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         Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712.
      
       
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             The humble petition of Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the councel of officers at Walingford House
             Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712.
             England and Wales. Army. Council.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1659]
          
           
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           Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
           Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
        
      
    
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           THE
           HUMBLE
           PETITION
           OF
           RICHARD
           CROMWELL
           ,
           Late
           LORD
           PROTECTOR
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Councel
           of
           Officers
           at
           
             Walingford
             House
             .
          
        
         
           Humbly
           sheweth
           :
        
         
           THAT
           whereas
           ,
           after
           the
           Addresses
           of
           many
           thousands
           of
           these
           actions
           ,
           faithfully
           promising
           to
           establish
           me
           on
           my
           Fathers
           usurped
           Seat
           ,
           and
           protesting
           before
           God
           to
           live
           and
           die
           for
           me
           ,
           whom
           they
           stiled
           their
           
             Joshua
             ,
          
           appointed
           by
           God
           to
           compleat
           that
           happinesse
           to
           the
           Saints
           which
           was
           begun
           by
           my
           Father
           ,
           whom
           they
           called
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           that
           had
           brought
           them
           out
           of
           
             AEgypt
          
           and
           the
           Wildernesse
           unto
           the
           borders
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           of
           which
           number
           you
           of
           the
           Army
           were
           not
           the
           last
           ,
           nor
           least
           part
           :
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           you
           forgeting
           your
           Promises
           and
           Engagements
           ,
           were
           guilty
           of
           such
           insolent
           and
           contrary
           proceedings
           as
           to
           turn
           me
           out
           of
           my
           place
           before
           I
           was
           well
           warm
           ,
           under
           the
           specious
           pretence
           of
           setting
           up
           the
           
             Good
             old
             C●use
             ,
          
           which
           then
           you
           interpreted
           to
           be
           the
           Refuse
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           it
           's
           commonly
           called
           )
           the
           
             Rump
          
           of
           the
           
             long
             Parliament
          
           ;
           which
           piece
           of
           a
           Parliament
           you
           had
           no
           sooner
           established
           ,
           and
           vowed
           your selves
           by
           a
           solemn
           Oath
           their
           faithfull
           and
           constant
           Servants
           ,
           but
           you
           turn'd
           them
           to
           graste
           before
           they
           had
           leisure
           to
           fleece
           the
           Commomwealth
           .
           Yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           you
           still
           prosecute
           the
           
             Good
             old
             Cause
             ,
          
           which
           since
           it
           hath
           so
           many
           Colours
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           define
           it
           otherwise
           then
           a
           meer
           
             cheating
             of
             the
             Publick
          
           :
           But
           to
           let
           that
           passe
           ,
           you
           devised
           a
           thing
           called
           a
           
             Committee
             of
             safety
             ,
          
           which
           being
           a
           Crew
           of
           Sword-men
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           of
           your
           own
           Faction
           ,
           appointed
           unto
           themselves
           a
           certain
           time
           to
           produce
           a
           model
           or
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           which
           time
           being
           expired
           ,
           they
           ended
           as
           safely
           as
           they
           began
           ,
           their
           pregnant
           womb
           being
           not
           delivered
           of
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Mouse
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           considered
           ,
           and
           since
           you
           are
           now
           at
           a
           
             non
             plus
             ,
          
           not
           knowing
           which
           way
           to
           turne
           your selves
           ,
           I
           humbly
           beg
           of
           you
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           to
           let
           me
           appear
           once
           more
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           beseeching
           you
           to
           restore
           me
           unto
           my
           former
           dignity
           of
           being
           your
           Protector
           :
           It
           may
           be
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           I
           am
           altogether
           uncapable
           of
           so
           great
           a
           trust
           :
           For
           answer
           ;
           If
           you
           'l
           believe
           my
           Mother
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Oliver
             ,
          
           and
           think
           my selfe
           as
           wise
           as
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           much
           honester
           then
           the
           best
           of
           you
           .
           What
           though
           I
           was
           pictur'd
           with
           an
           Owls
           head
           and
           a
           Fools
           Coat
           ?
           I
           'me
           sure
           my
           Brother-in-law
           
             Fleetwood
          
           (
           your
           titular
           Gener●l
           )
           deserves
           it
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           ;
           for
           although
           he
           had
           so
           much
           wit
           as
           to
           depose
           me
           ,
           wherein
           he
           shewed
           himself
           more
           then
           Fool
           :
           yet
           when
           he
           set
           up
           the
           tail
           of
           the
           long
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           afterw●rds
           suffred
           them
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           by
           the
           ambition
           of
           
             Lambert
             ,
          
           he
           savor'd
           more
           of
           the
           later
           .
           But
           I
           pray
           Gentlemen
           consider
           what
           profit
           and
           advantage
           will
           acrue
           to
           your selves
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           case
           you
           readvance
           me
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           for
           I
           will
           call
           such
           a
           Parliament
           as
           shall
           raise
           money
           for
           the
           satisfying
           of
           all
           Soldiers
           Arrears
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           course
           that
           they
           be
           dayly
           paid
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           you
           your selves
           shall
           be
           my
           privy
           Councellors
           ,
           provided
           you
           be
           more
           accute
           in
           consulting
           the
           affairs
           of
           Government
           then
           you
           have
           been
           lately
           in
           forging
           one
           .
           And
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           in
           generall
           ,
           we
           will
           countenance
           and
           encourage
           the
           two
           main
           props
           of
           a
           Stat●viz
           .
           
             Magistracy
          
           and
           
             Ministry
          
           :
           But
           as
           for
           the
           dull
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           we
           may
           ride
           it
           to
           death
           if
           we
           please
           ;
           she
           hath
           been
           long
           sick
           of
           a
           Consumption
           ,
           but
           will
           not
           go
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           a
           purgation
           whereby
           she
           might
           be
           rid
           of
           those
           humors
           that
           obstruct
           her
           welfare
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           a
           surfeit
           she
           took
           of
           too
           much
           of
           the
           fish
           call'd
           a
           
             Lobstar
             ,
          
           which
           diet
           my
           Father
           fed
           her
           withall
           .
           But
           to
           speak
           of
           her
           
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
          
           he
           is
           the
           very
           same
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           his
           horse
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           with
           all
           his
           furr'd
           gang
           of
           
             Aldermen
          
           are
           alwayes
           ready
           to
           comply
           with
           any
           power
           whatever
           at
           its
           first
           appearance
           ,
           and
           will
           ever
           be
           your
           enchained
           slaves
           ,
           for
           all
           their
           dayly
           consultations
           at
           
             Guild-Hall
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           
             Golden
             Calves
          
           which
           the
           City
           worships
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           till
           it
           be
           utterly
           beggar'd
           by
           their
           sloath
           ,
           who
           had
           rather
           live
           in
           perpetuall
           bondage
           then
           hazard
           their
           vast
           estates
           to
           purchase
           the
           freedome
           both
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           posterity
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           present
           Lord
           Mayor
           had
           as
           much
           wit
           as
           Frier
           
             Bacon's
             brazen
             head
             ,
          
           and
           would
           but
           say
           ,
           
             Time
             is
             ,
          
           the
           businesse
           would
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           City
           be
           freed
           from
           that
           oppression
           which
           they
           have
           for
           so
           many
           years
           groaned
           under
           ;
           but
           as
           long
           as
           they
           are
           led
           by
           the
           nose
           by
           their
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           he
           by
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           hang
           but
           one
           
             Red-coat
          
           on
           the
           top
           of
           
             Pauls
          
           steeple
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           enough
           to
           keep
           the
           City
           in
           awe
           ,
           though
           there
           were
           never
           a
           Soldier
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           whilst
           I
           was
           penning
           this
           ,
           there
           came
           one
           and
           told
           me
           that
           you
           had
           set
           out
           a
           
             Proclamation
          
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           be
           called
           on
           the
           24.
           of
           
             January
          
           next
           ,
           without
           a
           
             single
             Person
             ,
          
           or
           
             House
             of
             Peers
          
           :
           which
           thing
           I
           suppose
           you
           never
           intend
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           delude
           the
           People
           with
           a
           bare
           pretence
           ,
           the
           very
           name
           of
           a
           Parliament
           being
           a
           pritty
           bable
           to
           still
           and
           quiet
           the
           childish
           rage
           of
           the
           
             City
             .
          
           However
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           perform
           what
           you
           say
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           Parliament
           of
           your
           own
           stamp
           ,
           which
           will
           bring
           more
           discontent
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           then
           what
           they
           now
           suffer
           :
           Besides
           ,
           you
           will
           utterly
           crosse
           the
           design
           of
           your
           grand
           Master
           in
           politicks
           ,
           
             Lambert
             ,
          
           who
           when
           he
           hath
           done
           with
           
             Monke
             ,
          
           will
           be
           as
           new
           to
           begin
           again
           what
           he
           aim'd
           at
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           before
           he
           turn'd
           out
           the
           
             Epitome
          
           of
           the
           
             long
             Parliament
             .
          
           Wherefore
           my
           Masters
           I
           beseech
           you
           consider
           what
           you
           go
           about
           ,
           and
           go
           the
           safest
           way
           to
           work
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           by
           lifting
           up
           me
           again
           to
           the
           Protectorship
           :
           and
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           call
           to
           minde
           the
           discontented
           
             Frogs
             ,
          
           who
           would
           not
           have
           the
           
             Log
          
           to
           be
           their
           
             King
          
           ;
           but
           when
           
             Jupiter
          
           set
           the
           
             Stork
          
           to
           rule
           over
           them
           ,
           which
           exceedingly
           devour'd
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           prayed
           him
           to
           restore
           their
           
             King
             Log
             .
          
           Take
           heed
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           that
           you
           do
           not
           run
           the
           same
           fortune
           as
           did
           the
           Frogs
           ,
           left
           with
           them
           you
           repent
           too
           late
           ;
           but
           hearken
           to
           this
           seasonable
           ,
           and
           (
           indeed
           )
           reasonable
           advice
           of
           your
           
             Quondam
             Master
             ,
          
           though
           now
           poor
           
             Petitioner
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           (
           my
           Masters
           )
           if
           you
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           suffer
           me
           once
           again
           to
           mount
           into
           the
           saddle
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           I
           protest
           unto
           you
           that
           I
           will
           not
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           it
           but
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           my
           life
           .
           Before
           I
           will
           be
           so
           befool'd
           as
           I
           was
           ,
           I
           'le
           drive
           on
           as
           furiously
           as
           my
           Father
           when
           he
           turn'd
           Coach-man
           in
           
             Hide-Park
             ,
          
           and
           had
           like
           to
           have
           broken
           his
           neck
           for
           his
           labour
           :
           And
           rather
           then
           I
           will
           so
           sneakingly
           be
           thrown
           down
           from
           the
           very
           Pinacle
           of
           honour
           ,
        
         
           
             
               The
               fortune
               of
               bold
               
                 Phaeton
              
               I
               le
               run
               ,
            
             
               Who
               perish'd
               in
               the
               Chariot
               of
               the
               Sun
               .
            
          
        
      
    
    

