To the Kings most excellent Majesty: The humble petition of John Brookbank, Gilbert Dean, John Ash, and John King, ministers of Gods vvord,. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B10161 of text R185312 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T1524B). 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. 4 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 2018 B10161 80924510 Wing T1524B ESTC R185312 80924510 ocm 80924510 192085 2240865629

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B10161) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 192085) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; 1641-1700 ; 2899:37) To the Kings most excellent Majesty: The humble petition of John Brookbank, Gilbert Dean, John Ash, and John King, ministers of Gods vvord,. Brookbank, John. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1 sheet ([1] p.). Imprinted at London by Iohn Field., [London] : 1647. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Clergy -- Ireland -- Early works to 1800. Refugees -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo To the Kings most Excellent Majesty: the humble petition of John Brookbank, Gilbert Dean, John Ash, and John King, ministers of Gods VVord, most humbl Brookbank, Joseph, 1647 1 563 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. 2013-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-05 Sampled and proofread 2013-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Kings most Excellent Majesty : The humble Petition of John Brookbank , Gilbert Dean , John Ash , and John King , Ministers of Gods Word , Most humbly sheweth ,

THat Your Petitioners persecuted in Your Highness Kingdom of Ireland by the barbarous Rebels , for Religion and Loyalty , and more especially in respect of their Function , were thereby deprived of their whole Estates ; And being forced into this Kingdom , are so destitute of all help and hope of livelyhood , that their present Necessities enforce them to prostrate themselves at the feet of Your Royal Clemency , most humbly supplicating Your Sacred Majesty , That in regard these unhappy Distractions are a bar unto other provisions for them here , and that they are resolved to take the first opportunity which ( through Gods mercy ) shall be offered , to return safely unto their Countrey and Pastoral Charges :

It might therefore please Your Majesty , out of Your Princely compassion of Your distressed Subjects of that bleeding and dying Kingdom , to commiserate Your Petitioners heavy Sufferings , and even perishing condition ; and to grant Your Royal leave and permission , that they may crave the Christian endeavors of Ministers in their Congregations , and receive such bounty and support of Your charitable Subjects , as may preserve life and being in them and their Families , Thirty three persons in number , languishing at present under extreme want and misery . And they and theirs ( as in duty bound ) shall ever pray , &c.
May it please Your most Excellent Majesty ,

THese are humbly to certifie , That John Brookbank , Gilbert Dean , John Ash , and John King , Ministers of the Word of God in Your Kingdom of Ireland , in the time of Peace , lived in a plentiful condition , and by the Providence of God , and their own endeavors , they acquired very considerable estates ; And that for the Protestant Profession and Loyalty to Your Majesty , they and their Families were by the Rebels expelled , and enforced to come over into England to seek relief , where patiently they have undergone the burthen of want and misery , and ( by reason of these continued Distractions ) hitherto have had no support in their suffering condition , in which they cannot longer continue , without sudden perishing : And I do conceive them ( in all humility ) more then ordinary objects of Pity and Compassion ; And readily and humbly do Subscribe my Hand in Testimony of my knowledge hereof .

Kingston , this 16 of Septemb. 1647. ORMOND .
CHARLES R.

Upon perusal and consideration of the humble Petition of John Brookbank , Gilbert Dean , John Ash , and John King , Ministers of Gods Word , and of the Testimony of of the Marques of Ormond thereunto annexed , We do much commiserate the Sufferings of the Petitioners , who being such objects of Pity and Compassion , We do wish they may , and do not doubt , but they will finde a charitable relief from well disposed persons .

Given at Hampton Court the 23. of September , 1647.

Imprinted at London by Iohn Field . 1647.