_Hampden:_ Sir, this question could not be argued to an end if we sat here for a week. Already we have considered it more closely and longer, I think, than any that has ever been before this House. It is morning. Each man has spoken freely from his mind. I move that the question now be put. _The Speaker:_ The question is, whether this question now be put. (There are cries of "Yea," and "No.") _The Speaker:_ I think the "Yeas" have it. (This is followed by silence in the House.) _The Speaker:_ Then the question now before the House is whether this Declaration shall pass. (Again there are cries of "Yea" and "No" strongly emphatic on both sides.) _The Speaker:_ I think the "Yeas" have it. (There are loud and repeated cries of "No.") _The Speaker:_ The House will divide. Tellers for the Yeas, Sir John Clotworthy, Mr. Arthur Goodwyn. Tellers for the Noes, Sir Frederick Cornwallis and Mr. Strangwayes. The Yeas to go forth. (The House divides, the Yeas, including CROMWELL, HAMPDEN, and IRETON, leaving the House, the Noes remaining seated. The tellers for the Noes, with their staffs, count their numbers in the House, while the tellers for the Yeas at the door count theirs as they reenter. The pent-up excitement grows as the Yeas resume their seats and the telling draws to a close. The tellers move up to the Speaker and give in their figures.) _The Speaker:_ The Noes, 148. The Yeas, 159. The Yeas have it by eleven. (The announcement is received with a loud turmoil of cheering, during which IRETON rises.) _Ireton:_ Sir, I move that this measure, as passed by this House, be printed and distributed throughout the land. (The House breaks out into a wild disturbance. "Yea" shouting against "No," swords being drawn and members hustling each other. THE SPEAKER and HAMPDEN at length pacify them.) _Hampden:_ I beg you remember what business you are on. These are grave times, for stout wills, but temperate blood. I beg you, gentlemen. _The Speaker:_ The question is, whether this Declaration shall be printed and distributed. (Cries of "Yea" and "No.") _The Speaker:_ I think the "Noes" have it. (Again there is tumult, during which the SPEAKER leaves his chair and the House; and the session breaks up, the members leaving in passionate discussion. CROMWELL, HAMPDEN, and IRETON stand talking.) _Cromwell_ (to HAMPDEN): It is the beginning. _Hampden:_ It may mean terror in this land. _Cromwell:_ It may. But the country must be delivered. I had thought to live in peace among my Ely acres. I sought none of this. But we must serve. If this Remonstrance had been rejected, I would have sold all I have and have never seen England more. And I know there are many other honest men of this same resolution. _Ireton:_ The issue is set. We may have to spend all that we have. _Cromwell:_ Our goods, our peace, our lives. _Hampden:_ We must be diligent among the people. _Cromwell:_ It is the Lord's will. _Ireton:_ I can speak for many in Nottinghamshire.