WEe Your most Humble and loyall sub­jects, the Commons in this present Par­liament assembled, having to our singular com­fort received your Princely resolution, upon our Humble petition, to dissolve the 2 Treaties; and having on our parts withall alacrity and rea­dinesse, humbly offered our assistance to your Majesty, to maintaine the warre that may ensue thereupon, yet withall, sensibly finding what se­ditious and Traiterous positions, these incendi­aries of Rome, the professed engines of Spaine, the priests, papists, and Jesuits, infuse into the naturall borne subjects, what numbers they have seduced, and doe daily labour to make their de­pendance on the Pope of Rome, and the King of Spain, contrary to the Allegeance to your Maje­sty, their Liege Lord: what daily resort of [Page 2] priests, and Jesuits into the Kingdome? what concourse of popish Recusants, more then usu­all, are now in, and about the City of London, what boldnesse and insolencie have they discove­red out of the opinion and other exercises of Roman Religion in the Houses of foraigne Em­bassadors there is daily, to the great offence of your Majesties good subjects? What great pre­parations are made in Ireland fit for invasion, the bent whereof is as probable to be upon some of your other Kingdomes, as upon any other place, what encouragement it may be to the enemies of our Crowne, to have a party, or but the opinion of a party, who daily encrease together for that purpose, what disheartning to your loving Sub­jects, when they shall see more cause of feare from their false▪hearted countrey-men at home, then their professed enemies abroad, what appa­rant dangers, by Gods providence, and your Ma­jesties Wisedome we have escaped lately?

They in all humblenesse offer to your sacred Maie­sty, these their humble Petitions following.

First, that all Seminaries, priests, Jesuits, and all others having taken orders by any authority; derived from the see of Rome, may by your Ma­jesties declaration be forthwith commanded out of this Realme, and all others your Maiesties Dominions, and not to returne againe, upon se­verest penalties, of the lawes now in force against them.

And that all your Majesties subjects may here­by also be admonished, not to receive, entertain, comfort, or conceale, any of the viporous brood, upon the penalty of forfeiture, which by the lawes may be imposed upon them.

2 That your Majesty would be pleased to give strength and speedy charge to the Iustices of the peace in all the parts of this Kingdome, that ac­cording the lawes in that behalfe made, and the orders taken by your Majesties privy Counsell, hertofore for policy of state, that they do take from all Popish Recusants legally convicted, or judicially suspected.

All such Armour, Gunpowder, and Ammu­nition of any kind, as any of them have either [...]n their owne hands, or in the hands of any other for them, and to see the same safely kept and dis­posed of according to the law.

3. That your Majestie would be pleased to command all Popish Recusants, or any other, who by any law are forbidden to come to the Kings Court, forth with under paine of your Majesties high displeasure, and the severe execu­tion of your Majesties laws against them, to retyre themselves to their severall dwellings or places by your lawes appoynted, there to remaine and be unfined within five miles, according to the lawes of this Realme: and to that purpose to di­charge all the past licences granted unto them for their repaire thither. And that they presume not [Page 4] hereafter to come to London, or within ten miles of London, or to the Kings or Princes Court wheresoever.

4 That your Majesty would forbid and re­staine the great resort and concours of your Maje­sties owne subjects, for there hearing of masse and other exercises of Roman Religion, to the hou­ses of forraign Embassadours or Agents residing here, for the service of their severall Princes or states.

5 That whereas of late in severall Counties of this Kingdome, some have beene trusted in the place of Lieutenants, Commissioners, of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of the peace, and Captaines in their Countries where they dwell, which are either Popish Recusants, or non-communicants, for the space of a yeare now past, or doe not usu­ally resort to the Church to here divine service, nor bring any good certificate there, that your Majesty would be pleased to discharge them of their places of trust by which they have power in the Country where they live, as is not fit to be put into the hands of such persons so ill affected.

6 That your Majesty would be generally plea­sed to put in execution, all the lawes made against Recusants. And that all Judges, Justices of peace, or other Ministers of justice, to whose care the said things are committed, may be commanded to doe their duty therein.

7 Thus seeing we have beene so happily delive­red [Page 5] from that danger which those creatures now dissolved, and that use which your ill-affected subjects made thereof; would certainely have drawne us, and cannot but fore-see and feare, least the like may suddenly happen, which will bring much perill on your Majesties Kingdomes.

We are most humble sutors to your Majesty, to secure the health of your subjects, by the in­gage of your unto them. That upon no occasion of manage or treaty, or any request in that be­halfe, from any forraigne Prince or state whatso­ever, you wil take away or slaken the executioner of the hands against Popish Recusants.

To which their humble Petitions proceeding from their most royall and dutifull affections to­wards your sacred Majesty, their care of theit Countries good, and their confident assurance that it will much advance the glory of God, and the everlasting honour of your Majesty.

They humbly beseech your Majesty, to vouch­safe your Answer.