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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86747	The humble petition and desires of the commanders, masters, mariners, younger brothers and sea-men of the shipping belonging to the river of Thames (whose names are subscribed to the number of 558), presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, on Thursday the 29 of June, 1648. Together with all their transactions concerning a personall treaty with His Majesty : and their undertaking for the timely reducing of the revolted ships, &c. John Kersey, Clerk of Trinity-House. With deliberate answers of the Lords and Commons suitable to the importance of the said petition. John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum. Henry Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.		1648 (1648)	Wing H3432; Thomason E450_21	3,919	16

Masters of Ships and others therein expressing their desires to present their humble Petition unto this Honorable House we do in all humble manner shew our great apprehension of the many distempers both by Sea and Land occasioned by the fomenting of a discontented party who dayly take up Arms against the Parliament and Kingdom which if not timely prevented by the mercies of God and wisdom of Parliament is like to engage the Kingdom again in a most bloody War both by sea and Land to the endangering of the long expected Peace of the three Kingdoms the losse of Navigation the obstructing of Trade and the utter ruine of many thousands of Families relating as well to Marine as Land affairs whose whole subsistance depends upon trade to and from this Kingdom In consideration whereof they humbly pray This Honorable House to take the Premisses into their grave Wisdoms and that a present Personal Treaty may be had with his Majesty which we humbly conceive under God is the only means for settling a well-grounded Peace both in Church and State And by which with the blessing of God on your endevors the present distempers may be removed and the Kingdom again restored into a flourishing condition For which we with the whole Kingdom shal have great cause to acknowledge the Lords great mercy and our thankfulnesse to this Honorable Assembly for all their unwearied pains for the good of these almost undone Kingdoms and as we have ever shewed our selves willing with the hazard of our Lives and Fortunes to preserve the Parliament so we shall be always ready to the utmost of our powers according to the Protestation and solemn League and Covenant to assist them in all their just undertakings against their and the Kingdoms enemies And pray c. Die Jovis 29 Junii 1648. THe Lords have commanded me to return unto you their hearty thanks and acknowledgements for the good affections you have expressed to this Parliament in many former occasions as well as in this Petition now presented And to your desires therein contained for the settling of a well-grounded Peace the Lords neither are nor shall at any time be wanting to use their utmost endeavors for the happy and most speedy effecting thereof Jo. Brown Cleric Parliamentorum Die Jovis 29 Junii 1648. THe House hath read the two Petitions presented by you to them One of the Master Wardens and fellowship of Trinity-house the other of the Commanders Masters and Mariners of the Shipping belonging to the River of Thames and a third presented by the Younger Brothers of your Corporation and others to your selves And as this House calling to mind your former faithful assistance in this Cause so likewise by your Petitions they find your readinesse with your Lives and Fortunes to assist the Parliament in all their just undertakings against their and the Kingdoms enemies according to the Protestation and Solemn League and Covenant And in answer to your desires of a Personal Treaty with his Majesty for setling a well-grounded Peace both in Church and State The House hath commanded me to let you know that they have the same fellow-feeling with you of the Kingdoms suffering by Warr and the manifold dangers that must necessarily ensue thereupon and to assure you that they do really desire and shall faithfully endeavor to obtain a safe and well-grounded Peace And in order thereunto have spent a great part of this last moneth in considerations of Peace and have made some progresse therein And for the more speedy dispatch of what further remains to be done the Houses have appointed a Committee to consider what the King hath formerly offered and what is further to be offered to the King for his satisfaction for settling of a speedy and well-grounded Peace and to consider of time place and other circumstances for convenience of addresse to be made to his Majesty which Committee are met and are enjoyned with all possible speed to make Report to this House whereupon they intend so effectually to proceed that by the blessing of God a safe and well-grounded Peace may be speedily settled And they doubt not but what they have done and shall do herein will be fully satisfactory as to your selves so to all the wel-affected Seamen of this Kingdom And for your good affections to the Parliament and Kingdom manifested by your former actions in the late War and in your expressions and engagements in your present Petitions they have commanded me to give you thanks H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. FINIS