To the supreme authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England the humble petition of John Poyntz, alias Morris. Poyntz, John, fl. 1647-1650. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A90917 of text R212057 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[66]). 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. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A90917 Wing P3132 Thomason 669.f.15[66] ESTC R212057 99870710 99870710 163139 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90917) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163139) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f15[66]) To the supreme authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England the humble petition of John Poyntz, alias Morris. Poyntz, John, fl. 1647-1650. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1650] Imprint from Wing. In fact, two petitions, the second entitled: To the honorable Henry Rolls lord chief justice of the Upper Bench: The humble petition of John Poyntz, alias Morris. The second petition names John Lilburne, John Wildman, Robert Wakeman, and Mr. [Thomas] Fontleroy [i.e Fountleroy] to be his representatives in court. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb. 1650". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Poyntz, John, fl. 1647-1650. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. Wildman, John, -- Sir, 1621?-1693. Wakeman, Robert, fl. 1650. Fauntleroy, Thomas. England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Early works to 1800. A90917 R212057 (Thomason 669.f.15[66]). civilwar no To the supreme authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England: the humble petition of John Poyntz, alias Morris. Poyntz, John 1650 770 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. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion To the supreme Authority , the Parliament of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND : The humble Petition of John Poyntz , alics Morris . SHEWETH , THat your Petitioner having suffered the losse of that Estate , unto which he conceiveth he hath a good Right , and Three years false Imprisonment , by the usurped power and Tyranny of the late House of Lords , and Mr Browne their late Clerk , is now by the subtilty of his Adversaries made Defendant in the same case in the Court of the Upper Bench , which is to be heard on Thursday next , the 21. of this instant November . That your Petitioner having found by sad experience , That the professed Lawyers have slighted and neglected his Case upon all occasions , and , That the most eminent of them have been always retained by his adversaries to the number of 20. or 30. who have over-awed those few that your Petitioner hath been able to retain , and now being admitted to sue in Forma Pauperis ( as they stile it ) he findes the Lawyers to slight his Case more then before , and that many who have been of his Counsel formerly , are now for his Adversaries ; And thereupon your Petitioner hath petitioned the Court of the Upper Bench , to admit such Friends to be heard speak for him , or plead his Case , as he should be able to procure , as by the Petition hereunto annexed may appear . But the said Court have denied your Petitioner that common Justice , and your Petitioners Case is like to be lost , through want of that common Justice which he hoped he should have enjoy'd without Petitioning , seeing that the Law of God , of Nature , of common Reason , and the Statute Law affords it . He therefore humbly prays , That such Friends as he shall procure to speak for him , may have as free and full Audience in his Case , as any professed Lawyers at the Barr. And he shall pray , &c. Iohn Poyntz , alias Morris . To the honorable Henry Rolls Lord chief Justice of the Upper Bench : The humble Petition of John Poyntz , alias Morris . SHEWETH , THat your Petitioner having bin under great oppression by the tyranny of the late House of Lords , and having been a Prisoner and in a famishing condition severall years ( as he is at this instant ) in the Vpper Bench only by their power ; And having a great cause depending before your Lordship , hath found by sad experience , that though he hath spent all that he hath upon the professed Lawyers and pleaders , yet upon all occasions they have neglected or slighted his cause , and that his Adversaries being able to give many and great Fees , do retain commonly most of the Counsell at your Lordships Barr , and do over-awe your Petitioners Counsell . That your Petitioner being now very poor , and admitted to Sue in Forma Pauperis , finds that all professed Lawyers are now more unwilling to take any pains in his Cause then they were formerly . That although it be the known right of every English-man , and suitable to the Law of God and Nature , that he should either speak or plead before any Court of Justice in the defence of his own Cause : And that any Friends of his should speak or plead for him ; yet the professed Lawyers assume to themselves the sole priviledg of pleading at your Lordships Barr. That your Petitioner could procure some honest Gentlemen that in Charity to your Petitioner would faithfully plead his Case before your Honor ; if your Petitioner may have that Right and Justice afforded him , that they may have favourable Audience as any of the professed Lawyers at your Barr. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prayeth , That such Gentlemen as he shall nominate may by your Lordships Order be admitted to have free and full Audience in his Case before your Honor : He doth humbly propose the Gentlemen under-named to be assigned to plead for him , in case he can procure them ; and that any others , whose assistance he can procure , may have the same liberty . And he shall pray , &c. Lievt. Col. Iohn Lilburne Major Iohn Wildman Mr. Robert Wakeman Mr. Fontleroy John Poyntz , alias Morris .