TO
THE
RIGHT
HONORABLE
ASSEMBLY
OF
KNIGHTS
,
CITIZENS
,
and
Burgesses
of
the
House
of
Commons
.
The
humble
Petition
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Citie
and
Libertie
of
Westminster
.
SHEWETH
,
THAT
your
Petitioners
being
sensible
of
the
miserable
effects
of
Warre
,
and
the
Ruine
and
Desolation
that
will
unavoidably
overwhelme
this
miserable
Kingdome
,
now
distracted
and
much
divided
,
and
ingaged
in
an
unnaturall
intestine
and
bloudie
Warre
,
and
in
their
owne
particulars
having
alreadie
tasted
of
some
part
of
those
Miseries
,
by
the
death
of
some
of
their
neerest
and
dearest
Friends
,
and
great
Losses
in
their
Callings
:
And
also
taking
into
consideration
the
lamentable
and
miserable
effects
that
the
late
unhappie
Civile
Warres
have
produced
in
Germanie
,
and
by
the
present
Rebellion
in
Ireland
;
And
that
if
this
Warre
and
Dissention
still
continue
in
England
,
the
same
will
not
onely
greatly
prejudice
,
but
also
hazard
the
Religion
,
Estates
,
Lives
,
and
Liberties
of
their
poore
distressed
Brethren
in
that
Kingdome
,
they
cannot
but
seeke
Peace
(
the
onely
Cure
of
their
Miseries
)
both
by
their
Prayers
to
God
,
and
in
their
humble
Petitions
to
this
Honorable
Assembly
,
desiring
your
concurrence
with
the
House
of
Peeres
,
to
whom
they
are
bold
to
make
their
humble
Addresses
.
Wherefore
the
Petitioners
most
humbly
and
heartily
beseech
you
to
take
into
your
most
Honorable
consideration
the
miserable
estate
of
this
Kingdome
,
in
which
your
Petitioners
Calamities
are
involved
,
and
thereby
(
if
it
be
possible
)
to
prevent
the
further
Miseries
thereof
,
and
the
effusion
of
more
Christian
Bloud
,
by
a
speedy
,
seasonable
,
and
happy
Accommodation
betweene
his
gracious
Majestie
and
both
Houses
of
Parliament
;
wherein
they
doubt
not
but
you
will
,
to
the
glory
of
God
,
settle
the
true
Protestant
Religion
in
the
puritie
thereof
,
as
in
the
best
times
since
the
Reformation
,
against
all
Papists
,
Sectaries
,
and
Schismaticks
,
that
shal
dare
to
oppose
it
,
to
restraine
all
prophanesse
of
the
Lords
Day
,
and
establish
the
orderly
Worship
of
God
in
his
House
,
and
to
provide
for
the
preservation
of
the
Person
and
Honor
of
his
sacred
Majestie
,
the
upholding
the
just
Rights
and
Priviledges
of
Parliament
,
and
the
present
and
seasonable
setling
of
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdome
,
whereby
they
may
enjoy
the
benefit
of
the
Lawes
(
the
great
Protector
)
of
their
Lives
,
Liberties
,
and
Properties
.
And
they
shall
pray
,
that
the
God
of
Peace
will
blesse
you
in
this
worke
of
Peace
.
The
like
Petition
is
to
be
delivered
to
the
Right
Honorable
the
Lords
now
Assembled
in
the
House
of
Peeres
in
Parliament
.