FOr, whereas to her creat disgrace and de­famation, a Petition and Protestation hath bin made and framed py idle and frantick wits, tat reflects not only upon her own proper person, but her whole Country, as well of te Shentility as Commonalty, which her cannot hear in such deriding and sheering man­ner cried up and down te streets, but [Page]her was inforced to vindicate her re­putation therein publikely by wri­ting, and if not by te same preven­ted, it may in time comming be an occasion of creater trouble.

Put it is not her particular case only, to pe apused and scandalized py such Pamphlets, put te Autors there­of have pin so prodigall, as to apuse not only her self, and te rest of her cosins Countrimen, put also tivers teserving members of te English state as well creat persons as lower, whose dispositions have not agreed to every ones humour; yea, they have not pin ashamed to apuse her King, queen, and Prince, put Nobility and High Court of Parliament, which if they pe suffered without punishment, such danger may arise poth to City and Country, as was hard to appease.

These foul apuses in printing such pooks, under colour either of Parlia­ment proceedings; or Irish Newes, hath produced a creat scandal over te [Page]whole Kingdome, which her hears is also taken notice of py Outlandish Nations. Her also was never read such printing in former Parliaments with­out power of the same, put now poor fellows and pretended writers pends their indeavours to devise scandalous pooks, pe they of what Nature or qualitie soever, pe it of never such ill consequence, be it against never so creat and venerable Pishits. Is there put te least thing done in Parlia­ment, nay put a tale or thought of such a thing of proceeding against a­ny man whatsoever, pe he Lord or Peer, if not py them fancied, put pre­sent a pook is made of them, if they have put te name of the person, it was to her a cood reason to make and create a Pamphlet of them. Put plesse me God, this is not all, her tivelish and mortal enemies perform; te waters are acquainted with the af­fections of the people, how they stand inclined, who was ready to take [Page]part with her foes and who not; py which such remote enemies tat have intelligencer in her Kings Provinces, may know te better how to compass their designes in agitation against her Person and Country, which is of creat advantage to her enemies poth publike and private.

Her was therefore earnestly in­treat, tat this her writing, shewing her intention to defend her reputa­tion may be respected, tat such pooks which tend only to te stirring up strife and dissention, may not again pe ritten or published to her discrace and discredit. Her affections are no wayes tardy to any thing tat may prove profitable and necessary to her advancement in her Country and te English people in their Britannicall glory and fame. Her indeavors shall alwaies comply with her cood King and his high Court of Parliament in in setling of peace and quietnesse, which her was ever apide in all her [Page]Kings nations, her shall pe willing to loose her own dear person and coods in any service when her was commanded in maintainance there­of. Her was sensible with cood feel­ing, tat te authors of these pooks are sheering and pabling poor rogues, desirous in their tivelish works to please the times, pe it crooked or straight. Her is so well literated in latter examples, tat py examples her can make manifest what her say, and defend it to pe cood.

Te troubles petween England and Scotland, which nation hath since ap­proved themselves loyall and faith­full subjects to their cood King, and tat all they did in taking up Armes, was onely in defence of their Reli­gion, Lawes, and Liperties of tat Kingdome, which tivelish persons seeked to testroy. And during these troubles, what evill pooks and scan­dalous papers were printed and pub­lished in disgrace; and contrariwise, [Page]what pooks were devised in praise and honor of te Pishits, and others in creat places of Authoritie in Church and State, that were incendaries in those dissentions. And since the mee­ting of this plessed Societie, tat there is by the wisedome thereof a Peace concluded petween poth Countries, her perceives contrary pooks made in honour of the Scots, and defama­tion of malefactors, py which her well sees these fellowes will do any thing, right or wrong. Put her will say no more put this, if her desires pe not py this writing considered, her was intend in humility to pe a Petitioner in pehalf of her self and Country, to the Parliament for re­lief, and punishing te Autors of these abuses.