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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45002	The humble petition of divers of the knights, gentry, and other inhabitants of the county of Berkes, to the Kings most excellent Maiesty concerning a sudden accomodation of peace with his court of Parliament with his Majesties gracious answer to the said petition.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). His Majesties gracious answer to a petition from the county of Berkes.	1643 (1643)	Wing H3460; ESTC R6092	5,570	13

since well knowne though they are above the reach of Justice consisted more of desperate persons of the Suburbs and the neighbouring Townes who were misled too by the cunning and malice of their seducers than of the Inhabitants of that City He looks on His good subjects there as persons groaning under the same burden which doth oppresse His Majesty and awed by the same persons who begat those Tumults and the same Army which gave Battell to His Majesty And therefore as no good subject can more desire from His soule a Composure of the generall Distractions so no good Citizen can more desire the establishment of the particular peace and prosperity of that place by His Majesties accesse thither then His Majesty Himselfe doth But his Majesty desires His good subjects of London seriously to consider what confidence His Majesty can have of security there whilest the Lawes of the Land are so notoriously despised and trampled under foot and the wholesome Government of that City heretofore so famous over all the world is now submitted to the Arbitrary power of a few deserate persons of no reputation but for malice and disloyalty to him Whilest Armes are taken up not onely without but against His consent and expresse command and Collections publiquely made and Contributions avowed for the maintenance of the Army which hath given Him Battell and therein used all possible meanes Treason and Malice could suggest to them to have taken His life from Him and to have destroyed His Royall Issue whilest such of His Majesties subjects who out of duty and affection to His Majesty and compassion of their bleeding Countrey have laboured for Peace are reviled injured and murdered even by the Magistrates of that City or by their directions Lastly what hope His Majesty can have of safety there whilest Alderman Pennington their pretended Lord Major the principall authour of those Calamities which so neerely threaten the ruine of that famous City Ven Foulke and Mainwaring all persons notoriously guilty of Schisme and High Treason commit such Outrages in oppressing robbing and imprisoning according to their discretion all such His Majesties loving subjects whom they are pleased to suspect but for wishing well to His Majesty And His Majesty would know whether the Petitioners beleeve that the reviling and suppressing the Booke of Common Prayer establisht in this Church ever since the Reformation the discountenancing and imprisoning godly learned and painefull Preachers and the cherishing and countenancing of Brownists Anabaptists and all manner of Sectaries be the way to defend and maintaine the true Reformed Protestant Religion That to comply with and assist persons who have actually attempted to kill His Majesty And to allow and favour Libels Pasquils and seditious Sermons against His Majesty be to defend his Royall Person and Honour according to the duty of their Allegiance 〈◊〉 Whether to imprison mens persons and to Plunder their houses because they will not rebell against his Majesty nor assist those that doe Whether to destroy their Property by taking away the twentieth part of their Estates from them and by the same Arbitrary power to referre to foure standers by of their owne Faction to judge what that twentieth part is be to defend the lawfull Rights and Liberties of the subject And if they thinke these Actions to be instances of either whether they do not know the persons before named to be guilty of them all Or whether they thinke it possible that Almighty God can blesse that City and preserve it from destruction whilest persons of such knowne guilt and wickednesse are defended and justified amongst them against the power of that Law by which they can onely subsist His Majestie is so farre from suffering Himselfe to be incensed against the whole Citie by the Actions of these ill men though they have hitherto beene so prevailent as to make the Affections of the rest of little use to Him And is so willing to be with them and to protect them that the Trade Wealth and Glory thereof so decayed and ecclipsed by these publike Distractions may againe bee the envie of all forrain Nations That He doth once more graciously offer His free and generall pardon to all the Inhabitants of that His Citie of London the Suburbs Citie of Westminster except the Persons formerly excepted by Mis Majestie if they shall yet returne to their Dutie Loyaltie and Obedience And if his good Subjects of that His Citie of London shall first solemnly declare That they will defend the knowne Lawes of the Land and will submit to and be governed by no other Rule If they shall first manifest by defending themselves and maintayning their own Rights Liberties and Interests and suppressing any Force and Violence unlawfully raysed against those and His Majestie their Power to defend and preserve Him from all Tumults Affronts and Violence Lastly if they shall apprehend and commit to safe custody the Persons of those foure men who enrich themselves by the spoyle and oppression of His loving Subjects and the ruine of the Citie that His Majestie may proceed against them by the course of Law as guiltie of high Treason His Majestie will speedily returne to them with His Royall and without His Martiall Attendance and will use his utmost endeavour that they may hereafter enjoy all the blessings of Peace and Plentie and will no longer expect Obedience from them then Hee shall with all the Faculties of His Soul labour in the preserving and advancing The true reformed Protestant Religion The Lawes of the Land The Libertie and Proprietie of the Subject and The just Priviledges of Parliament If notwithstanding all this the Art and interest of those men can prevaile so farre that they involve more men in in their guilt and draw that His City to sacrifice it's present Happinesse and future Hopes to their Pride Fury and Malice His Majesty shall onely give them this Warning That whosoever shall henceforward take up Arms without his consent contribute any Money or Plate upon what pretence of Authority soever for maintenance of the Army under the Command of the Earle of Essex or any other Army in Rebellion against Him or shall pay Tonnage and Poundage till the same shall be setled by Act of Parliament Every such Person must expect the severest punishment the Law can inflict and in the mean time His Majesty shall seize upon any part of his Estate within His Power for the relief and support of him and His Army rais'd and maintain'd for the Defence of His Person the Lawes and this His Kingdome And since he denyes to His Majesty the duty and benefit of his subjection by giving assistance to Rebells which by the knowne Lawes of the Land is high Treason His Majesty shall likewise deny him the benefit of his Protection and shall not only signifie to all His Forraigne Ministers that such Person shall-receive no advantage by being His Subject but shall by all other wayes and meanes proceed against him as a publike Enemy to His Majesty this Kingdom But His Majesty hopes and doubts not but his good Subjects of London will call to minde the Acts of their Predecessors their Duty Affection Loyalty and merit towards their Princes the Renown they have had with all posterity from and the blessings of Heaven which alwayes accompanied those virtues and will consider the perpetuall scorne and infamy which unadvoidably will follow them and their Children if infinitely the meaner part in quality and much the lesser part in number shall be a 〈◊〉 to alter the Government so admirably established destroy the Trade so excellently setled and to waste the wealth 〈◊〉 industrously gotten of that flourishing City And th●● they will easily gaine up the Courage and Resolution to joyne with His Majesty in defence of the Religion Law and Liberty which hitherto hath and only can make themselves His Majesty and His Kingdome happy For concurring with the Advice of His two Houses of Parliament being with Reference to the Common-wealth may be as well at this distance as being at White-hall His Majesty doubts not but His good Subjects of London well know how farre beyond the example of His Predecessors His Majesty hath concurred with their advice in passing of such Lawes by which He willingly hath parte● with many of His knowne Rights for the benefit of the Subjects which the Fundamentall Constitutions of this Kingdome did now oblige Him to consent unto and hath used all possible meanes to beget a right understanding betweene them And will therefore apply themselves to those who by making Just Peaceable Honourable Prepositions to His Majesty can only beget that concurrence After he had read it once upon the Hustings in the audience of those Honourable persons was for the helpe of the lownesse of his voice and the advantage of the great multitudes in the Hall willed the second time to read the same Answer in the Clock-house in the audience of the bodie of that Assembly among whom after he had finished his worke an inconsiderable company neere the doore made some offers towards an acclamation but finding no expected Eccho to answer their shout wound up in a little modestie and a great deale of silence upon which the Earle of Manchester declared in his Speech as followeth