Committee to Deliver a Petition to the King:

A Message from the Lords, by Serjeant Whitfeild and Serjeant Glanvile;

The Lords have nominated Two Lords of their House, and desire this House to appoint a proportionable Number to attend his Majesty with them, for the Delivery of the Petition from both Houses: And have appointed to send a Gentleman with a Trumpeter, with a Letter; the Draught of which they have sent: And this Letter to be signed by the Speaker of the Lords House.

Resolved, upon the Question, That this House doth assent unto this Letter, and to the Address; and that it shall be sent by a Gentleman with a Trumpeter, according as it is directed: And that it shall be signed by the Speaker of the House of Peers.

Mr. Peirpoint, Lord Wenman, Sir John Evelyn of Wilts, Sir John Hippisley, are appointed to go with a proportionable Number of the Lords to present the Petition to his Majesty.

Answer returned by the same Messengers; That they have appointed a proportionable Number of their House, to attend his Majesty with the Petition: And that this House does agree, that a Gentleman be sent with a Trumpeter to deliver the Letter according to the Address: And that it be signed by the Speaker of the House of Peers.

Petition to the King.

We Your Majesty's most loyal Subjects, the Lords and Commons, assembled in Parliament, being affected with a deep and piercing Sense of the Misery of this Kingdom, and of the Dangers to Your Majesty's Person, as the present Affairs now stand; and much quickened therein, with the sad Consideration of the great Effusion of Blood at the late Battle, and of the Loss of so many eminent Persons; and further weighing the Addition of Loss, Misery, and Danger, to Your Majesty and Your Kingdom, which must ensue, if both Armies should again join in another Battle; as, without God's special Blessing, and Your Majesty's Concurrence with Your Houses of Parliament, will not probably be avoided; we cannot but believe, that a suitable Expression of Tenderness and Compassion is wrought in Your Majesty's Royal Heart, being Yourself an Eye-witness of the bloody and sorrowful Destruction of so many of Your Subjects; and that Your Majesty doth apprehend what Diminution of Your own Power and Greatness will follow; and that all Your Kingdoms will thereby be so weakened, as to become subject to the Distempers of any ill-affected to this State; In all which respects we assure ourselves, that Your Majesty will be inclined graciously to accept this our humble Petition, that the Misery and Desolation of this Kingdom may be speedily removed and prevented. For the Effecting whereof, we most humbly beseech Your Majesty to appoint some convenient Place, not far from the City of London, where Your Majesty will be pleased to reside, until Committees of both Houses of Parliament may attend Your Majesty, with some Propositions for the Removal of these bloody Distempers and Distractions, and settling the State of the Kingdom, in such a Manner as may conduce to the Preservation of God's true Religion; Your Majesty's Honour, Safety, and Prosperity; and to the Peace, Comfort, and Security of all Your People.