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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84917	A declaration and appeale to all the freeborne people of this kingdome in generall and to all the truly noble, pyous and well affected patriots and people of God, within the cities of London and Westminster in particular, humbly craving their assistance and furtherance of this just request unto the high court of Parliament. Made from all the brethren the poore afflicted and oppressed prisoners (imprisoned for debt) within the severall Gaoles. (Being the soule destroying houses, and dens of cruelty, injustice, tyrannie and oppression) within this kingdome of England.	Freize, James.	1645 (1645)	Wing F2197bA; Thomason 669.f.10[40]; ESTC R210415	7,278	2

A DECLARATION AND APPEALE TO ALL THE FREEBORNE PEOPLE OF THIS KINGDOME IN GENERALL And to all the truly Noble Pyous and well affected Patriots and people of God within the Cities of London and Westminster in particular Humbly craving their assistance and furtherance of this just request unto the high Court of Parliament Made from all the brethren the poore afflicted and oppressed Prisoners imprisoned for debt within the severall Goastes Being the Soule destroying Houses and Dens of Cruelty Injustice Tyrannie and Oppression within this Kingdome of England IN all humble manner shewing unto you That from the first sitting of this Parliament the only hopes left unto us next under God for the suppressing of all Injustice Tyrannie and Oppression and for the advancement and opening the doore of time Justice Iudgement and mercy to all in a free currant without respect of persons according to the Law of God the fundamentall law of this Land and the just libertie of the Subject We have expected our just libertie and inlargement from these severall Dungions of miserie yet we your poore oppressed Brethren have Still unto this present time been inslaved in our persons bereift of our Estates Credites and Callings and buried alive in the severall Prison-House within this Kingdome and Citie of London And there by Iaylors tyrannically oppressed and tormented contrary to the law of God the lawes of all other nations and as is conceived against the contents of Magna Charta as appeareth by Register folio 77. de Hommo Replegiando folio 66. also the 3. of Edward the 1. chap 15 and the 25. of Ed. the 3. chap 4 where it appeareth that the body of no free borne Denison of England is to be imprisoned for Debt Nice per Legem terrae the 9. of Henry the 3. chap 29. and the 52. of Henry the the 3. chap the 5. and the 14. of Edward the 3. chap. 1. and in the Abridgement of Statutes folio 65. and 6. and by the Petition of Right in the 3. of Charolie And all Statutes made to the contrary hereof in point of the Subjects liberty are absolutely void by the Statute of the 42. of Edward the 3. chap. 1. The imprisonment of men for debt being justly conceived to be contrary to the late Petition of Right Ratified by His Maiestie in Anno 1640. and contrary to the severall Oathes Vowes Protestations and Nationall Covenant and the just and undeniable Priveledge and liberty of the Subject in generall being also ratified and confirmed above 30. severall times by the severall Kings of this Realme and yet most uniustly the vertue and priveledges thereof have beene for this long time concealed from the people and the true use and power thereof perverted by the indirect practises of coveteous mercenary Lawyers the instruments of contention and oppression who prefer their owne unjust gaine and the advancement of their kingdom of contention and the flourishing state of Iaylors fair before the iust rights and undeniable priveledges and liberty of the Subiect which liberty in it selfe tendeth to the honour of God the advancement of true piety the establishment of Love Unity and peace among the people of this land as also the tranquillity of this Kingdome whereas the advancement of their Kingdome of contention and Houses of iniquity tendeth only to the dishonour of God and the suppressing of true piety as also to the breach of the bond of true christian love Vnity and Peace amongst all men and to the universall ruine of this Kingdome sutable to the words of late uttered by an eminent Lawyer who said that it were better that all the Prisoners perished then that the flourishing state of the Law should decline this saying being like the words of those Ephesins who reviled Paul the blessed Messenger of Peace and Mercy and cryed up still Dyana the Goddes of the Ephesians saying Great is Dyana the Goddes of the Ephesians and all this proceeding from the Divell that grand enemie to all true Christian Love Vnity and Peace And thus the wicked walke on every side when the vilest men are exalted they are corrupt they have done abominable workes they speake peaceably to their neighbours when mischiefe is in their hearts for they regard not the workes of the Lord Even true Justice Judgement and mercy but in their hearts they preferr That the abominable gaine of Injustice and tyrannie and love to possesse the riches of Oppression Fraude and Deceit dispising the Poore and oppressing them and drawing them before the Judgement Seate to their utter ruine and deprivation of their Estates and Libertyes That your poore afflicted brethren have often since the beginning of this Parliament addressed themselves by their severall humble Petitions Remonstrances unto the honourable court of Parliament for reliefe against Iniustice Tyranie oppression inflicted on them by Lawyers saylors and forre releafe of their persons from this slaverie of imprisonment most uniustly long since fastned upon them and the posterity of this whole Nation by the most subtle and indirect practices of brybing Iudges coveteous Lawyers seditious Atturnies Oppressing Iaylors and their potent adherents but by what uniust and impyous hand we know not our severall Petitions and Remonstrances have beene hetherto extreamely slighted and obstructed and we thereby still exposed to all iniustice tyrannie and oppression and I miserable Languishment in Gaole where the Iaylors unlimitted power and tyrannie transcends all Regall power being in his owne cause both Plaintife and Iudge and also Executioner of his owne cruell will upon poore Christians committed to his custodie and who are also conceived to be supported and countenanced therein by some eminent persons alied unto some of them about London The which impyous restraint of our persons in Gaole tendeth to none other end then to the inrichment of Lawyers Atturnies Solissitors and Iaylors and to the utter ruine of thousands of us your oppressed brethren and of our wives and children and where also through the cruelty of Iaylors and their bloudy instruments divers honest and godly men have suffered untimely ends and most cruell deaths whose blood doubtlesse cryes for vengeance at the hand of God That we your oppressed Brethren still hungring and thirsting after our just and precious Liberty and seeing no fruits of our former severall Petitions and Remonstrances did in October 1644. address ourselves by our humble APPEALE unto the Reverend Synod of Divines and thereby humbly craving their favorable furtherance of our Releasement from this our Inslayed thraldom From whom also we have hetherto received none other Cordiall for our comfort and hope of Liberty then a cold comfortlesse Messe of Broth seasoned only with a few unsavorie Lentalls whereby we are still exposed to the many and unexpressable Cruelties of Barbarous and extorting Iaylors and their hungrie blood sucking Substitutes The Premises justifie and piously weighed by all the Commonalty of this land and for that this slaverie of Imprisonment of men for Debt most unjustlie