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england_n	act_n	parliament_n	time_n	3,483	5	3.6009	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90022	A new remonstrance from thf [sic] souldiery, to his Excellency the Lord General Fairfax, and their proposals, in the name of themselves, and all the commons of England, for a just and righteous government, to be established within this nation, abhorring and detesting against all anarchy, confusion, and levelling of mens estates; with their proclamation to the kingdome, concerning the putting of violence upon authority. Also, a new representative, and the heads of the agreement of the people, the King nor Lords, to have no voice in it; the Parliament to be dissolv'd on the last of April next, and a new one to be called once in two year, and to continue but sixe moneths. Likewise, the manner and form of the government, and no corporation, above one, except the City of London. Together with a letter from the Earl of VVarwick, to the House of Peers, concerning Prince Charles, and the two navies.	Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1658.; Fairfax, Thomas, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Army.	1648 (1648)	Wing N741; Thomason E476_27; ESTC R203051	3,774	8

and for the reall love they bear to the silver cords of amity and concord they will indeavour the composing of all differences and executing of impartiall justice both upon King Lords and Commons and all others even from the highest to the lowest who have acted contrary to the known Laws of the Realm and the trust reposed in them by the People And the Army doe further remonstrate to the Kingdom 1 That no Magistrate have power to make any compulsive Law or execute any matters of punishment touching matters of Conscience 2 That all Statutes Laws and Acts of Parl. be mane and run only in the name of the Comm●ns of England assembled in Parliament 3 That no persons whatsoever that are Law-makers be Law executioners but that a cleer distinction be preserved and kept inviolable betwixt these two principles and pillars of the Common-wealth for ever 4 That all Officers of the Commonwelth be made to enjoy their places but for a time prefixed and at the expiration thereof to give an accompt of their Stewardship 5 That no man be kept in prison above a month but in that space to be brought to tryall by a lawfull Jury of his equals or else to be discharged of course 6 That no man be impressed or forced to serve in future wars 7 That our Laws be few and plain free from all ambiguous meanings and all in the English tongue and to be printed in a Volume and one to be provided to be kept in every church throughout the Kingdom and to be read over at several seasons in open Congregations 8 That all persons stand alike liable to the Lawes of the Land in all cases both criminall and civill 9 That no more trudging up to Westmin from all parts of the Land for the tryall of suits of Law bee had but that as of old all suits both criminall and civill be ended in the severall Hundreds 10 That a solemne Contract upon these and the like Principles be drawne betwixt the People and their Representatives for ever 11 That till the accomplishment of this work in behalf of the Army and People that no Forces be disbanded except persons ill affected and dissentors from this Expedition For these things we do declare and with our Swords in our hands as we are Soldiers we challenge them as the price and purchase of our Bloud to live and dye for them against all opposers whatsoever His Excellency and the Generall Councell of Officers sit close at Whitehal and are agitating some particulars of very high concernment to the Kingdom in order to the setling of the peace thereof and it s said that the Agreement of the peeople will be speedily presented to publike view In the mean time take some certain heads thereof viz. That neither King nor Lords are to have any voice in the subscribing of the new Representative which is to be called the Agreement of the people containing 1 The dissolving of the Parliament on the last of April commencing it self the first of June 2 That a new Parl. be called once in two year and to sit for the space of 6 Moneths and no longer 3 That they shall consist of 400. in number some Countries more some lesse and no Corporation above one except London 4 That the said Representative shall have full Legistative power c. The Lord Admirall hath sent a Letter to the House of Peers shewing the reason of his return from the Netherlands shore notwithstanding divers of the revolted ships remain in the River who prepare for going forth whose Saylors are now brave and full of money viz that he should have bin frozen up and wanting victuals which would not have bin furnisht to him from the Countries but ships and men must have perished with other weighty reasons Duke Hamilton hath sent a message to Lieu. Gen. Cromwell desiring him to give him a visit for that he hath something of great consequence to impart FINIS