TO THE RIGHT honourable Both Houses of the PARLIAMENT of ENGLAND ASSEMBLED AT WESTMINSTER: The humble PETITION of divers thousands, Knights, Gentlemen, and freeholders of the County of Surrey, together with the burrow of Southwark.  
Presented to the Lords and Commons assembled at Westminster, on Tuesday the 16. of May, 1648.  
YOur Petitioners having earnestly besought of God, and expected many years from your wisdoms and counsels a full and comfortable redress of the grievous miseries of this kingdom; which blessing having hitherto failed us through the manifold sins of us all, and divers miscarriages: we, among others the freeborn Subjects of this realm, crave humble leave to express our pious affections to the public good, and our earnest desires for the preventing of the continuance and increase of further evils, as followeth:  
That the King's MAJESTY, our only lawful sovereign, may be restored to His due Honour, and just Rights, according to our Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, which have been Taken by us, in the sight of God, and from which no power on earth can absolve us; And therefore our Souls do yearn, and our Consciences do grieve for it.  
That HIS MAJESTY may forthwith be Established in His Throne, according to the splendour of His Ancestors; and that HIS MAJESTY, may for the present, come up to this Parliament at Westminster with Honour and Safety to enter with you into a personal Treaty, for the composing of all former Differences, and the granting of all lawful Desires.  
That we, with all the freeborn Subjects of this realm may be governed no otherwise then by the known Laws and Statutes now in force in this kingdom.  
That your speedy and grave wisdoms may prevent the miserable and unnatural War beginning again in this distracted and exhausted kingdom, and to prevent by fair Treaty the Forces ready to be brought in from the Neighbour kingdom, and from other Nations not unlike to invade us: which we conceive (through the mercy of God) may be soon Effected, by timely providing for the premises.  
That not only the Ordinances made of late by the goodness and wisdom of the two Houses of Parliament against the unsupportable and most wasteful burden of Free-quartering of soldiers may be duly executed, but forthwith order and care may be taken as becometh Patriots that love their Country, for the Disbanding of all Armies, (having their due arrears paid) that we may enjoy (without terrors and jealousies) a blessed and long-looked-for Peace.  
FINIS.   

Printed at LONDON, in the year, 1648.