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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition">
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<HEAD>THE KENTISH PETITION:
TO THE
HONOURABLE,
The Commons now &s;itting in
PARLIAMENT:
The humble Petition of diver&s;e well-affected in the County of <HI>Kent,</HI> the City and County of
<HI>Canterbury,</HI> together with the Cinque Ports, in the behalfe of them&s;elves and others.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Humbly &s;heweth,</OPENER>
<P>_THat we cannot but with al thankfulnes take notice of, &amp; acknowledge tho&s;e
Votes that pa&s;&s;ed this Honorable Hou&s;e, <HI>December,</HI> 13, 1648, for the di&s;|anulling
of certain Votes formerly made, and now appearing to be di&s;ho|norable
and de&s;tructive to the publike good, <HI>viz.</HI> for the nulling of tho&s;e
Votes which were made for the recalling tho&s;e former Votes of Non-ad|dre&s;&s;es
to the King; and al&s;o for the nulling of tho&s;e Votes which were for
the approbation of the Kings an&s;wer to the <HI>Propo&s;itions</HI> as a ground for peace; and for Vo|ting
the whole <HI>Treaty</HI> in the I&s;le of <HI>Wight,</HI> as di&s;honorble, and de&s;tructive to the publike,
&amp;c. As being fully convinced of the ju&s;tice, honour and nece&s;&s;ity of the &s;aid Votes: and
fora&s;much as we are confident that ju&s;tice is the be&s;t foundation of a Nation, and the pu|ni&s;hment
of offenders a chief branch of ju&s;tice.</P>
<P REND="indent italic">We do therefore humbly be&s;eech this Honorable Hou&s;e according to the Armies Remon|&s;trance
(that great and be&s;t expedient hitherto propo&s;ed for the publike &s;ettlement) to proceed
to a &s;peedy bringing to ju&s;tice (that grand Authour of all our mi&s;eries) the Per&s;on of Him,
who as a King ought to have defended us, but as a Tyrant hath actually levied. Arms and
waged War again&s;t us, together with all other great Delinquents, both in the fir&s;t and &s;econd
War, as well tho&s;e of your own Hou&s;e as any others.</P>
<P REND="indent italic">And to continue in a &s;peedy vigorous and undaunted acting, with that ever faithfull Ar|my,
in all things that tend to the wel-fare, &s;afety and &s;ettlement of the wel-affected people.</P>
<CLOSER>And your petitioners re&s;olving with their lives and all that's dear to
them, to &s;tand by you, &s;hall ever pray, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P>_THe Gentlemen of <HI>Kent</HI> pre&s;ented this Petition unto the Hou&s;e on <HI>Saturday</HI> the 23 of <HI>December,</HI> 1648, The Hou&s;e
called them in, and Ma&s;ter Speaker told them, the Hou&s;e looked upon the hone&s;t men in <HI>Kent,</HI> had ever proved
faithfull to the Parliament, e&s;pecially the Ea&s;tern part: And for the things petitioned, the Hou&s;e was now in con|&s;ideration
of them: and for the Sub&s;cribers, who now &s;hew their good affection, the Hou&s;e gives them thanks.</P>
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<P>Printed for <HI>Hanna Allen,</HI> at the Crown in Popes head Alley, 1648.</P>
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