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         Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
      
       
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             A third address directed to his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, and the Right Honourable the Councell of State sitting at White-Hall Being the humble petition of Lieutenant-Colonell John Lilburne prisoner in Newgate.
             Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by Tho. Newcomb dwelling in Thamestreet over against Baynards Castle,
             London :
             [1653]
          
           
             Dated at end: Newgate, this present Monday, being June the 20. 1653.
             Date of publication from Wing.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657 -- Imprisonment -- Early works to 1800.
           Detention of persons -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           A
           Third
           Address
           directed
           to
           his
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           Generall
           
             CROMWELL
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           
             Councell
             of
             State
          
           sitting
           at
           WHITE-HALL
           :
           Being
           ,
           The
           humble
           Petition
           of
           Lieutenant-Colonell
           
             John
             Lilburne
          
           Prisoner
           in
           
             Newgate
             .
          
        
         
           SHEWETH
           ,
        
         
           THat
           since
           your
           Petitioner
           in
           the
           confidence
           of
           your
           goodness
           and
           righteousness
           cast
           his
           life
           at
           your
           feet
           ,
           he
           hath
           truly
           shewed
           by
           his
           humble
           Addresses
           to
           your
           Honours
           ,
           that
           whilst
           he
           lived
           in
           banishment
           ,
           his
           life
           was
           no
           better
           then
           a
           constant
           dying
           unto
           him
           ,
           besides
           other
           straits
           and
           extremities
           ;
           his
           life
           being
           daily
           sought
           for
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           constant
           and
           desperate
           hazards
           by
           his
           enemies
           .
           And
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           unwearied
           importunities
           and
           tears
           of
           his
           tender
           Wife
           ,
           he
           was
           induced
           to
           come
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           being
           neither
           in
           the
           least
           invited
           nor
           incouraged
           thereunto
           by
           any
           other
           but
           she
           alone
           .
           Only
           he
           believed
           it
           better
           and
           more
           safe
           for
           him
           to
           cast
           his
           life
           (
           notwithstanding
           any
           prejudices
           of
           spirit
           whatsoever
           against
           him
           )
           upon
           the
           mercy
           and
           favour
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           zealously
           profess
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           faith
           in
           the
           tender
           mercies
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           had
           engaged
           in
           the
           same
           publike
           Cause
           with
           him
           against
           Tyrannie
           and
           Oppression
           ;
           then
           to
           be
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           his
           false
           ,
           cruel
           ,
           and
           bloody
           Enemies
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           such
           bonds
           upon
           their
           spirits
           .
        
         
           Yet
           to
           his
           grief
           ,
           he
           finds
           no
           effect
           of
           his
           former
           addresses
           but
           his
           Imprisonment
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           dishonorable
           Goal
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           is
           informed
           ,
           an
           Order
           for
           his
           speedy
           Trial
           upon
           the
           Act
           for
           his
           Banishment
           ;
           without
           any
           the
           least
           notice
           taken
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           humbly
           offered
           to
           your
           Honours
           in
           his
           said
           former
           addresses
           ,
           concerning
           the
           illegality
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           and
           all
           the
           proceedings
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           That
           upon
           a
           most
           serious
           search
           into
           his
           own
           actions
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           intentions
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           your
           Petitioner
           cannot
           find
           the
           least
           cause
           why
           he
           should
           be
           rendred
           a
           person
           so
           abominable
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           unfit
           to
           live
           or
           breath
           in
           this
           Commonwealth
           ;
           only
           he
           feares
           that
           his
           intentions
           in
           comming
           hither
           in
           this
           juncture
           of
           time
           may
           be
           misrepresented
           to
           your
           Honours
           .
           Whereas
           he
           doth
           seriously
           and
           really
           profess
           as
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Lord
           (
           that
           searcheth
           all
           hearts
           )
           that
           he
           hath
           herein
           truely
           and
           in
           the
           integrity
           of
           his
           soul
           ,
           without
           deceit
           or
           guile
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           clearly
           declared
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           coming
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           no
           designe
           ,
           end
           ,
           or
           intention
           ,
           but
           meerly
           to
           crave
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           present
           Power
           in
           all
           humility
           ,
           and
           a
           peaceable
           and
           quiet
           submission
           to
           their
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           in
           all
           peaceable
           ways
           ,
           that
           the
           justice
           of
           the
           sentence
           passed
           against
           him
           might
           be
           legally
           and
           judicially
           examined
           ,
           and
           the
           judgement
           revoked
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           quietly
           live
           a
           private
           life
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           the
           fellowship
           of
           his
           Christian
           friends
           ,
           and
           the
           society
           of
           his
           dearest
           wife
           ,
           and
           tender
           babes
           :
           and
           unto
           this
           kind
           of
           life
           he
           is
           ready
           most
           solemnly
           to
           bind
           and
           ingage
           himself
           ,
           and
           he
           believes
           many
           of
           his
           friends
           will
           freely
           ingage
           for
           his
           truth
           and
           integrity
           of
           real
           performance
           of
           his
           promise
           therein
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           shall
           neither
           directly
           nor
           indirectly
           disturb
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           molest
           the
           present
           Power
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
           That
           your
           Petitioner
           having
           never
           in
           the
           least
           been
           charged
           nor
           accused
           of
           any
           Capital
           Crime
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           banishment
           ,
           humbly
           craves
           your
           Honours
           seriously
           to
           consider
           ,
           wherein
           God
           shall
           be
           dishonoured
           ,
           or
           the
           Commonwealth
           damnified
           ,
           or
           any
           honest
           member
           thereof
           prejudiced
           by
           his
           living
           and
           breathing
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
           for
           whose
           real
           welfare
           ,
           and
           the
           honest
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           and
           their
           true
           tranquility
           ,
           he
           hath
           for
           many
           years
           together
           run
           most
           real
           and
           apparent
           hazards
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           eying
           in
           the
           least
           any
           mercinary
           or
           pecuniary
           advantagious
           ends
           unto
           himself
           .
        
         
           And
           likewise
           he
           most
           humbly
           intreats
           you
           seriously
           to
           consider
           ,
           wherein
           God
           shall
           be
           glorified
           ,
           and
           his
           people
           comforted
           ,
           the
           Commonwealth
           advantaged
           ,
           or
           any
           Capital
           offenders
           terrified
           ,
           by
           shedding
           your
           Petitioners
           innocent
           bloud
           ,
           upon
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           for
           his
           banishment
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           God
           shall
           so
           incline
           your
           hearts
           ,
           he
           humbly
           prays
           ,
           
           
             That
             all
             Proceedings
             against
             him
             upon
             the
             said
             Act
             may
             forthwith
             be
             suspended
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             may
             have
             free
             liberty
             to
             make
             his
             humble
             Addresses
             in
             a
             peaceable
             submissive
             manner
             to
             those
             that
             are
             and
             shall
             be
             intrusted
             with
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             ,
             for
             the
             repealing
             the
             said
             Act.
             And
             that
             in
             the
             interim
             he
             may
             be
             freed
             from
             his
             chargeable
             Imprisonment
             ,
             upon
             his
             most
             solemn
             engagement
             and
             security
             to
             live
             peaceably
             and
             quietly
             with
             his
             poor
             Family
             ,
             in
             all
             obedience
             and
             submission
             to
             the
             present
             Power
             and
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Newgate
               ,
            
             
               this
               present
               
                 Monday
                 ,
              
               being
               
                 June
              
               the
               20.
               1653.
               
            
          
           
             And
             he
             shall
             pray
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             JOHN
             LILBURNE
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Newcomb
          
           dwelling
           in
           
             Thamestreet
          
           over
           against
           
             Baynards
             Castle
             .
          
        
      
      
  

