THat many of your Petitioners being in the last desires of petitioning, your Ma­jesty denied accesse, kept backe with violence, and received, great affront from some that have dependance to your Majesty, and others there assembled, yet no provocation could remove them from their patience and duty, which proceed­ings are taken more to heart, your Petitioners conceiving it undeniable, that they have an interest in the Common-wealth, and are as dutifull and loyall Subjects to your Majesty, as any whatsoever; though divers of them have beene since unci­villy prest by some in your Majesties name, to subscribe a Paper, stiled, The Humble Answer to your Majesties Propositions, and threatened thereunto, upon which clause followed, That when your Majesties Army should be on foot, those should be first pil­laged that refused such subscription, which we humbly conceive are positively contrary to your Majesties owne expressions, and is to the high dishonour of your Majesty, and the great affrightment and distur­bance of your Majesties liege people; therfore your Petitioners having just cause to feare your Majesties Royall heart is still indangered to be possessed with some distaste of your Petitioners; humbly supplicate your Majestie to conceive better things of them, and to cast your eyes upon the presant state of this your Kingdome, that as your Majestie hath often Declared your affections to this County, so your love might now be expressed in the preserving the peace thereof: And that your Majestie would admit of a right In­formation of the cleare intention of your Petitioners, who are confident that no so absolute and happy ob­servance to your Majesties just Commands can be demonstrated, as which your Majestie, in Parliament shal declar, ewhich if it should come divided (which God forbid) our hearts even tremble to consider what dan­ger and diminution of the Honour and safety of your Maiesties Posterity and Kingdome, will unavoida­bly be put upon, since it's cleate to every understanding eye, that it is not a divided part of one or severall Counties that can afford that honour and safety to your Maiesti [...]; that your whole Kingdome, which you may command, no ground of feare or danger remaining, if a good confidence were begotten betwixt your Maiesty and Parliament, whose grave and Loyall Councell, as we humbly conceive, the visible way un­der God, to put a speedy end to the troubles of Ireland, and to establish your Throne in Righteousnesse.

Lastly, your Petitioners most humbly supplicate, that we may represent our unfitnesse to become Judges betwixt your Majesty and Parliament, in any thing, or to dispute the Authority of either, which they humbly con­ceive doe fortifie each other, it being most unfit for them to act any thing therein, but by their Prayers for a right understanding betwixt your Majesty and them; which we shall heartily doe: as also for your Majesties long and prosperous Reigne, and as we are bound by our true Protestation, shall be ready to maintaine your Majesties just Right, the Priviledge and power of Parliament, and the lawfull Liberties of the Subjects.

This Petition was delivered at the Generall meeting of the Yorkshiere men, being in number about 7000. on Thursday last.