The declaration of the lords, gentlemen, citizens, freeholders, and yeomen of this once happy kingdom of England

The declaration of the lords, gentlemen, citizens, freeholders, and yeomen of this once happy kingdom of England

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THE DECLARATION OF THE Lords, Gentlemen, Citizens, Freeholders, and Yeomen of this once happy Kingdom of ENGLAND.

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THE DECLARATION OF THE Lords, Gentlemen, Citizens, Freeholders, and Yeomen of this once happy Kingdom of ENGLAND.

SInce it hath pleased Almighty God to suffer the Spirit of Division to continue in this distracted Nation, and to leave us without any setled foundation of Religion, Liberty, or Property, the Legislative power usurped and contemned at pleasure, the Armies raised at first for our defence, abused and misled into unwarrantable Actions, by the Cunning and Ambition of some of their superiour Officers; no face of Government appearing either in any single Person, or Body of Men in Counsel lawfully constituted, to whom the grievances of the People may with any probability of success be properly addressed.

Wee being conscious of our Duty, and sensible of our own, and the Nations Ruine, if these Distractions continue, or resolve into a more fixt Oppression, by some corrupt settlement, inconsistant with the Laws, Peace, and interest of the Nation, have taken Arms, in defence of our selves, and all others, who will pertake with us in the vindication and maintenance of the Freedom of Parliaments, against all violence whatsoever of the known Laws, Liberty, and Property of the Good People of this Nation, who at present groan under illegal, arbitrary, and insupportable Taxes and payments, unknown to our Ancestors.

This being our Duty to God and Man, and our only Design, we cannot dispair of the Blessing of him that gives victory, nor of the chearfull concurrence of all good men, nor of the undeceived part of the Army, whose Arrears, increase of future pay, and advancement to higher Commands, we shall by all means procure; suffering no imposition or force on any mans Conscience: To this we doubt not but all honest Englishmen will say

AMEN.

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The declaration of the lords, gentlemen, citizens, freeholders, and yeomen of this once happy kingdom of England

Delamer, George Booth, Baron, 1622-1684.

Edition statement

1659

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Date

2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

ID [DLPS]

A82294

ID [STC]

Wing D870

ID [STC]

Thomason 669.f.21[88]

ID [STC]

ESTC R211306

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

99870036

ID [PROQUEST]

99870036

ID [VID]

163582

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(EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82294)

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— The declaration of the lords, gentlemen, citizens, freeholders, and yeomen of this once happy kingdom of England, Delamer, George Booth, Baron, 1622-1684..

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1 sheet ([1] p.)

s.n.,. [London :: 1659]. (Anonymous. By George Booth, Baron Delamer.) (Explaining that they have taken up arms "in defence of our selves, and all others, who will pertake [sic] with us in the vindication and maintenance of the freedom of Parliaments".) (Imprint from Wing.) (This edition has the text of the declaration only. Also published in the same year in editions which include "A letter from Sir George Booth to a friend of his". The letter was also published separately in 1659 (Wing D871).) (Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb 3"; "1659 Nou. 3".)

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