To the honourable Citie of London. The humble petition of Philip Skippon, Esq; This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94450 of text R211607 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.24[7]). 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 A94450 Wing T1408A Thomason 669.f.24[7] ESTC R211607 99870319 99870319 163738 2240954245

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94450) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163738) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f24[7]) To the honourable Citie of London. The humble petition of Philip Skippon, Esq; 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for William Waterson, London : [1660] A satire, not in fact by Philip Skippon. -- Cf. Wing. Publication date from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March. 8. 1659". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Skippon, Philip, d. 1660 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. A94450 R211607 (Thomason 669.f.24[7]). civilwar no To the honourable citie of London· The humble petition of Philip Skippon, Esq; anon. 1660 1 473 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
TO THE HONOURABLE CITIE OF LONDON . The Humble Petition of Philip Skippon , Efque SHEWETH ,

THat your Petitioner was a very eminent Instrument in carrying on the Work of Reformation ; and that he did promote the Good Cause with the same zeal and endeavours as he did advance himself ; whereto he is in gratitude obliged to say , you were ( if not more forward ) yet equally prompt with your Petitioner .

But now so it is ( may it please your Honours ) that he finds all that former affection towards him so cold since his Patron Oliver forsook this light , that he fears you will bring his gray haires down with sorrow to his grave . He would attribute this change of your favourable and benigne Aspect to the various mutations of the Times , but that they look so inauspiciously and dangerously on him , he dares not think on them for his life , although the pleasure and delight of that is already fled with his money beyond Sea , from whence he is alarum'd the Dutch will not part with one stiver since they heard of his disgrace .

In this streight and exigence he hath betook himself to his Book of Corollaries , the Christian Souldiers Exercise , but to very little consolation , for there 's not a word of returning his Coine again , but a long frivolous Discourse of Patience , which he never intended for himself . And oh that one ray of Comfort more would shine forth from the Bodkins and Thimbles and the bright Plate-candlesticks in Guild-hall , how would he improve such an advantage to his external happiness ! But alas those Silver daies are done , and this iron Age hath overtaken your poor Petitioner .

Nevertheless , in regard of his Service at Leistithiel , where he alone despaired not of your Cause ( for Essex had left him in the lurch , and 't was his best course to shew confidence ) be pleased to consider him in this his distress , and befriend him in these following Requests .

That You would be pleased by interposing Your powerfull assistance with the Governours of Suttons Hospital , to get him admitted a Pentioner there ; or rather that You would please to obtain for him from the Parliament the next vacancy of a poore Knight at Windsor ; otherwise your Petitioner , for all General Moncks detestation of Oaths and Abjuration , will set up for himself a Knight of the Post , that 's a Military as well as Civil terme , and will serve to compensate his lost Command of Major General .

And your Petitioner shall pray , &c.

LONDON : Printed for William Waterson .