Colonell Fitz-Waters his petition to the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament desireth auxiliary forces for the assistance of our poore brethren in Ireland : who being there resident was both a partaker and an eyewitnesse of their miseries : whereunto is added the lamentable estate they are like to fall into without some sudden supply of men for their defence against the rebells. Fitzwaters, Colonel. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A39619 of text R1601 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F1105). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A39619) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 62551) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 249:E131, no 28) Colonell Fitz-Waters his petition to the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament desireth auxiliary forces for the assistance of our poore brethren in Ireland : who being there resident was both a partaker and an eyewitnesse of their miseries : whereunto is added the lamentable estate they are like to fall into without some sudden supply of men for their defence against the rebells. Fitzwaters, Colonel. [2], 4 p. [s.n.], London : 1642. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Sources. Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of 1641. A39619 R1601 (Wing F1105). civilwar no Colonell Fitz-VVaters his petition to the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: desireth auxiliary forces for the assistance Fitzwaters, Colonel 1642 863 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2006-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-12 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-01 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-01 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Colonell Fitz-Waters HIS PETITION To the Honourable House of COMMONS assembled in PARLIAMENT : Desireth Auxiliary Forces for the assistance of our poore Brethren in IRELAND . Who being there Resident , was both a Partaker , and an eye-witnesse of their Miseries . Whereunto is added the lamentable estate they are like to fall into , without some sudden supply of men for their defence against the Rebells . IN DOMINO CONFIDO printer's or publisher's device LONDON Printed . 1642. Colonell Fitz-Waters HIS PETITION TO THE Honourable House of COMMONS assembled in PARLIAMENT . Right Honourable , THere are two manifest instigations which importune the sequell of my words . First , the equity of your proceedings hitherto , giving me bouldnesse and courage . Secondly the ground and principall motives instigating me to this my proposition and request . For I behold in all your intendments a singularity of proceedings grounded upon discretion and goodnesse , your consultations being steered and ballanced as well by charity and compassionate lenity towards the reflecting sorrowes of others miseries , as extremity of Justice towards delinquents . And my wishes are and shall be for the continuance of this wisdom , which redounds to the glory of God and unexpressible joy of the Subject . But not to digresse too farre from the matter I intended to speake of , hopeing that your this dayes resolution concerning my intended motion will prove as happy as I conceive : the proposition which now moves me to speake is seasonable and necessary . The order of your noble favour and gratious aspect to such as have been formerly petitioners unto you , together with the importunity of the subject , hath given me so much confidence in your Honours as to solicite an extention of the last and late mentioned petition for the poore protestants in Ireland who are persecuted , massacred , and miserably distressed by the Rebells there , whose malice extends not onely to the takeing of any one particular towne or county , nor content to dispossesse the poore inhabitant protestants taken by them , but pursuing them with unheard of Severity , to the imbrewing their murderous , and most wicked hands in their blood , endeavouring by all meanes to embesill his Majesties Regall authority by using their chiefest cruelty to his Majesties most true and loyall Subjects . My desire and humble petition to your honours therefore is , that there may be some speedy and sudden course taken for the expediting and dispatching of some more auxiliary forces towards the assistance of our aforesaid brethren . Your honours cannot upon sage and mature consideration but conceive the conveniency , necessity and pitifull extremity they are , and will dayly be more and more plunged into without it . As for my part , I that have formerly engaged my selfe for my King and countreys good , am now ready , nay more willing then ever , to adventure both life , estate , liberty , and whatsoever else I may tearme mine , for the good of the Kingdome and advancing of his Majesties honor against any forrain or civill enemy , under the pleasing shade of whose Crown we have ever gathered the fruits of Justice , and upon whose happinesse the welfare of the whole Common-wealth principally depends , our hopes principally consisting in his royall pleasure , and you who are his graund Counsell to determine of things for the benefit of the Common-wealth and advancing of his honours . This of Irelands derogating and rebelling against his Majestie , persecuting his Subjects , it must needs be a poynt of great indignity and dishonour to our Realme of England , who may well be taxed with cowardise , in that we are so tardie , slow and disrespectfull of our poore distressed brethren ; so patient and favourable , as not to assist and revenge their wrongs ere they had come to so high a head ; and so forgetfull , as to endanger the losse of His Majesties Prerogative , and our owne credit by their unrepelled insurrection , who now exalt themselves through their strength , and give glory to their arme of flesh , but I hope that I am really and verily perswaded that their joy will be soon extinct , and their sacrilegious pleasures will prove but momentany , and of no continuance . It is in your pleasures to crown my expectation with a joyfull Reply to this my indigent though indulgent Petition . It is you that onely can , and I hope will stand their friend in this their sorrowfull and deplorable extremity . Yea , upon you are their eyes fixt , their hearts grounded , and on your mature and sage consideration their principall , yea onely hopes depend , who ( both I and they ) with such Forces as your Honours shall be pleased to grant as Auxiliaries , shall be ready to venter life and limbe for regaining of our lost honour , and the maintenance of true Religion and Vertue . FINIS .