TO THE King's MOST EXCELLENT majesty.  
The Humble REMONSTRANCE and Petition of the LORDS and COMMONS in PARLIAMENT.  
Most gracious sovereign,  
YOur majesty's most humble and loyal Subjects the Lords and Commons in Parliament, do with all faithfulness and zeal to your majesty's Service, acknowledge your royal favour and protection to be a great blessing and security to them for the enjoying and preserving of all those public and private Liberties and privileges which belong unto them; and whensoever any of those Liberties or privileges shall be invaded or broken, they hold themselves bound with humility and confidence to resort to your Princely justice for redress and satisfaction. And because the Rights and privileges of Parliament are the birthright and Inheritance not only of themselves, but of the whole kingdom, wherein every one of your Subjects is interressed. The maintenance and preservation whereof doth very highly conduce to the public peace and prosperity of your majesty and all your People; they conceive themselves more especially obliged with all humbleness and care▪ yea, with all earnestness and constancy of resolution and endeavour to maintain and defend the same. Amongst other the privileges of Parliament; They do with all dutiful reverence to your most excellent majesty declare that it is their Ancient and undoubted Right; That your majesty ought not to take notice of any matter in agitation and debate in either Houses of Parliament, but by their information and agreement; and that your majesty ought not to propound any Condition, Provision or Limitation to any Bill or Act in debate or preparation in either Houses of Parliament; or to manifest or declare your consent or dissent, approbation or dislike of the same before it be presented to your majesty in due course of Parliament: and that every particular Member of either House hath free liberty of speech to propound or debate any matter according to the order and course of Parliament: and that your majesty ought not to conceive displeasure against any man for such opinions and propositions as shall be delivered in such debate, it belonging to the several Houses of Parliament respectively to judge and determine such errors and offences in words or actions as shall be committed by any their Members in the handling or debating any matters depending.  
They do further declare that all the privileges above mentioned have been lately broken to the great sorrow and grievance of your most humble and faithful subjects in that Speech which your majesty made in Parliament to both Houses upon Tuesday last the 14th. of this present month of December, in that your majesty did therein take notice of a Bill for impressing of Soldiers being in agitation in the said Houses, and not agreed upon: and that your majesty did therein offer a Salvo Jure, or provisional Clause to be added to that Bill before it was presented to your majesty by the consent of both Houses, and did at the same time declare your displeasure against such persons as had moved some doubt or question concerning the same Bill. All which they do affirm and declare to be against the ancient lawful and undoubted privileges and Liberties of Parliament.  
And therefore they most humbly beseech your Majesty by your royal Power and authority, to maintain and protect them in these and all other the privileges of your high Court of Parliament, that you will not for the time to come break or interrupt the same. And that none of your loyal Subjects may suffer or sustain any prejudice in your majesty's favour or good opinion for any thing done or spoken in Parliament. And for the reparation of your loyal Subjects in this their just grievance and complaint, for the breaches of their privileges above mentioned, and prevention of the like, for the time to come. That your majesty will be pleased to declare and make known, the name or names of the person or persons, by whose misinformation and evil council your majesty was induced to the same, that so he or they may receive such condign punishment, as shall appertain to justice in that behalf. And this they most humbly desire, and as your greatest and most faithful council shall advise your Majesty to perform, as that which will be, not only a comfort to themselves, but likewise a great advantage to your Majesty, by procuring and confirming such a confidence and unity betwixt your Majesty and your People, as may be a foundation of Honour safety and happiness to your Person and Throne, as they stand bound always to pray for, and endeavour.   

Imprinted in the year, MDCXLI.