33 o Mr. N E A L's lid Vol. of the ters, Fifteen Thoufand, as they laid, in Number;. and another in the Name of many Thoufands of poor People, in and about the City of London. ThePorters, with great Eloquence, exclaim'd a- gainft the prevalence of an adverfe, malignant, blood-fucking, rebellious Party, who intuited the Privileges of Parliament, and fomented the ' Iri/h Rebellion ; which, if not punifhed, they fhould be forced to Extremities not fit to be na- med, and make good the Saying, That Neceffity has no Law. They had nothing to lofe but their Lives, which they would willingly expofe in Defence of the Houle of Commons, according to the Proteftation. * The Beggars declar'd, ' That their Oppreffions were fo great, by means ' of the Bops and Pop/h Lords, that they knew not where to get Bread ; Want and Neceffity breaking the Bounds of Modefty, would force them to lay hold of the next Remedy to remove the Difturbers of the Peace, and the Hinderers of the happy Proceedings, who ought to be pub- ' lickly laid open to the World ; and they cry'd ' out for the Lord's fake to be heard, that their Religion, Lives and Welfare might be precious in their fight ; that the Loins of the Poor might blefs them. The Houle, according to its ufual Condelcenfion, order'd Thanks to be return'd by the Speaker to thefe ftrange Petitioners, affu- ring them they had thentheir very Complaints un- der Confideration. To whom Tome of the Rabble reply'd, according as theybeen taught, That they never doubted the Houfe of Commons, but they heard all (luck in the Lord's Houfe ; and theydefir'd to know the Names of thofe Peers, who hinder'd 6 the Agreement between the good Lords and Common. ,' * Id. Ibo A
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