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city_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	9,660	5	5.5175	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86821	The humble petition of the Lord Major, aldermen and commons of the City of London, in Common-Councel assembled, presented to the Right Honorable, the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled. With the answer of the Commons to the said petition. Die Mercurii, 9 Augusti, 1648. Ordered by the Commons ... that the City petition .. be forthwith printed ...	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing H3545; Thomason E458_7; ESTC R202504	2,678	8

The humble PETITION OF The Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London In Common-Councel assembled PRESENTED To the Right Honorable The LORDS and COMMONS in Parliament assembled WITH THE ANSWER OF The Commons to the said Petition Die Mercurii 9 Augusti 1648. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That the City Petition and the Answer thereunto be forthwith printed and published H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. London Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons August 12. 1648. To the Right Honorable The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled The humble Petition of the Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in Common Councel assembled SHEWETH THat your Petitioners being deeply sensible of the sad miserable and deplorable condition of the King Parliament and Kingdom by the long continuance of a bloody and unnatural War whereof they had great hopes to be freed after the common Enemy was subdued the Army of our Brethren of Scotland withdrawn and the Kings Majesty placed at Holdenby by consent of both Kingdoms in order to a happy composure of all differences both in Church and State But contrary to expectation your Petitioners to the great grief and sorrow of their Souls do finde the Government of the Church to be still unsetled Blasphemy Heresie Schism and Prophaneness increased The relief of bleeding Ireland obstructed The War to their great astonishment again renewed The People of England thereby miserably impoverished and oppressed The blood of our fellow Subjects spilt like water upon the ground Our Brethren of Scotland now entred this Kingdom in a Hostile maner His Highness the Prince of Wales commanding at Sea a considerable part of the Navy and other ships under His power having already made stay of many English Ships with Merchandizes and Provisions to a very great value by reason whereof Navigation will be destroyed Seamen desert us Merchants inforced to leave off reading clothing and other manufactures of this Kingdom fall to the ground Wool which is the staple commodity of the Land remain unsold The Mint stand still Customs and other Profits by Merchandizing will be very much abated if not utterly destroyed Corn Salt Cole Fish Butter Cheese and all other provisions brought by Sea to this City and Kingdom stopped The innumerable number of the poorer sort depending onely upon manufactures wanting work and bread as is greatly feared will in a very short time become tumultuous in all parts of the Kingdom And many inforced to remove themselves and families into foraign parts and there setle the manufactures of this Kingdom never to be regained all which will unavoidably in a very short time totally ruine the people of this Kingdom Your Petitioners humbly conceive no visible way can prevent the apparent ruine of these Kingdoms but the speedy freeing of His Majesty from that restraint wherein He now remaines and by a Personal Treaty restoring to the King His just Rights to the Parliament their undoubted Priviledges to the People their Native Freedoms and Benefit of the Laws being the Birthright of every Subject and by the due attendance of the Members of Parliament in discharge of their trust to the Kingdom and in observing the self denying Ordinance The●● remises considered your Petitioners do humbly pray That the Kings Majesty may be speedily freed from that restraint wherein he now remains and humbly invited unto a Personal Treaty for the setling of a safe and well grounded Peace And that therein the Union between the two Kingdoms may be preserved That in the interim all acts of hostility both by Sea and Land may by command of King and Parliament cease And Trade free without interruption That the Government of the Church may be speedily setled according to the Covenant Distressed Ireland relieved The People of the Land by disbanding all Armies may be eased of their intollerable burthens The Liberty of the Subject restored The Laws of the Land established The Members of this Honorable House enjoyned to attend the service of the Kingdom That the self-denying Ordinance may be effectually observed And that this Honorable House would be pleased speedily to take into their serious consideration the sad condition of such Merchants whose ships and goods are under that Fleet which is now with His Highness the Prince of Wales and suddenly to finde some expedient for their releasment And your Petitioners shall daily pray c. 9 Augusti 1648. THe House of Commons have considered of the Petition of the Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in Common-Councel assembled presented to them August 8. And upon serious Debate had thereupon thay have thought fit to acquaint the Common-Councel That they have passed an Ordinance for the setling of Presbyterian Government and therein upon review of all their former Ordinances they have perfected and compiled the same in one entire body And for the obtaining a safe and well-grounded Peace They have resolved upon a Treaty with the King in the Isle of Wight upon the Propositions formerly agreed upon and presented to the King at Hampton-Court and for taking away of Wards and Liveries and also upon such other Propositions as shall be propounded either by His Majesty or both Houses of Parliament And that the King make choyce of what place He pleaseth in that Island to be there with Freedom Honor and Safety to Treat personally with the Commissioners of Parliament And the Committee which they have sent to present this offer are now with His Majesty Concerning the seizing of the Ships and Goods of the Merchants of the City of London and the decay and obstruction of the Trade of the Kingdom by the Revolted Ships that lie in the Downs The House is deeply sensible thereof and have done what lies in them for reducing those Ships to their due obedience to the Parliament by offering them Indempnity for their Offence and payment of the Mariners Arrears upon their submission and by sending the Earl of Warwick Lord Admiral with power to command the rest of the Navy to reduce those Ships by force if they refuse the pardon offered them which might have proved an effectual means before this time to have prevented the loss already suffered and to have secured the Trade of the Kingdom had not the going out of the Fleet been retarded by the backwardness and treachery of divers who have secretly complyed with the late defection of the Navy And that the House may manifest their earnest Desires to entertain any further means for the more speedy and certain effecting of this work of so necessary importance to the Honor and Welfare of this Nation They have appointed a Committee to Treat with the Merchants that are most concerned therein to receive their Advice and to know what ayds they will contribute to the clearing of the Seas and their readiness therein as it will return abundantly to their own advantage so it will be embraced as a most acceptable Service to the whole Kingdom by this House As to the Scotish Army which have in Hostile maner invaded this Kingdom are possessed of Barwick and Carlisle contrary to the Treaties betwixt the Kingdoms and do joyn themselves with the Popish and Malignant party in the North The House of Commons have Declared them Enemies to this Kingdom and that all those English or Irish as voluntarily adhere to them are Traytors and Rebels and to be proceeded with accordingly And they resolve by Gods assistance to adhere to and prosecute this their Resolution and upon the just and necessary grounds thereof They do expect the hearty concurrence and assistance of this City of London as of the rest of the Kingdom Notwithstanding all the secret Plots and Endeavors of the Scots Emissaries or the Agents of the Popish and Malignant party of this Kingdom to the contrary H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D Com. FINIS