The Deplorable CASE Of many Poor Widows and Masters concerned in the IRISH Transport-Ships. Humbly Offered to the Honourable HOUSE of COMMONS.  
IT is humbly presumed your Honours cannot but be sensible of the Zeal of the Masters and Owners of shipping, to Their Majesties and present Government, as appeared by their readiness, when they Universally, from all parts of England, entred themselves into their Majesties Service, to Transport the Army, Ammunition, Provision, &c. for the Reducing of Ireland, on as reasonable terms as any Merchant pays: The Persons herein concerned, fitted and victualled their Ships, engaged themselves and vessels for Seamens Wages, by which means very many Ships, for want of the Kings Pay, have been Seized, Condemned, and Sold, and, when all fell short of satisfaction, for the Debts contracted to maintain this Service, the Persons of several of the Commanders have been Imprisoned, and there Perished, and their Wives and Children left to the Parishes: Others have been ●orced to fly their country, having taken up Money upon interest, to pay the debts contracted in this service, and were not able to Pay the same. And many more People who before this service lived in very good Reputation& Credit, are almost reduced to beggary.  
There are in London and southwark a great many Widows and Fatherless Children, who lost their Husbands and Fathers in this Service; and many Masters and Owners who have lost their Ships and driven to the last extremities, being out of employment, who have in all humility addressed themselves to their Majesties and to the Lords of the Treasury, but all the Relief they ever found, was only an Order from the Treasury for Six Months interest in Tallies, upon such a remote Fund that to turn it into money, is nigh one third Loss.  
They have likewise attended his Majesty, humbly Praying, That He would lay their Deplorable Case before this Honourable House, not questioning but your Honours would Commisserate the same, in finding some way for their speedy Relief, being often told that unless His Majesty Recommended it, this Honourable House could not Relieve Them.  
It is therefore Humbly Hoped, That since His Majesty has so Affectionately recommended them, in His most Gracious Speech, to the care of this Honourable House, That your Honours( upon a due Consideration of the Vollantariness of the People, the Goodness of the Service, and the Destressedness of their Case) will find out some way for their relief, as in your great Wisdom Shall seem meet, without which many Families must undoubtedly be reduced to beg or Starve.