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<HEAD>THE HUMBLE PETITION OF The Knights, E&s;quires, Gentry Freeholders, and inhabitants of the County of SOMMERSET</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Pre&s;ented to the Honourable Knights, Citizens, and Burge&s;&s;es now A&s;&s;embled in <HI>Parliament,</HI> <DATE><HI>June</HI> 15. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Humbly Pray,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THat the Liturgie, and the Church Governement be continued vntill otherwi&s;e &s;ome alterations may be for a free, and well cho&s;en SINOD, and that in the meane time the di&s;turbers thereof may be di&s;countenanced, and that you endeavour to remoue all Jealou&s;ies and mi&s;under&s;tandings between his MAJESTY and PARLIAMENT, the di&s;contents within being the greate&s;t evills that can happen unto us, and which We mo&s;t feare; and to take into your con&s;ideration his MAJESTIES Me&s;&s;age of 20. JANUARY, as the means propo&s;ed for an accommodation, and that you will provide for his Maje&s;ties &s;ecurity by declaring again&s;t Tumults, and unlawfull a&s;&s;emblyes, and that you will take Order to &s;uppre&s;&s;e Seditious Sermons, and Pamphlets, which his Maje&s;ty declares He expects, as the meanes to come neere His PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>2. That &s;eeing his Maje&s;ty and Parliament do not agree in a new way, for &s;etling the MILITIA: it is humbly de&s;ired that the Trained Bands may be &s;et into &s;uch a Po&s;ture &amp; Government as in the time of QUEENE ELIZABETH, untill a law be made, and that the di&s;|pute about the manner of doing it may not actuate devi&s;ion in the meane time.</P>
<P>3. That the Subject may have the benefit of the Petition of right both for his Per&s;on and e&s;tate in all ca&s;es, and in all Courts, and that the lawes of our Kingdome may be the only rule of Government and obedience.</P>
<P>4. That whereas great &s;umes of Mony have been levyed by Act of Parliament, and great are now required; we be&s;eech you to take notice that the Country is much impove|ri&s;hed, and will unwillingly beare any burthen of this kind, but &s;uch as &s;hal be imployed for the generall &s;ervice of this Kingdom, and Bleeding Kingdome of JRELAND. And therefore we humbly pray that it may be made knowne how tho&s;e former Colecti|ons have been di&s;po&s;ed, which wil be a great incouragement for the ready payment of the pre&s;ent.</P>
<P>5. La&s;tly, whereas and &s;eeing his Maje&s;ty hath often with &s;undry Prote&s;tations de|clared to his Parliament and People, that he will ever maintaine the true Prote&s;tant Re|ligion e&s;tabli&s;hed, the Lawes of the Kingdom and the Liberty of the Subject; which we do confidently beleeve.</P>
<P>We further humbly be&s;eech you, that the di&s;pute about Prerogative and the feare of the Malignant party or other Jealou&s;ies, may not imbroile you in the greate&s;t of evils, as are tho&s;e of civill di&s;cention and ingagement, and that you do your utmo&s;t to alay di&s;tem|pers, and heedfully watch over the Peace and &s;afety of this Kingdome; In which we will joyne with you our earne&s;t Prayers, and willingly adventure our &s;elves and fortunes.</P>
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<P>London, Printed for W. D. 1642.</P>
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