SIR, I this morning have seen a Warrant from the house of Lords, made yester­day, to Command you to bring me this day at 10. a clocke before them, the Warrant expresseth no cause wherfore I should dance attendance before them, neither doe I know any ground or reason wherefore I should, nor any Law that compels me thereunto; for Their Lordships sitting by vertue of Prerogative, pat­tents and not by Election or common consent of the People, hath as Magna Car­ta (and other good Lawes of the Land) tels me, nothing to doe to try me, or any Commoner whatsoever in any criminall case, either for life, limb, libertie, or e­state, but contrary hereunto as incrochers and usurpers upon my freedomes and liberties; they lately and illegally endeavoured to trie me a Commoner at their Bar, for which I under my hand and seale, protested to their faces against them, as vi­olent and illegall incrochers upon the rights and liberties of me, and all the Com­mons of England, (a coppy of which &c. I in Print herewith send you) and at their Barre I openly appealled to my competent, proper, legall tryers, and Iudges, the Commons of England assembled in Parliament (for which their Lord­ships did illegally, Arbitrarily, and Tiranically, commit me to prison into your custody) unto whom divers daies agoe I sent my appeale &c. which now re­maines in the hands of their speaker, if it be not already read in their House, unto which I doe and will stand and obey their commands.

Sir, I am a free-man of England, and therefore I am not to be used as a slave or Vassell by the Lords, which they have already done and would further doe, I also am a man of peace & quietnes, & desire not to molest any if I be not forced there unto, therefore I desire you as you tender my good & your owne, take this for an answer, that I cānot without turning traitor to my liberties, dance attendance to their Lordships Bar, being bound in conscience, duty, to God, my selfe, myne, & my country, to oppose their incroachments to the death, which by the strength of God I am resolved to doe. Sir you may▪ or cause to be exercised upon me, some force or violence to pull and drag me out of my chamber, which I am resolved to maintaine as long as I can, before I will be compelled to goe before them, and therefore I desire you, in a friendly way, to be wise and considerate before you doe that, which it may be you can never undoe,