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<HEAD>TWO LETTERS
FROM
Vice-Admiral John Lavv&s;on,
The one, To the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of the City of London; To be
communicated to the Court of Aldermen, and Common-Council of the &s;aid City.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The other, to the Honorable the Commi&s;sioners for the Militia of the City of
London. <DATE>Dated December the 28. 1659.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORD,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVHen Alderman <HI>Fook,</HI> and the other Two worthy Gentlemen Commi&s;&s;ioners
were here from your Lord&s;hips Court of Aldermen, and Common Council, the
25th in&s;tant, they acquainted Me, and the Officers pre&s;ent, with what they had in their In|&s;tructions;
and al&s;o propounded, that We would appoint &s;ome number, to joyn with the like
number, in the behalf of the City, telling Us, That the like proportion was &s;ent to <HI>Port&s;mouth</HI>
for an equal number in the behalf of the Army; and that the&s;e Commi&s;sioners in beha<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">f of
Army, City, and Navie, might advi&s;e together, con&s;ider and agree of &s;ome things to be offe|red
to the Parliament, in order to the &s;ettlement of the Government of the Nation; unto
which We promi&s;ed to return you an&s;wer by &s;ome of our own within few days, which We
give as followeth, That the Parliament being now returned to the Exerci&s;e and Di&s;charge
of their Tru&s;t and Authority, We are bound by Duty, as We are Servants to Them and
the Commonwealth, to yield Obedience to Them, and to acquie&s;ce in the Judgment of Par|liament,
as to Government. And as we have publiquely di&s;claimed the Intere&s;t of <HI>Charles
Stuart,</HI> and all his Adherents, or any Intere&s;t that &s;hall adde thereunto; &s;o We humbly ap|prehend,
if your Lord&s;hips Court of Aldermen, and Common Council, improve your Authority
in the Government of the City again&s;t <HI>Charls Stuarts</HI> party, by a total, ab&s;olute, and publike
di&s;owning and di&s;counterancing of them, and joyn with Us in a due &s;ubmi&s;sion to the Par|liament,
it would be a great demon&s;tration of your Affections, and adde much to the
&s;trengthning their hands in the &s;ettling of the Peace of the&s;e Nations, and abating the
Taxes and Burthens of the People, and advancing the Trade of your City in particular,
and the Nation in general; and in the&s;e things, through the Lords a&s;si&s;tance, we &s;hall
contribute our utmo&s;t Endeavours. I remain,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your very humble Servant,
John Law&s;on.</SIGNED> <DATELINE><HI>James</HI> off <HI>Grave&s;end,</HI>
<DATE>28. Decemb. 1659.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Vice-Admiral Law&s;ons Letter to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Militia of London.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>GENTELMEN,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Received yours of the 26th in&s;tant by the&s;e four Gentlemen my worthy
Friends, and therein cannot but take notice of your great re&s;pect both in your Let|ter,
as al&s;o by the Gentlemen, and do rejoyce at your chearfulne&s;s and forwardne&s;&s;e
in helping to carry on the work of God, in &s;ecuring his Cau&s;e, the Intere&s;t of Chri&s;t
and his people in their Civil and Religious Concernments, and doubt not of your per|&s;i&s;ting
therein: And I tru&s;t the Lord will crown yours and others Endeavours with
good and comfortable I&s;&s;ues; among&s;t whom, my Self and Officers here &s;hall be
found ready to contribute to the utmo&s;t of our Capacities; and if in any thing we may
adde to your A&s;si&s;tance, you may be very confident of our forwardne&s;s: I have not
further, but what the&s;e Gentlemen will acquaint you withall, and that I am</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>James</HI> off <HI>Grave&s;end,</HI>
<DATE>28. <HI>of</HI> Decem. 1659.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your a&s;sured Loving Friend and Servant,
John Law&s;on.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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