WE Your Majeſties faithfull Subjects and Petitioners, do in all humility acknowledge Your Majeſties aboundant Grace in calling this preſent Parliament, to conſult with, and adviſe Your Majeſtie touching the redreſſe of the oppreſſions, and other grievances of Your Subjects, both in the Church, and Civill State of this Your Kingdom of England: And we do with like humble thankfulneſſe, acknowledge Your Majeſties forwardneſſe and Fatherly care to relieve them, declared by ſundry moſt juſt and excellent Laws already enacted, for the re-eſtating of Your Subjects in their antient Rights and Priviledges, and for taking away part of thoſe Preſſures that lay upon them. And amongſt the reſt, We have more particular cauſe to be thankfull for Your Majeſties Gratious care, in part ſecuring this County, by putting a Garriſon into Hull, commanded by ſuch Perſons, in whom we have juſt cauſe to confide: Which Princely proceedings of Your Majeſty hath infuſed a ſtrong confidence into Your Petitioners, That Your Majeſty inclined to eaſe your Subjects in all whatſoever grievances; Whereof they have complained to Your Majeſty in Parliament, as well touching Reformation of Church Government, and Ceremonies in Religion, as touching the Civill Government, and Adminiſtration of Juſtice, Yet ſo it is moſt Gratious Soveraign, That now of late the Rights, and Liberties of Parliament, being the Repreſentative body of the whole Kingdom, And the Rights and Liberties of every Subject involved therein, have been in a moſt dangerous and unuſuall manner invaded and violated: Whereof we, with the reſt of Your Majeſties Loyall Subjects (to our unſpeakable grief) are moſt ſenſeable; And to enlarge the cauſe of our ſorrows, We do now underſtand that Your Majeſty hath withdrawn Your Royall Preſence, from Your Great Councell, who wanting the comfort of it, are not able to proceed with ſuch effect, as is requiſite in thoſe great Affairs of Church and State, that are daily presented to them; Which Characters of diſpleaſure, we humbly preſume, have been engraven in Your Majeſties moſt gratious diſpoſition, by the ſubtile work and Councell of thoſe diſaffected perſons, who ſtudy nothing more, then to beget differences and jealouſies between Your Majeſty, and Your more Loyall Subjects of the reformed Religion, with intention to hinder and diſturb the perfect Reformation in matters of Religion, and ſending over Succours to Your diſtreſſed Proteſtant Subjects in Ireland, where the Papiſts do moſt inhumanely deſtroy all that will not renounce the reformed Religion, and embrace Popery.

YOur Majeſties Petitioners therefore moſt humbly pray, That Your Majeſty will be pleaſed henceforward to ſhut Your Sacred Ears againſt ſuch malignant Councells, And in all affairs to repoſe Your confidence wholly upon the Wiſedome and fidelity of Your Great Councell now aſſembled in Parliament, and by their advice to ſettle and diſpoſe ſuch places of truſt, as may conduce to the ſafety of Your Majeſties Dominions; not doubting but their care will equally tender Your Majeſties Honour with the publike Intereſts and welfare of Your Kingdomes. And that thoſe Members of Parliament lately accuſed of Treaſon may have a fair and ſpeedy tryall, according to the Priviledge of the Houſe, that ſo they may either receive condigne puniſhment. If they have offended, or being acquite, may cheerfully attend thoſe weighty affairs, appertaining to their charge. And laſtly, That Your Majeſty will not hereafter ſuffer to be enterpriſed any thing tending to the Violation or breach of Priviledges of Parliament.