To the right honourable the House of Commons. The humble petition of Sir Hugh Pollard which was lately taken prisoner in Somersetshire, and brought up to London, and committed to the counter for levying warre against the Parliament. Also the Parliaments profession to receive His Majesty with honoua [sic] and give him true obedience Also, His Majesties answer to the ,Parliaments [sic] last petition. With a true relation of the Earle of Worcesters raising of more forces in Wales, and that his sonne the Lord Herbert is made Generall of South Wales. Pollard, Hugh, Sir, 1610-1666. 1642 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2012-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A90806 Wing P2773 Thomason E124_23 ESTC R12395 99859277 99859277 111349

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To the Right HONOVRABLE THE Houſe of Commons.

THE Humble Petition of Sir HUGH POLLARD which was lately taken priſoner in Somerſetſhire, and brought up to London, and committed to the Counter for leavying Warre againſt the Parliament.

Alſo the Parliaments Profeſsion to receive His Majeſty with honoua and give him true obedience

Alſo, His MAJESTIES Anſwer to the Parliaments laſt petition.

With a true relation of the Earle of Worceſters raiſing of more Forces in Wales, and that his Sonne the Lord Herbert is made Generall of South Wales.

London, Printed for Robert Wood, Oct. 28. 1642.
TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE The Houſe of COMMONS: The Humble PETITION of Sir Hugh Pollard. Sheweth,

THat your Petitioner to his unexpreſſible grief having juſtly incurred your diſpleaſure, comes not now to extenuate a fault, but to beg a favour, hee expects hereafter to ſtand or fall by your intermixt juſtice and mercie.

That it is true, ſome raſh propoſitions had a birth and delivery by anothers hand, and that it is as true that his weakneſſe did not diſcerne their deformity.

That without conſideration hee was hurried to an oath of ſecreſie. That this ſealed up his mouth thorough a miſinformed opinion. That upon this information his miſery is perfected, but withall, hee beſeecheth you to remember, that as there was nothing done, ſo there was nothing propoſed to bee done that had not this ingredient of preſerving the Lawes and liberties of the Subjects. And under this ſpecious vizard he was led on.

His humble Petition is that conſidering his Father an aged Gentleman, lies now deſperately ſick, and that this misfortune of his (without ſome beames of your favour) will (as he feareth (haſten death unto him that gave him life, and as certainly diſinherit him of his land, as it hath already done of his affection: You would be pleaſed to give him liberty to goe into the Countrey to ſee his Father before he dy upon the ſecurity of the E. of Bedford and an other honourable E. whoſe compaſſionatenes to your Petitioners calamity, joyned with their knowledge (as he believeth of his former readineſſe and confidence of his future) to ſerve his Countrey, makes them to tender their baile for him; And your Petitioner as in duty bound, ſhall ever pray for the proſperity and good ſucceſſe of the high and honourable Court of Parliament.

The Parliaments profeſsion to receive His Majeſty with honour, and give him true obedience.

THe honourable Court of Parliament for the avoiding of bloud, directed the Earl of Eſſex Lord Generall, by himſelfe and others, in ſome ſafe and honourable way to cauſe to be delivered an humble Petition, wherein they deſire nothing from His Majeſty, but that he would returne in peace to his Parliament, & by their faithful counſel and advice compoſe the diſtempers and confuſions abounding in his Kingdome, as he is bound to doe: They therein profeſſing in the ſight of God, which is the ſtrongeſt obligation and aſſurance that any Chriſtian, and the moſt ſolemne publique faith, which any ſuch ſtate as a Parliament can give, that they would receive him with all honour, yeeld him all true obedience and ſubjection, and faithfully endeavour to defend his perſon and eſtate from all danger, and to the uttermoſt of their power to eſtabliſh to him and to his people all the bleſſings of a glorious and happy raigne.

For the delivery of which Petition his Excellence hath twice ſent to the King, humbly deſiring a ſafe conduct for thoſe that ſhould be imployed therein; but his Majeſty refuſed to give any ſuch ſafe conduct, or to receive this humble and dutifull Petition, by any addreſſe from the E. of Eſſex, ſaying that if Juſtice had been done, the Gentleman which brought the ſecond Meſſage could not expect his liberty.

By all which, and many other evidences and inducements, they are fully convinced in their judgments and beliefe, that the Kings counſels and reſolutions are ſo engaged to the Popiſh party, for the ſuppreſſion and extirpation of the true Religion, that all hopes of peace and protection are excluded, and that it is fully intended to give ſatisfaction to the Papiſts by alteration of Religion, and to the Cavaliers and other Souldiers, by expoſing the wealth of the good Subjects, eſpecially of this City of London, to be ſackt, plundered, and ſpoiled by them.

And that for the better effecting hereof, great numbers of Papiſts have in ſhew conformed themſelves to the Proteſtant Religion, by comming to Church, receiving the Sacraments, and taking the oathes of Allegeance & Supremacie, which ſome of their own Prieſts have encouraged them to do, by maintaining that they might doe all thoſe things, and yet continue good Catholikes: Under which colour his Majeſty did at firſt begin to ſtrengthen himſelfe, thoſe of that Religion being weak, and unable to endure the envie and diſcontent which the arming of the Papiſts would Procure in the Kingdome, and therefore endeavoured to keep off all jealouſies and ſuſpicions by many fearfull oathes and imprecations, concerning his purpoſe of maintaining the Proteſtant Religion, and the Laws of the Kingdome, cauſing ſome profeſt Papiſts to be diſcharged out of his Armie, and none to be received that would not endure the Teſt of comming to Church, receiving the Sacrament, and taking the oathes of Allegiance.

That his Majeſty being now grown ſtronger, and able (as he conceives) to make good his own ends by Arms, his confidence in the Papiſts doth more clearly appeare: perſons impriſoned for Prieſts and Jeſuites have been releaſed out of the Gaole of Lancaſter; profeſt Papiſts have been invited to riſe and take up Arms; Commiſſions under His Majeſties Authority have been granted to many of them for places of command in this war, with power to raiſe me • , and great numbers have been raiſed by them, and they daily increaſe. And divers Eorces are raiſed and paid by the Earle of Worceſter and his ſon the Lord Herbert: And the ſaid Lord Herbert (a notorious Papiſt) is made Generall of all South-wales. And thoſe that raiſe Forces in Yorkſhire for his Majeſty, doe arm and imploy Papiſts, and uſe their advice in their conſultations. And the King hath received about him divers Papiſts of Ireland, ſome of which are indicted of treaſon for their Rebellion there, which have been notoriouſly knowne to have beene in actuall Rebellion.

FINIS.