TO
HIS
EXCELLENCY
THE
Lord
General
Monck
.
The
Unanimous
Representation
of
the
Apprentices
and
young
men
Inhabiting
in
the
City
of
London
.
Humbly
Sheweth
,
THat
the
glory
of
our
Nation
,
and
the
greatest
comfort
of
our
Lives
in
our
Civil
Interests
,
consists
in
the
Priviledges
and
Liberties
to
which
we
were
born
,
and
which
are
the
undoubted
Inheritance
of
all
the
free
people
of
England
,
among
which
the
grand
and
Essential
Priviledge
which
discriminates
free
men
from
slaves
,
is
the
interest
which
every
man
hath
in
the
Legislative
power
of
the
Nation
,
by
their
Representatives
assembled
in
Parliament
:
without
which
,
however
we
may
flatter
our selves
,
or
be
flatter'd
by
others
,
we
are
truly
no
better
then
Vassals
govern'd
by
the
will
and
pleasure
of
those
who
have
no
relation
to
us
or
our
common
Interest
.
Now
how
much
this
dear
Priviledge
of
the
People
hath
been
assaulted
by
the
open
violence
of
some
,
and
secret
artifice
of
others
,
and
to
what
a
deplorable
condition
we
are
brought
at
this
present
period
,
when
heavy
taxes
are
imposing
upon
mens
Estates
,
and
new
Laws
upon
our
Persons
without
any
consent
of
the
people
had
in
a
free
Parliament
,
and
how
generally
through
the
said
distractions
in
Government
trading
is
decayed
,
and
how
much
we
are
likely
to
suffer
therby
in
our
times
and
places
,
we
cannot
but
Remonstrate
to
your
Excellency
,
constrain'd
through
the
sense
of
our
present
sufferings
and
apprehensions
of
greater
to
implore
your
assistance
,
most
humbly
beseeching
your
Excellency
by
that
ancient
love
you
have
born
to
your
Native
Countrey
,
zeal
to
our
Liberties
,
by
that
great
renowne
you
have
lately
gain'd
in
opposing
the
cruel
Rageing
of
the
Sword
by
the
common
cries
of
the
People
,
and
by
the
hopes
and
chearful
Expectation
of
all
England
now
fixt
upon
you
;
And
,
lastly
,
by
your
own
personal
concern
in
the
same
common
cause
as
a
free-born
English
man
,
that
you
would
please
to
use
those
great
advantages
Divine
Providence
hath
now
put
into
your
hands
to
the
securing
your
Native
Countrey
from
those
dangerous
usurpations
,
and
preserving
us
in
those
Liberties
to
which
we
were
borne
.
That
no
Tax
may
be
imposed
,
nor
new
Law
made
,
nor
old
abolisht
but
with
the
consents
of
the
people
had
by
their
Representatives
in
Parliament
,
freely
to
be
chosen
without
terrour
or
limitations
,
and
freely
to
sit
without
any
Oath
or
Engagement
previous
to
their
entrance
,
without
which
special
Liberties
the
Parliament
cannot
in
any
construction
be
esteemed
the
free
Assembly
of
the
People
;
And
by
your
Excellency's
asserting
of
those
our
undoubted
Rights
in
your
present
advantages
,
you
will
certainly
by
the
blessing
of
God
,
and
unanimous
concurrence
of
the
People
accomplish
our
ends
,
and
will
thereby
gaine
the
hearts
and
hands
of
the
whole
Nation
,
and
the
City
in
particular
,
and
purchase
to
your self
a
name
that
shall
make
every
true
English
man
call
you
blessed
,
and
Posterity
shall
hereafter
delight
to
recount
the
famous
Acts
of
their
worthy
Patriot
.
This
was
delivered
to
his
Excellency
at
St.
Albans
,
Thursday
,
Febr.
2.
1659.
by
persons
Elected
for
that
purpose
,
and
had
a
very
cheerful
Reception
.