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== Writings == * ''Truth Lifting up its Head above Scandals'' (1649, dedication dated 16 October 1648), Gerrard Winstanley * ''The New Law of Righteousness'' (26 January 1649), Gerrard Winstanley * ''The True Levellers Standard ADVANCED: or, The State of Community opened, and Presented to the Sons of Men'' William Everard, John Palmer, John South, John Courton. William Taylor, Christopher Clifford, John Barker. Gerrard Winstanley, Richard Goodgroome, Thomas Starre, William Hoggrill, Robert Sawyer, Thomas Eder, Henry Bickerstaffe, John Taylor, &c. (20 April 1649) * ''A DECLARATION FROM THE Poor oppressed People OF ENGLAND, DIRECTED To all that call themselves, or are called Lords of Manors, through this NATION...'' Gerrard Winstanley, John Coulton, John Palmer, Thomas Star, Samuel Webb, John Hayman, Thomas Edcer, William Hogrill, Daniel Weeden, Richard Wheeler, Nathaniel Yates, William Clifford, John Harrison, Thomas Hayden, James Hall. James Manley, Thomas Barnard, John South, Robert Sayer, Christopher Clifford, John Beechee, William Coomes, Christopher Boncher, Richard Taylor, Urian Worthington, Nathaniel Holcombe, Giles Childe (senior), John Webb, Thomas Yarwel, William Bonnington. John Ash, Ralph Ayer, John Pra, John Wilkinson, Anthony Spire, Thomas East, Allen Brown, Edward Parret, Richard Gray, John Mordy, John Bachilor, William Childe, William Hatham, Edward Wicher, William Tench. (1 June 1649). * ''A LETTER TO The Lord Fairfax, AND His Councell of War, WITH Divers Questions to the Lawyers, and Ministers: Proving it an undeniable Equity, That the common People ought to dig, plow, plant and dwell upon the Commons, with-out hiring them, or paying Rent to any''. On the behalf of those who have begun to dig upon [[#St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey|George-Hill]] in Surrey. Gerrard Winstanly (9 June 1649) * ''A Declaration of The bloudie and unchristian acting of William Star and John Taylor of Walton'' (22 June 1649), Gerrard Winstanley * ''An Appeal To the House of Commons; desiring their answer: whether the common-people shall have the quiet enjoyment of the commons and waste land; ...'' (11 July 1649), Gerrard Winstanley, John Barker, and Thomas Star * ''A Watch-Word to the City of London, and the Armie'' (26 August 1649), Gerrard Winstanley * ''To His Excellency the Lord Fairfax and the Counsell of Warre the Brotherly Request of those that are called Diggers sheweth'' (December 1649), John Heyman, An. Wrenn, Hen. Barton, Jon Coulton (in the behalf of others called the Diggers), Robert Cosler, John Plamer, Jacob Heard (in ''[[The Clarke Papers]]'' volume 2, [1894]) * ''To My Lord Generall and his Councell of Warr'' (8 December 1649), Gerrard Winstanley (in ''The Clarke Papers'' volume 2, [1894]) * ''The Diggers Song'' (circa 1649,1650) (in ''The Clarke Papers'' volume 2, [1894]), attributed to Gerrard Winstanley by the historian [[C. H. Firth]], the editor of ''The Clarke Papers''. * ''The Declaration and Standard of the Levellers of England, delivered in a speech to His Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax, on Friday last at White-Hall ...'', William Everard * ''Several Pieces gathered into one volume'' (1650, Preface dated 20 December 1649), A second edition of five of Gerrard Winstanley's works printed for Giles Calvert, the printer for nearly all the Diggers writings.<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Loewenstein |year=2001 |title=Representing revolution in Milton and his contemporaries: religion, politics, and polemics in radical Puritanism |edition=illustrated |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=0521770327 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vaXBpoTLMecC&pg=PA315 315]}}</ref> * ''A New-yeers Gift FOR THE PARLIAMENT AND ARMIE: SHEWING, What the KINGLY Power is; And that the CAUSE of those They call DIGGERS'' (1 January 1650), Gerrard Winstanley * ''Englands Spirit Unfoulded or an incouragement to take the Engagement ...'' (Ca. February or March 1650), Jerrard {{sic}} Winstanley. * ''A Vindication of Those Whose Endeavors is Only to Make the Earth a Common Treasury, Called Diggers'' (4 March 1650), Gerrard Winstanley * ''Fire in the Bush'' (19 March 1650), Gerrard Winstanley * {{lang|enm|An appeale to all Englishmen, to judge between bondage and freedome, sent from those that began to digge upon George Hill in Surrey; but now are carrying on, that publick work upon the little heath in the parish of Cobham...}}, (26 March 1650), Jerard {{sic}} Winstanley [and 24 others] * A Letter taken at Wellingborough (March 1650), probably written by Gerrard Winstanley.<ref>{{cite book |first=Gerrard |last=Winstanley |author-link=Gerrard Winstanley |year=2009 |title=The complete works of Gerrard Winstanley |volume=2 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0199576067 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tQJhvdhf1fMC&pg=PA430 430] }}</ref> * An Humble Request, to the Ministers of both Universities, and to all Lawyers in every Inns-a-court (9 April 1650), Gerrard Winstanley * ''Letter to [[Lady Eleanor Davies]]'' (4 December 1650), Gerrard Winstanley * ''The Law of Freedom in a Platform, or True Magistracy Restored'' (1652), Gerrard Winstanley{{sfn|Woolrych|2002|pp=449β450}}
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