To the most honourable the House of Peeres, and the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of the baronets, justices, and gentlemen of the county of Devon at their generall sessions. 1642 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). A94563 Wing T1576 ESTC R225132 45578470 ocm 45578470 172384

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 eng England and Wales. -- Parliament. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Devonshire (England) -- History. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 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 MOST HONOVRABLE THE HOVSE OF PEERES, AND THE HONOVRABLE HOVSE Of COMMONS Aſſembled in PARLIAMENT. The humble Petition of the Baronets, Juſtices, and Gentlemen of the County of DEVON at their Generall Seſsions. Sheweth;

THat your Petitioners obſerving to our comfort your infinite labours, and to our ſorrows your abounding preſſures and incombrances; and ſtudying how we might poſſibly in our degree contribute to your help; The Complaints and fears of our Countreymen herewith commended to your view, have given us an overture, charging us, by all the intereſt of our common welfare and danger, to repreſent to His Majeſtie, and your Honors, their preſent diſtreſſes and expected miſeries. The Port Towns as they are for the moſt part the firſt receivers of forraigne intelligence; ſo are they ſooneſt ſenſible of inconveniences occurring by the proceedings of their trade, loſſes by Turkiſh Pyrates, Croſſes by the Iriſh Rebellion, and London diſtractions though firſt felt, yet are theſe their leaſt feared calamities; Neither do the flocks of poore Proteſtants coming from that Kingdom robd of their late good Fortune, and now depending upon their Chriſtian charity ſo much affright them, with the charge of their relief. As for the threatning meſſages they bring from their woolviſh enemies, That the bounds of that Kingdom ſhall not limit their malicious Tyrannie: So theſe as your Honors may perceive by the peruſall (which we humbly pray you to afford) they adde the Popiſh Plots by your wiſedom and vigilancie alreadie diſcovered, as certain arguments of warre intended and readie for Execution.

And all this they do with ſo much probabilitie conjecture to proceed from the practiſes of the Popiſh Lords, and their conſtant adherents in moſt of their Votes, the Prelates in the Houſe of Peers, as your Petitioners concurre with theſe our neighbours in opinion and deſires, that your Honors would once more imploy your endeavours to our moſt gracious King, to exclude Papiſts from his great affairs, and his Prelates from Temporall Iuriſdiction.

By the bearers hereof your Petitioners have preſumed to make the like tender to his Majeſties Royall hand, being from thence confident of their happie effects; inſtead of diſtractions, unitie; for remora's, celeritie; for miſunderſtanding, correſpondencie. And by the mercie of God upon his Church and people, and upon the beſt of Kings their Supreme Governor; Prerogative and Priviledge will kiſſe each other, when His Maieſtie ſhall think it his greateſt Honor to grant your juſt Priviledge, and you acknowledge it your beſt Priviledge, to enjoy the benefit and glorie of his due and princely Prerogative.

For theſe and all other wiſhed Felicities, your Petitioners ſhall ever pray, &c.

Printed for H. Blunden, 1642.