To the Lords and Commons, continuing at Westminster the humble petition of the schollers of the severall gramer-schooles, in and about the City of London. 1643 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). A94558 Wing T1565 Thomason 669.f.6[116] ESTC R212617 99871220 99871220 160976

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94558) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160976) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f6[116]) To the Lords and Commons, continuing at Westminster the humble petition of the schollers of the severall gramer-schooles, in and about the City of London. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.], [London : Printed in the yeer 1642. [i.e. 1643] A satire. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March. 8.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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 eng Satire, English -- 17th century. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE LORDS AND COMMONS, CONTINUING AT WEST MINSTER, The humble Petition of the Schollers Of the ſeverall Gramer-Schooles, in and about the City of LONDON. Sheweth,

THat your pretty Petitioners having heard of your admirable Vigilence and Policie, in granting free leave to the Apprentices of this City for the Publique Good to runne from their Maſters, and to ſerve their time out under his Excellency, with whom they may have the honour to live and die; and that for the ſatisfaction of their friends, who fooliſhly expect that their ſaid Children ſhould be taught their Trades, wherby they might be hereafter enabled to live honeſtly in their ſeverall Vocations; Your wonderfull Juſtice and Power hath ordained, that they ſhall looſe no time in the expedition they have now undertaken, but that when his Excellency and the Publique good ſhall be able to defend one another, all evill Conncellours and the Malignant Party be devoured and eaten up, and his Majeſty gotten into honeſt hands againe; that the ſaid Apprentiſes ſhall (if they pleaſe) returne to their ſeverall ſhops, and be made Fore-men and Free-men, as if their Aprons had never been left off, with other notable priviledges againſt their Maſters and with their Miſtreſſes, which your grave wiſdomes for the encouragement of well affected perſons have provided for them.

Your Petitioners fall upon their knees before your Almightineſſe, and deſire that in this yeer of Jubile, when all manner of People are ſuffered to doe what they pleaſe, and no Rules, Lawes, or Orders left to compell the Free-borne Nation; they may not be left the onely Subjects of this Kingdome, but may be alſo at liberty to exerciſe their conſcience, and ſuffered to doe their weak endeavours againſt their Soveraigne for his good, under the command of his Excellency; not doubting but that they ſhall ſo learne the uſe of their Arms too, that they may be able to kill any man within two foot of the Kings Majeſty and never endanger him, againſt whom they deſire not to be thought to bear the leaſt ill will in the world. And that you will Declare and Vote, that after the ſhort buſineſſe in hand ſhall be performed; your hopefull Petitioners ſhall be as good Schollers, as if they had continued at Schoole, or in the Vniverſity, and have the ſame Priviledges and Abilities to Preach and Teach, as thoſe ſimple lazie people, who neglecting to joyne with you in making theſe preſent diſtractions, make no advantage of the wonderfull things you have done, but in contempt of your Authority, live as if there were no Parliament, And your Petitioners ſhall grow up and conforme themſelves to thoſe Principles of neceſſary and wholſome Rebellion, which your grave wiſdome ſhall Declare to be moſt agreeable to the fundamentall Lawes of this Kingdome.

Printed in the yeer 1642.