THE thankful acknowledgement and Congratulation OF Divers well-affected Apprentices within the Ward of Cripplegate without, UNTO The ever to be honoured Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn, Mr William Walwyn, Mr Thomas Prince, and Mr Richard Overton, now Prisoners in the Tower of London, for their faithful Services, Love and Affections to this poor distressed and miserably wasted NATION.  
Honoured GENTLEMEN,  
HAving seen your late Manifestation and Agreement of the People, with others of your Books, tendered to the People of this Nation, of which we (though Apprentices) are a part. And thereby perceiving your ultimate aim▪ ends and intentions, to be only and merely for common Freedom and liberty, such as best suits with the due ordering of this distressed commonwealth; We conceive ourselves bound in Conscience to return you most real and hearty Thanks for your so unwearied, unparalleled and cordial affections, appearing in so gallant and honourable a Cause, desiring you, honourable Worthies, that your hands may not fail, nor your hearts faint in so great an employment, but that courageously you would be pleased to go on and persevere as you have begun, until it shall please God to give us the enjoyment of those just Rights and privileges therein contained; you appearing unto us as if it were another Moses and Aaron to lead us, poor Israelites, out of our sad Bondage and Slavery of Egypt into a Canaan of Liberty, Freedom, Peace and Plenty. And herein Worthy Gentlemen, and Gallant Hearts, we do declare to adhere to stand by and owned you to the utmost of our powers in this so good a work, so long as our hearts, tongues, hands or lives remains; Resting confident thousands more of faithful Apprentices in the City will do the like.  
This was subscribed, dated and presented upon the sixth day of May 1649 which we now publish to all our loving Friends, courageous and faithful Fellow Apprentices, inhabiting within their several Wards, and Precincts of the City of London, &c. Whom we desire would speedily choose out from among yourselves in your several and respective Wards four or six, or as many as you see good, of cordial and active young men to be Agitators for you. And that you forthwith appoint Meetings in your several Wards for better carrying on of this work, as we have done in ours, that we and you may have more convenient and orderly Meetings, and Correspondency.