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<HEAD>The humble Petition of divers Citizens of the City of <HI>LONDON.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">To the High and Honourable Court of <HI>Parliament</HI> a&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WE &s;etting before our eyes the glory of God&punc; the advancement of Religion, and Covenanted Reformation, the Power and Priviledge of Parliament, the Liberty of the Subject, the &s;ettlement and &s;afety of the Kingdom, the Honour and happine&s;&s;e of the Kings Ma|je&s;ty and his Po&s;terity; which were the grounds of our former engagements, and for the purcha&s;ing of which ends, &s;o much blood hath been &s;pilt, and the Trea&s;ure of the Kingdom &s;o much exhau&s;ted: yet our expectations are not an&s;wered, nor the Kingdoms Peace &s;ecured: but on the contrary, fre&s;h Dangers are threatned, our former Fears renewed, and the Di&s;contents of all &s;orts of people to &s;uch an height increa&s;ed, that whil&s;t many endeavouring to avoid the pre&s;ent evils under which they groan, (through their inadvertency) are ready impatiently to plunge them&s;elves and the whole Kingdom into inevitable mi&s;ery; &s;ome by their irregular proceedings, mutinous and tumultuous ri&s;ings; (we would not be under&s;tood of the orderly Petitioning of any County) others by making it their grand de&s;igne, to alienate the affections of the people from the Parliament, by their &s;ecret, but fal&s;e &s;ugge&s;tions and in&s;inuations, That you intend to de|throne his Maje&s;ty, di&s;inherit his Po&s;terity; that you are enemies to Monarchy; that you intend to de&s;troy or alter our well approved Go|vernment and con&s;titution, and intend no &s;ettlement, but even to let loo&s;e the golden reines of Government; that you only carry on your own intere&s;ts, and minde not the redre&s;&s;e of publike or private grievances. Again&s;t all which A&s;per&s;ions you have many times manife&s;ted your &s;elves both by your former Declarations and Remon&s;trances, as well as by your late Votes communicated by your Committee to the Common Councell of this City; And we being per&s;waded it is your reall intentions and re&s;olutions &s;o to do, and by &s;o doing to make your enemies liars; which doth incourage us to make the&s;e humble Addre&s;&s;es to your Honours in the&s;e few en&s;uing particulars.
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<ITEM>1. That in pur&s;uance of your late Votes, you would be plea&s;ed &s;peedily and vigorou&s;ly to endeavour the e&s;tabli&s;hing the Go|vernment of this Kingdom, according to the ancient con&s;titution of it by King, Lords and Commons, together with all the ends of the Covenant.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That the Militia of the Kingdom may be forthwith &s;etled in &s;uch hands, that it may not be in the power of any enemy to ruine us; and way may be made for the &s;afe disbanding or reducing of all Armies in &s;uch a convenient time and manner, as the &s;afety of the Kingdom may require.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That all tho&s;e that have been very faithfull to the Parliament&punc; and are de&s;ervedly approved of by their re&s;pective Counties, may be impartially imployed and intru&s;ted for the &s;afety of tho&s;e places again&s;t the common enemy.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That particular grievances depending before &s;everall Committees of Parliament, may be li&s;ted, and orderly heard and de|termined, that the people be not delayed, grieved, wa&s;ted, and their affections cooled towards the Parliament by unne|ce&s;&s;ary attendance; that to this purpo&s;e the Committees may con&s;tantly attend their daies of &s;itting.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. That the Debts of the Kingdom may be put in a methodicall and certain way of paiment, which cour&s;e not to be diverted till the engagements of the State are di&s;chagred.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. That as in many things you have already Voted, &s;o in all other things all due &s;atisfaction may be given to the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> according to the Covenant, and the Articles and Agreements of both Kingdoms; And that in particular their de&s;ires concerning the members of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, that &s;o the peace of both Kingdoms may be pre&s;erved, and the mi&s;chiefs and mi&s;eries of a new war prevented.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. That the peace of the Kingdoms being provided for, by mutuall advice of both Kingdoms, and their re&s;pective &s;afeties be|ing &s;etled upon la&s;ting ba&s;is and foundations; The King may be re&s;tored to his due rights, in the pre&s;ervation and defence of the true Religion and liberties of the Kingdoms according to the Covenant.</ITEM>
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<P REND="indent">Thus your reall intentions, and indefatigable endeavours, being to advance the glory of God, the power and purity of Reli|gion, the honour and happine&s;&s;e of the King and his Po&s;terity, the freedom and &s;afety of the people, the mutuall union of both Kingdoms; in one word, all the contents of our &s;olemne League and Covenant, you &s;hall &s;top the mouthes of your adver&s;aries, le&s;&s;en the number of your enemies, fru&s;trate the plots and de&s;ignes that are again&s;t you, increa&s;e your friends, engage the hearts, &s;trengthen the hands, and revive the hopes of the well-affected in both Kingdoms; regain your former honour and re&s;pect among the people, &s;o that yet you &s;hall be called, The repairers of our breaches, the builders of our wa&s;te places, and re&s;torers of pathes to dwell in. And as for your Petitioners, Contrary to all tho&s;e fal&s;e calumniations ca&s;t upon us, we are re&s;olved (through the grace of God) maugre all oppo&s;ition what&s;oever, firmly to adhere to our fir&s;t Principles and Re&s;olutions, in &s;tanding by you and for you, it being in our very hearts to live and die with you, accord|ing to the Covenant.</P>
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