TWO PETITIONS FROM THE kingdom OF IRELAND: humbly PRESENTED TO THE HONOUrable, the House of Commons now assembled in PARLIAMENT.  
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LONDON. Printed for I. Reynor, 1641.   

TO THE honourable THE KNIGHTS, CITISENS, and Burgesses, now assembled in PARLIAMENT.  
The humble Petition of Henry Beecher, Gent. and Richard white: merchants, 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 honourable assembly▪  
Humbly showeth, 
 THat your Petitioners having by the violence of the barbarous and bloody Rebels lost all their Lands and Estates, and merely by the providence of Almighty God escaped with their lives: as As by the Certificate annexed may appear, do humbly crave leave to declare, that all the South and Soutwest parts of that County is subjected to the force and tyranny of those cruel Rebels (except the Castles situate 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 only their persons, but also the said Castles are exposed to extreme danger; and unless very speedy succours be sent unto them, must miserably perish by those bloody hands Which Forts being sustiate on the Sea Coast in the South Southwest parts of Ireland, are of great consequence, being well manned and supplied with victual and Ammunition for the security of those parts from any foreign Invasion: but being lost, will be very advantageous to the Rebels, and a great help to a foreign Enemy.  
The Consideration whereof, your Petitioners are confident, cannot but move this Honourable House to pity 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 God's blessing may be an effectual means to preserve the lives of the said Inhabitants, and the said Castles and Ports.  
But the delay thereof will be inevitably & produce ruin and distraction to them. All which they humbly leave to the grave wisdom of this Honourable assembly. And your Petitioners, together with many more who escaped to Bristol, but want means; 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 success of it.   

TO THE honourable, 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 bloody Rebels in the County of Cork in Ireland, who threatened 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 Bristol may appear.  
Your Petitioner being thus deprived of all stay of maintenance for himself and family humbly desires this honourable House, that his said two Sons, left in the said Castle, may be employed in his majesty's service in those parts, the one as a Lieutenant, and the other as an Ensign, having been both bred soldiers: 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 seem meet.  
And your Petitioner shall pray, &c.