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To tlievrlglwt Honourable ch Kniglm,
Litazcns ind Burgebtlesofthc C;on)m‘ons  
    H0u1‘e0l*Parlaan3cxv1:.  A

Tbe bumble Pamficm of #14 Xldfifmtfly A’ldcrm6I2s  
4 Dc}7usi¢s,A/Iczrcbantg CammanCouncc_l1[mlen,   

lsuéfiafy mm, and Citizen: of-Lo27a'o2a3lof;g;ord I

  A l rule cm/9'«4l.1]l.  %  l. ’
 ,, Hcwctb, that they with all hum-
’ blc: .thankf'ulncIT:, gzcknowlcdgaa
that grcat l.1bm1r 8’: “care which
this Honourable Atlcmblly hath
undcrgoncr, now for ‘the {pace
, A ofonc wholcycarc‘, cndcavow
‘  lringthc reformation and =n;moe-
l vall ofthofc many p-rcflulcs and
grievances inthc Church and CoLm::non-wcalch, and
due humbly prcfcm llflthat gratcfull accgptzmce and

 

high cficcmc, which not oncly the Petitioners, but ale ~

Io all well affcétcd to the honour of‘ his’Majcfly‘, and
profpcritypf this Kingdoms, have: of than. {c ycour great
and unwcaricd endeavours, whxch :1lrh&ou;,»;h by rcalzlon

of the Popifh Lords and Bfifllops, vm:ing’inxhc:hou{a  

of Pccr_cs,~ *,3l1Cll.l0th€l'l impediments («as they humbly

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py,¢cf’i':6lsyéii aimcdiafgjet to the Pctitioncrsigicio
comfo.rt,]div;rsrof thofo prcffqrcs arooalready rcrnom
ved, as, Arbitrary Coulrts, Ship-;m'ony%.,. Monopolics,

~ and oth¢rl.ilIégall Imp0fiti0fl5,_ whcrcw‘ith’lilhe‘y‘~ wen: 

burdcncdj,5_:nd further hope given-by”; t’l1c_A{&.=l 

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ofthc Parliamentscontiziuanckz. A ~» ;

That notwithflandimg all cn1s,o.:he lpa§it1§lla‘od:1ici;ll   f

‘ :.!.dhcrcnts,whofc malice ccaicth not_.,_havc by ‘m‘any.:i~

fundry ftcrct and dclpicrato plozgattcmptcd thoruinc .

and dcfiruftion ofthis Stat: and k.ingdoomc«i 5 and how-
Fever {omc ofthcm haw: hithcrtooby G,od_s; providcmcc~
and yoL1r~p'rudoncc,bc¢‘n difcovcrcd ,1, and become :4-

l loo rtivo, oyoct th~c.l'a,d” ’c:ffcéis"ofotobcrs of them, are not‘
onély fclr,;andmuc‘h mo_rc:,ofca.rcd in this-Realm: of

Englzmd 5ibUti21lf0lhaVc0f Iatcbrokch out into open

V rcbcllionm, Ireland, whcrclmofi barbaroous, favago,,,l.

email and inhuman: laéiiolns arc»pr.a&ilcd towards our
brethren by nation and religion ,.~Wh9I¢ lamentable

and dcplorablc condition.-the Pctitianc'rs"’i1iuch piay 
and. Iamcntyand hiwicjufl cauic to fearc,V.that as,alrca- 
dyth_c,ml?1’ath bccnlsmuch Chriflianbloludlpilt; foin »

lfllétff timc, iffpccdy ‘ht! p be not font, not oncly _t.hc:~ -

many grcalt~dcb~t$.thore owing todivcrs ofthc Pctitio» .
nets, and othcrs of thisl-lcingadomc,will be wholly l5fl*;,
bmlwhichlis more, the,-ycry name of? tho Englifla, incl.
thl Protcllaiit Kc] igio:-1,. will be: rooted out by tholc

  Rebels, the foundation of which Religion is written in’:
ll.-.-ms lo-fbloud,..doc oncly op pole :; and for that dj...
.v.:rs ofthcl Petitioners rccnivcl daily information from

a1l‘p~zn:ts oftliis l I:ingdomc,of the‘ bold’ and ~infolcnt
carriage and thrcatninglfpccchcs of'thc”lPipiRs'inthis-vi
Bcalmcaas sh: 13=!§si99sr§ hlsmblyi conccivrznot ouly

four:

re: tlie';?>"f°e'Va:ill:1i‘gh’fit% ¢:lg1s¢x;,hinmzmgbmxta from

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the want of {uch ficur&h&lcourf¢.haga‘ihfi Papifis . %
berg, as the prclcnt conditionof misllkingdomcrcqui-‘i  

mth,:znd thc honorablcmlcmbly hath camcfily lend:-1”»

V voufcd, from which ground thc_hPctitioncrs 
mm: to rcprcfcnt unto youth: great trxrroxs, fcarcs, 8a.:  

difhrafiiés tlicyalay under ofahhiuddcn furprilc bythcir
bloody hands, by mcancshwlhnrcofthc tradinghloflllthckl A

Qity and Kingdomcismuclh more of latcfdccaicd than   

it hath bccnc tor many, ycarcgs pail, no’ than following:
his trade chcarftllly, _whilcs the lives of ‘himfclfc am:

family, and the puhlickcfafcty of the kingdom: arcim -

dangc-r,,and while hm k-nowcthxl notlhow Inc «they;

may fc.clc_thc liltclcruclty and inhumzmitlyfrotnthcl’ V

Papifls, and their adherents, ‘ as chef: in Irclcind hiwc*

done, which if qvcrlit flwuld happen in thc‘ir:m:1l~icc‘l A

and cruelty, againft=whom‘.thcy have alrcadyfby them-4%

lclvcs and thcir ahcttors, cndcqvourcd cdfailcla dil‘rc-_-»~ A

fpcfiim the hearts oftthc people, ' to ~ ldividel hat wécnc7

the Kings Majcfly and his:-Parliamcnt*, gland lcdit.iou'fl*y* V

to mifconflructhc Cicizcns:du:'ifu'll and loy.a”l’lchtc‘r.*

tainmcntlof his Maj.cfly,., to be a ldlf:-iting hf this Ho-I!  

nourahlc A'ffc”mbly,,t11c~ffca~fithoughtwlmrcofthe Pc-_~

tliticoncrs dc; uttcrlyfi dctdt and ablher‘ :.to"thc'cnd there-’ ,

for: that thc dgfl;m;&ivc~pl9ts:oflthc Paplltshané ltllcir‘
aldhcltcnts maybe dcfcat.cd,,thc grqumlslufithcir hapcsu
and»inlolcncics~rcmov¢d,.con{idcrahlc forces with all»*‘
cxpcdizio n {cat to fubdugthbfc abominah 1;: and_,bloa-A-1‘

dsr "rchclsinl I réland, this City and ~I§ingdlomc,fori"prc+ ‘
vcntion of the lilcc mifchicfc, and lccuringthc peace

t~hcrcof,_,put. infé) 4al4“POflur¢ ¢fdcfcdCc,‘: tbt Pctitio H: t s

  firccd trbxih thcirfcgrcs, incouragcd in their trad§s5.tmd

_ A, 43  1 im

‘in duclltime receivelluchy :iull_ hnlfvzvcrs t9‘ ,thclrl forma-

petlicionsl; as fl1"lll“»l':f cm: brefltoyo£lt‘great svvlldomcs.
; ltlshumlbly prayed that you w‘1llvoucl1laFet0 bee at

  meanes to thclflngs Majdly and tlaclmulle '0.f'Pecrc$,M

thatlifemay bclfpaedlly giventa ywrg§.ao'd endrzaa

wars, Vby,t1:u:ir cxmcurrmcqe wizlallllyaluxn thée p:.m.{h.-

‘memofdclinqucnts, and tc.drc{Ti~-g~thc prcmzégs and
gmvamccslin Church and 4 Comgjabnwealgh, amongl-ls
which the abulcs crept mm the anc‘»icmtl'g0vcrnmcnt (ll?

this City, thcyhumbly dcfircé m gym due time lace ta;
km intecgnlidcration: and tor;thc;mbetter% cflkaing‘

hcrcelgzhatlthc Popi{l:1 Lords and Bzflaops may be: mfg.

mavcd outof the houfc of 1'9‘ eras, as was dcfim~l in“
thc‘prefcr1c;:~ ofldivcrs Ofthis Heneurablc Allcmbly,"
by the mtpréfcntativc body of this City‘, when fifty"
tlaoulamd pounds was freely lcnt to rail: forcps for“
Itch-nd,thc g-rcatcfl pm lwldcrof was {pccdily brought”

in by tAl1¢'P*tti'tiOnfl'«S. l
And thzl Pccitioncrs, who wall know their ownc
fafctics arc wrap: up xn yours. flnll not fall: to put up

I

daily praycrsto Almighty ~Grr.d for yourgocxd fut-A

calla, and to maintainc and dcfénd to the: utmoll ha-4

zard of-th'c1ir livcts and cfiatcs, according mthcir late f

protcflation, thclKing§llMajc;fly and high Court. of
Parliament, againff all wick:-d Counccllors , anclma.

lignant o ppofcrsg whci cndcavm cithcif byfccrct plots A

or opcnlforccm prejudice the one or lthlcl other 9! r to

make divifiens bcgtwecnc his lM;ajc{ly'lahd%:hc Parlia; 
mcntmrhom God and! thcllawds c3f'thls% land have uni-A; A

t:d'in.fo mare xfclatian.

l ~ And we £ball.l as in duty Hbund.pray,&c.

 

A Relation in what manner the Peri»

tion was delivered the eleventh of
Decmzlvcr.   I641.  

SUbfcribed with the names of above zoooo. by Al -»

dermen,,Aldcrmens D.:putics,M~:_rchants,Common
Councell men, and many others of great rankc and fa-
fh-ion, to the number of'4oo. who were felcéted to de-
liver the petition, all riding outofthe Ci-tie ofLtmdm
in 5o:Co2tchcs,or thercabouts,to the Parliament Houfé.
The Houle hearing of their comming , gave admit-

tance to about an hundred ol:’them,and did receive the   

petition. One of the Citizens did declare fame inter-

ruption was given them l)yillaffi~.-cited perlomsin Lam t ‘

don, about fubfcribing of hands ,. and lo withdrew
thc~mfelves.In the interim,the petition wasread in the
bottle : whereupon the petitioners were called againe,
the houfe did accept ofit thankfully ; the honourable

Houfe gave ordcr,thatnotice {hould be taken of luch A

ill? afil élted perlonsmvho flrould hinder,interrupt, dif-
couragt-,or take any petition away from any his Maje-
fiies lubjcas, w hofhoulel go: about to petition to re»
forme grievances, that aria order {hould bee taken‘

with tech perfens,and immediately return their names
" to the High‘COlltt of Parliament. ~   t. A "' “

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