TO THE RIGHT honourable THE house OE peers Now assembled in Parliament.  
The Humble Petition of the Knights, Gentlemen, Freeholders and others Inhabitants of the County of Surrey, with above 2000. hands.  
Sheweth,  
THat your Lordships happy concurrence with the House of Commons, in the pasing many bills for the general good of this kingdom, especially in your late joining with them in your votes, for the settling the Militia and Forts in such hands as the Common-wealth may confided in, and the kingdom in such a posture as may be for it's defence and safeguard, hath been long the earnest desire, and is the present joy of your petitioners, yet we cannot but very much condole the miserable condition of the poor distressed Protestants in Ireland, who through the great delay which hath been found amongst your Lordships, notwithstanding the pressing endeavours of the House of Commons, together with many of your Lordships in sending timely relief unto them, have been exposed to the inhuman cruelties of their merciless and Barbarous enemies, to the great dishonour of this Nation, the loss well near of that part of his Majesties dominions, and apparent danger of the rest.  
With the like grief we apprehended the fearful distractions of this Nation, the composer of which is altogether hopeless, so long as the Sacred Throne of his Gracious majesty is surrounded with evil Councellors of state producing( besides other dangerous effects, the high and unheard of breaches of the privileges of Parliament, your Lordships and our common birthrights, and so long as the votes of Popish Lords and Bishops are continued in your House, to the animating of the Papists in th●se kingdoms in their pernicious practices, and the retarding of our generally desired reformation, and so long as our Churches do abound with superstitious Clergy-men, many of whom lying under the censure of Parliament, for their own securety breed and toment dev●sions and factions, thereby to threat and overthrow the proceedings of this Parliament.  
Wherefore your Petitioners do humbly pray and beseech this honourable House, that you would go on in a constant union wit● the House of Commons, in providing for the kingdoms safety, by putting the Melitia and Forts into such hands as shall be recommended by both Houses, that you would expedite a continual supply according to the emergent necessities of almost ruined Ireland, that all evil councellors( the immediate causes of our present distractions may bee found out and brought to condign punishment.  
That the Votes of Popish Lords and the Bishops the main obstructors of passing many good Bills, may be speedily removed; that the Church may be purged of all corrupt and scandalous Ministers, That the Popish Recusants may be more then superficially disarmed, and some way found out by your wisedoms, for the detecting of Church Papists, as most dangerous to this State, that so the peace of the kingdom may be established, the privileges of Parliament vindicated and secured to posterity, the purity of Religion settled and preserved.  
And the Petitioners shall ever in duty be obliged to defend and maintain with their lives and estates, his majesties royal Person crown and dignity and your Lordships, so far as you shall be united with the honourable House of Commons in all their just and pious proceedings.  
And your Petitioners shall ever pray, &c.  
Presented with the consent and approbation of the Honourable House of Commons. Feb. 5. 1641.   

London, printed by F. L. for T. Bates. 1641.