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A90589	A petition of the gentry, ministers, and freeholders of the county of Flint, presented to His Majesty at York, August the fourth, 1642. With His Majesties most gracious answer thereunto. Also His Majesties speech to the gentlemen of York, on Thursday the fourth of August.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I).	1642 (1642)	Wing P1799; Thomason E111_3; ESTC R212781	3,864	8

A PETITION Of the Gentry Ministers and Freeholders of the County of FLINT Presented to His Majesty at YORK AUGUST the fourth 1642. With His Majesties most gracious answer thereunto ALSO His Majesties Speech to the Gentlemen of York on Thursday the fourth of AVGVST LONDON Printed A. Norton 1642. August 12. To the Kings most Excellent Majestie The humble Petition of the Gentry Ministers and Free-holders of the County of Flint Presented to His Majesty at York the fourth of August 1642. Sheweth THat your Petitioners doe with all due submission thankfulnesse and joy of Heart acknowledge the happiness they have enjoyed of a long peace under your Gracious Government and your goodness in yielding to a ready Redresse of such grievances as have growne in that time of ease and security and in enacting such Lawes in this Parliament as your Petitioners hope will prevent the like for the future They are further tenderly apprehensive of Your Majesties transcendent goodnesse in Your free condescending to give your People so full cleer an accompt of your Actions and intentions and rest throughly perswaded of the sincerity and constancy of Your Majesties Resolution to Mayntayne the true Protestant Religion in it's Primitive purity the Lawes of the Land in their genuine sence The just Priviledges Freedome and frequency of Parliaments with the property and liberty of the Subject thereupon depending and Your Majesties willingnesse to joyne with Your great Councell in granting or enacting any other good Laws that may be for the publike Weal of Your people Who as they have ever flourished and been most happy and secure in all Acts and Ordinances passed by the three Estates And most peaceably governed under the known Lawes of the Land So it is the humble prayer of us Your Majesties most Loyall Subjects prostrating at your Majesties feet our persons and estates For protection according to your Oath From those dangers we should be driven into by being bound by any Rule Order or Ordinance Whereunto Your Majesty together with both Houses of Parliament shall not assent We also further Supplicate Your Majesty so to maintain us in that ancient necessary priviledge as not to suffer us to be governed but by the known and established Laws of the Land And Your Petitioners as in duty and by the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy they conceive themselves bound shall not onely pray for the preservation of Your Majesties Sacred Person Honour Estate and Lawfull Prerogative But shall be always ready to hazard their Lives and Fortunes for the mayntenance and defence of the same against all powers and persons whatsoever Subscribed by the Hands of the Knights Gentry Justices of the peace Ministers and Freeholders of the County of Flint His Majesties Answer to the Petition of the County of Flint HIs Majestie hath commanded me to return this Answer to this Petition That His Majesty is much pleased with the dutie and affection expressed by the petitioners and with so evident a testimonie that the grievances hee hath redressed the Laws hee hath passed and the Declarations hee hath made have produced the effects for which they were intended The satisfaction gratitude and confidence of his good Subjects which hee doubts not but the whole course of his Government Will daily increase That His Majesty is no lesse pleased to see them so sensible of what hath and ever will best preserve their happinesse and security and that therefore they desire only to be governed by that rule which He is resolved only to governe by the known and established Laws of the Land assuring them that according to his Oath hee will always protect them from the invasion of any other assumed Arbitrary power whatsoever as long as hee shall be able to protect himselfe being resolved of nothing more then to stand and fall together with the Law And that hee will not expect they should be any longer ready to expresse their duties to him by the hazzard of them selves and fortunes for the preservation of his Person Honour Estate and lawfull Prerogative against all powers and persons whatsoever then his Majesty shall ever be mutually ready to discharge his duty towards them by the hazzard of himself and fortune for the preservation and defence of the Religion and Laws established of the just priviledges and Freedome of parliament and of the liberty and property of his Subjects against whomsoever they shall endeavor either to destroy or oppose them Falkland At the Court at York Aug. the fourth 1642. His Majesties speech to the Gentlemen of Yorkshire on Thursday the fourth of August Gentlemen WHen I directed that Summons should be sent out for your meeting here this day my principall end was That I might give you thanks for the great forwardnesse and expressions you have made of your affections to me since I came into this Countrey and to assure you That as the whole Kingdome hath great reason to value you exceedingly for it so I shall be very unsatified with my self till I have found some way to fix a mark of favour and estimation upon this County and this people which may tell Posterity how good Subjects you have been and how much Gentlemen and I am confident the memory of it will grow up with my Sons too in a just acknowledgement This was the most I intended to say to you but there is an unquiet Spirit abroad which every day throws in new accidents to disturbe and confound the publike Peace How I was driven from London when I chose this place for my safety is so notorious that all men know it who know any thing with what strange violence and indignities I have bin pursued since I came hither needs no other Evidence then Sir Iohn Hothams behaviour at Hull who now arrived at that insolence That he will not suffer his treason to be longer confined within those Wals but makes fallyes out of the Town upon his fellow Subjects drowns their Land burnes and plunders their houses murthers and with unheard of cruelty torments their persons And this with so much delight That hee would not have the patience to wait what Answer should be sent to my just demands though in that respect I ingaged my self to forbear to use any force and kept my word but chose the night before that came as if hee well knew what Answer I was to receive to act those outrages You see the sad effects of Feares and Jealousies the miseries they have produced No man can tel you the least good they have brought forth or the least evill they have prevented What inconvenience and burthen my presence hath bin here what disturbance it hath brought upon the publick or grievance upon any private person your selves are the best Judges And what ever scandall some men have pleased to cast upon the Cavaliers which they intend should reach all my Retinew by degrees shall involve all Gentlemen I am confident there hath not bin any eminent disorder or damage befaln any