To the Right Honourable the House of peers Now Assembled in Parliament. The humble Petition of many thousands of Courtiers, Citizens, gentlemen's and tradesmen's wives, inhabiting within the Cities of London and Westminster, concerning the staying of the Queen's intended voyage into Holland; with many serious causes and weighty reasons, (which they desire) may induce the Honourable House to detain Her majesty.  
Presented and read in the House by the Lord Mandevill, the 10. of February. 1641.  
Humbly showeth,  
THat your Petitioners, their Husbands, their Children, and their Families, amounting to many thousand souls; have lived in plentiful and good fashion, by the exercise of several Trades, and venting of divers works: For learning whereof, many of them have served apprenticeships, others taken houses and shops both in the city and Suburbs, and also in the Exchanges at very great rents: All depending wholly for the sale of their commodities, (which is the maintenance and very existence and being of themselves, their husbands, and families) upon the splendour and glory of the English Court, and principally upon that of the Queen's Majesty; By occasion of whose royal presence we have hitherto had ready utterance for our commodities, and were thereby enabled to pay our rents, and live in good repute: But upon late notice that her majesty is resolved instantly to depart the kingdom, we cannot but thereby 'fore see an utter cessation and decay of all our trading; So shall we become utterly disabled to pay our rents, support ourselves, or our families; and can apprehend nothing but distraction, penury, and ruin: Or that our eminent and inevitable necessities will produce some violent effect. And your Petitioners have cause to fear that this sudden resolution in her majesty is occasioned by some just distaste taken at divers unusual and tumultuous assemblies, to the affright of her royal Person, and at the unpunished printing of many licentious and scandalous Pamphlets; some covertly, some plainly, wounding her sacred majesty in the opinion of the vulgar, as an abettor or Counsellor of such designs, which are pretended to disturb the peaceable government both of this kingdom and Ireland: Whereas your Petitioners are confident She was not only a solicitous Mediator for the assembling of this gracious Parliament, but that since Her coming into this kingdom She never did ill office to any particular Subject, but hath oft been an Instrument of many Acts of mercy and grace to multitudes of distressed people.  
And your Petitioners likewise considering the great happiness brought to this Nation in her Princely Issue, of which native comfort this Nation hath been barren now almost a hundred years; are the more encouraged,  
Humbly to pray, That this Honourable Assembly would give some speedy assurance to Her majesty, that the Authors and Instigators of such seditious tumults and scandals shall be strictly inquired after, and punished; and that She may receive such public vindication by the Parliament, against all such calumners of Her sacred majesty; and give Her that due honour and reverence we are sure She merits, and join with us in Petition for Her continual residence amongst us: whereby She receiving full assurance of the love and fidelity of Her Subjects in this kingdom; your Petitioners may with some comfort address themselves to Her majesty's compassion of her affectionate people, humbly to pray her stay.  
So shall they have cause to pray for your honour's prosperity in all your actions: And ever remain the true and faithful Protestants to the Church of England, till death.   

London printed for T. Hales. 1641.