To the Kings most Excellent Majesty and the lords and peeres now assembled Parliament the humble petition and protestation of all the bishops and prelates now called by His Majesties writts to attend the Parliament, and present about London and Westminster, for that service.
      
       
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             To the Kings most Excellent Majesty and the lords and peeres now assembled Parliament the humble petition and protestation of all the bishops and prelates now called by His Majesties writts to attend the Parliament, and present about London and Westminster, for that service.
             Church of England.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             Printed for Joseph Hunscutt,
             London :
             1642.
          
           
             Identified on film as C4190C (number cancelled).
             Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
        
      
    
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           To
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           and
           Peeres
           now
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           humble
           Petition
           and
           Protestation
           of
           all
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Prelates
           now
           called
           by
           his
           Majesties
           Writts
           to
           attend
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           present
           about
           London
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           for
           that
           Service
           .
        
         
           THat
           whereas
           the
           Petitioners
           are
           called
           up
           by
           severall
           and
           respective
           Writs
           ,
           and
           under
           great
           penalties
           ,
           to
           attend
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           cleer
           and
           undubitate
           Right
           to
           Vote
           in
           Bills
           ,
           and
           other
           matters
           whatsoever
           ,
           debateable
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           the
           ancient
           Customes
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           protected
           by
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           quietly
           to
           attend
           and
           prosecute
           that
           great
           Service
           .
        
         
           They
           humbly
           remonstrate
           and
           protest
           before
           God
           ,
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Noble
           Lords
           and
           Peers
           now
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           as
           they
           have
           an
           indubitate
           Right
           to
           fit
           and
           Vote
           in
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           (
           if
           they
           may
           be
           protected
           from
           force
           and
           violence
           )
           most
           ready
           and
           willing
           to
           perform
           their
           Duties
           accordingly
           .
           And
           that
           they
           do
           abhominate
           all
           Actions
           or
           Opinions
           ,
           tending
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           maintenance
           thereof
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           all
           propension
           and
           inclination
           to
           any
           malignant
           party
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           side
           or
           party
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           the
           which
           their
           own
           Reasons
           and
           Consciences
           shall
           not
           move
           them
           to
           adhere
           .
        
         
           But
           whereas
           they
           have
           been
           at
           sever
           all
           times
           violently
           Menaced
           ,
           Affronted
           ,
           and
           Assaulted
           ,
           by
           multitudes
           of
           people
           ,
           in
           their
           coming
           to
           perform
           their
           Services
           in
           that
           Honorable
           House
           ;
           and
           lately
           chased
           away
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           danger
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           can
           finde
           no
           redresse
           or
           protection
           ,
           upon
           sundry
           complaints
           made
           to
           both
           Houses
           in
           these
           particulars
           .
        
         
           They
           likewise
           humbly
           protest
           before
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Noble
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           That
           saving
           unto
           themselves
           all
           their
           Rights
           and
           Interests
           of
           Sitting
           and
           Voting
           in
           that
           House
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           Sit
           or
           Vote
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           untill
           your
           Majesty
           shall
           further
           secure
           them
           from
           all
           Affronts
           ,
           Indignities
           and
           dangers
           in
           the
           premisses
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Whereas
           their
           fears
           are
           not
           built
           upon
           Phantasies
           and
           Conceipts
           ,
           but
           upon
           such
           Grounds
           and
           Objects
           ,
           as
           may
           well
           terrifie
           men
           of
           good
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           much
           Constancy
           .
           They
           do
           in
           all
           duty
           and
           humility
           protest
           before
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Peers
           of
           that
           most
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           against
           all
           Laws
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           Votes
           ,
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           determinations
           ,
           as
           in
           themselves
           Null
           ,
           and
           of
           none
           effect
           ;
           which
           in
           their
           absence
           ,
           since
           the
           27
           of
           this
           instant
           Month
           of
           
             December
             ,
          
           1641
           ,
           have
           already
           passed
           ;
           as
           likewise
           against
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           hereafter
           passe
           in
           that
           most
           Honorable
           House
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           this
           their
           forced
           and
           violent
           absence
           from
           the
           said
           most
           Honorable
           House
           ;
           not
           denying
           ,
           but
           if
           their
           absenting
           of
           themselves
           were
           wilfull
           and
           voluntary
           ,
           that
           most
           Honorable
           House
           might
           proceed
           in
           all
           these
           premisses
           ,
           their
           absence
           ,
           or
           this
           their
           Protestation
           notwithstanding
           .
        
         
           And
           humbly
           beseeching
           your
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           to
           command
           the
           Clerk
           of
           that
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           to
           enter
           this
           their
           Petition
           and
           Protestation
           amongst
           his
           Records
           .
        
         
           
             
               They
               will
               ever
               pray
               to
               God
               to
               blesse
               and
               preserve
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Jo.
                 Eborac
                 .
              
               
                 Thomas
                 ,
                 Duresme
                 .
              
               
                 Robt
                 .
                 Co.
                 Lich.
                 
              
               
                 Jos.
                 Norwich
                 .
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Asaphen
                 .
              
               
                 Guil.
                 Ba.
                 &
                 Wells
                 .
              
               
                 Geo.
                 Hereford
                 .
              
               
                 Rob.
                 Oxon.
                 
              
               
                 Ma.
                 Ely
                 .
              
               
                 Godfr
                 .
                 Glouc.
                 
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Peterburg
                 .
              
               
                 Mor.
                 Llandaff
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Vera
             Copia
             .
          
           
             
               Jo
               Browne
               
                 Cleric
                 .
                 Parliament
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Joseph
             Hunscutt
             .
          
           1642.