To certaine noble and honorable persons of the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. Best, Paul, 1590?-1657. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A76461 of text R210570 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.10[76]). 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. 3 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 A76461 Wing B2054 Thomason 669.f.10[76] ESTC R210570 99869355 99869355 162611 2240949029

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A76461) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162611) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[76]) To certaine noble and honorable persons of the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. Best, Paul, 1590?-1657. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1646] Signed at end: Paul Best. Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 13 1646". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Prisoners -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A76461 R210570 (Thomason 669.f.10[76]). civilwar no To certaine noble and honorable persons of the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. Best, Paul 1646 1 438 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 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO CERTAINE NOBLE AND HONORABLE Persons of the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament . RIght Honble: and noble by your birth and breeding ; your profession of pietie and religion ; Your imployment and interest , furnishing you with occasion and power of exercising those Offices , which your qualities oblieg you to .

My hard fortune enforceth me to solicite such friends , & necessitates me thus to seeke unto you , that you would be pleased to take notice that I have suffered about 18 monthes imprisonment , with what impairing of my subsistance , I forbeare .

As for my Condition ,

It is such as will soone and certainly destroy me , if divine providence prevent not . But if I be destinate to ruine , I wish I might perish by some other way , rather then you should be accessary .

As for my desires ,

My petition relates , and my request ( Right worthie ) to You , is only that you would present this Postscript-Petition to the House , and but so far to favour it ; as you feele your selves in honour & humanitie concerned . And if any man can object , and convince me of disaffection to your generall good and proceedings ; or that I have in the least receded from what I beleeve honorable and conducible , that I may suffer for it : If not , that my sufferings may have expiated for my diversitie of Iudgement in case of Conscience .

Thus being reduced to this ; either to Rott in a Goale , or thus to importune my libertie ; having no other way left me ; this necessity ( I hope ) will iustifie and excuse the course I have now taken .

So being yours both by obligation and purchase , I hope your goodnesse will make me mine owne ; and remaine ,

Your more and more servant , Paul Best ,
To the Honorable , the Commons assembled in Parliament . The Petition of Paul Best , prisoner in the Gate-house in Westminster . Humbly sheweth .

THat your Petitioner hath suffered a long and close imprisonment , the cause being sufficiently kowne to your honours .

Wherefore he makes it his humble suit to this Honorable House : that in consideration of his service , and sufferings you would be pleased to release him , or grant him a speedie hearing as your Honours shall in charitie think fitting .

Aug: 13 1646 And your Petitioner shall ever pray , &c.