consult the best meanes for re-setling the Peace of the Nations the re-establishment of true Religion the surest foundaon as of all righteous Government so of all the happinesse of a Nation the fundamental Lawes of the Land whereby all mens rights

Griefs and Declaration of our Desires and Thoughts of the most probable means by Gods assistance to give some remedy to our present Sufferings and prevention of our yet greater Calamities which threaten our speedy ruine The cause of all proceeding as we conceive is from that unhappy Disorder in that great Wheel of Government And that after all our great Sufferings and Trials the vast expence of Treasure and Blood for our Rights Liberties and Priviledges of Parliament which we take to be the Good old Cause such persons in whom we have already lodged our Trusts and who have sufficiently manifested their endeavours to perform the same namely Nathaniel Stephens Esq Sir John Seymore Kt. Edward Steephens Esq John Steephens Esq and the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax have been since December 1648. and still are denied the freedom of sitting and voting in Parliament The Restauration of which Members we desire with all freedom to their former Capacities And Declare we shall not otherwise consent to pay Tax or other Impositions or hold our selves bound by any Law to be made without a Restitution of these our Representatives with a supply of all Vacancies by a free Election according to the Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of this Nation it being the undoubted birth-right of all the Free-born people of England that no Tax or other Imposition be exacted from them or any new Law imposed upon them but by their consents had by their Representatives in a full and free Parliament And we further declare our hearty desires for the burying all former Animosities and Differences by a full and general Act of Oblivion and Indempnity with satisfaction to be given to Purchasers under any Act of Sale as by Parliament shall be thought fit And that no Officer or Soldier that hath ventured his life for the freedom of his Countrey and shall continue faithfull to those Principles may hereby receive any Discouragement We also declare That we shall freely and willingly consent that all such shall receive their Arrears and be continued so long as the Parliament shall think fit in order to the safety and preservation of the Nation and that such liberty be allowed to tender Consciences as is not opposite to the Scriptures or the established Laws of this Nation We also Declare That in pursuance of these our just Desires we shall not be wanting to the uttermost of our powers to engage our selves by all lawful ways and means with our Fellow Brethren in the just Vindication of our Liberties and shall neither count our Lives or Fortunes too dear to hazard for the Redemption thereof and herein we shall not doubt the ready Concurrence of all those in the three Nations whose Peace Prosperity and Safety is equally concerned with ours This Declaration being subscribed by great numbers of considerable persons of that County was to have been presented to the Speaker by some of them but considering how Sir Robert Pye and Major Finchers handsome behaviour was unhandsomly rewarded with imprisonment for a particular of the same nature it was thought more proper to preserve the liberty of Personages of so much worth til a better opportunity and therefore it is thought fit thus to communicate this for the vindication of this County and satisfaction of the whole Nation THE REMONSTRANCE Of the Knights Gentlemen and Freeholders of the County of GLOUCESTER WE do claim and avow it to be our undoubted Birth-right and Liberty That no new Laws much lesse any new Government can or ought to be imposed upon us nor any Taxes Contributions or Free-quarter taken of us without the consent of the People of this Nation in a Free-Parliament Assembled which Liberties have been often confirmed to us by the great Charter the Petition of Right and many other Statutes And Parliaments being the only Bulwarks and Defence of our Liberties as men and Christians ought to be freely elected and to sit and Vote without interruption or opposition by any persons whatsoever The Priviledges whereof we are all bound to maintain and defend and to assist and maintain each other in the defence thereof And therefore we resolve according to our bounden duty to joyn with the Lord Mayor and Common-Councel of the City of London and all other Counties in England in pursuance thereof And we do not doubt but all true hearted English men who love their own Liberties and are not willing to be made slaves or to enslave their Brethren will joyn with us herein A Letter agreed unto and subscribed by the Gentlemen Ministers Free-holders and Sea-men of the County of SUFFOLK Presented to the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of the City of London Assembled January 30. 1659. Right Honorable PLease you to accept this Paper as a testimony that we are highly and gratefully sensible of those breathings and Essayes towards peace which your renowned City hath lately declared to the World As we earnestly wish that our serious and unanimous concurrence may ripen them to a perfect Accomplishment We are willing to consider it as an Omen of Mercy when we observe the Nation in general lifting up its Vows to Heaven for a free and full Parliament 't is that alone in its genuine sense which our Laws prescribe and present to us as the great Patron and Guardian of our Persons Liberties and Properties and whatsoever else is justly precious to us And if God shall by your hand lead us to such an obtainment after-Ages shall blesse your memory 'T is superfluous to spread before you your Merchandise decay'd your Trade declin'd your Estates wither'd Are there not many within your Walls or near them that in your ears deplore such miseries as ehese Your Lordship may believe that our prayers and persons shall gladly promote all lawfull means for our Recovery And we entreat that this cheerful suffrage of ours may be annex'd as a Label to your Honorable intendments This Letter was delivered according to its Superscription by Robert Broke Philip Parker and Thomas Bacon Esquires THE Declaration of the Gentry of the County of NORFOLK And of the County and City of NORWICH WE the Gentry of the County of Norfolke and County and City of Norwich being deeply affected with the sense of our sad Distractions and Divisions both in Church and State and wearied with the miseries of an unnatural Civil War the too Frequent Interruptions of Government the Imposition of several heavy Taxes and the loud Out-cries of multitudes of undone and almost Famished people occasioned by the general decay of Trade which hath spread it self throughout the whole Nation and these Counties in particular and having met together and consulted what may best remedy and remove our and the Nations present Grievances and Distractions Do humbly conceive that the chief Expedient will be the recalling of those Members that were secluded in 1648 and sate before the Force put upon the Parliament We of the County of Norfolk being by such Seclusion deprived of