THat your Petitioners, their Husbands, their Children, and their Families, amounting to many thousand soules; have lived in plentifull and good fashion, by the exercise of severall Trades, and venting of divers workes: For learning whereof, many of them have served Apprentiships, o­thers taken houses and shops both in the Citie and Suburbs, and also in the Exchanges at very great rents: All depending wholly for the sale of their commodities, (which is the maintenance and very existence and beeing of themselves, their husbands, and families) upon the splendor and glory of the English Court, and principally upon that of the Queenes Majesty; By occasion of whose Royall pre­sence we have hitherto had ready utterance for our commodities, and were thereby enabled to pay our rents, and live in good repute: But upon late notice that her Majestie is resolved instantly to depart the Kingdome, we can­not but thereby fore see an utter cessation and decay of all our trading; So shall we become utterly disabled to pay our rents, support our selves, or our families; and can apprehend nothing but distraction, penury, and ruine: Or that our eminent and inevitable necessities will produce some violent effect. And your Petitioners have cause to feare that this sudden resolution in her Majestie is occasioned by some just distaste taken at divers unusuall and tumultuous assemblies, to the affright of her Royall Person, and at the unpunisht printing of many licentious and scandalous Pamphlets; some covertly, some plainly, wounding her sacred Majestie in the opinion of the vulgar, as an Abbettor or Counsellor of such designes, which are pretended to disturbe the peaceable government both of this Kingdome and Ireland: Whereas your Petitioners are confident She was not onely a solicitous Mediator for the assembling of this gracious Parliament, but that since Her comming into this Kingdome She never did ill office to any particular Subject, but hath oft beene an Instrument of many Acts of mercy and grace to multitudes of di­stressed people.

And your Petitioners likewise considering the great happinesse brought to this Nation in her Princely Issue, of which native comfort this Nation hath beene barren now almost a hundred yeares; are the more encoura­ged,

Humbly to pray, That this Honourable Assembly would give some speedy assurance to Her Majestie, that the Authors and Instigators of such seditious tumults and scandalls shall be strictly enquired after, and punisht; and that She may receive such publique vindication by the Parliament, against all such calumners of Her sa­cred Majestie; and give Her that due honour and reverence we are sure She merits, and joyne with us in Petition for Her continuall residence amongst us: whereby She receiving full assurance of the love and fi­delity of Her Subjects in this Kingdome; your Petitioners may with some comfort addresse themselves to Her Majesties compassion of her affectionate people, humbly to pray her stay.

So shall they have cause to pray for your Honours prosperity in all your actions: And ever remaine the true and faithfull Protestants to the Church of England, till death.