TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF PEERS NOW ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT.  
The humble Petition of Knights, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others Inhabitants of the County of KENT.  
Showeth,  
THat the Petitioners do with joy and humble thankfulness, acknowledge the good correspondence and concurrence, which (by the blessing of God) this Honourable House hath held with the worthy House of Commons, in passing the Bill, to take away the Votes of the Prelates in this Honourable House, and disabling them from temporal employments, and for setting the kingdom into a Posture of war for its Defence.  
And the Petitioners do in like manner most humbly and heartily profess, that they will ever honour this Honourable House, and to the utmost of their power defend the same, so far as their Lordships shall continue to hold correspondence and concurrence with the said House of Commons, in all their just desires and endeavours, upon which, the Petitioners do humbly conceive, greatly dependeth the peace and welfare of this kingdom.  
And the Petitioners most humbly pray, that this Honourable House, (declaring therein your Noble Resolution for the public good) would be pleased to go on with the said House of Commons to a through Reformation, especially of the Church, according to the Word of God; to press dispatch of the aid of Ireland, to expedite proceedings against delinquents; to vindicate Parliament privileges; to discover, remove, and punish evil counsels; to deprive the Popish Lords of their Votes; to disarm and search out Papists, and put them into safe custody; to suppress mass, both in public and private; to cast out scandalous Ministers; plant painful Preachers everywhere, and discover who are Church Papists, as well as known Recusants.  
And the Petitioners shall daily pray, &c.   

London, Printed by R. Oulton and G. Dexter. 1641.