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justice_n	king_n	law_n	parliament_n	8,718	5	6.8422	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94422	To His Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax: general of all the forces raised by the Parliament, for the Common Wealth of England. The humble representation of the desires of the officers and souldiers in the regiment of horse, for the county of Northumberland.	Wetwang, Joshua.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1648 (1648)	Wing T1360; Thomason E475_13; ESTC R203821	5,371	8

times to the undoing of the comunalty in those parts and utterly dis-inabling them from all good Nurture in Learning or Trades and forcing them from Generation to Generation to be hinds half hinds quarter hinds shepherds and herdsmen be now enquired into and if no better that the ancient right of the old rents for the good of those counties and common-wealth be restored again 8. That all destitute Widdows and poor Orphans which have lost their husbands and parents and all Souldiers that have lost their limbs in the service of the Parliament against the King be comfortably provided for by way of constant stipend and education of the children to Trades 9. That publike work-houses be erected for prevention of beggars vagabonds and idle persons 10. That till the time of more easie provision of payment for the Souldiery that no monies for the Army be paid to the Parliament their Committees or Deputies but to such Treasurers of the Army as your Excellency shall appoint and to be collected by the Souldiery 11. That a trade of Fishing upon the English coasts be setled by the State for the good of the common-wealth 12. That the c●pital delinquents and incendiaries of the people be brought to speedy justice and in the first place that the King insteed of a Treaty be brought to a fair tryal to make answer for all the innocent bloud that hath bin spilt in the land and for other things whereof he stands charged by the Parliaments own Declaration which sheweth the reasons of making no farther Address unto him 13. That the charge of the Army against the eleven impeached members be made good and all the members that sare in the Iuncto when the Parliament fled to the Army for refuge be expelled the House 14. That encouragement and protection be given to such as shall prosecute any lawful charge or impeachment of treason or other crime against any member in Parliament and that the members in Parliament without respect of persons be disrobed of their protection and left open and lyable to the Law 15. That Inquisition be made after the bloud of colonel Rainsborough 16. That all Iudges and other ministers of the State be severely interdicted from receiving any inditement or charge against any person for any thing done in relation to the first or second war against the King and that all such so imprisoned be discharged with reparations out of their prosecuters estates and in case of in ability the said prosecuters to be answerably imprisoned 17. That a period be set to this Parliament 18. That an equal proportion throughout the several counties for the Representatives in Parliament be assigned 19. That a constant succession of Parliaments be setled to be called and chosen of course by the people at a fixed day every yeer or two yeers as shall be judged most safe and needful and the same to end of course 20. That our Parliaments for the future be secured and cleered from the Negative Voice of any single person or persons whatsoever 21. That no man henceforth presume to fit in this or any other Parliament by patent or prerogative or that is not elected by the free choise of the people 22. That all Statutes Laws and Acts of Parliament be made and ru● onely in the Name of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament 23. 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 that they be not confounded together in the same persons for fear of mine to the freedom of the people 24. That all Officers of the Common wealth be made to enjoy their places but at a certain limited time at the expiration whereof themselves to give an accompt of their Stewardship and continue no longer in their places except by a new election 25. That no Parliament Magistrate or other person whatsoever have power to make any compulsive Law or execute any Mulct or punishment touching matters of Conscience and Religion but that all civil people subject to the Laws of the common wealth though of several opinions and practices not being destructive to the State be protected and saved from all violence and injury in good Name person and estate 26. That all Warrants and Commitments by vertue of any pretended Priviledge or Prerogative of during pleasure not shewing the particular fact or crime be with the greatest severity intirdicted and declared void for ever with provision for future securitie from such Arbitrary violence upon the people That all such 〈◊〉 are so imprisoned be with Reparations released and that Lient Col. Iohn Lilburn and many others that have long suffered in that nature by the House of Lords may have ample and full Reparations out of their Lordships Estates 27. That the cruelties and extortions of Goalers be severely provided against and that for future no Fees be exacted from prisoners but that fitting accomodation both for lodging and dyet for them and a sufficient competency of livelyhood for Goalers at the publick cost be provided 28. That no man be kept in prison above a month but in that space to be brought to a tryal by a lawful Iury of his equals or else to be discharged of course 29. That no man be impressed to serve in the Wars 30. That our Laws be few and plain free from all ambiguous meanings and all in the English Tongue and to be digested and printed in a Vollume and one to be provided to be kept in every Church throughout the land and to be read over at several seasons in open Congregation 31. That all persons stand alike liable to the Laws of the Land in all cases both criminal and civil and that all protections by any pretended priviledge or prerogative whatsoever be declared Void 32. That no more trudging up to Westminster from all parts of the Land for the tryal of suits of Law be had but that as of old all suits both criminal and civil be ended in the several Hundreds 33. That no person whatsoever that hath Lorn Arms for or assisted the King in his Rebellion against the Parliament and people or that otherwise is found an enemy to this foundation of Iustice and Freedom be neither chosen nor have Voice in the choice of any Parliament Members or other Officers or Ministers of State whatsoever 34. That a solemne Contract upon there and the like Principles of Common Right and Freedom be drawn betwixt the People and their Representors to be unalterable for ever 35. That the respective Regiments of the Army in order to their solemne Engagement made at New market Heath do with all possible expedition chuse two or more Deputies or Trustees persons of known approved fidelitie for the freedom of the Common wealth and each County also to do the like joyntly to sit consult and act in the behalf of themselves the people and Army and that the removal of our oppressions and obtainment of our Freedom according to the premises abovesaid be the only work of their Agitation 36. That the said Deputies or Trustees be limitted in their Session to the space of two months at the expiration whereof their Session to terminate except continued by a new Election and twelve daies before the said Term be expired a new choice successively and of course to be made till the accomplishment of the Work and that the former Deputies be made accountable to the succeeding 37. That this Councel be a free Councel no Member thereof to be awed or discountenanced in his Vote by threats and frowns from any superior Officer and that no person whatsoever therein have a Negative Voice 38. That till the accomplishment of this Work in behalf of the Army and People that no disbanding of any part of the Souldiery be except of persons ill affected and dissentors from this Expedition For these things we declare and with our Swords in our hands as we are Souldiers we challenge them as the price and purchase of our Blood to live and dy for them against all opposers whatsoever and as we are English men we do claim them as our own Inheritance and Birth-right And humbly beg of your Excellency That you will be pleased to give us and the Souldiery encouragement therein and so to appear before us for the happy accomplishment of these things that both we and all the people and the Generations that are yet unborn may have just cause to blesse God for your righteous conduct Signed in behalf of the Regiment Joshua Wetwang Edw. Hawnby Edward Leake John Moores John Grice Francis Bartholmew Edmund Badger William Farrow John Pain Tho. Baxter John Baynes John Griffin Richard Leake John Harison