Two petitions from the kingdome of Ireland hvmbly presented to the honourable, the House of Co[m]mons now assembled in Parliament. Beecher, Henry, 17th cent. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A69549 of text R21185 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B1685). 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 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A69549 Wing B1685 ESTC R21185 12566246 ocm 12566246 63344 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. A69549) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 63344) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 901:44 or 953:44) Two petitions from the kingdome of Ireland hvmbly presented to the honourable, the House of Co[m]mons now assembled in Parliament. Beecher, Henry, 17th cent. White, Richard, 17th cent. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. [7] p. Printed for I. Reynor, London : 1641. Petitions of Henry Beecher and Richard White for aid against the Irish rebels. Attributed to Henry Beecher. cf. NUC pre-1956. This item appears at reel 953:44 as Wing B1685, and at reel 901:44 as Wing T3498A (number cancelled in Wing 2nd ed.). Reproduction of originals in Huntington Library and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. eng Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of 1641. A69549 R21185 (Wing B1685). civilwar no Two petitions from the kingdome of Ireland: humbly presented to the honourable, the House of Commons now assembled in Parliament. Beecher, Henry 1641 777 5 0 0 0 0 0 64 D The rate of 64 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-04 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-06 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2006-06 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion TWO PETITIONS FROM THE KINGDOME OF IRELAND : HVMBLY PRESENTED TO THE HONOUrable , the House of Commons now assembled in PARLIAMENT . C ◆ R LONDON . Printed for I. Reynor , 1641. TO THE HONOVRABLE THE KNIGHTS , CITISENS , and Burgesses , now assembled in PARLIAMENT . The humble Petition of Henry Beecher , Gent. and Richard white : Marchants , Inhabitants of Baltamore in Ireland , in the behalf of themselves and divers others ; whose sad and deplorable Condition , they are desired to represent unto this Honorable Assemblie ▪ Humbly sheweth , THat your Petitioners having by the violence of the barbarous and bloody Rebels lost all their Lands and Estates , and meerly by the providence of Almighty God escaped with their lives : as As by the Certificate annexed may appeare , do humbly crave leave to declare , that all the South and Soutwest parts of that County is subiected to the force and tyranny of those cruell Rebels ( except the Castles scituate in the Ports of Baltamore , Castle-haven , and Crook-haven ) wherein there are a thousand English . But h●ve no Commission or force whereby to defend themselves from the power and force of their Enemies whereby not onely their persons , but also the said Castles are exposed to extream danger ; and vnlesse very speedy succours be sent unto them , must miserably perish by those bloudy hands Which Forts being sustiate on the Sea Coast in the South Southwest parts of Ireland , are of great consequence , being well manned and supplyed with Victuall and Ammunition for the security of those parts from any forreign Invasion : but being lost , will be very advantagious to the Rebels , and a great helpe to a forrein Enemy . The Consideration whereof , your Petitioners are confident , cannot but move this Honourable House to pitty and Commiseration ▪ And therefore they humbly implore that for the p●eservation of the lives of those who are yet left , the security and safeguard of those Castles , and Posts , the regain of what is there already lost , a Regiment of 500. men for the present : together with sufficient Arms and Victuals may be speedily sent : Either of which being done , by Gods blessing may be an effectuall meanes to preserve the lives of the said Inhabitants , and the said Castles and Ports . But the delay thereof will be inevitably & produce ruine and distraction to them . All which they humbly leave to the grave wisedome of this Honourable Assemblie . And your Petitioners , together with many more who escaped to Bristoll , but want meanes ; so that they can come no further : together with that remnant of English , which yet are left in those parts of Ireland , shall pray for the good successe of it . TO THE HONOVRABLE , THE HOUSE OF COMMONS In this present Parliament . The humble Petition of Richard White , Gent. who hath formerly Petitioned this Honourable House , in the behalf of the Inhabitants of Baltamore , Crook-haven , and Castle-haven , in Ireland . THat your Petitioner being an Inhabitant in the Parish of Alphadown a mile from Baltamore , was surrounded with those fierce and bloudy Rebels in the County of Cork in Ireland , who threatned distraction unto your Petitioner , and all the English there . Whereupon your Petitioner was forced to leave his habitation , and to provide for the security of himself his wife and Children , leaving two Sons within the Castle of Baltamore : together with victuals , to the value of 100. l. ster. and some Ammunition , without which Victuals the said Castle could not have subsisted ; and so with his wife , and his other Children repaired into England , As by the Certificate from Bristoll may appear . Your Petitioner being thus deprived of all stay of maintenance for himself and family humbly desires this Honorable House , that his said two Sons , left in the said Castle , may be imployed in his Maiesties service in those parts , the one as a Lieutenant , and the other as an Ensign , having bin both bred souldiers : and that your Petition may have likewise some impl●yed in that service , for the keeping of the store and provisions of the said Castle and Army : or otherwise , as to this Honourable Assembly shall seeme meet . And your Petitioner shall pray , &c.