HONI SOIT x MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT  
 A NEW PETITION TO THE King's most Excellent majesty.  
The Humble Petition of the Knights, Gentry, freeholders, of the County of York, who have subscribed hereto: presented to His Majesty at York, April 30. 1642. Desiring a happy Union betwixt the King and Parliament.  
Humbly showeth,  
THat at the last assizes, they with all loyal duty presented a Petition to your Majesty, and another to the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled, containing their Humble Requests, for the Declaration of such means, as might take away all distances, and produce a blessed Union, most necessary to this afflicted kingdom, which then was, and we are confident yet is the earnest Prayer and desire of all in this County, who are well affected to your Majesty, the true Protestant Religion, and the Peace of your Dominions.  
And since by a Letter from the Speaker of the House of Commons, directed to the sheriff, we are assured that they are accordingly framing their humble desires to your Majesty, such as chiefly tend to the Honour of God, the greatness and prosperity of your Majesty, and the public good of the Common Wealth.  
Yet since, most gracious sovereign (with much sorrow of heart, we understand that a few Gentlemen of this County, have taken upon them to anticipate those Demonstrations of duty which both Houses are preparing, and your majesty's gracious Resolutions thereupon: in the Name of the Gentry and Commons of the County of York, whereas indeed they were a very small part of the Gentry, only as we are informed in a Petition to your Majesty, directly opposite to the Petition of both Houses of Parliament, concerning the Removing of the Magazine at Hull, tending to the foment division betwixt your Majesty, your great council the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament. We therefore encouraged by that expression from your Majesties own mouth concerning other Petitioners that you had not gone about to discourage them from petitioning in an humble way, and being most assured that our loyal affections to your Majesty, your crown and dignity are not inferior to any of your Subjects whatsoever, and that we have better ground and warrant to represent the sense of the Gentry and Commons of Yorkshire, than those Petitioners had; yet are we not possessed with so much arrogancy as to believe that a few amongst us, or all the County together can judge of the fitness where to dispose that Magazine, or of the State and safety of this kingdom and of your majesty's Person so well as your great counsel, whose judgement we are bound to prefer before all private Counsels, and whose endeavours have given us much assurance of their careand fidelity to the public, which we doubt not will tend to the honour, satisfaction, and greatness of your Sacred Majesty and royal Posterity.  
And that your Majesty would graciously apply yourself to all good means of Union, that those duties which by the laws of God and men we owe (expressed in our late Protestation) may not become a divided Proposition since the defence of your majesty's royal Person, Honour, and Estate, the power and privilege of Parliament, and the lawful Right and Liberties of the Subject taken jointly, do all serve to strengthen each other, which we shall equally labour to preserve to the utmost of our Lives, power, and Estate.  
And your Petitioners shall daily pray for your long and prosperous reign.   

London Printed for John Wright. 1642.