A PETITION Sent to THE KINGS Most Excellent majesty, in SCOTLAND, Novemb. 18. 1641.  
From the Honourable House of Commons, now Assembled in Parliament.  
Humbly requesting, That all Popish-priests, Jesuits, and other ill affencted persons, may instantly be banished the kingdom, and not suffered to be in, or near the Court, at the time of his Majesties return into England, so to prevent such dangers as otherwise might ensue through their wicked plots and treacherous designs  
London, Printed for B. W. 1641.   

A PETITION Sent to THE KING.  
WEe Your most Humble and loyal subjects, the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, having to our singular comfort received your Princely resolution, upon our Humble petition, to dissolve the 2 Treaties; and having on our parts withall alacrity and readiness, humbly offered our assistance to your Majesty, to maintain the war that may ensue thereupon, yet withall, sensibly finding what seditious and traitorous positions, these incendiaries of Rome, the professed engines of spain, the priests, papists, and Jesuits, infuse into the natural born subjects, what numbers they have seduced, and do daily labour to make their dependence on the Pope of Rome, and the King of Spain, contrary to the allegiance to your Majesty, their Liege Lord: what daily resort of priests, and Jesuits into the kingdom? what concourse of popish Recusants, more then usual, are now in, and about the City of London, what boldness and insolency have they discovered out of the opinion and other exercises of Roman Religion in the Houses of foreign ambassadors there is daily, to the great offence of your Majesties good subjects? What great preparations are made in Ireland fit for invasion, the bent whereof is as probable to be upon some of your other kingdoms, as upon any other place, what encouragement it may be to the enemies of our crown, to have a party, or but the opinion of a party, who daily increase together for that purpose, what disheartening to your loving Subjects, when they shall see more cause of fear from their false ▪ hearted countrymen at home, then their professed enemies abroad, what apparent dangers, by Gods providence, and your Majesties wisdom we have escaped lately?  
They in all humbleness offer to your sacred majesty, these their humble Petitions following.  
First, that all Seminaries, priests, Jesuits, and all others having taken orders by any authority; derived from the see of Rome, may by your Majesties declaration be forthwith commanded out of this realm, and all others your majesties Dominions, and not to return again, upon severest penalties, of the laws now in force against them.  
And that all your Majesties subjects may hereby also be admonished, not to receive, entertain, comfort, or conceal, any of the viporous brood, upon the penalty of forfeiture, which by the laws may be imposed upon them.  
2 That your Majesty would be pleased to give strength and speedy charge to the Iustices of the peace in all the parts of this kingdom, that according the laws in that behalf made, and the orders taken by your Majesties privy counsel, heretofore for policy of state, that they do take from all Popish Recusants legally convicted, or judicially suspected.  
All such armor, Gunpowder, and Ammunition of any kind, as any of them have either ●n their own hands, or in the hands of any other for them, and to see the same safely kept and disposed of according to the law.  
3. That your majesty would be pleased to command all Popish Recusants, or any other, who by any law are forbidden to come to the Kings Court, forth with under pain of your Majesties high displeasure, and the severe execution of your Majesties laws against them, to retire themselves to their several dwellings or places by your laws appoynted, there to remain and be unfined within five miles, according to the laws of this realm: and to that purpose to dicharge all the past licences granted unto them for their repair thither. And that they presume not hereafter to come to London, or within ten miles of London, or to the Kings or Princes Court wheresoever.  
4 That your Majesty would forbid and restaine the great resort and concours of your Majesties own subjects, for there hearing of mass and other exercises of Roman Religion, to the houses of foreign ambassadors or Agents residing here, for the service of their several Princes or states.  
5 That whereas of late in several Counties of this kingdom, some have been trusted in the place of Lieutenants, Commissioners, of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of the peace, and Captaines in their Countries where they dwell, which are either Popish Recusants, or non-communicants, for the space of a year now past, or do not usually resort to the Church to here divine service, nor bring any good certificate there, that your Majesty would be pleased to discharge them of their places of trust by which they have power in the Country where they live, as is not fit to be put into the hands of such persons so ill affencted.  
6 That your Majesty would be generally pleased to put in execution, all the laws made against Recusants. And that all Judges, Justices of peace, or other Ministers of justice, to whose care the said things are committed, may be commanded to do their duty therein.  
7 Thus seeing we have been so happily delivered from that danger which those creatures now dissolved, and that use which your ill-affected subjects made thereof; would certainly have drawn us, and cannot but fore-see and fear, least the like may suddenly happen, which will bring much peril on your Majesties kingdoms.  
We are most humble suitors to your Majesty, to secure the health of your subjects, by the engage of your unto them. That upon no occasion of manage or treaty, or any request in that behalf, from any foreign Prince or state whatsoever, you will take away or slaken the executioner of the hands against Popish Recusants.  
To which their humble Petitions proceeding from their most royal and dutiful affections towards your sacred Majesty, their care of theit Countries good, and their confident assurance that it will much advance the glory of God, and the everlasting honour of your Majesty.  
They humbly beseech your Majesty, to vouchsafe your Answer.  
FINIS.