The Londoners petition To the Right Honorable the Lords and Commons novv assembled in the high court of Parliament. The humble petition of divers inhabitants of the City of London and the liberties thereof. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A88492 of text R212552 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.6[95]). 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 A88492 Wing L2914 Thomason 669.f.6[95] ESTC R212552 99871158 99871158 160956 2248514404

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A88492) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160956) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f6[95]) The Londoners petition To the Right Honorable the Lords and Commons novv assembled in the high court of Parliament. The humble petition of divers inhabitants of the City of London and the liberties thereof. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Adam Bell, London : [1642] Publication date from Wing. Praying Parliament to "speedily tender his Majesty propositions for accomodation." Annotation on Thomason copy: "frivolous petition [illegible] ye 14th"; "Decemb: 23." Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A88492 R212552 (Thomason 669.f.6[95]). civilwar no The Londoners petition. To the Right Honorable the Lords and Commons novv assembled in the high court of Parliament. The humble petition of anon. 1642 1 446 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. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE LONDONERS PETITION . TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE the Lords and Commons now assembled in the High Court of Parliament . The humble Petition of divers Inhabitants of the City of LONDON and the Liberties thereof . Sheweth ,

THat the present sence of our miseries , and apprehension of inevitable ruine both of the Church and Common-wealth make us to become humble suitors to this Honourable Assembly ( the likest meanes under God for our reliefe ) to consider our distressed estates , and to provide a speedy remedy for our present and future evils , earnestly desiring you to weigh the care and Iudgement of our predecessors , who by a knowne Law setled and preserved our Protestant Religion , our Liberties and Properties , with a right understanding betweene King and Subjects , which produced peace and plenty in our streets .

And to reflect with serious thoughts upon our present distempers , violating Religion by Papists and Sectaries , engaging our Nation into a civill , bloudy and destructive war ; invading our Lawes and Liberties , endangering all our lives , and utterly disinabling us to relieve our distressed brethren in Ireland . We beseech you likewise to consider the effects of a continued war , as the destruction of Christians , the unnaturall effusion of bloud , Fathers against Sonnes , brothers by brothers , friends by friends slaine ; then , famine and sicknesse , the followers of a Civill war , making way for a generall confusion , and invasion by a forraigne Nation , while our Treasure is exhausted , our Trade lost , and the Kingdome dispeopled . These things weighed and inlarged by your wisdomes , we doubt not will be as strong motives in you to labour , as in us to desire , a speedy Peace , and a happy Accommodation .

Wherfore we humbly pray , that ( not lending an eare to any Fomenters of these present Wars , under what pretence soever , nor remembring ought that may encrease Iealousies , or continue divisions betweene his Majesty and his House of Parliament ) you will speedily tender his Majesty ( according to his Royall Intimations ) such propositions for Accommodation , as Hee may with Honour , and safety to the whole Kingdome , accept . For effecting whereof we shall be ready to assist you with the best and utmost of our abilities ; and whilest you endeavor peace , we shall send up our prayers to Heaven , for the blessing of peace upon you , and all that desire it .

London , Printed for Adam Bell.