Basiliká the works of King Charles the martyr : with a collection of declarations, treaties, and other papers concerning the differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament : with the history of his life : as also of his tryal and martyrdome.

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Title: Basiliká the works of King Charles the martyr : with a collection of declarations, treaties, and other papers concerning the differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament : with the history of his life : as also of his tryal and martyrdome.
Author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
Publication: London :: Printed for Ric. Chiswell ...,; 1687.
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Subject terms: Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649.; Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
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To the KING's most Excellent MAJESTY, The humble Petition of the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament.

WE Your Majesty's most loyal Subjects, the Lords and Commons in Parliament assem∣bled, being affected with a deep and piercing sense of the Miseries of this Kingdom, and of the Dangers to Your Majesty's Person, as the present Affairs now stand, and much quickned therein with the sad consideration of the great effusion of Blood at the late Battel, 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 joyn in another Battel, as without God's especial Blessing, and Your Majesty's Concurrence with Your Houses of Parliament, will not probably be avoided.

We cannot but believe that a suitable Impression of Tenderness and Compassion is wrought in Your Majesty's Royal Heart, being Your Self an eye-witness of the bloody and sorrowful destruction of so many of Your Subjects; and that Your Majesty doth apprehend what dimi∣nation of Your own Power and Greatness will follow, and that all Your Kingdoms will thereby be so weakned as to become subject to the Attempts of any ill-affected to this State. In all which respects, we assure our selves that Your Majesty will be inclined graciously to accept this our humble Petition, that the Misery and Desolation of this Kingdom may be speedily re∣moved 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 Ma∣jesty 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.