Sheweth,

THat Your unwearied labours, and indefessive endevours for the publike good, and safety of the whole Kingdome, have exstimulated us not onely to acknowledge, obsequiously the same, but also have respectively induced us to pre­sent, our lives and estates at your command, and Order. The grievances, which for a long-time hi­therto have sorely oppressed us, have partly beene cleared by our endevours, and partly remaine still to the great mollestation of us all; which we real­ly suppose to bee retarded by a malignant patty, which are acknowledged to be the sole obstacles of your proceedings. Our humble addresse is there­fore to Your Honours, that You would bee grati­ously pleased to devote the Popish Lords, Bi­shops, and others from the House of Peeres, and [Page] exenterate those evill Councellours from that Il­lustrous Assembly. For wee finde that by their mischievous designes your endevours are not one­ly frustrated, but the very priviledges of the Par­liament broken, and the liberty of the Subiects debilitated, and the Members of both Houses unassured of their lives, to the great preiudice of the whole Kingdom, especially a Religious mem­ber of the House of Peeres, the Lord of Kim­bolton in our Shire, who was impeached by his Maiestie of High Treason; but wee are confident of his Loyaltie, and have so absolute an opinion of him, that he is not guiltie of the least of these Articles wherein hee was arraigned. Wherefore we humbly implore your Honours, that hee, and the orher may enioy the freedome, and liberty of the Parliament, according to the legall progresse of Law, and the ancient customes and Rights of Parliamentarie tryalls. To the granting of which Petitiory desire we recommend our Service and Zeale unto your Honours, humbly beseecning you to reflect upon our Petition.

To your Petitioners will be bound to pray. &c.

Sheweth,

THat the manifold pressures, and multiplicity of grievances which have disturbed our Coun­tie have been intollerable, and almost insupport­able: and whereas wee have presented our many Petitions to your Honour, we have been frustra­ted, and have had little or no redresse from you, the cause whereof we neither iudge nor imagine to be retarded by you, but wee absolutely believe that it appertaines rather to the Popish Lords, and Bishops in the House of Peeres, who hinder and nullifie many things, which are endevoured by your Diurnall vigilancy. To the avoyding of which future hindrance, and obstacle in your pi­ous determinations, we doe now make the humble tender of our service and devotion unto you, besee­ching with all humilitie and ardency of affection, [...]o the universall good of this Common-wealth, that those afore-mentioned Lords and Bishops may be devoted from the upper House, that the cleare spring of your sacred and unanimous resolu­lutions may runne like a pure fountain of Iustice, without either the hindrance or let of any, as also without the corruption of any malignant, or ill­affected member, to the prosperous alacrity of this whole Nation.

And then your Petitioners shall be for ever bound to pray, &c.

Humbly sheweth,

THat wheres, infinite pressures and grievous im­positions have for these many years been urged upon us, to the great griefe and disturbance of the Kingdome: the redresse where of wee impartially confesse, hath been with excessive labour endea­voured by you in the space of the fourteen moneths past, to bring all thing to a regular reformation: yet notwithstanding your endeavours have been contrariwise frustrated, and our servent expectati­ons retarded, by the ill-disposed-members of some in the House of Peeres, where the Popish Lords and Bishops having their vote, do repercusse those good determinations which are intended by the House of Commons: Our humble supplication is therefore, that you would be respectively pleased to remove these dusturbers of the Common-wealth, that doe not onely hinder the zealous laffe­cted Commons from their demonstration of vigi­lant, sedulity, but d [...] also procrastinate and de­ferre the common safety and prosperity of the whole Kingdome: in the name of which in gene­ra [...]l, and not in the behalf of our selves in particu­lar, wee dev [...]ly present our Petition unto your Honours, umbly claving your assent and consent thereunto.

And your Petitioners shall bee ever bound to pray, &c.

Sheweth,

THat the preposterous divisions of our Religi­on have been so confused amongst us, and the numerous grievances of our County, have been so voluminous, that they could easily bee expressed. And although wee have daily waited in expectation of a reformation; yet wee have been frustrated, and nothing but incivility, disorder, and prophanesse is introduced into the distracted Church. Our humble request is therefore that you would expell those, who are rhe cause of our miserable calamities, from your Assembly, viz. Popish Lords and Bishops, with others, that Reli­gion may be piously confirmed, sacredly establi­shed, and respectively embraced by all people, ac­cording to the decencie of the Church, and as the holy Scripture requires: that the consciences of men may be disburdened, the various distractions in the Church mitigated, and the regularity of pi­ous devotion instituted, to the immortall honour of the Parliament.

And your Petioners will be bound to pray, &c.