Certaine PASSAGES BETWEEN Some Members of Parliament, and the Presenters of the following Petition.
OF all the expectations of men, the most Justifiable expe∣ctation of Justice is the greatest misery to men, when frustrate; but we whose Names are here subscribed, have most wickedly, partially and unjustly been frustrate of our Ex∣pectations, as we expected Justice to our selves, and the Nation in generall, being without reason shewed us, dismissed of the Conduct of those our Officers, which we are all of us, with many more, certaine of their Integrity, but with Resolution to address our selves to the Parliament, as the onely helpe, under God, that we knew of to do us Justice, we were discouraged severall ways, which made us desist from any further hoping to get any Justice done us.
First, when we had sent some of our men to London with our Desires, which was the Seventeenth of this instant March. 1648. with resolution to have delivered this Petition to the Parliament the 19. comming to the Parliament door, we found our Captaine committed to Windsor Castle, for appealing to the House, against some dealings with him by one that was inferiour to that Su∣pream Authority, which was the amazement of our Spirits to see that just right of the People so trampled upon, and gave us (as we thought) great cause of feare, lest we should be served the same sawce with our Petition, we knowing the honesty and integrity of our Captaine; but yet howsoever, on the 21. of this present, one of those which we intrusted, went into the House upon the r sing of the House, and delivered our Petition to the Speaker, who looking upon it, and finding Captain Brays name in the Title of