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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>A Letter &s;ent to Ma&s;ter SPEAKER, FROM THE KNIGHTS, ESQVIRES, GENTRY, And FREEHOLDERS of the COVNTY of LINCOLN.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">For the Pre&s;enting of their Petition to the Honorable Hou&s;e of COMMONS, now in PARLIAMENT A&s;&s;embled.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Ma&s;ter Speaker,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>UPon His Maje&s;ties gracious Summons, the greater and more con&s;iderable part of this County hath appeared at <HI>Lincoln,</HI> and being invited by our pre&s;ent Di&s;tracti|ons to endeavour &s;ome timely remedy of them. Many of the Gentry here Ap|pearing, have unanimou&s;ly with the generall Approbation of the Clergy and Comminalty (as they beleeve) conceived and agreed, this inclo&s;ed to be repre&s;ented to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, as their &s;ence and Petition both to di&s;abu&s;e the World and Vindicate the Countie from &s;ome other interpretations which have been attempted to be fa&s;tned upon them by other Petitions (as we have heard) and humbly pre&s;ume with the tender of our Services, to pre&s;ent it by Your Hand to the Honorable Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons,</HI> a way in which we are confident it will not mi&s;carry, as &s;ome other Petitions (as we have heard) have done, by which favour you &s;hall oblige,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Friends to &s;erve you.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WE pre&s;ume to &s;end you this inclo&s;ed, &s;igned onely by the Barronets, Knights, and Gentlemen who&s;e occa&s;ions would give them leave to Attend this Ser|vice, becau&s;e we de&s;ire to give it a &s;peedy Addre&s;&s;e, lea&s;t lo&s;&s;e of Time &s;hould take from us the wi&s;hed effects of our Endeavours, but are confident we &s;hall atte&s;t it with many thou&s;and Pounds, when it &s;hall be required from us; In the meane time we pre&s;ume to offer it to you, with the Names of the Gentlemen and Clergy one|ly, though there be many other Sub&s;criptions.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Lincoln,</HI> <DATE><HI>July</HI> 14. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at York by <HI>Stephen Bulkley</HI> for <HI>Marke, Fo&s;ter, July</HI> 28. 1642.</P>
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