A COMPLAINT TO THE House of Commons, AND Resolution taken up by the free Protestant Subjects of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Counties adjacent.  
OXFORD, Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD, Printer to the University. 1642.   

A Complaint to the House of COMMONS, and Resolution taken up by the free Protestant Subjects of the Cities of London and Westminister and the Counties adjaceat.  
Loser's may speak by authority of a Proverb, and then we are sure we ought not to be silenced; we have seen & perused many Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes and Ordinances, showing how far we are obliged to complain, shall (in few words) be expressed, that neither the King's Majesty, your honourable Assembly, nor any man may think otherwise, but that we have most just reason not to be silent, in grievances so intolerable: The privilege of subjects which we enjoy under you moves us to complain; yet that is not all which causes the breach of silence, but the multiplied calumnies of Malignants, upon you the two honourable Houses of Parliament; and the sharp invectives daily published against you and to beget, and increase distrust, and disaffection between the King and his Parliament, and the people: and like wicked spirits of division, and under the false pretexts of the Law of the land, and pretences of seeking peace, have not only dared to defame, but even to arraign your proceed; oh right Honourable, have not we cause to complain against such bold presumptions? did ever subjects thus dare to abuse their Senators? the Priests and Jesuits of Rome themselves durst never (under a Protestant government) divulge their actions to a public view, though by seducements they have now brought their complices to such treachery, that as much as in them lies they labour with might and main to misrepresent your worthy actions, both to His Majesty, and to the whole Kingdom; was ever Parliament (in all their actions) more innocent? yet was never any more abused; was ever any more faithful in the trust of the Church and Kingdom committed to them? yet none so maligned: surely had you betrayed the trust committed to you, and let the Prelates, Papists, and all Malignants, have been their own executioners, in defending the law, and their own liberties under their own false colours; then they would have used you better till both have been destroyed.  
What a woeful tragedy would then have been to be acted in this Kingdom, when our lives, liberties, and estates should have been taken from us, and resigned to them who can lay no other foundation of their own greatness, but upon the ruin of this, and in it of all Parliaments, an● them of the true religion, and the freedom of this Nation, and 〈◊〉 the men that would persuade the people that both Houses of Parliament containing all the Peers, and representing all the Commons of England would destroy the laws of the land and the peace of the Kingdom; whe●● in besides the trust of the whole; who can be so blockish as not to kno● that you yourselves (noble Senators) in your own particular have so gre●● an interest of honour, and estate, that we hope it will gain little credit.  
We, and all that have but the least use of Reason cannot be ignorant that if you intended any misery towards us, yourselves must needs ha●● the greatest share in it; did you betray your trust to procure a Prince's favour, you might justly be suspected; but your great pains have manifested how faithful you have been, you have left your houses and estates, and neglected your own affairs, to labour together by your h●● wisdoms to consummate all our grievances, and settle us in peace, a Parliaments have formerly done; you have showed a great deal of pa●●ence in using your endeavour so long, and still going on, notwithstanding those many hazards you still have run both in your persons, liberties, an● estates. And yet although God hath not yet accomplished that gre●● work of Reformation, and by it a true and settled peace, yet God hath so far given both you and us such hopes thereof, by the wonderful things which he hath divers ways wrought by you, that we doubt not but tha● in his good time, he will convince those that are yet blinded, to see you● faithfulness; when we shall see our desires upon your and our enemies, that belch out their calumnies against those that stand for Jesus Christ,  
You are the hopes under God (with the King in the Lords good time) that we fly to; for we find that the fountain of all Law is the Parliament; the establishment of the King in his royal throne is firm and absolute by Act of Parliament; that we are preserved from being murdered, is by laws established in Parliament, that we are not slaves, that thiefs do not openly rob us, and spoil us of our goods; that we do quietly enjoy that which we can say is mine and thine; we are protected by the laws established in Parliament; Parliaments have power given them to reconcile differences; but some dangerous Malignants, to the end we might fall out more with ourselves, to make a way to feed their hopes, are daily sowers of division to prevent that happy peace which you so labour for; we grieve, and our hearts bleed to see the sauciness of your, and all true Protestants enemies; but be not discouraged, God will strengthen you to make precedents for posterity on better grounds of reason and law then your predecessors have made for you; for what law can limit your ●●oceedings, the fountains thereof. We doubt not but the monsters of these ●●mes will move your wisdoms to prevent such future disasters.  
It wounds us to the very heart and soul to see the noblest Senators that ●●ver were chosen, and entrusted with all that is dearest to us, labouring at ●ou have done for our peace and safety, to be affronted by such Andro●acuses as never age before brought forth, daring to attempt to disaffect ●he people from a Parliament, when durst ever any be known to harbour such a thought? were there ever such practices to poison the people with a misapprehension of the Parliament? were there ever such im●utations, and scandals laid upon the proceed of both Houses? were ●here ever so many and such horrible breaches of privilege of Parliament? were there ever so many, so cunning, so venomous, and so desperate designs of force, and violence against the Parliament, and the Members ●hereof? did ever Parliament suffer as this hath done, though they deserve better than all that went before them? Should they have made some former Parliament patterns, they had long since made the great incendiaries of all our mischief to know the power of a Parliament, in revenging and freeing the subjects from all foreign injuries done unto them; according to the direction of King james of blessed memory, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 55. Therefore saith he in another place, if any do urge to embrace their own fancies in the place of God's word, etc. Acknowledge them for vain men, and with authority redact them into order again. p. 20.  
Where lies the difference? what is the chief spring that forces the wheels of this poor Kingdom out of order? Our royal King himself (on whom God multiply his choicest blessings) is such a loving Prince as his Father commends, who thinks his greatest contentment standeth in his subjects prosperity, and his greatest surety in having their hearts. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 25.  
And as for the two honourable Houses of Parliament, they have manifested their earnest zeal for the advancing of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the glory of religion, and a flourishing peace amongst us; not like those that carry a petition for peace in their hands, and murder in their heart, but such a peace as may be permanent.  
The truth of it is, there needs not a fuller Character of the Malignant part that do so distract us, then that which His Majesty made of them, in one of his declarations: Those who are disaffected to the peace of this Kingdom; these be the Hagasians, that long to see England bathed in her own blood.  
1. These were the cause of the troubles in Muscovia; there was a great deal of fidelity protested to the King, and his Council, by a Company of Priests and their faction, that alured the King to hearken to their ●●deavour in settling of that peace, which themselves (had indeed) distr●●●ed, but woeful was the event of it; for they contrived a strong plot and in one night slew both the King Demetrius, his Queen and his wise counsellors, and so the Kingdom was lost.  
These were the men that petitioned to the Parliament for peace, & to have a toleration in the Reign of King James, at the same time when they were plotting day and night to blow up the Houses of Parliament, with the King, Prince, Nobles, and House of Commons; and the● to have suddenly fallen upon us, to have slain us all; Oh what a sad day, should this have been to poor England, but (God be blessed) they were prevented. How have they plotted to incense the Pope to send so many fulminent Breves to England to hinder the King's Liege people from a king the oath of allegiance, and supremacy? How hath father Parson, and other been suffered in that which by the Laws of the Land is treason.  
To practise beyond the Seas, or upon the Seas, or elsewhere within the King's dominions, to absolve, persuade, or withdraw any subject, 〈◊〉 any within his Highness' Dominions, from their obedience to his Majesty or to reconcile them to the Pope, or to draw them to the Romish Religion for that intent, or to move them to promise obedience to the See of Rome, or to any other Prince to be had or used within the King's dominions; every such person and their procurers, aiders, counsellors and maintainers knowing the same, are all in case of high treason. 23. El. 1.3. Jac. 4. P. Rom. 7.  
2 The Projectors with their monopolies, that have long gnawed at the bowels of the Kingdom, they are another party ready to help these divisions forward. One that was a great Patentee for Butter Casks, etc. Captain Read by name, went over into Ireland, and became one of the chiefest of the Rebels, now a prisoner in the Tower of London. And Colonel Aston that had a share in the wine patten, how doth his 〈◊〉 rage against the Parliament, and against the Honourable City of London how cruelly did he execute Martial law upon Master Boys at Redding a Citizen that traveled that way, to see his aged Parents this Christ●●●, offering no abuse, nor meddling with any man, woman or child, yet upon his command was put to death.  
3 The Prelates cannot endure to be kerbed of their Pride, witness that insolency of the Arch Prelate of Canterbury, who with the Bishop of Ely would not alight out of their coach when they went with the ●ing to church in Scotland from his palace of Hollirood house to Edenbrough, His Majesty going on foot, insomuch that the people asked them, how they durst deny to come out of their coach seeing their King himself on ●oot; and the Scottish men told them, how therein they appeared to be ●ags, and servants to the Pope.  
Canterbury moved the King another time to erect an high Commission, ●n all the Bishoprics of that Kingdom by virtue of a Proclamation which he extorted from his Majesty, wherein it was ordered that the Bishop's Courts here in England should have no subordination to any other Courts, and should proceed without any dependency, not so much ●s to use his Majesty's Arms in their Seals, but their own (like the Prelate of Rome) to deprive his Majesty of his supremacy.  
Sedferse Bishop of Galloway (a Pedlar's son) was so bold as openly before other Lords, to give the Earl of Argile a great Peer in Scot●and the . And who hath been greater incendiaries to stir up●●ar then they, what a protestation did they make against the Court of Parliament?  
4 The bringing in of Innovations into the Church hath bred great distraction amongst us; which first began when father Leader came from the Pope, than the Bishops began to erect Altars, and take away the Communion tables, to force all to kneel at the Sacrament, to be all uncovered during all the time of reading the service, to stand up at the reading of the Gospel, to bow at the name of jesus, and to consecrate a new the Church of Saint Giles in the fields.  
5. Cruelty against Godly Ministers. How was Master Ward of Suffolk tossed amongst them, by a pretended accusation of Simony only to silence him. Doctor Everard Chaplain to the Earl of Holland, was terribly prosecuted, for contradicting the unlawful command of innovation of the Prelate of Norwich. What shall we say of Master Burton and hundreds more, some silenced, some imprisoned, some died in prison, as master Bates, etc. others were persecuted our of the Land contrary to that pious saying of King James, Love no man more than a good Pastor, reverence and obey them as the Heralds of the most high God.  
6 Many men of desperate fortunes care not how a Kingdom perisheth to give them hopes of Pillage, as there are some who have resolved if ever the City (which God forbidden) should come to be plundered what parts they would pillage, and with strong asseverations they have sworn, and vowed with bloody and fearful Protestations how glad they would be to see that day.  
7 Who are so much disaffected to the Peace of the Kingdom as those who endeavour to disaffect his Majesty from the Houses of Parliament, and persuade him to such a distance, both in place and affection? Who are more disaffected to the Government of the King than such who lead his Majesty away from harkening to his Parliament, which by the constitution of his Kingdom is his best and great Council, and persuade him to follow the malicious counsels of some private men, in opposing and contradicting the wholesome advices of his most faithful Council and Highest Court.  
And Who are they that set up other rules for themselves to walk by then such as are according to Law? but they that will make other Judges of the Law, than the Law hath appointed, and so dispense with their obedience to that which the Law calleth authority, and to their determinations, and resolutions to whom the judgement doth appertain by Law: for when private persons shall make the Law to be their rule, according to their own understandings, contrary to the judgement of those, that are the competent Judges thereof, they set up to themselves other ●●les than the law doth acknowledge.  
Surely, if the Priests, Jesuits, and the power of papists were removed from amongst us, one great part of the work were done towards an happy peace, a religious peace, a godly peace. Oh down with them most noble Senators, do not let them domineer as they do, you shall have our hands, our purses, our hearts, our lives to assist you, they are too bold, nay even those in prison, have their Confessions, Absolutions, wear their Beads, and their Crucifixes, Sing, and roar, and dance day and night at the Tavern with their company: and do very evil offices in the hindrance of peace: nay there are some of their Priests will openly affront protestant prisoners and quarrel with them, for their religion. How backward are the Monopolists to this day, to do any good for the Kingdom?  
And how do the Prelate's labour to keep back all the means of an happy peace: Oh how hath your Clemency appeared, Right Honourable, towards these incendiaries of mischief, who would ruin both you and us, the City, and the whole Kingdom, forgetting that old counsel which one of them (D. Hall by name) gave to Canterbury before they came to be Prelates: If you love Peace without truth (saith he) keep peace to yourself. Let us have truth, if it may be Peace too. How many still are there who are as mad after Innovation as ever they were when the Pope's Nuntio put his Arch grace in hopes either of a Cardinals Har, or a Patriarches place. And as for those desperate fortunes, who long to fish in troubled waters, because they have no better hopes to rest upon, We doubt not, but your Honours will find out a way to pievent the bloody Tragedy of their desires. Do damned Cavaliers swear, and d●ma● themselves with all the fearful oaths that can be imagined, nay there was one of them not long since offered to give 3 l. to any one that could invert a new oath, and shall such as these be suffered to revile a Parliament?  
We have great complaint about the City, some cry out of these wars, would we had peace again as we had before, not considering the miserable condition of bleeding Ireland, intended first to have been performed against us, nay to come to our own doors (as it were) in our own Land: what is the condition of all the Country places where the Cavaliers come? the Battle at Worster, Keynton, Brainford; if these murmurers had seen the blood that was shed at the sight at Edge-hill, etc. What would they then have said, they would it seems have peace with the enemies of God and Religion, the enemies of the PARLIAMENT; of the City, of the Gospel; alas, what good will such peace do us: Oh Noble Senators have not we cause to complain against these men, as against madmen, that do so desperately seek to move you to betray your honours, us and them, yea, Religion, Lives, Estates, wives, lands, goods, and all that we have into the hands of those that continue wars against us, in hopes to plunder our houses, ravish our wives, spoil our goods, and bring the City to ruin; then (say they) shall the Borough of Southwark be our stables.  
Others complain for want of trading; but how would such complain if their living was out of the Coals at Newcastle, or if they had a ship there to fraught therewith hither, to be under tax of 30.40. or 50. pounds, as it is imposed on them there before they can pass, what a case are they like to be in about twelve thousand people that live only upon Coals there? how are they like to be deprived of their trade; alas, the want of trade in the City is nothing to that it is in the Country in many places: Oh Right Honourable what cause have we to complain of the poor ignorant people that do not know what freedom they enjoy by being protected by you to enjoy a quiet and peaceable Trade, though little. Some there are again that cry our of the Sectaries amongst us; and the many opinions that are between man and man; But they do not consider the armies of Papists that are raised against us; and the Standard sent the Earl of Newcastle from the Queen for their army, to which army is brought over arms for ten thousand men by Colonel Goring: Oh what cause have we to complain against those that would have an agreement with these cruel Papists (that were ever bloody and treacherous to Protestants) that they might the more freely chide with those that do not meddle with them at home: I pray God reconcile all the differences both in Church and State; but certainly a Papist army, cannot but be expected a dangerous reconciled enemy to all true hearted Protestants: and we have a just cause to complain against them that desire it.  
Others are agreed to pay any thing as they are taxed for the assisting of the Parliament in their defence of Religion, and the Laws of the Land; one complains he is taxed 20. s. another 40. s. etc. Look down to the rigorous manner whereby the Earl of Newcastle doth tax men in Yorkshire: 1000 l. a man, 2000 l. and 3000. pounds a man, Mr. Savill of Medbor by name 3000 pounds, etc. You will say you are forced to pay this money, and that the gatherers have power to sell your goods for it if you will not pay it: Oh But how cruel did the Earl of Newcastle use Mr. Wentworth, sent for him, and after he was condemned to be shot to death for not coming to pay the money he was unreasonably seized, and was brought to the stake the place of execution, and had he not paid what they would have, he had been shot to death.  
How many Religious Ministers have been plundered, and all that they have taken from them; our Briefs we have so often read in Churches can testify, and yet many foolish drones amongst us would have us to believe a covenant of peace with such desperate Cavaliers; to betray our own power, and give our enemies leave to cut our throats; oh noble Senators, we must needs complain of these that are unwilling to help you by Loan upon the public Faith according to their power, yea and beyond their ability, in such an extremity; surely they that deny this, it must needs be granted, either that they are old enemies to the Parliament, and never took the Protestation, or else they respect not their vows made to Almighty God, and to break such a public vow is an heavy, and fearfu l crime; God keep such guilt out of our souls; for in the Protestation, they do profess, vow, and protest before Almighty God, as far as life, power and estate to maintain and defend the power and privileges of Parliament, and every person, etc. in pursuance of the same, etc.  
Others find fault with the committing of malignants to prison; but they are used like men, not as Smith the Provost Martial useth them; not as Captain Lilburn, Captain Wingate, Captain Walton, etc. are used, like dogs rather than Christians, almost pined to death for want of sustenance, eaten with vermin▪ for want of help, and shifts of ; loaded with fetters of iron; debarred of the company of their wives, children or friends, debarred of the charity that friends would relieve them with; cannot have the favour which Chaistians have of Turks; from those bloodthirsty Cavaliers, who use them like Hackny-Jades, nay worse, like dogs; for though it is true, the King allows six peace a day; But Smith detains four pence three farthings of it; here is cruelty indeed, unspeakable cruelty; what would these men do, if they should suduens? we have cause indeed to complain of those that would (by a pretence of Peace) betray us into these bloodsucking hands; Good Lord deliver us from them; it is to be feared, if we submit to them, we shall be more persecuted, then ever our Predecessors were in the bloody times of Queen Mary.  
How publicly have they in their scandalous Pamphlets abused the high Court of Parliament, the Honourable the Lord Major of London; the City of London and Westminster, belched forth their threaten in the speedy execution of their devilish practices and terrible threaten of their resolved purposee; And give God thanks that their Papists and Jesuits keep in their heads.  
I wonder that many will say (seeming to be judicious men) that they think the Malignants desire peace as well as pretend to desire it, see how cunningly they have wrought against the Parliament, first they covertly abuse them by the defaming of their proceed in their Petition, this being discovered their Petition was rejected; then they send a company of prentice-boyes to Westminster, and they make a vapouring show of desire of peace; And now at last of all they have brought forth the most rebellious treacherous Pamphlet that ever was writ, stuffed with insufferable languages, full of bitterness and railing against the Parliament, and in plain earnest desires the people to take up Arms to destroy the Parliament; if this do not convince you of the poison of these viperous generation of damnable Malignants, what will you do; surely if you be not wedded to your own ruin, you must needs abhor such things as these: They disturbed Scotland, they have almost overrun Ireland, and they have gotten too much head in England, if it please God to see it good that it might be otherwise; and are English people so blind, th●t they cannot yet see? Oh noble Senators, we have great cause indeed to put up our Complaints against these Cerberusses, that dare thus to come up barking to your very doors, scattering their poisoned Pamphlets about your houses, making Proclamation to all the Countries in England to assist them against the Parliament, should we assist a company of Papists, and wicked people of desperate fortunes to attempt such a damnable design; it is very probable the next Project would be to murder us, and all the Protestants in England.  
Another envious fit they have of railing against the Honourable, the Lord Major of the City of London, an honest, religious, godly man, one in whose brows is the very Emblem of Love, chosen by the Votes of the City, confirmed by the Authority of the High Court of Parliament, and with great care and pains doth execute his office, yet is scorned, and contemned by some wicked, debauched Shagamuffins, whose words no wise man will regard; such as Dudley that was hanged for robbery the last Sessions at Newgate; will wise men be deluded by the examples of such as are fit for the Gallows, the Cage, or the Whipping-post, then to meddle in State-matters; surely methinks it becomes not the gravity of the City, to be so unwise, thus to procure their own ruin.  
Right Honourable Senators, they have abused the whole City of London and Westminster, a few Papists and factious people amongst us, that have seduced others to set their hands to their Petition, presume they will join with them in their so great and saucy malipertnesse against you; nay they boast; as if we would all join with them, but we will not; no, we conceive it concerns us greatly to complain against them, they have abused us, we disclaim their fact, and brand it with the desert of condign punishment; amongst all the sauciness that our Chronicles give report of, we do not find the like; only one of them now a great Commander, a Papist, to a Petition from Cheshire, against Reformation, forged hands for dead men, mad men, Sea men out of the land; brought children's hands, and Papists; and presented it in the name of all Cheshire; so have these few rebellious elves belched forth their poison against you, in the name of all London and Westminster.  
And they are very terrible in the threatening of the execution of their purposes; Resolutions they have, devilish Resolutions, Resolutions for the overthrow of Religion, Resolutions to destroy the Parliament, and in them all the privileges of the Subject; Resolutions to set up Popery; Oh most noble Senators, we had never more cause to complain against a bastardly brood of Popish Traitors then now, now they are grown 〈…〉 now they are every day plotting, and practising all the mischief they can against us, and such is the simplicity of many amongst us that for all this they believe these Incendiaries of mischief will do us no hurt, they say; is it possible that men should be so blind, and deluded by them?  
They are very terrible in their threatening; they protest to bring us suddenly to ruin, to dissolve the Parliament, suddenly; and what do you think they would do next, you that are well opinionated of them; first they say they will defend themselves by Arms, that is, of Rebellion, and then they will make use of what is next, as themselves say in their calumnious Pamphlet; Oh what cause have we to complain of these dangerous Malignants; what, will they spare nothing? no, they say they will make use of what is next; make use of our goods by plundering, and robbing us; make use of our wives, and daughters, by ravishing them; and murder us, our wives and children, as they have done in Germany, and as they still do in Ireland: shall we trust such as these? Oh let us take heed how we admit of any peace, or confederacy with them, that thus despise the Parliament, Religion, and the people of God.  
King James doth teach what respect should be had to such worthy Peers, he saith, eschew the extremity in slighting and contemning your Nobility. Page, 47. faithful and diligent servants recompensed, Page 71. The worthiest still preferred, let the measure of your love to every one be according to the measure of his virtue; Page 152. All subjects relieved, and their oppressions helped, be diligent to try, and careful to beat down the horns of our proud oppressors: embrace the quarrels of the poor and distressed, as your own● particular, Page 34.  
Lastly, the fomentors of this Pamphlet give God thanks that their Papists and Jesuits keep in their heads; These be the Malignants about us, that make us believe they seek for peace; but you may see it is that the Papists may be in peace; not we, that their Priests and Jesuits and Papists may hold in their heads, that they may live without molestation, that the Pope's power may be advanced here; but in 5. Eliz. 1.  
The maintaining and extolling the authority of the Bishop or See of Rome, within any the King's Dominions, and the procurers, counsellors, aiders; and maintainers thereof; and every of them are guilty of high Treason. This and other Statutes made at the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's Reign were made saith Dalton.  
For the preservation of the Queen, her heirs and successors, for the preservation of the dignity of the Imperial Crown of this Realm: For the avoiding of the dishonours, inconveniences, and dangers growing to the whole estate, etc. We have just cruse to complain against these Traitors (Right Honourable) because they would expose to hazard the preservation of the King, nay they do too much prevail herein, in joining with the Pepish party, in keeping them from his Parliament, the fountain of his safety and preservation, to endanger his sacred person amongst such desperate Papists and Malignants with whom he is.  
2. They hazard the preservation of the dignity of the imperial Crown of this Realm, by exposing it to that danger, which by being aiders to, and counsellors with the Papists it is in danger of, for the Papists have their Bulls and writings from the Pope, the effect whereof is to absolve and reconcile all those that will forsake their due obedience to the King, and yield themselves to the Bishop of Rome. Witness that Breve sent by Signior Georgeo Persona and others, and the domineering Chavilerios' of our age, and the Malignants about us are all guilty of high Traason; if they be willingly persuaded, withdrawn, or reconciled, to promise to join in any such obedience to the See of Rome, their procurers, aiders, counsellors, and maintainers, except they submit themselves according to the Statute within six days, etc. 23. Eliz. 1.3 Jac. 4. P. Recus. 49. P. Rom. 7 & 8. vide antea tit. Recusants.  
3. Lastly, these Statutes being also made for the avoiding of the dishonours, inconveniences, and dangers growing to the whole State, herein they also appear guilty of high Treason in joining with the Papists; first to dishonour the State, the High Court of Parliament, by calumnious lies and slanders laid upon them, hoping thereby the better to bring in popery; and to hold in their heads quietly as they say themselves they now begin to do; They call the Parliament a company of projectors, and such like dishonourable scandals they cast upon those worthies, whereby they appear Traitors against the State, from the very intent of the Statute; and therefore we complain against them as against open Traitors and Rebels. 2. The inconveniences that arise by their malignancy to the King and State, both is great: It keeps the King and the Parliament at a distance, it hazards the King's person, sent the Queen beyond the Seas and detains her there, hinders the great work of Reformation, encourages Delinquents, projectors, and all Papists, exposeth us to danger of Foreign Nations, hinders trading at home, fill us with troubles, and raised, and detains war in the bowels of our Kingdom; and by their scandalous Pamphlet it plainly appears how they strike at the very root of Parliaments, which Rome could never endure; but have ever scandalised and abused them as their sons now do, because their cheer is advanced by Synods of prelate's. To conclude, we complain to you Noble Senators of the dangers we are in by these men; we know that the 〈◊〉 of the Law is your instruction and direction, and our safety your end, we yield obedience to his Majesty's Authority, signified by both Houses of Parliament, knowing that sure ground wherein we walk thereby: And though the deboycest Malignants have dared thus to affront and dishonour you, we must confess enough to have dissolved all the bands and sinnues of confidence between His Majesty and you; yet we know that your endeavours have appeared most hearty and sincere for the maintenance of the true Protestant Religion, the King's just Prerogatives, the Laws and Liberties of the Land, and the Privileges of Parliament, in endeavours we desire you still to persist, and we will perish with you in the work rather than desert the cause; for we are confident, that if evil should befall you, neither Religion, Laws, Liberties, nor Parliaments can longer live; therefore we are resolved to live and die with you: God so bless us according to the innocency of our cause and integrity of our hearts.  
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