To the Kings Most Excellent Maiesty, the humble petition of the major, aldermen, and common-councell of the city of London City of London (England). Court of Common Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A62775 of text R33677 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T1542A). 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 A62775 Wing T1542A ESTC R33677 13547235 ocm 13547235 100161 2240849482

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TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAIESTY : The humble Petition of the Major , Aldermen , and Common-Councell of the City of LONDON .

May it please your most Excellent Majestie , the often expressions of your Majesties gracious acceptance , of the manifestation of the Petitioners duty and loyalty , and the frequent declarations , of your Majesties great care , of the good and welfare of this City , and of the true PROTESTANT Religion , and of protecting and preserving the persons and priviledges of your great Councell , Assembled in the high Court of Parliament ; Hath incouraged the Petitioners to represent , the great dangers , feares , and destractions , wherein the City now is , by reason of the prevailing progresse , of the bloody Rebells in IRELAND , fomented and acted by the Papists and their adhaerents , and want of Ayde to suppresse them , and the severall intimations they have had both Forraigne and at home , of the driving of their designes , tending to the utter ruine of the PROTESTANT Religion , and the lives and liberties of your Majesties loyall Subjects , The puting out of persons of honour and truth , from being Constable and Lievtenant of the Tower , especially in these times ; and the preparation there lately made : The fortifying of White-Hall with men and Amunition in an unusuall manner , some of which men with provoking language , and violence abused divers Citizens passing by , and the drawing divers swords , and therewith wounding sundry other Cityzens in Westminster Hall that were untamed . The late endeavours used to the Innes of Court ; the calling in divers Cannoneers and other Assistants into Tower : The late discovery of divers Fire-works in the hands of a Papist , and the misunderstanding betwixt your Majestie and Parliament , by reason of misinformations , as they humbly conceive .

Besides all which , the Petitioners feares , are exceedingly increased , by your Majesties late going into the House of COMMONS attended with a greate multitude of Armed men , besides your ordinary Guard , for the Apprehending of divers Members of that House , to the indagering of your sacred Person , and of the Persons and priviledges of that honourable Assembly .

The effects of all which feares , tend not only to the overthrow of the whole Trade of this City and Kingdome , which the Petitioners already feele in a deepe measure , but also threatens the utter ruine of the true PROTESTANT Religion , and the lives and liberties of all your Loyall Subjects .

The Petitioners therefore most humbly pray your Majestie , that by the advice of your great Counsell in Parliament , the Protestants in IRELAND may be speedily relieved : The Tower put into the hands of persons of trust , that by removall of doubtfull and unknowne persons from about White-Hall and Westminster , a knowne and approved Guard may be appointed for the safety of your Majestie and Parliament ; And that the Lord MANDIVILE , and the five Members of the House of COMMONS lately accused may not be restrained of liberty , or proceeded against , otherwise then according to the priviledges of Parliament .

And the Petitiones as in all duty bound shall pray for your Majesties most long and happy Raigne .

Printed in the yeare 1642.