A speech spoken by Sr. Thomas Wroth knight, in the honourable House of Commons: vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen, and freeholders of the county of Somerset. February 25. 1642. Together with the petition of the said county then delivered. Wroth, Thomas, Sir, 1584-1672. 1642 Approx. 2 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). A96986 Wing W3731 Thomason E200_33 Thomason E200_34 ESTC R11578 99859072 99859072 157574

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A96986) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 157574) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 35:E200[33], 35:E200[34]) A speech spoken by Sr. Thomas Wroth knight, in the honourable House of Commons: vpon his delivery of a petition from the knights, gentlemen, and freeholders of the county of Somerset. February 25. 1642. Together with the petition of the said county then delivered. Wroth, Thomas, Sir, 1584-1672. [8] p. Printed for H. S., London : 1642. Thomason E.200[34] has the caption title: "To the honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses of the House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament.". Annotation on Thomason copy: "1641". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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eng England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons. Speeches, addresses, etc., English -- Early works to 1800. Somerset (England) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800. 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 Honourable the Knights, Citizens and Burgeſſes of the Houſe of Commons, now aſſembled in Parliament. The humble Petition of the Knights, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other Principall Inhabitants of the County of Somerſet in behalfe of themſelves and many thouſands of their County: Sheweth,

THat whereas in ſtead of a ſetled peace and ſafety (the long expected fruit of your faithful Endeavours and our cheerefull Contributions) great diſtractions and dangers are dayly multiplied and increaſed, threatning the utter diſappointment of our hopes, & the overthrow of the very foundation of our Weale and Liberty, to our extreame griefe and ſorrow, eſpecially for the late breach of the priviledges of Parliament upon your Perſons in an unparraleld manner, by the wicked counſels and deviſes of a malignant party (as we conceive) of Popiſh Lords and Biſhops and others. We being ſtruken with the ſence and horror of ſo deſperate a miſchiefe, do hold it high time to declare the ſincere and ardent Affection of our hearts, which we are ready to ſeale with our pureſt blood, in defence of our Religion, his Sacred Majeſty, our deare Country; and that which is the life of our Liberty, the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament.

May it therefore pleaſe this Honourable Aſſembly to aſſiſt the earneſt deſires of your Petitioners, That all Priviledges of Parliament (the Inheritance and ſafety of the Subject) may be made firme, that Popiſh Lords and Biſhops be forthwith removed from voting in the Houſe of Peeres, that all evill Counſellors and other Delinquents may receive condigne puniſhment; that a ſufficient remedy be provided againſt the ſcandalous Miniſters, that to ſecure us from all home •••• and forraigne practiſes, this Kingdome be 〈…〉 put in a Poſture of Defence, and that 〈…〉 efe and Safety of our diſtreſſed Brethren 〈…〉 and be effectually proſecuted.

And We ſhall inceſſantly Pray, &c.