To the Kings most excellent Maiesty The humble petition of divers of your Majesties loyall subjects inhabiting the county of Bedford, amounting to the number of 3800.

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Imprint from Wing. Praying for a reconciliation between the King and Parliament. With the King's Answer. -- Thomason Catalogue. Annotation on Thomason copy: "30 Decemb. 1642". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. At the court at Oxford, the 24 day of Decemb, 1642. His Maiesty hath graciously considered this petition, and hath commanded me to return this answer -- The true copy of a petition framed and composed by a party in the city of London, and intended by them to be presented to the honourable House of Commons.