Certain queres, and the resolutions of the trayned-bonds, and citizens of London presented to the Honourable House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78490 of text R231230 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C1735A). 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. 2 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 A78490 Wing C1735A ESTC R231230 99897001 99897001 136932 2248508430

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78490) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 136932) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2456:4) Certain queres, and the resolutions of the trayned-bonds, and citizens of London presented to the Honourable House of Commons. 1 sheet ([1] p.) August the 12th. 1645. by Leonard Lichfield, according to the copy printed last week at London, At Oxford : [1645] A compendium of facts and arguments on the Royalist side. The suppositions are suggestions of the real aims and position of those who pose on the Parliament side as acting on principle, with may puns on the adverbial termination--Madan. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Political satire, English -- Early works to 1800. Satire, English -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A78490 R231230 (Wing C1735A). civilwar no Certain queres, and the resolutions of the trayned-bonds, and citizens of London, presented to the Honourable House of Commons. [no entry] 1643 1 338 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. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
CERTAIN QVERES , And the Resolutions of the Trayned-Bonds , and Citizens of LONDON , Presented to the Honourable House of COMMONS .

Quere 1. WHether it be for our Liberties , to be contrary to our inherit Priviledges , forced forth to this War , begunne and maintained against our Wills .

Que. 2. Whether it be for the benefit of this City , or Propriety of our Estates , to have our Purses Delusiuely Drained , our Servants Destroyed , and our Trading Prohibited .

Que. 3. Whether it be Pious Charity , when through our absolute Necessities , we are inforced to refuse any of the aforesaid things , to have our poore Wives and Children , turned out of your Lines of Communication ; and the residue of our poore Estates Sequestred to your Benefit , and the Kingdoms Ruine .

Que. 4. Whether it be not very requisit for your Selves , or the Major part of you , ( for whom we are Enforced to goe ) to goe along in Person , in this or any other expedition , we conceiving , A Close-Committee of Twenty foure to be sufficient to stay behind to Project , with the help of Master Kilvert .

Que. 5. Whether it be by the Word of GOD , that you impose Contradictive OATH'S , under gentle Termes of Covenants , upon the Consciences of Men .

All which we desire You Speedily to Answer , or else we shall proceed to this Resolution , Not only to Refuse in modesty , for the preservation of your Crack'd Credit , but Oppose , and Scorne all your Illegall Taxes , and Assumed Commands , We being now sensible , who are the greatest number , Choosing rather to Die like Men , then to Live your Vassalls .

At OXFORD , August the 12th . 1645. By LEONARD LICHFIELD , according to the Copy Printed last week at London .