To the right honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of Lewis De Gand, a French nobleman, Lord of Brachey and Romecour. Gand, Louis de. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A85685 of text R210196 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.4[26]). 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 A85685 Wing G195 Thomason 669.f.4[26] ESTC R210196 99869016 99869016 160648 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. A85685) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160648) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f4[26]) To the right honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of Lewis De Gand, a French nobleman, Lord of Brachey and Romecour. Gand, Louis de. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1641] Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Gand, Louis de. -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Pirates -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Robbery -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. A85685 R210196 (Thomason 669.f.4[26]). civilwar no To the right honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of Lewis De Gand, a French nobl Gand, Louis de. 1641 866 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 C The rate of 12 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The Knights , Citizens and Burgesses now assembled in Parliament . The humble Petition of LEWIS DE GAND , a French Nobleman , Lord of Brachey and Romecour . HVMBLY SHEWING , THat whereas since some certaine moneths , I your petitioner did for some certaine businesse of mine , come over from France into England , in a ship bearing the royall English Armes , and for greater security , having the Kings Letters Pattents , it is happened I know not by what mischance , that the Spanish Dunkerkers not a whit respecting or God , or the King , or England , contrary to the right of Nations , did set upon us in the very English haven , and have Robbed me your Petitioner , of all the money I had , to the value of two hundred pound English . And that you may the better be certified of the truth of what I say , I can call to witnesse divers Englishmen , which came over with me your petitioner in the same ship , and namely Master George Thomason , and Master Iosuah Kirton , and Master Robert Martin , all three marchant book-sellers , the two first in Pauls Church-yard , the one at the signe of the Rose , the other at the signe of the white-horse ▪ the third in old Bayly at the signe of Venice , who will without doubt , relate unto you how ignominiously the said Dunkerkers have behaved themselves even against you in this their wicked robbery . For first , they have beene so audacious , as if they were Lords of the Seas , yea of England it selfe , to discharge their artillery against our ship , and to constraine us to yeeld unto them ; After that , we having let them see the Kings letters Patents , yet never the lesse disdaining them , they have furiously set upon me your Petitioner with naked swords , and forced me to deliver them all my money , the English that were present , not a little wondring at their audacity . Thirdly , they were so greedy of prey , that they letted not to use the Kings naturall subjects , namely some Irishmen , as if they had beene Frenchmen . Finally if I adde unto what is said , that all this hath beene committed even in the English haven , your selves may judge how great an injury , is it redounding unto your selves . And if the Spanish Embassadour here in England ; or the Governours of Dunkerke ( to whom often hath beene written of this matter by the said Embassadour , would by some way or other , have covered this their most manifest shame , and not pretend Justice in this their most unjust account , in saying that they should doe against their conscience , if they should presse to restore unto an enemy ( against the law of nature ) a prise taken upon him , I your petitioner a stranger would not have troubled you with this my particular businesse , you having imployment enough , in so many waighty affaires of your owne : But yet I your petitioner being not so a stranger , but that I have of late composed a book in Latine , of the prayses of the King and Kingdome , dedicated unto the Kings Majesty intituled Sol Britannicus , would not ( I say ) have troubled your eares with this my particular cause , except it touched the honour of all England . For if you suffer the Spanish to commit such things , why may it not be permitted unto the French , the Portingalls , the Hollanders as many as are living in this Kingdome peaceably with the Spaniards , to have the like power upon the Spaniards . And what hindreth us to use them here as enemies , but the Friendship that is betweene our Princes and you likewise ; but the honour and reverence due unto you by us strangers living in this your kingdome . All which respects seeing the Spaniards have notoriously sleighted , and not regarde but injuriously violated : Therefore I humbly crave at your hands , that you would be pleased either to cause the said money , which hath beene taken from me perforce in your owne ship and haven , and the said ship having the Kings Armes , which should to me have beene a most sure asyle , to be restored unto me with all the dammages which I have sustained thereby , or else to give me leave , to recover it as I can upon the next Spaniard I shall meet withall . And untill you have taken such an order , concerning this matter , as may well become England , I your petitioner most humbly beseech you to cause the Spaniards to provide me some meanes , whereby in the meane while I your petitioner may live . And the petitioner shall ever pray for your honours &c.