To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and dominions thereunto belonging. The humble petition of the subscribers on the behalf of themselves, and other reduced officers and souldiers therein concerned. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84891 of text R212178 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.19[57]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A84891 Wing F2126 Thomason 669.f.19[57] ESTC R212178 99870824 99870824 163394 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84891) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163394) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f19[57]) To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and dominions thereunto belonging. The humble petition of the subscribers on the behalf of themselves, and other reduced officers and souldiers therein concerned. Freeman, Edward, fl. 1654. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1654] Signed: Edward Freeman [and 21 others]. Imprint from Wing. Annotations on Thomason copy: "Decemb: 1654"; [others illegible]. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History, Military -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A84891 R212178 (Thomason 669.f.19[57]). civilwar no To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and dominions thereunto belonging. The humble petition of the subs Freeman, Edward 1654 817 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England , Scotland , and Ireland , and Dominions thereunto belonging , The humble Petition of the Subscribers on the behalf of themselves , and other Reduced Officers and Souldiers therein concerned . SHEWETH , THAT in their zealous and cordial affection to the just rights and freedome of this Nation , with expence of blood and patrimony , they have faithfully served this Common-wealth from the beginning of the late wars until reduced by Order of Parliament , with promise of satisfaction forth with of such Arrears as were due unto them , which may appear by several Orders and Ordinances of Parliament , and many of them voluntarily since the said reducement , engaged , to the hazard of all that was dear unto them for the Publike good . Neverthelesse their constant expectations ( grounded upon the many promises and engagements of the then Supreme Authority of this Nation ) have been wholly frustrated , although they ( to their great expence ) constantly attended with many humble Addresses during the space of seven yeers past , for the obtaining of their just satisfaction ; for want of which , divers are brought to extreme penury , many starved , and others in prison ready to perish . But their long and tedious attendance producing no fruit from the Parliament , after their dissolution , they then made their humble Addresses to his Highnesse , and Honourable Council , who were pleased to refer their Petition to the Council of the Army ; who upon mature consideration and conference had with your Petitioners , returned their sense and results thereon to his Highnesse , and the said Council , by whose Order the same was transmitted ( by the hands of Captain Howard ) to the late Parliament , who after daily solicitations , did admit them ( for satisfaction out of hands in Ireland ) into an Act , intituled , An Act for satisfaction of Adventurers and Souldiers , dated the twenty sixt day of September , 1653. That after the late Parliament dissolved themselves , they then made their humble Addresses to his Highnesse , who was pleased to recommend them and their desires unto the speedy and serious consideration of his Council sitting at White-Hall , in order to their due relief and satisfaction , and perceiving that upon the addresses of some Officers , ( under the same qualification with your Petitioners ) Lands both in England and Ireland have been obtained for their satisfaction ; and your Petitioners hitherto ( by reason of the great and weighty affairs of the Common-wealth ) are unsatisfied , so that your Petitioners upon this account are without hope of reaping any benefit , or to be enabled to receive satisfaction by that security in the said Act , according to the purport and meaning thereof . Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray , that your Honours would be pleased to take the premises into your serious consideration , to the end , that as the said Act of the late Parliament intends a security unto them , their interest may be preserved therein ; And that some speedy course may be taken for stating the Arrears of such Officers and Souldiers , as are not yet stated ; And that such whose Arrears are already stated by Committees , or Commissioners , or any Anthorised by Order or Ordinance of Parliament , having faithfully served this Common-wealth , and no ways forfeited their right to their just dues ; All of them or their Assignes may be enabled by bond or otherwise to receive satisfaction for their Arrears so stated , and to be stated out of such Lands in Ireland , as are yet undisposed of ( viz ) in the Counties of Dublin , Cork , Kildare , and Caterlagh , or out of such Lands there belonging to Corporations forfeited , or out of Bishops , Dean and Chapters Lands there , or out of Forrests Lands in England yet unsold , or by some such other way as to your grave Judgement shall seem meet , that so your Petitioners may be freed from their tedious and expensive attendance , receive the price of their blood , and be put into a condition to be more instrumentally serviceable for this Common-wealth , which is their desire . And they shall pray , &c. Edward Freman . Humphrey Brewster . Nicholas Devereux . Emanuel Neal. Walter Bosvile . Samuel Carlton . Edward Hook . Ambrose Tyndale . Richard Stevens . John Mall . William Tovey . William Poe . Timothy Crusoe . Leonard Morton . John Birkbeck . John Rugeley . Francis Cotton . William Pickering . Matthias Nichols . Anthony Poe . Richard Griffith . Edward Harrington .