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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Jovis,</HI> 12. <HI>Jan.</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>IT is this Day Ordered by the Com|mons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, that M. <HI>Sam. Browne,</HI> a Member of the Hou&s;e of Commons, be de&s;ired to have a care of the Printing of a Booke Inti|tuled, <HI>A Second Remon&s;trance,</HI> or <HI>Decla|ration of the Lords and Commons,</HI> and that none pre&s;ume to Print it, but &s;uch as the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Sam. Browne</HI> &s;hall ap|point.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>I appoint <HI>Iohn Wright</HI> to Print this De|claration.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Samuel Browne.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THE HUMBLE PETITION <HI>OF THE MAJOR,</HI> Aldermen, and Commons of the Citty of <HI>London</HI> to His MAJESTY,</P>
<P>WITH HIS MAIESTIES Gratious an&s;wer <HI>thereunto.</HI></P>
<P>Printed, by HIS MAJESTIES Command, <HI>AT OXFORD, Ianuary</HI> 5. By LEONARD LICHFIELD Printer <HI>to the Vniver&s;ity.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>TO THE KING'S <HI>MOST EXCELLENT</HI> MAJESTY, The humble Petition of the MAJOR, ALDER|MEN, and COMMONS of the Citty of LONDON.</HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>_THat the Petitioners, Your <HI>Maje|&s;tyes</HI> mo&s;t humble and Loyall Sub|jects, being much pierced with the long and great divi&s;ions between Your <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> and both Your Hou|&s;es of <HI>Parliament,</HI> and with the &s;ad and bloody effects thereof, both here and in <HI>Ireland,</HI> are yet more deeply wounded by the mi&s;-apprehen&s;ion which Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> &s;eemeth to entertain of the Love and Loyalty of this Your Citty, as if there were &s;ome
<PB N="2" REF="3">Cau&s;e of feare of &s;u&s;pition of danger to Your Royall Per&s;on, if Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> &s;hould returne hither; and that this is made the unhappy Barre to that ble&s;&s;ed Reconciliation with Your great and mo&s;t faithfull Councell for preventing that de&s;olation and destructi|on which is now mo&s;t apparently imminent to Your <HI>Ma|je&s;ty</HI> and all Your Kingdomes.</P>
<P>For &s;atisfaction therefore of Your <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> and clearing of the Petitioners Jnnocency, they mo&s;t hum|bly declare, (as formerly they have done) That they are no way con&s;cious of any Di&s;loyalty, but abhorre all thoughts thereof; and that they are re&s;olved to make good their late &s;olemne Prote&s;tation and &s;acred vowe, made to Almighty God, and with the la&s;t drop of their deare&s;t Bloods, to defend and maintain the true refor|med Prote&s;tant Religion, and according to the duty of their Allegiance, Your <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Royall Per&s;on, Honour and Estate, (what&s;oever is malitiou&s;ly and most fal&s;ely &s;ugge&s;ted to Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> to the Contra|ry) as well as the Power and Priviledges of <HI>Parlia|ment,</HI> and the Lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Subject; and doe hereby ingage them&s;elves, their E|&s;tates, and all they have to their uttermo&s;t Power, to defend and pre&s;erve Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> and both Hou&s;es of Parliament from all Tumults, Affronts and Vio|lence, with as much Loyalty, Love, and Duty as ever
<PB N="3" REF="3">Cittizens expre&s;&s;es towards Your <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> or any of Your Royall Progenitors, in their greatest Glory.</P>
<P>The Petitioners therefore, upon their bended Knees doe most humbly be&s;eech Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> to re|turne to Your <HI>Parliament,</HI> (accompanied with Your Royall not Your Martiall attendance;) to the end, that Religion, Lawes and Liberties may be &s;etled and &s;ecured, and what&s;oever is ami&s;&s;e in Church and Com|mon-wealth, reformed by their Advice, according to the fundamentall Constitutions of this Kingdom: and that &s;uch a Peace may thereby be obtained, as &s;hall be for the glory of God, the Honour and Happine&s;&s;e of Your <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> and Po&s;terity, and the &s;afety and wel|fare of all Your Loyall Subjects, who (the Petitioners are fully a&s;&s;ured, what&s;oever is given out to the Contra|ry,) doe unanimou&s;ly de&s;ire the Peace herein expre&s;|&s;ed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>And the Petitioners &s;hall ever pray &amp;c. MICHELL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> hath gratiou&s;ly con&s;idered this <HI>PETITION,</HI> and returnes this <HI>ANSWER.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_THat His Maje&s;ty doth not entertain any mi&s;-apprehen&s;ion of the Love and Loyalty of His Citty of <HI>London.</HI> As He hath alwaies expre&s;&s;ed a &s;in|gular regard and e&s;teem of the Affections of that Citty, and is &s;till de&s;irous to make it His chief place of Re&s;idence, and to continue and renew many markes of His favour to it, &s;o He believes much the better and greater part of that His Citty is full of Love, Duty and Loyalty to His Maje&s;ty; and that the Tumults, which heretofore forced His Maje&s;ty for His &s;afety to leave that Place, though they were contrived and encouraged by &s;ome principall members thereof, (who are &s;ince well known, though they are above the Reach of Iu&s;tice) con&s;i&s;ted more of de&s;perate Per&s;ons of the Suburbs, and the neighbouring Townes, (who were mi&s;led too by the cunning and malice of their &s;educers,) then of the Inhabi|tants
<PB N="6" REF="5">of that Citty. He lookes on His good Sub|jects there, as Per&s;ons groaning under the &s;ame Burthen which doth oppre&s;&s;e His Maje&s;ty, and awed by the &s;ame Per&s;ons who begat tho&s;e Tu|mults, and the &s;ame Army which gave Battell to His Maje&s;ty. And therefore as no good Subject can more de&s;ire from His &s;oule a Compo&s;ure of the generall di&s;tractions, &s;o no good Cittizen can more de&s;ire the e&s;tabli&s;hment of the particular Peace and Pro&s;perity of that place, by His Maje|&s;ties Acce&s;&s;e thither, then His Maje&s;ty Him&s;elfe doth.</P>
<P>But His Maje&s;ty de&s;ires His good Subjects of <HI>London</HI> &s;eriou&s;ly to con&s;ider, what confidence His Maje&s;ty can have of Security there, while&s;t the Lawes of the Land are &s;o notoriou&s;ly de&s;pi|&s;ed and trampled under foot, and the whol&s;ome Government of that Citty (heretofore &s;o famous over all the World) is now &s;ubmitted to the Ar|bitrary Power of a few de&s;perate per&s;ons of no Reputation, but for malice and di&s;loyalty to Him; Whil'&s;t Armes are taken up not only without, but again&s;t His con&s;ent and expre&s;&s;e command, and Collections publiquely made, and Contributions avowed for the maintenance of the Army which hath given Him Battell, and therein u&s;ed all po&s;|&s;ible
<PB N="7" REF="5">means Trea&s;on and Malice could &s;ugge&s;t to them, to have taken His Life from Him, and to have de&s;troyed His Royall I&s;&s;ue; While&s;t &s;uch of His Maje&s;ties Subjects, who out of Duty and af|fection to His Maje&s;ty, and Compa&s;sion of their bleeding Country, have labour'd for Peace, are reviled, injured and murthered, even by the Ma|gi&s;trates of that Citty, or by their directions; La&s;tly, what hope His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> can have of &s;afety there, while&s;t Alderman <HI>Pennington</HI> their preten|ded Lord <HI>Major,</HI> (the principall Author of tho&s;e Calamities, which &s;o neerly threaten the Ruine of that famous Citty,) <HI>Ven, Foulke,</HI> and <HI>Mainwa|ring</HI> (all Per&s;ons notoriou&s;ly guilty of Schi&s;me, and high Trea&s;on,) commit &s;uch outrages in op|pre&s;sing, robbing and impri&s;oning, according to their Di&s;cretion, all &s;uch His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> loving Subjects, whom they are plea&s;ed to &s;u&s;pect but for wi&s;hing well to His <HI>Maje&s;ty.</HI> And His <HI>Ma|je&s;ty</HI> would know whether the Petitioners be|leeve, that the reviling and &s;uppre&s;sing the Booke of Common-Prayer, (e&s;tabli&s;ht in this Church ever &s;ince the Reformation,) the di&s;countenan|cing and impri&s;oning Godly, Learned, and pain|full Preachers, and the cheri&s;hing and counte|nancing
<PB N="8" REF="6">of Browni&s;ts, Anabapti&s;ts, and all man|ner of Sectaries, be the way to defend, and main|taine the true, reformed, Prote&s;tant Religion? That to comply with and a&s;si&s;t per&s;ons, who have actually attempted to kill His <HI>Majesty,</HI> and to allow and favour Libells, Pa&s;quills, and &s;editi|ous Sermons again&s;t His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> be to defend His Royall Per&s;on and Honour, according to the duty of their Allegiance? Whether to impri&s;on mens Per&s;ons, and to Plunder their Hou&s;es, be|cau&s;e they will not Rebell again&s;t His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> nor a&s;si&s;t tho&s;e that doe? Whether to de&s;troy their Property, by taking away the Twentieth part of their E&s;tates from them, and by the &s;ame Arbitra|ry Power to referre to foure &s;tanders by of their own faction, to judge what that Twentieth part is, be to defend the lawfull Rights and Liber|ties of the Subject? And if they thinke the&s;e Actions to be in&s;tances of either; whether they doe not know the per&s;ons before named to be guilty of them all? Or whether they thinke it po&s;sible, that Almighty God can ble&s;&s;e that Citty, and pre&s;erve it from de&s;truction, whil'&s;t per&s;ons of &s;uch knowne Guilt and Wickedne&s;&s;e, are de|fended and ju&s;tified among&s;t them, again&s;t the
<PB N="9" REF="6">povver of that Law, by which they can only &s;ub&s;i&s;t?</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty is &s;o farre from &s;uffering Him&s;elfe to be incen&s;ed again&s;t the whole Citty, by the actions of the&s;e ill men, though they have hither|to been &s;o prevalent as to make the Affections of the re&s;t of little u&s;e to Him, and is &s;o willing to be with them, and to protect them, that the Trade, Wealth, and Glory thereof (&s;o decayed and E|clip&s;ed by the&s;e publike Di&s;tractions) may again be the Envy of all forraign Nations, That He doth once more graciou&s;ly offer His free and generall Pardon to all the Inhabitants of that His Citty of <HI>London,</HI> the Suburbs, and Citty of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> (except the Per&s;ons formerly excepted by His Ma|je&s;ty,) if they &s;hall yet returne to their Duty, Loy|alty and Obedience. And if His good Subjects of that His Citty of <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall fir&s;t &s;olemnely de|clare, That they will defend the knowne Lawes of the Land, and will &s;ubmit to, and be govern'd by no other Rule; If they &s;hall fir&s;t manife&s;t, by de|fending them&s;elves, and maintaining their own Rights, Liberties and Intere&s;ts, and &s;uppre&s;&s;ing any force and violence unlawfully rai&s;ed again&s;t tho&s;e, and His Maje&s;ty, their Power to defend and
<PB N="10" REF="7">pre&s;erve Him from all Tumults, Affronts &amp; Vio|lence; La&s;tly, if they &s;hall apprehend and com|mit to &s;afe Cu&s;tody the Per&s;ons of tho&s;e foure men, who enrich them&s;elves by the &s;poile and oppre&s;&s;ion of His loving Subjects, and the ruine of the Citty, that His Maje&s;ty may proceed a|gain&s;t them by the cour&s;e of Law, as guilty of high Trea&s;on, His Maje&s;ty will &s;peedily returne to them with His Royall, and without His Mar|tiall Attendance, and will u&s;e His utmo&s;t endea|vour, that they may hereafter enjoy all the Ble&s;|&s;ings of Peace and Plenty, and will no longer expect Obedience from them, then he &s;hall, with all the faculties of His Soule, labour in the pre&s;er|ving and advancing the true, reformed, Prote|&s;tant Religion, the Lawes of the Land, the Liber|ty and Propriety of the Subject, and the ju&s;t Pri|viledges of Parliament.</P>
<P>If notwith&s;tanding all this, the Art and Inte|re&s;t of the&s;e men can prevaile &s;o farre, that they in|volve more men in their guilt, and draw that His Citty to &s;acrifice it's pre&s;ent Happines and future Hopes to their Pride, Fury, and Malice, His Ma|je&s;ty &s;hall onely give them this Warning, That who&s;oever &s;hall henceforward, take up Armes
<PB N="11" REF="7">without His Con&s;ent, contribute any Mony or Plate, upon what pretence of Authority &s;oever, for maintenance of the Army under the Com|mand of the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> or any other Army in Rebellion again&s;t Him, or &s;hall pay Tunnage and Poundage, till the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;etled by Act of Parliament; Every &s;uch Per&s;on mu&s;t expect the &s;evere&s;t puni&s;hment the Law can inflict; and in the meane time His Maje&s;ty &s;hall &s;eize upon any part of his E&s;tate within His Power, for the relief &amp; &s;upport of Him and His Army, rais'd &amp; main|tain'd for the Defence of His Per&s;on, the Lawes, and this His Kingdome; And &s;ince he denyes to His Maje&s;ty the duty &amp; benefit of his &s;ubjection, by giving a&s;&s;i&s;tance to Rebells, which by the knowne Lawes of the Land is high Trea&s;on, His Maje&s;ty &s;hall likewi&s;e deny him the benefit of his Protection, and &s;hall not only &s;ignifie to all His Forraigne Mini&s;ters, that &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall re|ceive no advantage by being His Subject, but &s;hall by all other wayes and meanes proceed again&s;t him as a publike Enemy to His Maje&s;ty, and this Kingdome.</P>
<P>But His Maje&s;ty hopes and doubts not, but His good Subjects of <HI>London</HI> will call to mind the
<PB N="12" REF="8">Acts of their Predece&s;&s;ors, their Duty, Affection, Loyalty and merit towards their Princes, the Re|nowne they have had with all po&s;terity for, and the Ble&s;&s;ings of Heaven which alwayes accom|panied tho&s;e virtues, and will con&s;ider the perpe|tuall &s;corne and infamy, which unavoydably will follow them and their Children, if infinitely the meaner part in quality, and much the le&s;&s;er part in number, &s;hall be able to alter the Government &s;o admirably e&s;tabli&s;hed, de&s;troy the Trade &s;o excellently &s;etled, and to wa&s;te the wealth &s;o in|du&s;triou&s;ly gotten, of that flouri&s;hing Citty; And then they will ea&s;ily gather up the Courage and Re&s;olution to joyne with His Maje&s;ty in Defence of that Religion, Law and Liberty, which hi|therto hath and only can make them&s;elves, His Maje&s;ty, and His Kingdome happy.</P>
<P>For concurring with the Advice of His Two Hou&s;es of Parliament, which with Reference to the Common-wealth may be as well at this di|&s;tance, as by being at <HI>White-hall,</HI> His Maje&s;ty doubts not but His good Subjects of <HI>London,</HI> well know how farre (beyond the example of any of His Predece&s;&s;ors) His Maje&s;ty hath concurred with their advice, in pa&s;sing of &s;uch Lawes, by
<PB N="13" REF="8">which He willingly parted with many of His knowne Rights, for the benefit of His Subjects, which the fundamentall Con&s;titutions of this Kingdome did not oblige Him to con&s;ent unto, and hath u&s;ed all po&s;sible meanes to beget a right under&s;tanding betweene them; And will there|fore apply them&s;elves to tho&s;e, who, by making Ju&s;t, Peaceable and honourable Propo&s;itions to His Maje&s;ty, can only beget that Concur|rence.</P>
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