THE EARL OF ESSEX HIS DESIRES TO THE Parliament.  
ALSO A Catalogue of those Tradesmen Volunteers, with the number of them in each trade.  
AND The true Copy of a Speech made to them by Captain Floyd.  
Joh. Brown Cler. Parl. Hen. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. Com.  
Printed for T. Thomson. 1642. August 15.   

THE EARL OF ESSEX'S DESIRES OF THE PARLIAMENT.  
ALSO A catalogue of those Tradesmen Volunteers, with the number of them in each Trade.  
AND The true copy of a speech made to them by Captain Llhoyd.  
THe well-grounded causes of our eagle-eyed Assemblies of Parliament, the two careful watch-houses of this slubbered commonwealth, have dropped down effects, preventing the hasty wishes of Militia-minded Denizens; with such issues those happy Twins court our Kingdom; which hath so long lain bedabled in sinks of misery. Thus successfully have those choice Engineers countermined the vain-drawn plots of leering cavilling Antagonists. Those top-Gallants have already read their Cross Row, and have given their squandring thoughts warning to list themselves in a narrower circuit: York fathered their designs at their birth, but cast them off before they came to age; else might they have butchered their moher: they have sowed for lives, but reaped loss: Hull makes their words with sorrow to rebound on their hearts, and hath wrote such letters on their bodies as they sealed with their blood. Now would they undermine it, but the very weak water freezadoed on them, and would have purified their infected pitchy carcases, had not they winged themselves with flight. Now would they have surprised the town by night; but being belighted by the dayspring of detection, they bought their enterprise at a bodily rate. Sometimes was the Lord Brook a rub in their way and turned their bias, delivering them up to their creditor, earth. The Militia every where either strangleth their proceed in the womb, or sowseth them with letin terrors of these busy senses, Sight and Feeling. Still hath our blessed Parliaments actions ingraved so firm a stamp of loyalty in the Citizen's breasts, that they have been crowned with success: and we may suck the pure air of comfort, in that each Citizen's face portends a mischief to opposers, whose hearts, as new-raised bulwarks, not only eiaculate magnanimous words, but are ready to vivify action. So unanimously each beats a march in his thoughts, as ready to stifle the doubtful acts of our rich-faced enemies, whose heads periwiged with malicious pride, strive to dead our newborn erterprises. Each day and night their active hands itch to be fencing in a real combat, whose quotidian exercise do plainly depaint what the adversary may expect, and not be frustrate of: Their purse is as free as their heart, which they most willingly part with.  
The Earl of Essex that renowned piece of chivalry, as virtuous as honourable, vowing glory but a byword, and his Coat worthy of nought but to be disheraulded, if this Island, with the fame of it, being almost out of breath, be not reinvolved with Royalty, to yield him a double crest of added dignity. Wherefore as voluntary as his warlike succeeding champions, he budded forth of this city, impoverishing it, by the lustre of his presence. And now having given a full response to the Parliaments desires, he hath vented his, which are as follows. 1. That the hopeful Parliament would not suffer their thoughts concerning him or his affairs to be adulterated with suspicious conceits and side-interpretation: such comments be far from being tabled on his virtuous texts. 2. That they would not bear a strjct hand in reviving his army; but that coin may in due time be levied, for it is a soldiers best lining. 3. That they would furrow the seas with shipping, that the adversary might not gain an overcoming invective power against Hull or adjacent places.  
And lastly, that they would make up the breaches of his army, as necessity gives the word of command, when he shall urge it, not yet start from their resolution, whereon both their safety dwells. These were subjects of his indirement: who not only approves, but is approved of for his intentions. Affections chained as well to his person as actions, prove the sequel of the major: And thousands attracted by the loadstone of either, would rather draw cuts in, then for his society; our spiritful apprentices forsook their mistress Venus, and would now traffic with Mars. What do ye lack, which before perched upon their tongues, is clothed with an Ad Arma, Ad Arma; precise purity is converted into martial policy, the language of shop to shoot, of wares to wars: every one now would rather see an enemy than a customer. Me thought I was all air when I eyed obedience and alacrity well mer. There might ye see a rank of Dyer's, who would fain learn to die their swords in blood, & themselves rather in the dusky bands of Mars, then in a rigrid workhouse: these were in number 71. Then a troup of Butchers, who would rather sacrifice men than beasts for the pacification of our bruised State: these amounted to 88 Here were weavers contracted, who, maintaining the comparison of man's life to a shuttle, will make it good upon the adversary: and as journeymen to the fatal sisters, will help to wove out the short thread of their troublesome lives: and these were upon the score 186. A knot of tailors to stitch up the army were congested, threatening to cut out several suits for death, the list of these is 157. Shoemakers amongst the rest vampt in, vowing to to underlay them in the earth, these made up the number of one hundred twenty four. Brokers hurried in amongst them and determined to make a new Long-lane with the enemy's garments, whose Account is fourscore and eight. Saddler's thronged in amongst them, swearing they would make them place the saddle of government on the right horse, and these stretched to Forty nine; Smiths would hammer them, Cutlers slash them, and a promiscuous Number of many trades (preferring their Country's service before their Masters) protested ruin. Indeed I am taken up by fawning wonder that their virtue shines no brighter in so darken a mist, since opposition hath spoke them glorious; but since audacity buried in the ashes may be racked up, and inflamed by a silver Speech, I shall discover an Oration voiced to them by Captain Llhoyd.  
Magnanimous spirits, if any relics of your Ancestors blood sport through your veins, if their matchless Acts, indebted to immortality reign in your memory, elevat your benumed spirits to such a airy pitch that may entitle you not only heirs of their fortunes but unparalled virtue. We are not ignorant how our times are overcast, by a rout as careless of their families, as like slaves to fortune, beholden only to war for what they have, Roaring boys, who seem only loyal, because Royal, allowing respect more to the person than cause. These mount against us, or somewhat like them, whom either fear arrests or favour presseth for the service, such Collogues are such Colleagues. Let us therefore whose cause the effieient approves, the Parliaments ascertaines Just, and our own consciences Legal, make modesty veil to courage, fear lay down its feeble Arms to Audacity, and fight against the enemy; force these cashiered feathered foul vanities to make wings of their plume● for flight, the Parliaments Privileges, Parents, lives, lands, are Rhetoric to instigation; Let Apprentices in the April now of years try a Mraster piece, either we must overcome well or live ill. Let us on my hearts: freedom strechteth out her hands to all.  
Ordered, that Sir john Girlington, Sir George Middleton, and Sir Edward Fitton be sent for as delinquents.  


joh. Brown Cleric. Parliament.  
Hen. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. Com.     
FINIS.