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<HEAD>THE DECLARATION Of the GENTRY, of the COUNTY of NORFOLK, And of the COUNTY and CITY of NORVVICH.</HEAD>
<P>VVE the Gentry of the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> and County and City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> being deeply affected with the &s;ence of our &s;ad Di&s;tractions and Divi&s;ions, both in Church and State, and wearied with the mi&s;eries of an Unnatural Civil War, the too Frequent Interruptions of Government, the Impo&s;ition of &s;everal hea|vy Taxes, and the loud Out-cries of multitudes of undone, and almo&s;t Fami&s;hed People, occa&s;ioned by the General decay of Trade, which hath &s;pread it &s;elf throughout the whole Nation, and the&s;e Counties in particular; and having met together, and con&s;ulted what may be&s;t re|medy, and remove our, and the Nations pre&s;ent Grievances and Di&s;tra|ctions, Do humbly conceive, that the chief Expedient will be, the recal|ling of tho&s;e Members that were &s;ecluded in 1648, and &s;at before the Force put upon the Parliament (We of the County of <HI>Norfolk)</HI> be|ing by &s;uch Seclu&s;ion, deprived of any Per&s;on to repre&s;ent us in Parlia|ment,) and al&s;o by filling up the Vacant Places thereof; and all to be Admitted without any Oath, or Engagement, previous to their Entrance; which being done, We &s;hall be ready to acquie&s;ce, and &s;ubmit in all things, to the Judgment and Authority of Parliament, without which Autho|rity, the People of <HI>England</HI> cannot be obliged to pay any Taxes.</P>
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<P><HI>This Declaration, &s;ub&s;cribed by three hundred Gentlemen, was delivered to the Honourable</HI> Will: Lenthall, <HI>Speaker of the Parliament, on</HI> <DATE><HI>Saturday the Eight and Twentieth of January,</HI> 1659.</DATE> <HI>By the Lord</HI> Richard&s;on, S^r John Hobart, <HI>and</HI> S^r Horatio Toun&s;end, <HI>Baronets.</HI></P>
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