THE LONDONERS PETITION. TO THE RIGHT honourable the Lords and Commons now assembled in the High Court of Parliament.  
The humble Petition of divers Inhabitants of the City of LONDON and the Liberties thereof.  
Showeth,  
THat the present sense of our miseries, and apprehension of inevitable ruin both of the Church and commonwealth make us to become humble suitors to this Honourable Assembly (the likest means under God for our relief) to consider our distressed estates, and to provide a speedy remedy for our present and future evils, earnestly desiring you to weigh the care and judgement of our predecessors, who by a known Law settled and preserved our Protestant Religion, our Liberties and Properties, with a right understanding between King and Subjects, which produced peace and plenty in our streets.  
And to reflect with serious thoughts upon our present distempers, violating Religion by Papists and Sectaries, engaging our Nation into a civil, bloody and destructive war; invading our laws and Liberties, endangering all our lives, and utterly disenabling us to relieve our distressed brethren in Ireland. We beseech you likewise to consider the effects of a continued war, as the destruction of Christians, the unnatural effusion of blood, Fathers against sons, brothers by brothers, friends by friends slain; then, famine and sickness, the followers of a civil war, making way for a general confusion, and invasion by a foreign Nation, while our Treasure is exhausted, our Trade lost, and the kingdom dispeopled. These things weighed and enlarged by your wisdoms, we doubt not will be as strong motives in you to labour, as in us to desire, a speedy Peace, and a happy Accommodation.  
Wherefore we humbly pray, that (not lending an ear to any Fomenters of these present Wars, under what pretence soever, nor remembering aught that may increase jealousies, or continue divisions between his Majesty and his House of Parliament) you will speedily tender his Majesty (according to his royal Intimations) such propositions for Accommodation, as he may with Honour, and safety to the whole kingdom, accept. For effecting whereof we shall be ready to assist you with the best and utmost of our abilities; and whilst you endeavour peace, we shall send up our prayers to Heaven, for the blessing of peace upon you, and all that desire it.   

London, Printed for Adam Bell.