The
Clothiers
Petition
to
His
Majestie
:
WITH
His
Majesties
gracious
Answer
.
To
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majestie
.
The
humble
Petition
of
the
Clothiers
of
Suffolke
,
and
the
Townes
of
Dedham
and
Langham
in
Essex
.
May
it
please
Your
Majestic
,
THe
pressing
feares
that
hath
befallen
your
loving
Subjects
;
especially
those
of
the
Citie
of
London
,
in
whom
the
breath
of
our
Trade
and
livelyhood
consisteth
;
have
so
blasted
their
hopes
,
that
the
Merchants
forbeare
exportation
:
our
cloaths
for
the
most
part
,
for
the
space
of
this
18
moneths
remaine
upon
our
hands
,
our
stocks
lying
dead
therein
,
and
we
can
maintaine
our
trading
no
longer
:
The
cryes
for
food
of
many
thousands
of
poore
,
who
depend
on
this
Trade
,
doe
continually
presse
us
,
not
without
threats
,
and
some
beginnings
of
mutinies
:
so
that
,
if
some
speedy
reliefe
doe
not
interveine
,
we
can
expect
no
lesse
then
confusion
.
For
helpe
hereof
your
supplyants
have
petitioned
both
Houses
of
Parliament
;
and
well
knowing
that
the
life
of
all
supply
next
under
God
,
resteth
in
Your
Royall
Selfe
:
and
being
encouraged
by
Your
former
gracious
allowance
of
us
to
have
accesse
,
We
are
emboldened
in
all
humility
to
petition
Your
Majesties
most
gracious
aspect
upon
us
,
and
the
cryes
of
the
poore
;
and
to
let
one
word
fall
from
Your
Majestie
to
Your
Parliament
in
our
behalfe
,
that
our
Trade
may
be
inlivened
,
the
poore
set
to
worke
,
and
thereby
the
peace
and
good
governement
of
the
Countrey
preserved
.
And
Your
Petitioners
shall
ever
pray
the
God
of
Heaven
to
blesse
Your
Majestie
with
continuance
of
his
love
,
and
this
Nation
with
the
continuance
of
the
mutuall
love
of
Prince
and
People
.
THis
Petition
was
delivered
to
his
Royall
Majestie
at
His
issuing
out
of
His
Coach
in
Greenwich
,
and
his
Majestie
commanded
them
to
attend
His
pleasure
in
the
Presence
Chamber
;
where
Master
Secretary
Nicols
informed
them
that
His
Majestie
would
give
them
an
answer
himselfe
,
which
His
Majestie
was
graciously
pleased
to
performe
the
next
morning
in
the
Garden
:
His
Majestie
demanded
if
they
were
the
Clothiers
that
presented
that
Petition
,
they
answered
they
were
:
whereupon
His
Majestie
was
graciously
pleased
to
make
this
Answer
.
viz.
They
did
well
in
petitioning
Him
,
and
that
He
thought
they
did
it
not
before
they
had
just
cause
:
and
was
further
pleased
to
expresse
,
that
He
had
seriously
considered
of
their
Petition
,
and
had
already
recommended
it
to
His
Parliament
;
and
that
He
would
take
further
care
of
it
.