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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>A &s;ea&s;onable Letter of Advice delivered to the</HI> Major <HI>of</HI> London; <HI>as He was &s;itting at Common Councell at</HI> Guild-Hall, <HI>on</HI> <DATE><HI>Tue&s;day the</HI> 27. <HI>of</HI> December,</DATE> <HI>and by Him read on the Bench.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOur very good friends here pre&s;ent under|&s;tand by &s;ome Members of your Councell, that you have many difficulties to wra&s;tle with, which are ca&s;t in among&s;t you by ill-affected Mem|bers to the peace of this Nation. Your Adver&s;a|ries will grow upon you by your delayes. The eyes of the Nation are upon you. Glory or &s;hame will be your potion. Your Authority hath the only lawfull &s;tamp; all others are but pretenders: Re&s;olution and Expedition are the Mothers of glo|rious actions. Sir, you are more neerly concerned in this glorious work then any other per&s;on. If by delayes the work &s;ucceedeth not, I dare a&s;&s;ure you the fury of the People will unavoidable fall upon you: but I hope your good Example will pre|vent the ill con&s;equence of it. The pretended Au|thority fear your Councell; but their only hope is, you may as ea&s;ily be mi&s;led by them, as you were caught by that &s;illy Gull <HI>Fleetwood,</HI> by the pretence of a free Parliament. <HI>Verbum &s;apienti.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your humble Servant and Wellwi&s;her
C. D.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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