Unto every individual Member of Parliament:  
The humble Representation of divers afflicted Women-Petitioners to the Parliament, on the behalf of Mr. JOHN LILBURN,  
Showeth,  
THat we cannot but be much sadded to see our undoubted Right of Petitioning withheld from us, having attended several days at your House-door with an humble Petition, desiring the making null of that most unrighteous, illegal Act made against Mr. Lilburne by the late Parliament, although it is the known duty of Parliaments to receive Petitions: and it is ours and the Nations undoubted right to petition, although an Act of Parliament were made against it▪ Your Honours may please to call to mind the unjust and unrighteous Acts made by King Ahasuerus in the case of Mordecai and the Jews; yet Esther that righteous woman being encouraged by the justness of the Cause (as we at this time are, through the justness of Mr. Lilburn's Cause, and the common Cause of the whole Nation) did adventure her life to petition against so unrighteous Acts obtained by Haman the Jews enemy. Your Honours may please to consider whether the late unjust and illegal Act against Mr. Lilburne was not obtained by such an enemy as proud Haman was, having no more cause for so doing, than Haman had; neither do we hope that your Honours, upon mature consideration, will have the less regard unto our Petition, although women; judging that you will not be worse unto us, than that Heathen King was to Esther, who did not only hear her Petition, but reversed that Decree or Act gone forth against the Jews, and did severely punish the obtainer thereof, as in truth we hope your Honours will judge that man to deserve no less punishment, who obtained the said most unjust and illegal Act against Mr. Lilburne (though a favourite, as Haman was.) Truly we cannot but judge the said Act against Mr. John Lilburne to be of no less concernment to ourselves and the whole Nation, then unto Mr. Lilburne, since what is done or intended against him (being against common right, and in the face thereof) may be done unto every particular person in the Nation.  
Your Honours may be pleased to call to mind that never-to-be-forgotten deliverance obtained by the good women of England against the usurping Danes than in this Nation. You may likewise consider the readiness and willingness of the good women of this Nation, who did think neither their lives, nor their husbands and servants lives and estates to be too dear a price for the gaining of yours and the Nations ancient Rights and Liberties out of the hands of incroachers and oppressors.  
And therefore we hope, that, upon second thoughts, your Honours will not slight the persons of your humble Petitioners, nor withhold from us our undoubted right of petitioning, since God is ever willing and ready to receive the Petitions of all, making no difference of persons. The ancient Laws of England are not contrary to the will of God: so that we claim it as our right to have our Petitions heard; you having promised to govern the Nation in righteousness: therefore we trust that you will not suffer any further proceedings to be had upon that most unrighteous Act against Mr. Lilburne.