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A91639	A remonstrance sent from Colonell Lilburnes regiment to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax: wherein they declare their resolutions, to stand and fall with him; desiring his speedy endeavour for the setling of all mens interests in the kingdome, and freeing the kingdome from intolerable oppressions, and then to disband.	Lilburne, Henry, d. 1648.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing R1028; Thomason E417_15; ESTC R204442	2,003	8

A REMONSTRANCE Sent from Colonell Lilburnes Regiment To his EXCELLENCY Sir Thomas Fairfax WHEREIN They declare their Resolutions to stand and fall with him desiring his speedy endeavour for the setling of all mens Interests in the Kingdome and freeing the Kingdome from intolerable Oppressions and then to disband LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1647. A REMONSTRANCE Sent from Colonell Lilburnes Regiment to the GENERAL May it please your Excellency AMidst the many distractions and discontents in the Army and Kingdome which saddens our hearts and presents nothing to our view but disorder and confusion our experience and commemoration of divine providence propitious to your Excellency and the Army even from the first of your undertakings to this very moment is that alone that refresheth us nor needs the recollection of our memories or that we look far backwards for an occasion of praise that late mercy not the least whereby a being was regained for us deserves a perpetuall remembrance and was not England concerned in the case of our Regiment Or is it imaginable that disobedience was complotted there alone or that they were the onely maintainers and abetters of non-subjection to Authority Surely if their designe to dis-ingage those committed to our charge by your Excellency from us as unworthy commands had been there limited wee hope we should rather have given way to their desires though causlesse and with-drawne our selves then in the least hazzarded one drop of bloud to continue our Imployments But if we seeme more sensible of those dangers that were almost inevitable then others do in regard we were the first that tasted of them and were likely to be swallowed up by them we humbly desire your Excellencies pardon and for a cleere manifestation of our integrity to your Excellency and the Weale publike leave to present unto your Excellency 1. That as Souldiers and Members of your Excellencies Army we owe all obedience and subjection to your Excellencies Authority and Commands from which we humbly conceive that neither Birthrights nor other Priviledges whatsoever whereof we have or ought to have an equall share with others can or ought in the least to dis-oblige us and that we shall rather cease to be Souldiers which is all the Liberty we desire then dispute your Excellencies power or admit of anie Corrivall or Competitor therein nor do we suppose to have declared any thing more herein then what alwayes hath been and must of necessity continue to be our duty for besides that it is essentiall both to the being and well being of an Army to obey Orders according to the Discipline of War we yet owe more respect unto your Excellency of whose care and trouble for us and the whole Kingdome we are witnesses then is thereby required from us And since necessity pleads for some particular person to whom the care and Conduct of an Army must bee committed if we were at liberty herein whom should we desire but your Excellency 2. We cannot but remind your Excellency how that necessity indeed and the dissatisfaction of the Army in their just desires drew them to a solemne engagement and thereby the counsells of the Army being in some things altered from what they were before hath lately been endeavoured to bee made a president to alter them againe and male-contented spirits take occasion hereby to divide the Army into Parties and Factions endeavouring to turne everie mans sword against his fellow pleading necessity where there is none and for such things as are in themselves very disputable whether just or unjust and which is more then probable may be more destructive to the Commonwealth if granted then the refusall of them will be It is therefore our humble desire unto your Excellency that you will still continue to mediate on our behalfes for the obtaining of those our just and necessary desires in our former Petitions Remonstrances and Declarations mentioned that so the whole Army may be satisfied and returne to its pristine way of Government wherein they have been very successeful under your Excellency Lastly whereas the prevalency of particular persons in the Parliament who have sufficiently manifested their disaffection to the Weale publike hath for the prevention of Factions and parties in that honorable Assembly manifested the reasonablenesse of setting a period to this present Parliament and that before that can be with safety many things of great concernment to the Kingdome are first to be transacted there whereof your Excellency and the Army have already severall times desired consideration to bee had by this Parliament It is our hearty desire that both Parliament and Army would joyntly resolve and accordingly act with all expedition to the finishing of that great worke that lies upon them and hath long beene by the people expected from them and that the whole Kingdome may be prosperous in the enjoyment of a free Parliament and every particular person of his owne proper interest that the world may beare us witnesse that we do not onely declare for but prosecute the obtaining of their Liberties and Freedomes that so soon as a firme peace can be setled the great burden of maintaining Souldiers in this Kingdome may no longer continue to the great charge and trouble of the people and to the empairing of that esteem which the price of our bloods in our former atchievements have affectionately wrought in their hearts towards the whole Army whereof both members and carefull tenderers of their reputation are Your Excellencies most humble and obliged Servants Subscribed by Henry Lilburne Lievte-Colonell Paul Hobson Major Richard Deane Ethelb Morgan Gabriel Earwood James Hart. Captains Jer. Tolhurst Abraham Holmes Robert Hutton Lievtenants Jo. Topping Jo. Turner Bar. Davis Jo. Mason Fra. Nicholls Tho. Cartwright Ja. Rose Ed. Boone Nathanael Strange Ensignes Jo. Branson Harbert Feild Ed. Swallow Wil. Endecoat Hen. James Jacob Summers Peter Bush FINIS