The humble address, and hearty desires of the gentlemen, ministers and free-holders of the county of Northampton Presented to his Excellency the Lord General Monk, at his arrival at Northampton, January 24. 1659. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A44954 of text R213496 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing H3373). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A44954 Wing H3373 ESTC R213496 99825865 99825865 30256 2240859408

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A44954) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30256) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1795:24) The humble address, and hearty desires of the gentlemen, ministers and free-holders of the county of Northampton Presented to his Excellency the Lord General Monk, at his arrival at Northampton, January 24. 1659. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1660] Imprint from Wing. Praying for a free Parliament and its privleges. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng Albemarle, George Monck, -- Duke of, 1608-1670 -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. A44954 R213496 (Wing H3373). civilwar no The humble address, and hearty desires of the gentlemen, ministers and free-holders of the county of Northampton. Presented to his Excellenc [no entry] 1660 1 540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Humble Address , and hearty Desires of the Gentlemen , Ministers and Free-holders of the County of NORTHAMPTON . Presented to his Excellency the Lord General MONK , at his arrival at Northampton , January 24. 1659.

VVEE the Gentlemen , Ministers and Free-holders of the County of Northampton , humbly conceiving that the first Force put upon the Parliament hath been an Encouragement to open the way to all the rest ; and finding that your Excellencie under God hath been the principal means for the repairing of the last Interruption , are the more encouraged , and ( having the conveniency of your presence now amongst us ) to desire your assistance in the procuring these our just Desires , as the visible means of a happy Peace and Settlement of these Nations .

I. That whereas every free-born Subject of England is supposed to be present in Parliament by the Knights and Burgesses of the place where he liveth , and thereby is presumed to consent to all things that pass in Parliament ; So it is now , that there is not one Knight for all the Counties in Wales , nor for divers Counties in England , and some of them the largest in England , as that of York-shire . II. That no free-born Subject of England may have any Taxes levied upon him , without his consent in Parliament . III. To that End , that all vacant places may be supplied , whether they became vacant by Death , or Seclusion ; and that those that were secluded by force in the year 1648. may fit again ; and that no previous Oath or Engagement may be put upon any that is chosen by his Countrey to fit and Vote freely in Parliament . IV. That the Fundamental Laws of England , the Priviledges of Parliament , the Liberty of the Subject , and the Property of Goods , may be asserted and defended , according to the first Declarations of the Parliament , when they undertook the War . V. That the true Protestant Religion may be professed and defended , all Heresies , Sects and Schismes discountenanced and suppressed , a lawfull succession of Godly and Able Ministers continued and encouraged , and the two Universities , and all Colledges in both of them , may be preserved and countenanced . VI . That all the Souldiery that will acquiesce in the Judgment of a free and full Parliament , in the promoting and setling a happy Peace upon those Foundations , may have their Arrears paid , and as many of them as the Parliament shall think necessary , may be continued in the publick Service ; and that as many of them as have been Purchasers of Lands from the Parliament , may either enjoy their Bargains , or their Money paid back with Interest , and some considerable Advantage over and above , for their satisfactions , as the Parliament shall judge expedient for the publick good of the Nation .

This Address was prepared by the Gentlemen , &c. abovesaid , to be presented to General Monk , at his entrance into Northampton .