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THE DECLARATION OF THE Gentry, Ministers, Free-holders of the County and City of LINCOLNE.
WE the Gentry, Ministers, and Free-holders of the County and City of Lincolne, being truly sensible of our Miseries and Grievances, namely the sad con∣sequents of Intestine War, the fear of Invasion from abroad, at this time of our Distractions and Divisions both in Church and State, the violent alteration of Government, the heavy impo∣sition of unheard of Taxes; All which of late years hath ruined our Trade, and impoverished the whole Nation, and are all occasioned by reason of the many Violences and Breaches made upon our known established Laws and fundamental Li∣berties, Do therefore humbly propose and declare (having first met and consulted, as other Countries have done) that the onely remedy for our said Grievances, will be for a Free, Full Parliament, speedily to be called and assembled, to sit accord∣ing to our said known established Laws, wherein the Free Votes of all Free People of this Nation might be included, since that such onely have a legal capacity to enact Laws and Statutes that may equally binde all the Free people of this Nation; And therefore if any persons (how ever impowred) not having the Authority of such a Parliament, shall take upon them to lay im∣positions upon the Free people of this Commonwealth, or to prescribe or enjoyn any Limitations, Restrictions, or Quallifi∣cations whatsoever, not formerly agreed upon in full Parlia∣ment. We do declare our selves not obliged thereto, as being destructive to the freedome and undoubted Priviledges of Par∣liament.