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<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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</FIGURE>HIS MAJESTIE'S TWO GRACIOUS LETTERS, <HI>Viz.</HI> ONE Sent to the Hou&s;e of PEERS, by Sir <HI>John Greenvile</HI> Knight, from <HI>Breda.</HI> THE OTHER, To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of <HI>LONDON.</HI></HEAD>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_RIght Tru&s;ty and Right Well-Beloved Co&s;ins, and Right Tru&s;ty and Well-Beloved Co&s;ins, and Tru&s;ty and Right Well-Beloved, We Greet you Well: We cannot have a better rea&s;on to promi&s;e Our Self an end of Our Common Sufferings and Calamities, and that Our Own Ju&s;t Power and Authority, will with Gods Ble&s;&s;ing be Re&s;tored to Us, than that We hear You are again ac|knowledged to have that Authority and Juri&s;diction, which hath alwayes belonged to You, by Your Birth, and the Fundamentall Laws of the Land: And We have thought it very fit and &s;afe for Us, to call to you for your help in compo&s;ing the confounding Di&s;tempers and Di&s;tractions of the Kingdom, in which your Sufferings are next to tho&s;e We have undergon Our Self; And therefore you cannot but be the mo&s;t proper Coun&s;ellors for removing tho&s;e Mi&s;chiefs, and for preventing the like for the future: How great a Tru&s;t We repo&s;e in you for the Procuring and E&s;tabli&s;hing a Ble&s;&s;ed Peace and Security for the Kingdom, will appear to you by Our enclo&s;ed Declara|tion; which Tru&s;t, We are mo&s;t confident You will di&s;charge with that Ju&s;tice and Wi&s;dom, that becomes You, and mu&s;t alwayes be expected from You; and that upon your Experience, how one Violation &s;ucceeds another, when the known Relations, and Rules of Ju&s;tice, are once tran&s;gre&s;&s;ed, You will be as jealous for the Rights of the Crown, and for the Honour of your King, as for your Selves: And then you cannot but di&s;charge your Tru&s;t with good Succe&s;s, and provide for, and e&s;tabli&s;h the Peace, Happine&s;s, and Honour of King, Lords, and Commons, upon that Foundation which can only &s;upport it, and VVe &s;hall be all happy in each other: And as the whole Kingdom will ble&s;s God for You all, So VVe &s;hall hold Our Self obliged in an e&s;peciall manner to thank You in particular, according to the Affection You &s;hall expre&s;s towards Us. VVe need the le&s;s enlarge to You upon this Subject, becau&s;e VVe have likewi&s;e writ to the Hou&s;e of Commons, which VVe &s;uppo&s;e they will Communicate to You: And VVe pray God to ble&s;s your joynt Endeavours for the good of Us all; And &s;o VVe bid You very heartily farewel.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Breda,</HI> <DATE>this  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word">  Day of <HI>April,</HI> 1660. In the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_TRu&s;ty and Wel-beloved, We greet you well. In the&s;e great Revolutions which of late have happened in that Our Kingdom, to the wonder and amaze|ment of all the World, there is none that we have looked upon with more Comfort, than the &s;o frequent and publick manife&s;tations of their affections to Us in the City of <HI>LONDON,</HI> which hath exceedingly rai&s;ed Our Spirits, and which, no doubt, hath proceeded from the Spirit of GOD, and His extraordinary Mercy to the Nation, which hath been encouraged by you, and your good example, to a&s;&s;ert that Government un|der which it hath &s;o many hundred years enjoyed as great felicity as any Nation in <HI>Europe,</HI> and to di&s;countenance the imaginations of tho&s;e, who would &s;ubject our Subjects to a Government they have not yet devi&s;ed; and to &s;atisfie the pride and ambition of a few ill men, would introduce the mo&s;t Arbitrary and Tyrannical Power that was ever yet heard of: How long we have all &s;uffered under tho&s;e and the like devices, all the world takes notice, to the no &s;mall reproach of the Engli&s;h Nation, which we hope is now providing for its own Security and Redemption, and will be no longer bewitched by tho&s;e Inventions: how de&s;irous we are to contribute to the obtaining the Peace and Happine&s;&s;e of Our Subjects, without further effu&s;ion of blood; and how far we are from de&s;iring to recover what belongs to Us by a War, if it can be otherwayes done, will appear to you by the enclo&s;ed DECLARATION, which, together with this Our LETTER, We have entru&s;ted Our right tru&s;ty and welbeloved Co&s;in the Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Mordant,</HI> and Our tru&s;ty and welbeloved Servant, Sir <HI>John Greenvile</HI> Knight, one of the Gentlemen of Our Bed-chamber, to deliver to you; to the end that you, and all the re&s;t of Our good Subjects of that Our City of <HI>LONDON</HI> (to whom We de&s;ire it &s;hould be publi&s;hed) may know how far We are from the de&s;ire of Revenge, or that the Peace, Happine&s;&s;e, and Security of the Kingdom &s;hould be rai&s;ed upon any other foundation than the affection and hearts of Our Subjects, and their own con&s;ents: We have not the lea&s;t doubt of your ju&s;t &s;en&s;e of tho&s;e Our Conde&s;centions, or of your zeal to advance and promote the &s;ame good End, by di&s;po&s;ing all men to meet Us with the &s;ame affection and tenderne&s;&s;e, in re&s;toring the fundamental Laws to that Reverence that is due to them, and upon the pre&s;ervation whereof all our happine&s;&s;e depends: And you will have no rea&s;on to doubt of enjoying your full &s;hare in that happine&s;&s;e, and of the improving it by Our particular affection to you. It is very naturall for all men to do all the good they can for their native Country, and to advance the honour of it. And as We have that full affection for the King|dom in general, &s;o We would not be thought to be without &s;ome extraordinary kindne&s;&s;e for Our native City in particular, which We &s;hall manife&s;t on all occa|&s;ions, not only by renewing their Charter, and confirming all tho&s;e Priviledges which they have received from Our Predece&s;&s;ors, but by adding and granting any new Favours which may advance the Trade, Wealth and Honour of that Our native City, for which We will be &s;o &s;olicitous, that We doubt not but that it will in due time receive &s;ome Benefit and Advantage in all tho&s;e re&s;pects, even from Our own ob&s;ervation and experience abroad; and We are mo&s;t confident We &s;hall never be di&s;appointed in Our expectation of all po&s;&s;ible &s;ervice from your affections. And &s;o We bid you farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Breda,</HI> <DATE>the  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word">  day of <HI>April,</HI> 1660. in the Twelfth year of Our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To Our Tru&s;ty and Wel-beloved, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of Our City of LONDON.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>At a Common Council, holden <DATE>the fir&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> 1660.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>ORdered by this Court, That the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor do acquaint the Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Mordant</HI> and Sir <HI>John Greenvile</HI> (who brought the &s;aid LETTER and DECLARATION) That this Court do return mo&s;t humble and hearty thanks to his Maje&s;ty for his gracious Conde&s;centions to, and owning this Court and City, expre&s;&s;ed in his Majesties &s;aid LETTER and DECLARATION: And do likewi&s;e return hearty thanks to the &s;aid honourable per&s;ons that brought the &s;aid gracious Me&s;&s;age: And do declare this Courts ready &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion to his Ma|je&s;ties Government: And that in te&s;timony thereof, they had now taken down the Commonwealths Arms, and ordered his Maje&s;ties Arms to be &s;et up. And further, that this Court do beg the favour of the Lord <HI>Mordant</HI> to return with an An&s;wer in Writing to his Maje&s;ty from this Court. And al&s;o, that this Court do intend very speedily to &s;end Members of their own to wait on his Maje&s;tie.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>SADLER.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Chri&s;topher Higgins,</HI> in Harts Clo&s;e, over again&s;t the Trone-Church, 1660.</P>
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