THE humble PETITION AND REMONSTRANCE OF Divers Citizens, and other Inhabitants of the City of LONDON, and borough of southwark, Who lately Presented their humle Petition to the Honourable Houses of PARLIAMENT for an Accommodation of PEACE, AS ALSO The Humble Remonstrance of the said Petitioners, of the great abuses and outrages Committed upon divers of those Persons who Peaceably endeavoured to promote the said Petition.  
London, Printed for Nicholas Manwaring 1642.   

To the right Honourable, the LORDS and COMMONS in this present PARLIAMENT Assembled.  
The Humble PETITION of divers Citizens and other Inhabitants of the City of LONDON,& borough of Southwark &c. Who lately presented their Humble Petition unto your Honours for an Accommodation. As also the Humble Remonstrance of the said petitioners of the great abuses and outrages committed upon divers of these Persons which peaceably endeavoured to promote the said Petition.  
Whereas,  
THe Petitioners being most of them Citizens and Inhabitants of London, and equally with other Citizens and Inhabitants of the said City, concerned in the Common good thereof, and taking notice that a Petition and Remonstrance about the beginning of this instant December, had been presented to the Honourable House of Commons, by some few Inhabitants of London not exceeding the number of a Hundred, against an Accommodation for Peace: Which Petition and Remonstraance was vulgarly reputed to be the Petition and Remonstrance of the City of London, which the Petitioners conceiving to be great calumy upon themselves, and the City; and desiring to be vindicated for that imputation, and to free themselves from the general Odium of the kingdom, which the Petitioners feared they may justly incur, in case the said imputation should not be speedily removed; and as well to give satisfaction to this present age, as to inform Posterity, that they do utterly disclaim that Petition and Remonstrance, have lately taken upon them the boldness to present to your Hands an Humble Petition of a contrary Nature, which having had gracious admittance, your Petitioners are thereby encouraged again to make these their Humble addresses to this Honourable Assembly.  
showing, That whereas divers other Petitioners on Wednesday the 7. of this instant December, were publicly endeavouring to promote their Petition to this high Court. The said Petition was taken from them by colour of a pretended Warrant from the Lord mayor of London, and one of the Petitioners imprisoned. The next day divers of them being assembled in Guild-hall, for the better advancing of the said Petition, a Troope of Horse was brought against them to disturb the business, and to deter the Petitioners; which Troope violently and unexpectedly rushed in upon the Petitioners in a very formidable and threatening manner with drawn swords, to the dreadful apprehension of the Petitioners, whereby many of them were put to flight for their preservation.  
That upon monday following, by the consent of the Petitioners, and according to a former promise made by some of them unto the Lord mayor, and at his request, a certain number of them( unweaponed) met at Guild-hall, to desire the Concurrence of his Lordship, the Aldermen and common-council of the city to the said Petition, intending from thence immediately to repair and present the same to the honourable Assembly.  
No sooner were they met, and a Committee of the Petitioners appointed to attend the Court of Aldermen and common-council, but immediately thereupon( as if the Petitioners had been destinated to be butchered) about 20. Souldiers suddenly with drawn Swords entred the said Guild-hall, pressing in upon the Petitioners( being all unarmed) and brandishing their Swords, to the great affrightment and amazement of the Petitioners, can cried on, on, strike now or never, Let us destroy these Malignant Doggs that would have PEACE, let us cut the throats of these Papist Rogues, and accordingly in a most cruel and barbarous manner, fell upon the Petitioners, and drove them up together, beating, hewing, and grievously wounding divers of them without cause or mercy, and had not some of the Petitioners( though with apparent danger of their lives) resolutely closed with the said Souldiers and disarmed them, much more blood had been  shed( and in all probability) and many a man saline.  
When the Petitioners had mastered the Souldiers( to prevent further danger) they shut the Hall doors, which other Souldiers that were without attempted to hinder, but not prevailing, a Troope of Horse being present in the Yard near the Hall, came in a terrible manner to the Hall doors, and the Horsemen with pistols and drawn Swords in their hands, demanded, and fiercely endeavoured entrance, but being denied, and not being able to force open the doors, were exceedingly enraged, and one of them with a pistol or Carbine, shot one of the Petitioners in the face, through the Wicket or Keyhole of the door, whereby he was very sore hurt, and his life endangered: Another of the Petitioners having escaped out of the Hall, as he was passing through the Horsemen, one of them with a Pole-axe, without any provocation, gave him a fearful wound unto death( as is believed) Another being in the Yard there, and saying, that he hoped that he should see Peace for all this, was therefore struck upon the head by another of the Souldiers, and pitifully wounded. And least any should escape in safety, Command was given to watch the back passages, and to pistol any man that should issue there.  
Divers houres did the Petitioners remain in this desperate condition, crying, and calling unto the Lord mayor, Court of Aldermen, and common-council( being all this while in consultation with the Committee of Petitioners with their door shut upon them) beseeching and imploring their protection, with continual knocking at their door, but a strange deafness possessed them, and the Petitioners remained remediless; in the mean time two pieces of Ordnance were brought to the Gate, to have forced open the doors of the Hall, whereby the Petitioners might have been made liable to all manner of cruelty.  
But the Petitioners having timely advertisement therof, by a stranger, were necessitated to clear the doors, and to fly up to the Common-councell-chamber, and hrust open their door for Protection, and for fear of being murdered, and divers of them being men of good quality, were so distressed through apprehension of that danger, that they were constrained to beg for their lives.  
Whereupon the Petitioners besought the Petition of the said Court, and to dismiss them in safety, which at length was granted, and no sooner were they departed thence, but presently many armed men( as if they had lain in wait on purpose) pursued some of them with drawn Swords, and bitter execrations, many of the rude multitude taking advantage, did kick, beate, reproach, and inhumanly abuse them, crying out, hang them, cut their throats, with divers other dangerous incitations, insomuch that one of the Petitioners being driven up to the top of an house, to avoid their cruelty, was enforced( for the preservation of his life) evidently to endanger it, by leaping from one house top to another, whilst others by the monstrous violence of the tumult, were dragged, and hurried to Prison, without just cause or Warrant.  
Of these and other grievous enormities of this nature, without any offence or provocation given by the Petitioners, the Remonstrance have abundant proof, and do most humbly beseech your honours that so fearful an outrage may receive such Examination and punishment, and that the Petitioners may have such protection for safety of their lives, with liberty to exercise their Trades and functions as to your honourable and grave wisdoms shall seem meet.  
And they shall ever pray for a blessing upon all your honourable proceedings, &c.  
FINIS.