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A95022	A true copie of the master-piece of all those petitions which have formerly beene presented by the major, aldermen, and the rest of the Common Counsell of the Citie of London. Being, two petitions; the first whereof was presented to the honourable House of Peeres now assembled in Parliament; with a certificate of the major, aldermen, and the rest of the Common Counsell of the Citie of London. The other petition, was likewise presented to the honourable House of Commons now assembled in Parliament; with their humble answer, and reasons thereof to the message which the honourable House sent to them upon Saturday, being the 22. of this instant Ianuary. These two petitions were presented the 25. of this instant January 1642. to the honourable assembly of both Houses, by the committee of aldermen and common counsell-men, selected for martiall affaires.	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing T2650; Thomason E134_7; ESTC R11513	4,910	13

and sithence divers great Summes for the service of the King and Kingdome have beene already lent by the Citizens of London besides 50000. l. for the supply of Ireland in particular a great part whereof some of the Lenders were compelled to borrow and cannot to this day repay 2. That such part of those moneyes as are already due to the Citizens from the Parliament and should have bin repaid out of the Pole-moneyes and Subsidies is not yet done because there is not any considerable summe come in from the Countrey as was expected to satisfie the same 3. That the said 50000 l. lent for Ireland was hastened and speedily paid within neare about 2000 l. upon this ground then urged by the Parliament that if it were forthwith lent it might be of more use to preserve that Kingdome then the lone of 200000 l. could be if deferred but six Weeks yet no considerable Forces are sent thither to this day And we find that men will not be willing to lend any thing till they be assured that a good strength be sent thither with full Commission to relieve London-Derry and other parts of that Kingdome 4. The generall withholding of very great Summes of money from the Petitioners and many others which moneys have beene long due not onely from Chapmen and other debtors in England but from very many in Ireland who owe many hundred Thousands of Pounds to the Citizens of London doth render divers persons of good Estates and credit hardly able to goe on with Trade or to pay their debts and maintain their Charge 5. The Brotherly offer of Scotland to send 10000 men into Jreland not yet so accepted as to produce any reliefe to that bleeding Kingdome while yet our Brethren are dayly massacred there discourageth most men from lending any Money were they never so able 6. The not passing the Bil for pressing of soldiers here whereby such forces as are requisit might be timely sent from hence into Ireland puts many men into feares that there may be some designe rather to lose that Kingdom and to consume this in the losing of Ireland than to preserve either the one or the other for that it cannot be conceived that the Rebells being growne so powerfull will be suppressed by volunteires 7. The slow issuing of Commissions to those who being in Ireland or going thither are willing to enter the field against the Rebells disables them from doing any effectuall execution upon the enemy unlesse in their owne defence and so all the monies that have beene or may be sent thither are exhausted to maintaine our forces to doe little or nothing worthy of them rather then imployed to chastise the Rebells and to reduce them to obedience by meanes whereof the number and power of the Rebels are greatly encreased divers castles and townes are by them taken much Protestant blood is daily spilt many thousand families destroyed the malignant part of Papists and their adherents here are encouraged and those Rebells so much in boldened that they boast they will extirpate the British Nation there and then make England the seat of warre 8. The not disarming of Papists here in England after many discoveries of their treacheries and bloody designes upon the Parliament and Kingdome the great decays of Fortifications Blockhouses other Sea-forts the not managing of them nor furnishing them with Ordinance and Ammunition the not placing all of them in such hands in whom the Parliament may confide and the not settling this Kingdome in a posture of defence in times of so many feares and jealousies of forreigne invasions and intestine conspiracies the not removing the present Lievtenant of the Tower and putting such a person into that place as may be well approved by the Parliament notwithstanding the earnest petitions exhibited to this honorable House for that purpose which hath produced a forbearance to bring Bullion into the Tower in this time of scarcitie of monies all which cannot but overthow trading more and more and make monies yet more scarce in the City and Kingdome 9. The Kings Ships which ought to be a wall of defence to this Kingdome and a convay to the Merchants for which Tonnage and Poundage was granted are not fitted and imployed as the present condition of this Kingdome and Ireland requires but some of them for the conveying away of Delinquents who durst not abide the test of the Parliament to the great encouragement of the rest of the malignant party here who when their designes and themselves be detected know how to escape the hand of Iustice through the abuse of a Royall conduct 10. The not questioning those many thousands of unknown persons who are sheltered in Covengarden and thereabouts which doe not imploy themselves in any lawfull calling and it 's very probable lye in a readinesse to adventure upon some desperate attempt to the endangering of the welfare peace and safety of the Kings Majestie Parliament and Citie 11. The misunderstanding betweene the King and Parliament the not vindicating the priviledges of Parliament the not suppressing of Protections the not punishing of Delinquents and the not executing of all Priests and Iesuites legally condemned while others contrary to priviledge of Parliament have beene illegally as the Petitioners conceive charged with Treason to the deterring of worthy Members from discharging their duties and to the destroying of the very being of Parliaments doe exceedingly fill the mindes of men well affected to the publike with many feares and discouragements throughout the Kingdome and so disable them from that cheerfull assistance which they would be glad to afford 12. By meanes of the Premisses there is such decay of trading and such scarcity of money neither of which can be cured till the former Evills be removed as it is likely in very short time to cast innumerable multitudes of poore Artificers into such a depth of povertie and extremitie as may enforce them upon some dangerous and desperate attempts not fit to be expressed much lesse to be justified which they leave to the wisdome of this House speedily to consider and prevent These are the Evils under which the Petitioners doe exceedingly labour and languish which they humbly conceive to have sprung from the imploying of ill affected persons in places of Trust and Honour in the State and neere to the sacred person of his Majestie and that these Evils are still continued by meanes of the Votes of Bishops and Popish Lords in the House of Peeres And now that the Petitioners have faithfully represented the true Reasons which doe really enforce them to returne this answer most of which have beene formerly offered to this Honourable House in sundry Petitions and that they have done all that in them lies even beyond all president to serve the King Parliament and Kingdome They humbly crave leave to protest before God and the high Court of Parliament that if any further miseries befall their deare brethren in Ireland or if any mischiefe shall breake in upon this Kingdome to the endangering or disturbing thereof it ought not to be imputed to the Petitioners but only to such as shall endeavour to hinder the effectuall and speedy cure of the evills before recited that so much disable and discourage the Petitioners from doing that which by this honourable House is desired of them FINIS