Die Sabbathii, 20 Maii, 1648. A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the suppressing of all tumultuous assemblies, under pretence of framing and presenting petitions to the Parliament. Proceedings. 1648-05-20. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A37738 of text R215548 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1434). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A37738 Wing E1434 ESTC R215548 99827398 99827398 31816 2248497817

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A37738) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31816) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1864:23) Die Sabbathii, 20 Maii, 1648. A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the suppressing of all tumultuous assemblies, under pretence of framing and presenting petitions to the Parliament. Proceedings. 1648-05-20. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) for Edward Husbands, [London : 1648] Imprint from Wing. At foot: Die Lunæ, 23. Maii, 1648. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that the several and respective committees in the several counties of England and Wales, be injoyned, and are hereby required to disperse through their counties, and publish in all the market-towns, the ordinance passed on Saturday last concerning petitioning; and that the knights and burgesses of the several and respective counties do send copies of the said ordinance, to the said committees to be dispersed and published accordingly. It is further ordered, that Edward Husband the printer do forthwith print a sufficient number of these ordinances, and bring them in by to morrow twelve of the clock at the farthest. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. While all subjects have the right to petition the Parliament, yet by tumultuous assemblies Parliament has been hindered in its labours. No petition is to be brought up by more than 20 persons: it is to be delivered to some member to be presented. -- Cf. Steele. Reproduction of the original in the Guildhall Library, London. eng Assembly, Right of -- England -- Early works to 1800. A37738 R215548 (Wing E1434). civilwar no Die Sabbathii, 20 Maii, 1648. A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the suppressing of all tumultuous assembli England and Wales. Parliament 1648 1 578 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Die Sabbathii , 20 Maii , 1648. A Declaration of the Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT , For the suppressing of all Tumultuous Assemblies , under pretence of framing 〈◊〉 presenting Petitions to the Parliament .

THe Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled do Declare , That as it is the Right and Priviledge of the Subjects of England to present unto the Parliament their just Grievances by way of Petition , in a due maner , and they shall be always ready to receive such Petitions , and to provide such remedies for redress of such Grievances , as they in their wisdom and judgement shall think best ; so in regard that by the tumultuous Assemblies of persons in several Counties and Cities of this Kingdom , in the framing of such Petitions , divers plots and designs are carried on by Malignants and Delinquents , and persons ill-affected ; to the endangering the destruction of Religion , this present Parliament , and the Laws of this Kingdom , and Liberties of the Subject , and by the like tumultuous presenting of the same by great numbers of riotous and ill-affected persons , contrary to former usages in ancient times , many mischiefs have ensued and bloodshed , and both Houses of Parliament hindred and interrupted in their Debates and Resolutions concerning the settlement of the great Affairs , peace and safety of the Kingdom ; The said Lords and Commons do hereby also Declare and Ordain , and be it Ordered and Ordained by Authority of this present Parliament , That every such Petition , which hereafter shall be brought up and presented to the Houses of Parliament , from any County or City , or other ways , shall be brought up and presented only by a convenient number , not exceeding twenty persons ; and all such Petitions shall be by them delivered to the Knights , Citizens or Burgesses who serve in Parliament for the said County , City or Borough from whence the said Petitions come , or to some Member of either of the said Houses , by them to be offered to the said respective Houses ; and that all persons who shall bring up any such Petition , do behave themselves peaceably , orderly , and without offence : And if any person or persons shall hereafter under such or the like pretence , tumultuously assemble as aforesaid , the said person or persons so offending , shall be adjudged as persons ill-affected to the Parliament and Kingdom .

H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com.
Die Lunae , 22 Maii , 1648.

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That the several and respective Committees in the several Counties of England and Wales , be injoyned , and are hereby required to disperse through their Counties , and publish in all the Market-towns , The Ordinance passed on Saturday last concerning Petitioning ; And that the Knights and Burgesses of the several and respective Counties , do send Copies of the said Ordinance , to the said Committees , to be dispersed and published accordingly . It is further Ordered , That Edward Husband the Printer do forthwith Print a sufficient number of these Ordinances , and bring them in by to morrow twelve of the clock at the farthest .

H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com