To the Honourable, the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the House of Common by God's goodness assembled, and by his gracious good providence hitherto preserved in Parliament: The humble Petition of divers Barronets, Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen, Ministers, Freeholders, and others of the County of Derby, to the number of 7077.  
Shows,  
THat when we have seriously considered that unexpressible danger this Kingdom was in at the time of your election, to that great and honourable burden, which for the glory of God, and good of this Church and Commonwealth you have now a long time with patience undergone, together with the manifold grievances, which then did, and some whereof still do disquiet the peace and happiness of the King's Majesty, and this Kingdom, and the great opposition the blessed work of Reformation hath met with by those who are ill affected to the State; And when we call to mind notwithstanding all this enmity) the many and great works which God hath been pleased already to effect by the wisdom, pains and unwearyed diligence of this Honourable Parliament, God sometimes turning even the plots and practices of the adverse party to the furtherance of his own work, we cannot but give God the glory of his free Grace in Christ to this Kingdom, and with all due thankfulness commemorate your industrious labours to perfect the great design of this Kingdom's happiness, so juliciously begun, and accordingly prosecuted, and which we hope by the continued mercy of God, your accustomed co-operations, and the willing agreement of our gracious Sovereign, will in Gods due time arise to a sweet perfection, to the joy of us, and your posterities: And yet although we live far off, we cannot but hear of those many late obstructions, and malevolent hindrances with which this good work hath been opposed by means of the malignant party, who by evil counsels and other strange, and formerly unheard of courses, have endeavoured to infringe the lawful power and liberties of Parliament, to continue Popish Innovations, to oppress our consciences with unnecessary Ceremonies, and to destroy the lawful rights of the Subject; All which we conceive are contrary to that happy Protestation so providently commended unto us by this Honourable House: Besides, the cursed plots that have been invented against our beloved friends of Scotland, and our poor distressed brethren in Ireland, whose most lamentable condition our souls bleed within us to remember, and other sensible grievances at large declared in your late faithful Remonstrance of the State of this Kingdom.  
IN tender consideration whereof, and for that many thousand of poor people amongst us do alrea●… feel the heavy pressures of those long delays in settling the State of this Kingdom, As we do give humble thanks to Almighty, the Kings most excellent, and this this high and ever to be honoured Parliament, both the House of Peers and Commons, for that happy agreement in those good and wholesome Laws already voted by you both, and enacted for the welfare of Church and Commonwealth, and especially the late Acts for freeing the Bishops and Clergy from their distractions by temporal affairs▪ And that hopeful beginning of provision for relief of Ireland, So we do willingly join with the many thousands of our faithful brethren and fellow Petitioners in and about the Honourable City of London, and other several Counties of this Kingdom, humbly to supplicate this Honourable Assembly of Parliament, still earnestly to mediate with his Majesty, and the House of Peers, for their concurrence with you (and by the power of Christ) to go on cheerfully with what speed you may, to the perfecting of those good endeavours so worthily begun, and to find out, prosecute, and punish all notorious offenders in Church and Commonwealth: That the popish Lords may also be removed from having Votes in Parliament, Papists fully disarmed and confined, Church papists discovered, and the evil Counsels of the popish and malignant party disappointed, and for the time to come wisely prevented, speedily and fully according to your good beginning to secure poor Ireland, and ●hat by a quiet execution of your late agreeing Votes England may be armed with a present care of defence by a posture of war: That all power and places of strength may by your happy proceed ●…e established in persons of trust, and such as this Honourable Parliament and Kingdom may under God confide in, that the power and privileges of Parliament may be confirmed, and for future time ●…redefended, that all Congregations may by your religious wisdom be provided of fit and able Ministers, and that the Doctrine and Discipline of Christ may be vindicated from all corruptions, and by God's blessing we shall make good our aforesaid protestation to the uttermost, that England may still continue one of Christ's golden Candlesticks, the Ministers Stars in his right hand, the whole Kingdom 〈◊〉 people in covenant with God, and in the blessed peace of the Gospel, we may sit every man under his ●…wn Vine and Figtree, and enjoy a happy peace to us and our posterity to the world's end.  
Thus shall your Petitioners be bound daily to pray.   

This Petition was presented the fourteenth day of March, by Sir John Curzon Knight and Baronet; who serves for that County, and after it was read, was thankfully accepted by the House, and special order given for the Recording of it, with the Petitions of several other Counties.   

London Printed. An. Dom. 1642.