To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the Cit●● of London, the Right worshipful the Aldermen his brethren, and the Commons in Common council Assembled.  
The humble Petition of many thousand well affected inhabita●●● in and about the said City.  
Showing,  
THat your Petitioners understanding that divers worthy peaceable and fa●●●…full Christians in our Israel endeavouring to prepare for Christ a godly, lea 〈…〉 and numerous Ministry; now in our great need have chosen certain faithful ● which they call their trusties for the propagation of the gospel, especially 〈…〉 the sending to and maintaining at the Universities hopeful poor scholars, 〈◊〉 have promised under their hands unto the said trusties, divers considerable 〈…〉 of money to be paid upon demand, or by forbearing one meal's meat in a week, and giving to them the value thereof, or both, to be employed as aforesaid, without any intent to reckon with them, because they judged that their said trusties like those mentioned, 2 Kings 12.15. would deal faithfully, yet their said trusties of their one accord, have requested one Common council man in every Ward of London, to come as often as they can, and to sit with them, and to be eye and ear witnesses of their actions, and once in a year out of the said trusties own books to audit their accounts, and to declare in Common council, how they shall find the same.  
And also that the said trusties, in like manner have resolved to pass the said poor scholars, through a probationary college here in London.  
And have requested one Minister in every Presbytery, or Classis of the province of London, to examine the said poor scholar's maturity or ripeness, before they go to the Universities, and to provide them good Tutors there.  
And your petitioners having perused too little books, the one entitled, Motives, to persuade people to abstain from one meal's meat in a week &c. The other Motives grounded upon the Word of God, &c. As also a Paper entitled. A good Motion, all which are hereunto annexed.  
And your Peritioners being convinced by the said Motives, or by their own reasons, that it is their Duties to encourage the said trusties, and to assist them in the excellent works mentioned in the said books, namely the replenishing of Cambridge and Oxford with scholars, as full as they can hold, yea and laying the foundation of another University here in London, (if it may be also) because they perceive their is not sufficient college room in both our Universities to hold scholars enough to furnish all our occasions.  
Your Petitioners humbly pray your speedy and serious perusal of the said books, and paper, and if you shall also approve both the said works persuaded unto in the same, your encouraging likewise of the said trusties, and furthering of their endeavours herein, as shall seem best unto your wisdoms.  
And your petitioners shall daily pray &c.   

A good Motion.  
IF the rich will deal their Bread to the Hungry, as Isaiah 58.7. by forbearing one meals Meat in a week, and giving the value of it but for one year to maintain the Children of the poor: and the poor do the like to maintain their own Children; the rich may be reimbursed in one year (without any doubt of sacrilege) the four hundred thousand pounds lent upon the assurance of the Bishops Temporalities (which will be six years sooner than all the rich are likely by a doubted course to get in their moneys) the Children of the poor may have the whole revenue of the Bishops Temporalities to breed them up in Learning. A glorious University may be founded in London, every Bishop's House in the Countries be employed as Eton college, Victuals become cheaper, spiritual and corporal Famine be avoided: And all these (in reason) be certainly effected without expense of one half penny.  
For if the value of one meal in a week in each Parish (one with another) amounteth but to twenty shillings) there being almost ten thousand Parishes in England) and ten thousand pound weekly amounteth to five hundred thousand pounds in one year; then in one year the four hundred thousand pounds will be reimbursed with an overplus. And God, the Rich, the poor (yea all) be well pleased.