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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94499	To the right honourable Lords, the peeres in the High Court of Parliament assembled The humble petition of the maiors, bayliffes, jurats, freemen, and others inhabitants of the Cinque Ports, two ancient townes, and their members,		1642 (1642)	Wing T1476; Thomason 669.f.4[86]; ESTC R210345	2,337	1

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORDS THE PEERES In the High Court of PARLIAMENT assembled The humble Petition of the Maiors Bayliffes Jurats Freemen and others Inhabitants of the Cinque Ports two ancient Townes and their Members Sheweth THAT your Petitioners have just and great cause with all thankfulnesse humbly and heartily to acknowledge your Honours exceeding labour and paines taken in this present Parliament and the agreement of your Lordships with the Honourable house of Commons which tends to the glory of God the Honour and safety of his Majestie the good of this State and Kingdome which by your great wisedomes and noble endeavours have been effected and by us your Petitioners obtained and enjoyed in the reducing the government of this Kingdome to the ancient and pristine government of the inheritable Lawes thereof vindicating the Rights and Prerogative of his Majestie and Liberty of the Subjects securing of our lives and estates in your zealous ejection and eradicating of the formidable power of the Prelates in their Civill authorities And we humbly beg of your Lordships that this happy union may ever continue and more especially at this present for the accomplishing of what is already begun and for a full and absolute reformation of the government and grieveances both in the State Church and Common-wealth And we with the utmost of our lives and estates are fully determined to defend his Majesties Royall Person and State and your Lordships in your joynt happy and honourable resolutions and proceedings And further our most humble and earnest suit is that your Lordships out of your great care and wisedomes will by some good wayes and meanes obtaine his Majesties Royall Person and presence neere the Parliament with the Prince his Highnesse for the better effecting of all your worthy intents and purposes and for the happinesse and flourishing estate of King and Kingdome And we according to the Protestation by us already taken will readily expose our selves and fortunes for the maintenance of the same And your humble Petitioners shall ever pray c. TO THE HONOURABLE THE KNIGHTS CITIZENS AND BURGESSES in the Commons House of PARLIAMENT assembled The humble Petition of the Maiors Bayliffes Jurats Freemen and others Inhabitants of the Cinque Ports two ancient Townes and their Members Sheweth THAT your Petitioners with the body of this Kingdome doe with all thankfulnesse acknowledge your indefatigable paines and cares besides the severall attempts that have been offered against your persons and Priviledges in your pious and politicke endeavours for the glory of God and settling of the peace of this Kingdome Which although it have not hitherto performed the desired ends and effects expected yet our thankfulnesse is unto you never the lesse your Petitioners conceiving the causes of such distractions and slow proceedings in matters of greatest consequence as also those distempers in the State and Citie to proceed from evill Councellours too neere his Majesties Sacred Person and such their Councels fomented by ill affected instruments both in Court and Citie yet neverthelesse your Petitioners and all others well affected to true Religion the honour of his Majestie and good of his Kingdom to Gods glory doe confesse and testifie the great good that hath succeeded and been effected by you in subverting the power and rule of Antichrist in supporting and maintaining his Majesties Honour and right of Prerogative in things obvious to all the world and also in atchievement of the lawfull liberties of the Subject and vindicating the governement to the rule of the inheritable Lawes of this Land from all those forced illegall pressures under which your Petitioners were heavily burthened contrary to the ancient priviledges of their Charter confirmed by his Majestie and his Noble Progenitors and hath inviolably continued unto them neere six hundred yeeres past till of late time For which priviledges your Petitioners are obliged to great and considerable services and have duely performed them as may be made apparent And also humbly praying that this Honourable Assembly will seriously consider the situation of our Townes being seated upon the breast of the Kingdome and thereby necessitated to beare the brunt and first onset of any invasion of Forraigne enemies and therefore for defence of the whole Kingdome we are treblely charged with Armes and Ammunition to what the Counties are besides the mentenance of many great Ordnance with provision for them at our own cost with many other charges and burthens too heavy for us alone to beare most of which hath been by some already made knowne unto this Honourable House although many more might be added thereunto All which considered our Petitions are that notwithstanding all disgusts threats and affronts that have bin offered or that may be you will couragiously goe on in the reformation and settling of the pure worship of God according to his word both in Doctrine and Discipline wholly casting out all the dregs and remaines of Popery and Superstition that Jesus Christ by his word may alone rule and governe his Church in purity Removing ignorant superstitious and scandalous Ministers and placing of painfull and pious Preachers in their places with competent mentenance Providing for his Majestie and the Kingdomes safety by going on in your resolutions for a Posture of Warlike defence throughout the same In which we humbly pray the Cinque Ports Townes and members may be in time provided for with sufficient means for their Fortifications and especially that a defence may be made upon the Roades of Dungen-nasse the onely dangerous and most easie landing place for any invasive enemies And that the unlawfull and destructive manner of fishing of the French upon the English Coast may be restrained That the Fees of his Majesties Custome-house in the Ports may be regulated That this Honourable house will be further pleased to endeavour by all good wayes and meanes to procure the presence and residence of his Majestie and the Prince to be neere unto the Parliament for the effectuall speeding the aydes and supplies of distressed IRELAND where our Brethrens bloud cryes loud to Heaven for pity and reliefe That the Fundamentall and Parliamentary Lawes of this Kingdome the Priviledges of Parliament His Majesties Rights and Prerogative our native Rights and Priviledges be mentained our lives estates secured And that all the wisedomes and endeavours of this Honourable Assembly may conduce to the happinesse both of Church State and Common-wealth in establishing of a faithfull Magistracy a pious and faithfull Ministery And that this Honourable House be pleased to put the governement of the Forts into such hands as his Majestie and the Parliament shall see fit and may confide in Towards which according to the Protestation taken by us we are ready to expose as his Majestie and the Parliament shall command the utmost of our lives and fortunes And your Petitioners with all duty and respect shall ever pray for you all in generall and every one of you in particular