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<HEAD>THE HVMBLE PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF the Countie of ESSEX, who to the number of twenty thou&s;and hands, have &s;ub&s;cribed and pre&s;ented to the Committee of the Hou&s;e of Commons at Grocers-Hall in <HI>London, Ian.</HI> 18. 1641.</HEAD>
<HEAD>VVhich was accompanied by Knights, Gentlemen, and others of good quality in a very great number.</HEAD>
<HEAD>To the Honorable Knights and Burge&s;|&s;es of the Hou&s;e of COMMONS in Parliament.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The Humble Petition of the Knights, Gentlemen, Mini&s;ters, and o|ther Inhabitants in the County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEWETH,</OPENER>
<P>_UNto your Honourable Hou&s;e, that we are truely &s;en&s;ible of your great care, and extraordinary endeavours, to &s;ettle our Religion, and Peace, and daily give thankes to GOD Almighty for it; And we doe further in all hu|mility pre&s;ent to your Honourable con&s;iderations, which wee doe ap|prehend a great &s;top in Reformation of matters of Religion, and our &s;elves together with you, and the whole Kingdome, to be in great danger of the Papi&s;ts, and other ill-affected per&s;ons, who are every-where very in&s;olent, and are ready to act the parts of tho&s;e cruell blood-&s;uckers in <HI>Jreland,</HI> if they be not &s;peedily prevented: by meanes whereof, our Tra|ding, e&s;pecially of Clothing, and Farming, grew a great pace, to &s;o great a dampe, as many thou&s;ands are like to come to &s;uddaine want. Nor can wee expect any redre&s;&s;e thereof, unle&s;&s;e the Bi&s;hops and Popi&s;h Lords be removed out of the Hou&s;e of Peeres.</P>
<P>Therefore we humbly pray, that you would earne&s;tly mediate his Maje&s;ty and the Hou&s;e of Peeres, That our Brethren in <HI>Ireland,</HI> may &s;peedily be relieved, And the Papi&s;ts throughou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Kingdome be di&s;armed, And that &s;uch defects of Armes, as in your di&s;cretions, &s;hall ap<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">peare to be meet, may be &s;upplied, and this County and Kingdome, put into &s;uch a Warlike po&s;ture, as may be be&s;t for its defence, and &s;afety, and that the Bi&s;hops, and Popi&s;h Lords who as we conceiue, have hindered the &s;ucce&s;&s;e, of your godly Endeavours, may be put out of the Hou&s;e of Peeres, Not doubting but then our Petition formerly pre&s;ented to your Hou&s;e, will receive a more full and &s;peedy an&s;wer.</P>
<P>And your Petitioners re&s;olving in all ju&s;t and Honourable wayes, according to the late <HI>Pro|te&s;tation,</HI> to a&s;&s;i&s;t you, with our lives, and E&s;tates, again&s;t the Enemies of GOD, the KING, and State, humbly pray to Almighty GOD, for your good &s;ucce&s;&s;e.</P>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Thomas,</HI> 1641.</P>
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