A Letter sent to Master SPEAKER, FROM THE KNIGHTS, ESQVIRES, GENTRY, And FREEHOLDERS of the county of LINCOLN.  
For the Presenting of their Petition to the honourable House of COMMONS, now in PARLIAMENT Assembled.  
Master Speaker,  
UPon His Majesties gracious Summons, the greater and more considerable part of this County hath appeared at Lincoln, and being invited by our present Distractions to endeavour some timely remedy of them. Many of the Gentry here Appearing, have unanimously with the general Approbation of the Clergy and commonalty( as they believe) conceived and agreed, this enclosed to be represented to the Honourable House of Commons, as their sense and Petition both to disabuse the World and Vindicate the county from some other interpretations which have been attempted to be fastened upon them by other Petitions( as we have heard) and humbly presume with the tender of our Services, to present it by Your Hand to the honourable House of Commons, a way in which we are confident it will not miscarry, as some other Petitions( as we have heard) have done, by which favour you shall oblige,  
Your Friends to serve you.  
Sir,  
WE presume to sand you this enclosed, signed onely by the Barronets, Knights, and Gentlemen whose occasions would give them leave to Attend this Service, because we desire to give it a speedy address, least loss of Time should take from us the wished effects of our Endeavours, but are confident we shall attest it with many thousand Pounds, when it shall be required from us; In the mean time we presume to offer it to you, with the Names of the Gentlemen and Clergy onely, though there be many other Subscriptions.  
Lincoln, July 14. 1642.   

Printed at York by Stephen Bulkley for mark, Foster, July 28. 1642.