A petition and protestation of the county of Kent presented the 30th of August, 1642 to the honourable Houses of Parliament by Sir John Sidley, Knight, with many thousands of hands thereunto : wherein they disclaim that late bold and unexampled petition sent to His Majestie, contrived by a few malevolent, ambitious and loose persons, and their reall affections to King and Parliament ; together with Sir John Sidleys speech upon the presenting of the said petition ; also the answer of the House of Commons to the said petition delivered by their speaker.