THE TWO PETITIONS OF THE BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE MEN DELIVERED THE XIth OF January, one to the PEERS, the other to the House of Commons, in the behalf of Mr. Hampden, Burgess for their Shire, etc. They being 4000 that came on Horseback to deliver them.  
And also a Relation of the free and voluntary offers of the Trained Bands of the City of London; of the Masters of Ships, Mariners and Seamen; of the Aprentices of London; of the Trained Bands of Southwark, and of the Watermen upon the Thames to defend the King and Parliament against malignant Counsels and Plots of Papists.  
LONDON, Printed January 12. An. Dom. 1641.   

A TRUE RELATION Of sundry passages in and about the most honourable House of PARLIAMENT.  
ON Monday the third of this instant month of January, his Majesty by Warrant under his own hand, Authorized Sergeant Frances, Sergeant at Arms, to come to the House of Commons, and there to demand Mr. Denzill Hollis, Sir Arthur Haslerig, Mr. Pym, Mr. Hampden, and Mr. Strewed, whom in his Majesty's name, he accused of High Treason.  
The House of Commons returned this answer, that not only those five Gentlemen, but also every one of them would lay down their lives and fortunes at his Majesty's feet, so he would be but pleased to accuse them in a legal way, and make known the cause of their Accusation.  
The next day being Tuesday, his Majesty (unexpectedly) came to the House of Commons attended with a multitude of persons Armed as aforesaid, and there in the SPEAKERS Chair, demanded these five Persons, saying he expected yesterday obedience, and not an Answer: When his Majesty a long time together had cast his eyes round about the House, and could not discern any of these five Members there, he was pleased to command Mr. Speaker to tell him if they were there, the Speaker falling upon his knees humbly beseeching his Majesty to excuse him, for he was servant to the House of Commons, and could neither see nor speak without their leave.  
His Majesty discerning they were not in the House, graciously departed; but the bloody minded soldiers, some of whom stood near the door of the House of Commons, with their Pistols ready cocked, and their Swords erected in their hands, expecting when the word should have been given with fearful Oaths expressed themselves, that they lost that they came for, the persons were not there, they missed the opportunity of cutting their throats, and the throats of all those Parliament men of the House of Commons that would not have suffered these five persons to have been taken out of the House, his Majesties own servants carrying themselves civilly, and indeed ignorant of the Traitorous design.  
As soon as these dam blades about the number of 400. were gone, the House of Commons, full of grief of heart to see the privileges of Parliament thus broken, adjourned in great discontent till Wednesday, the 5. of Januarie, at two of the clock, at which time they met, and concluded of an Order to adjourn the House till Tuseday, the 11. of January, 1641. And in the mean time, appointed a Committee of the House of Commons to sit in London, to consider of the safety of the King, Kingdom and Parliament, and of repairing of the privileges of Parliament so highly broken.  
Which meeting hath produced several Orders and Declarations for maintaining the privileges of Parliament, which are to be reported to the House, and there to have its force.  
But for the safety of the Kingdom and City, which they conceived to be in eminent danger; the Committee for Irish affairs of the House of Commons propounded the consideration thereof to the Committee of the Lords House for Irish affairs, who sat likewise in London, who in regard the King had denied both houses a Guard to protect them; and in regard such an hostile plot was intended, as was apparently proved declared their opinion, that whereas the King and Parliament was in so great danger; that in that case the Sheriffs of London and Midlesex, aught to come with the Posse Commitatus, to the Parliament to defend the King and Parliament, to which opinion the Committee of the House of Commons assented, which was communicated to the Lord Major, Aldermen and Common Counsel of London, and they delivered their opinions herein, and expressed their forwardness hereunto.  
This breach of privilege of Parliament begot much discontent in the Parliament and people, and the more in regard by special command, the Articles against Master Pym, and the rest was printed, and the same published by Sir William Killegrue and Sir William Flemyn, and delivered in his Majesty's Name (as they fasely pretended) to the four Inns of Court, to the end to make these persons the more odious to them and the Kingdom: And in regard the consequence of admitting this Accusation in this manner against these five persons, is a precedent to take away the whole House of Commons at a breath, under pretence of high Treason, if (as God forbidden) an Accunsation of this nature should be hereafter; and considering that to this very day, (11. Januar. 1641.) not Articles of Impeachment is come into the House of Commons by the King's Attorney or otherwise, or from the Lords House (if any be there against them) till which time that it come from thence by messengers of their own (if their first depending) the House cannot legally take notice thereof: This, and many other reasons, made the House of Commons to insist upon it, besides the great merit of these persons, whom (as the house hath declared) though as dear as their lives unto them, they will deliver over unto a trial, so as his Majesty will proceed against them in a legal way, either at the King's Bench, or in Parliament, and produce any Subject in England that will stand to make good the Accusation, and in case they fail to make it good, that his Majectie will let them be forthcoming, and also to discover those wicked Counsels that have advised him to this course, that they may be brought to condign punishment.  
The City and people in the adjacent parts are so much moved in this business, and fearing some sudden execution may be done upon the Parliament (both the House of Peers, and House of Commons, and the Lords of the Privy Counsel, having declared that this Act of his Majesties without their advice, and against the privilledges of Parliament) That they yesterday declared, that eight Companies of the Trained Bands, with 8. pieces of Ordnance, and divers Horsemen mounted, shall Guard the Committees of the House of Peers, and Commons, from Grocers-hall in London to Westminster, And the Sea Captains, Masters of Ships, and Mariners, with small Barges, and long Boats sufficiently man'd and Armed with Murderers, Rablets, Falchion and Minion, with Muskets and halfepikes, to the number of 2000 persons have engaged themselves to Guard the Parliament by water. The Trained Bands in Southwark have offered themselves to secure all the other side of the water, and the Aprentices tendered their services to attend the Parliament to the number of ten thousand with Warlike weapons, but those the Parliament enjoined to stay at home. And lastly, the Watermen tendered their Barges for more safety to carry the Parliament men by Water: All which to the great admiration of all the Beholders, put in execution this day: And that which is most considerable, 4000 Horsemen are come to the house of Commons this day, except some of them which lay at Vxbridg and places thereabouts, with a Petition in the name of the whole County of Buckingham, that Mr. Hampden their Knight of the Shire may receive his Trial, and not lie under the name of high Treason, and cannot obtain a legal way of Trial, and that if he acquit himself (as no good men make doubt of) Justice in a high measure may be done upon the false informers of his Majesty, how near or how a great soever; They being confident that it is but design of the Popish party, to put an interruption in the proceed of Parliament, that no relief may be sent to Ireland, but that more Protestant blood may be shed there, and that all Acts made this Parliament, may be avoided under pretence of no free Parliament: And lastly to force a breach of this Parliament, by an untimely adjournment, or fail of meeting through fear of danger.  

To the Right Honourable the House of PEEERS now assembled in PARLIAMENT.  
The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the County of Buckingham.  
Shows,  
THAT whereas we hoped upon the happy assembly of this present Parliament, we should have had a speedy redress of those great pressures, we had for many years been under, but have hitherto been in great measure frustrate of our hopes by the strange Counter-working of a malignant faction, whereby the perfecting of Reformation is hindered, the endeavours of the House of Commons, in great part successelesse, our dangers grown upon us by iterated plots, Priests and other Delinquents unpunished, to the encouragement of others, Ireland near lost by protracted Counsels, while Thousands are there Butchered by inhume cruelties; and to cut off all hopes of future Reformation, the very being of our Parliaments endangered by desperate and unexampled breach of privilledges; which by our Protestation lately taken we are bound with our lives and estates to maintain. And in respect of that late attempt upon the Honourable House of Commons, we are now come to offer our service to that end; as resolved in their just defence to live and die.  
ANd do therefore humbly pray that this most Honourable House will cooperate with the House of Commons in most speedy perfecting the most necessary work of Reformation, bringing to condidge and exemplary punishment both wicked Counsellors and other plotters and delinquents. That Ireland may be speedily relieved, the Privileges of Parliament fortified against all future attempts. And the whole Kingdom put into such o present posture of defence, that we may be safe both from all pra & ices of the malignant party at home, and the endeovours of any ill affected States abroad.  
And they shall pray, etc.   

To the Honourable the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, of the House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament  
Sheweth,  
THat whereas for many years passed we have been under very great pressures (which are clearly set forth in the late Remonstrance of the House of Commons: The redersse thereof which hath for a long time been by you endeavoured with unwearied pains though not with answerable success, having still your endeavour, frustrated or retarded, and we deprived of the fruit thereof by a malignant faction of Popish Lords, Bishops, and others and now of late, to take from us all that little hope was left of a future reformation: the very being of the Parliament shaken, and by the mischievous practices of most wicked Counsellors the Privileges thereof broken in an unexampled manner and the members thereof unassured of their lives, in whose safety the safety of us and our Posterity is involved. We held it our duty according to our late Protestation to defend and maintain the same Persons and Privileges, to the utmost expense of our Lives and Estates. To which purpose we are now come to make the humble tender of our service, and remain in exepctation of your Command and Order; to the execution whereof, we shall with all alacrity address ourselves, ready to live by you, or to die at your feet, against whomsoever shall in any sort illegally attempt upon you.  
MAy it therefore please this Honourable Assembly to assist the ardent Prayer of your poor Petitioners, that Popish Lords and Bishops may be forthwith outed the House of Peers, that all Privileges of Parliament (Yours and our Posterities Inheritance) may be confirmed to you, and that evil Counsellors, the achan's of this Commonwealth, may be given up to the hand of Justice; without all which your Petitioners have not the least hope of Israel's peace, or to reap those glorious advantages, which the 14. Month's seedtime of your unparallelled endeavours hath given to their unsatisfied expectations.  
So your Petitioners willbe bound 〈…〉