To the Kings Most Excellent majesty  
The humble Petition of the county of Cornwall.  
WE Your majesty's most loyal Subjects in all duty render unto Your majesty all thankfulness for Your Majesties Unexempled favour and Grace in granting unto your Subjects, by the Concurrence with Your Parliament, such laws and freedoms, which have most fully expressed Your majesty's gracious goodness unto Your People; And we most thankfully receive Your majesty's free offer of a general Pardon, whereof we most humbly desire to be made partakers.  
And we most humbly beseech Your majesty, Never to suffer Your Subjects to be Governed by an Arbitrary Government, nor admit an alteration in Religion.  
And your Petitioners being most feelingly grieved for Your majesty's discontents (partly occasioned by divers scandalous Pamphlets, and seditious Sermons, and no way lessened by unlawful Tumults) do wish a confluence of all Comforts, Honour and happiness unto Your majesty, and do most heartily pray for the Reconcilement between Your majesty and Your Parliament:  
And in all humble thankfulness for Your majesty's said Grace and goodness, your Petitioners do offer themselves most ready to maintain and defend with their lives and fortunes Your majesty's Sacred Person, Honour, Estate and lawful Prerogative against all persons whatsoever, according to the Oaths of Supremacy, and Allegiance.  


CORNUB.  
John Grills high sheriff.  
Warwick Lord Mohun.  
Sir John Trelawney Knight and Baronet.  
Sir William Wrey Knight and Baronet.  
John Arundel of Trerise Esq.  
Charles Trevanion Esq.  
Walter Langdon Esq.  
Peter Courtney Esq.  
Samuel Cosowarth Esq.  
Richard Prideaux Esq.  
John Arundel Esq.  
Renatus Billot Esq.  
Francis Jones Esq.  
Robert Rous Esq.  
Edward Trelawney Esq.  
Nevil Blighe Esq.  
William Bastard Esq.  
Charles Grills Esq.  
Nathanael Dillon Esq.  
William Arundel Gent.  
William Courtney Gent.  
Edward Courtney Gent.  
Walter Glin Gent.  
Edward Cook Gent.  
Hugh Pomeroy Esq.  
Ambrose Billot Gent.  
John Samuel Gent.  
Nichol. Kendal Major of Lostwithyell.  
Obadiah Ghoship Cler.  
John Kette Cler.  
Thomas Harrison Cler.  
Thomas Porter Cler.  
Simon Lann Cler.  
John Peter Cler.  
George Brush Cler.  
Barnard Achim Gent.  
Theophilus Laugherne Gent.  
William Guavas Gent.  
Nicholas Sawell Gent.  
William Robinson Gent.  
Thomas Robinson Gent.  
Joseph jolly Gent.  
Thomas Trear Gent.    
THe foresaid Gentlemen Subscribed at Lostwithyell unto the Petition directed to His majesty, together with seven thousand more, Esquires, Gentlemen, Freeholders and other Inhabitants which subscribed and subsigned the said Petition in their several Parishes.   

❧ His majesty's Answer to the Petition of Cornwall, At the Court at YORK. 26. June 1642.  
HIs majesty is so very well pleased with the duty and affection of this Petition,▪ That He hath commanded me to signify His good acceptance of it, and thanks for it to the County of Cornwall, and to assure them, That as He will be always ready to increase the happiness of His People, by consenting to such good new Laws, as shall be proposed to Him for their advantage, so He will be forward to venture His life in maintenance of the Religion and Laws established, which He doubts not, with the assistance of the Petitioners, and other His good Subjects He shall be able to defend: His majesty will be ready to grant such a general Pardon to the Petitioners as they desire; And will no longer expect the continuance of their duty and affection, than Himself continues true to those Professions He hath so often made of maintaining and defending the Religion and Laws of this Kingdom.  
Falkland.   

¶ Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent majesty: and by the assigns of JOHN BILL, 1642.