_The humble application of the people called Quakers._
‘Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, by whom kings reign, to
take hence the late king Charles the Second, and to preserve thee
peaceably to succeed; we thy subjects heartily desire, that
the Giver of all good and perfect gifts, may please to endue
thee with wisdom and mercy in the use of thy great power, to his
glory, the king’s honour, and the kingdom’s good; and it being
our sincere resolution, according to our peaceable principles
and conversation, by the assistance of Almighty God, to live
peaceably and honestly, as becomes true and faithful subjects
under the king’s government, and a conscientious people, that
truly fear and serve God; we do humbly hope that the king’s
tenderness will appear and extend, with his power to express the
same; recommending to his princely clemency, the case of our
present suffering friends hereunto annexed.