To the noble, and right honorable Lords, and the honorable knights, citizens, and burgesses in the high court of parliament assembled the humble petition of Chistofer Syms touching a book entituled Great Britans Al arm [sic] by him to them dedicated. Syms, Christofer. 1647 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A94187 Wing S6365 Thomason 669.f.10[113] ESTC R210688 99869462 99869462 162644

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94187) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162644) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[113]) To the noble, and right honorable Lords, and the honorable knights, citizens, and burgesses in the high court of parliament assembled the humble petition of Chistofer Syms touching a book entituled Great Britans Al arm [sic] by him to them dedicated. Syms, Christofer. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1647] Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb. 19th 1646". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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eng Syms, Christofer. -- Great Britans alarm. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the noble, and right honorable Lords, and the honorable Knights, Citiſens, and Burgeſſes in the high Court of parliament aſſembled The humble Petition of Chriſtofer Syms touching a book entituled Great Britans Al-arm by him to them dedicated. Humbly ſheweth

THat his former Petitions frequent above four years for licence to print the ſame book, and his not printing it without licence are ample evidence of the Petitioners ſubmiſſive duty, and vehement zeal, his ſincere heart beareth to this high Court, and therefore of his love to his country, which hath induced him aſwel for the Kings Majeſties ſake, as alſo for this high courts ſake after licence obtained upon peruſal with mature deliberation of ſeveral grave, and learned Miniſters of the Synod to print the ſame book at his own charge the Stationers ſtaggering therat in reſpect it is miſterious concerning both King, and Parliament.

Now becaus therin is couched a weighty concernment preſſed with valid, and forcible reaſons, and motives, that is, reconciliation of King, and Parliament for the renown, glory, and happineſs of both, and the whole nation without one ſyllable therin ſeditious, ſchiſmatical, or derogatory, The petitioner being confident that the ſame reaſons, and motives wil perſwade, and incline the King to compliance with his Parliament, if it may appear to bee preſented unto him with your licence, or rather order, (which the petitioner humbly-prayeth) and alſo that after reading your honorable ſelves wil not contemn it, hath humbly preſented one book to the right honorable Speaker of the hous of Peers, and another to the honorable Speaker of the hous of Commons, and humbly offereth one to every ſeveral noble Lord, and other honorable member of this high Court before hee proſtitute the ſame to bee publickly vended.

The Petitioner having done his duty humbly prayeth each ſeveral noble Lord, and other honorable member of this high Court for the concernments aforeſaid to peruſe one of thoſe books with the Petitions to his Majeſty, and Dedication to your ſelves.

And what al, or any of yee ſhal joyntly or ſeverally direct for bringing to each of your noble, and honorable hands a book, the Petitioner wil humbly and duly obſerve,

And wil ever pray for unity, and amity betwixt King, and Parliament. The Petitioners abode is in Nicholas Olaves Church-yard, Bredſtreet, London. Christofer Syms.