A letter declaratorie, to the disturbers of the peace of the county of Kent occasioned by a petition tending to an accommodation, subscribed by twenty seven thousand three hundred seventy three hands. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A87919 of text R210782 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[27]). 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 A87919 Wing L1358 Thomason 669.f.12[27] ESTC R210782 99869539 99869539 162820 2240949088

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A87919) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162820) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[27]) A letter declaratorie, to the disturbers of the peace of the county of Kent occasioned by a petition tending to an accommodation, subscribed by twenty seven thousand three hundred seventy three hands. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.], [London : Printed in the yeere 1648. Annotation on Thomason copy: "may. 18th.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Kent (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A87919 R210782 (Thomason 669.f.12[27]). civilwar no A letter declaratorie, to the disturbers of the peace of the county of Kent: occasioned by a petition tending to an accommodation, subscribe anon. 1648 1 380 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. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Letter Declaratorie , To the Disturbers of the Peace OF THE County of KENT : Occasioned by a Petition tending to an Accommodation , Subscribed by twenty seven thousand three hundred seventy three Hands .

OBserving with what diligence and expedition , Parties are drawne together , armed , and by whom : we cannot but demand , to what end ? The Country is quiet , and desires so to continue : Our Interest is peace , not rapine and bloodshed : yet are we also resolved , not to fall tame sacrifices to the spirit of slumber and delusion , and render up our Religions , Lawes , lives and fortunes , upon such cold conditions .

We must crave leave to tell you , that a Petition , concluded on , and avowed by the Universality of this County , representing their honest desires , in a modest way , to the two Houses of Parliament , according to the practice , nay the approbation of this present Parliament ; — That this Petition is by the most active in this new commotion , discountenanced and menaced , which makes us reasonably suspect , whither those designes may tend , whereof they have the sole conduct . Our addresses are to the Parliament , not you , and from them we shall await a seasonable Returne ; our desires being of a moment above your cognizance . That we labour for is peace ; and in a peaceable manner : Nor can we without horrour think of a fresh imbroylement .

The Petition we do all owne , affirming the scope thereof so innocent , that we dare deliver it up to heaven with our soules ; and so determine to do , if thereunto reduced by any troublesome interposition , till the great Councell of the Kingdome ( to whom onely and properly it referres ) shall advise upon it . Wherefore , to avoid the effect of jealousies , ( the fountaine of this late warre ) we desire also the causes may be removed , lest introductive to another .

When you have satisfied this scruple , you have obliged your friends .

may . 18th .

Printed in the Yeere 1648.