TO The King's most Excellent Majesty, AND THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in this present PARLIAMENT.  
The most humble SUPPLICATION of all those Commission-Officers, etc. that have faithfully and constantly Served and Suffered for Your Majesty's Royal Father of ever blessed memory, and Your most Sacred Majesty.  
Humbly showeth, That  

NOr Honour, Power, Place, Pre-eminence  
We seek above our Sovereign's gracious Sense;  
But in dishonour to lie down and die  
Prisoners, or sterved, is the thing we fly.  
Now we have spent the prime of all our Youth  
To serve our Prince, and to adhere to Truth,  
'T were hard we should be forced to find new Fates,  
Forsake our Country to serve other States  
For mere Necessity; this, this would touch  
Your Honours nearly, and our Comforts much.  
Sirach's wise Son affirms, it was his Grief,  
To see a Man of War to want Relief.  
Our blessed Saviour's words are very plain,  
Those shall, that suffer with me, with me Reign.  
And the same word puts in this perfect bar,  
At his own private charge none goes to War.  
We would prevent our Ruin, and no more;  
We strive not to be rich, not to be poor,  
A competent subsist for each degree  
Is all we ask, and that which cannot be  
We think denied us; for our Constancy  
Did serve as well the Church, and raised as high  
The Kingdom's as the King's Prosperity.  
Then since it was the whole we loved and served,  
We have in love, and honour, well deserved  
From all, and every part, and humbly hope  
All Interests will give us such a scope  
In our Addresses, that without offence,  
We may Address to all, and all dispense  
Proportionable parts for our relief,  
To take a way your shame, their scorn, our grief.  
You see we've waited patiently almost  
As many months since God hath blest our Coast;  
With our dear Sovereign's presence, as before,  
We suffered years in Captived state, nay, more:  
Nor gentle have our sufferings been, yet we  
Have borne it all humbly and patiently.  
Now Royal Majesty, most Noble Lords,  
And Faithful Commons we address our words,  
Directly to you, and do Supplicate  
A rem'dy for our yet unhappy State.  
You that so nobly have discharged those  
That proved Civil in the later close,  
You that have paid the Navy and the Army,  
(Wisely preventing they no more should harm ye)  
And have (to preserve peace) declared that all  
(Not after erring) shall become equal.   

Then make us so, in being at least so blest  
In your just bounty, as were all the rest.   
And we shall make our Hemisphere to ring. (In gratefullest resounds) God save the King.   

LONDON, Printed by R. D. 1661.