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         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
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             To a gentleman, a member of the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament.
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1646]
          
           
             Signed and dated at end of letter: Newgate July 8. 1646. Sir, Your servant Roger L'estrange.
             Includes [after letter]: To the honourable the Commons assembled in Parliament. The petition of Roger L'estrange, prisoner in Newgate.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Prisoners -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           To
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           YOur
           
             Birth
          
           speakes
           you
           capable
           of
           
             honour
             ,
          
           and
           
             reason
             ;
          
           your
           
             profession
             ,
          
           of
           
             Pietie
          
           and
           
             Religion
             ;
          
           Your
           
             imployment
             ,
          
           and
           
             Interest
             ,
             they
          
           furnish
           you
           with
           
             occasion
             ,
          
           and
           
             power
          
           of
           
             exercising
             those
             offices
             :
          
           which
           your
           
             qualitie
             ,
          
           and
           
             protestations
             oblige
          
           you
           to
           .
           My
           
             misfortune
             wants
          
           such
           a
           
             friend
             ,
          
           and
           
             necessitates
          
           me
           
             thus
          
           to
           
             seeke
          
           him
           :
           having
           attempted
           all
           other
           
             modest
             ,
          
           and
           
             ordinary
          
           wayes
           in
           
             vaine
             .
          
           If
           
             you
          
           be
           
             that
             gallant
             man
             ,
          
           be
           pleased
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           
             suffered
          
           above
           
             twenty
             months
             imprisonment
             ;
          
           with
           what
           
             effect
             ,
          
           either
           in
           order
           to
           my
           
             subsistence
          
           or
           
             health
             ,
          
           I
           
             forbeare
             ;
          
           for
           Sir
           ,
           I
           intend
           only
           a
           
             sober
             representation
          
           of
           my
           
             condition
             ,
          
           and
           
             desires
             :
          
           no
           
             Libell
             ,
          
           or
           
             Satyre
             ,
          
        
         
           As
           for
           my
           
             condition
             ,
          
        
         
           It
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           will
           
             speedily
             ,
          
           and
           
             certainly
             destroy
          
           me
           ,
           I
           hope
           better
           things
           ;
           But
           if
           I
           be
           
             destinate
          
           to
           
             ruine
             ,
          
           me
           thinkes
           I
           might
           perish
           by
           some
           way
           more
           
             worthy
          
           of
           a
           GENTLEMAN
           .
           then
           to
           
             languish
          
           and
           
             expire
          
           among
           
             Whores
          
           and
           
             Theeves
             .
          
           As
           for
           my
           
             desires
             ,
          
           My
           
             Petition
          
           speakes
           
             them
             :
          
           and
           I
           would
           not
           be
           much
           impertinent
           .
           My
           
             Request
          
           (
           Sir
           )
           to
           you
           ,
           is
           only
           that
           you
           will
           present
           this
           
             postscript-Petition
          
           to
           the
           
             House
             ,
          
           and
           but
           so
           far
           to
           
             favour
          
           it
           :
           as
           you
           feele
           your selfe
           in
           
             Honour
          
           and
           
             Humanitie
          
           concerned
           .
           If
           any
           man
           can
           
             object
             ,
          
           and
           
             prove
          
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           ever
           
             abused
          
           any
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           or
           
             Civility
          
           I
           have
           
             received
             ;
          
           or
           that
           I
           have
           in
           the
           least
           
             scruple
             receded
             ,
          
           from
           what
           I
           beleeved
           
             just
          
           and
           
             honest
             ,
          
           let
           me
           
             dye
          
           for
           it
           .
           If
           not
           ,
           I
           hope
           my
           
             sufferings
          
           may
           have
           
             expiated
          
           for
           my
           
             diversitie
          
           of
           
             opinion
             .
          
        
         
           I
           doe
           
             presage
             ,
             this
             paper
          
           will
           heare
           much
           of
           
             vanity
          
           and
           
             ostentation
             .
          
           In
           truth
           I
           doe
           not
           like
           any
           thing
           of
           singularity
           ;
           but
           being
           reduced
           to
           
             this
             choice
             ,
          
           either
           to
           
             rot
          
           in
           a
           
             Goale
             ,
          
           or
           
             thus
          
           to
           
             importune
          
           my
           
             liberty
             ,
          
           having
           none
           other
           way
           left
           me
           ;
           This
           
             necessity
          
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           will
           
             justifie
          
           and
           
             excuse
          
           the
           
             course
          
           I
           have
           now
           taken
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           possible
           ,
           a
           
             providence
          
           may
           conveigh
           this
           
             trifle
          
           into
           some
           
             kinder
             hand
          
           then
           I
           am
           yet
           acquainted
           with
           .
           If
           not
           ,
           
             Facilis
             Jactura
             ,
          
           It
           is
           but
           an
           
             Essay
             lost
             ;
          
           If
           
             otherwise
             ,
          
           This
           
             letter
          
           is
           
             yours
             .
          
           So
           am
           I
           ;
           both
           by
           
             obligation
             ,
          
           and
           
             purchase
             :
          
           If
           
             you
          
           be
           
             that
             kind
             soule
             ,
          
           who
           will
           make
           
             me
             ,
          
           mine
           
             owne
             .
          
        
         
           
             Newgate
             
               July
               8.
               1646.
               
            
          
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           Your
           servant
           Roger
           L'estrange
           .
        
      
       
         
           To
           the
           honourable
           the
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
           The
           Petition
           of
           
             Roger
             L'estrange
             ,
          
           Prisoner
           in
           Newgate
        
         
           
             Humbly
             Sheweth
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           your
           
             Petitioner
          
           hath
           suffered
           a
           
             long
             ,
             chargeable
             ,
          
           and
           
             harsh
             confinement
             ;
          
           wherby
           he
           is
           exposed
           to
           a
           
             certaine
             ,
          
           and
           
             swift
             destruction
             ,
          
           either
           by
           
             want
             ,
             sicknesse
             ,
          
           or
           both
           :
           without
           a
           
             seasonable
             redresse
             .
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           he
           makes
           it
           his
           humble
           suite
           to
           this
           
             Honourable
             House
             ,
          
           that
           he
           may
           either
           upon
           his
           
             Parole
             ,
          
           or
           
             security
             ,
          
           enjoy
           such
           
             liberty
             :
          
           as
           Your
           Honours
           shall
           judge
           
             proper
             ,
          
           and
           
             necessary
          
           for
           his
           
             preservation
             ,
          
           Your
           
             Petitioner
          
           standing
           
             engaged
             ,
          
           not
           to
           
             act
             ,
          
           or
           
             advise
          
           any
           thing
           of
           
             preiudice
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           And
           your
           Petitioner
           shall
           ever
           pray
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
      
    
    

