To the KING of these Nations, THE HUMBLE REPRESENTATION OF Several SOCIETIES, commonly called by the Name of ANABAPTISTS, Where in short they Declare their Innocency, Sufferings, Dcsires & Resolutions.  
WHereas, O King, there-have of late years happened in this Nation, many strange Changes and Revolutions, to the great Amazement of the Sons of Men, by which most men of all Ranks and Qualities have been subject to Err; from which we cannot altogether Acquit ourselves; yet this we can boldly say, That although some of us were in Arms under the former Powers, our End was not the Destruction of men's lives, but rarher their Preservation, and to prevent the rude Multitude of their Designs, which were no other than Ruin and Desolation where they did prevail: This we say was our End, whatsoever our Adversaries do say to our Reproach.  
And whereas, O King, there have (within these few Days) been in the City of London, very strange and unheard of Actions, to the wounding of our Souls, we have been so far from Designing or Acting therein; that Envy itself cannot justly Chargeus; Nevertheless such is the Portion of many of us, to be taken out of our Houses, and from our Employments, beaten and abused in the Streets by the rude Multitude, haled before the Justices & other Officers, and then having nothing to Charge us with, they put to us the Oath, or Oaths, and upon Refusal (though Christ hath Prohibited Swearing at all, especially any Promisary Oath) are we sent to Prison to the impoverishing and ruin of us, our Wives and Children; which Opposition against Swearing now in us, is no more than what the greatest Part of us were against under the former Powers.  
But that which wounds us most, O King, is the late Proclamation, wherein there is no Difference made, but as though all were alike in the Transgression, and had all made an ill use of thine Indulgence, and forfeited our Liberty, which doth strengthen the rude Multitude in their Confidence, That we are Guilty of some Pernicious Design against Thee, O King, and the Nation; which false Report greatly obstruct our Liberties to Meet together to Pray and Edify one another; as also to Meet in our own Houses to Pray one with another, which we humbly conceive is our Right as Men and Christians; which if we do, we are liable to be destroyed by the rude Multitude, though we cannot be Charged with any Fact: Thus the Guiltless suffer with the Guilty, which is averse to the Mind of the Holy and Just God.  
And although our Consciences do bear us witness, that we have not abused our Liberty by any ill use that we have made of Thine Indulgence, and that Thy Proclamation (Prohibiting our Assembling together after our usual manner) do not properly reach us, but that we ought to have had the benefit of Thy former Declaration ascertaining our Christian Freedom; Yet for as much as the late Disturbance might minister Cause of Jealousy, being done by some that pretended Separation, but not of our Faith or Practice, such of us as have not been Imprisoned, have since Thy Proclamation was extant, forborn to Meet, lest it should be judged Contempt of Authority: So willing we are to prevent all Grounds of Fear: And we do Challenge the World, to come forth and show wherein we have offended Thee that we are thus dealt with; for we can truly say with the Servant-of God of old, That Innocency is found in us, and against Thee, O King, have we done no harm.  
Wherefore, O King, our humble Desire is, That Thou wouldst seriously weigh our Innocency and Sufferings with our humble desires, as also our forbearance to Assemble (lest it should be deemed Contempt) until we had Cleared our Innocency unto Thee, which here (in the Fear of the Allseeing God) we have done: And if notwithstanding our just Complaint, Thine Ears be shut against our Cry, and will not Release the Innocent out of Prison, nor Restore our Christian Liberty, which of late we have been deprived of without just Cause; but upon misinformation, and shall still be liable to be Destroyed by the rude Multitude, that then we shall cast all our Care upon our God, and Assemble together to Pray, and build up one another in the things of our Holy God, as he hath commanded us, leaving Thee, O King, and all the World to judge, Whether we ought not to obey God rather than Man: And if for serving our God Thou sufferest us to be Destroyed, we shall commit our Righteous Cause to him that Judgeth righteously, and hath said, Vengeance is mine and I will repay it, Rom. 12. 19 In the mean time we shall patiently wait, and mightily Cry unto the Lord, until he Redeem us from the hands of our Oppressors: For the Lord hath said, He will Encamp about his House, and no Oppressors shall pass through them any more; for now have I seen with mine eyes, saith the Lord, Zach. 9 8. All which, O King, we shall commit to Thy Consideration, and shall be subject to Thee in Civil things for Conscience sake; and Subscribe our Names for ourselves, and the Congregation to which we do belong.  


Thomas Perrot  
Jonathan Jenings  
Christopher Miles  
Thomas Smith  
William Pain  
Richard Newberry  
Richard Day  
William Goodman  
Samuel Hodgkin,  
Henry Brown  
Walter Pen  
John Hamersly  
Thomas Hayns  
Samuel Fulcher  
William Beacar  
John Manbee  
Samuel Loveday  
Thomas Garner,  
John Michael  
Humphrey Jones  
Thomas Orchard  
Hugh Boulton  
Thomas Clark  
Richard Taylor  
Robert Parker  
John Parker.     

POSTSCRIPT.  
LEt none Judge or Think amiss, that we do not give the King those Titles that are commonly given unto him; for it is not out of any disrespect to His Person; being not willing to Deny Him any thing that is given Him of God: And for these Words, Thee, Thou, and Thine, we find in Scripture to be given to the greatest and best of Men that were in Authority, as also to God Himself, and to our Lord Jesus Christ.   

LONDON, Printed in the Year, 1660.