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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>To the Kings most Excellent Majesty.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The humble Addre&s;s of the Magistrates and Council of Your City of <HI>Gla&s;gow</HI> in <HI>Scotland,</HI> for them&s;elves, and in name of the Inhabi|tants.</HEAD>
<P>AS we Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, could not but in a very &s;pecial manner, have a deep &s;en&s;e of, and be much afflicted for the inexpre&s;&s;ible lo&s;s of our late Gracious Monarch, by who&s;e Care and Protection, we were &s;o well Defended from the Dangers that did con&s;tantly Threaten us from Di&s;orderly Neighbours, for which lo&s;s, each of Your Maje&s;ties Subjects is truly grieved; &s;o this grateful and de|cent Sorrow does not at all hinder us from ble&s;&s;ing Almighty God, and having our Hearts filled with &s;incere Joy, for Your Sacred Maje&s;ties Succe&s;&s;ion to the Throne of your Royal Ance&s;tors, by by whom we and our Predece&s;&s;ors have been &s;o long Protected, and from who&s;e extraordinary Experience, as well as Wi&s;dom and Courage; We have ju&s;t rea&s;on to expect that this Kingdom will be again reduced to Quiet and Happine&s;s; And the Trade by which this Place is only Supported, will be &s;ecured, and encouraged by that extraordinary Skill which Your Sacred Maje&s;ty has in Affairs of that Nature; In return of all which, we &s;hall endeavour with Hearts far more Loyal than any Profe&s;&s;ions we can make, not only to concur our &s;elves in our own Stations, in Your Maje&s;ties Service but be very Exemplary to others, in &s;pight of all Dangers and Oppo|&s;itions; though we have very good rea&s;on to hope that none of tho&s;e will threaten Your Maje&s;ties peaceable Reign, which that i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> may be as happy as Your Maje&s;ties great Virtues de&s;erve, and as our &s;incere Loyalty &s;hould in&s;pire us to wi&s;h, &s;hall be the con&s;tant <UNCLEAR>and</UNCLEAR> ardent Prayers of</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e Your Sacred Maje&s;ty,</SALUTE> <SIGNED>Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t humble, mo&s;t Faithful, and mo&s;t, Dutiful Subjects.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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