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<P>A COPIE Of certaine LETTERS, Which Manife&s;t the De&s;igne of the late di&s;covered PLOT. FIRST, His MAjESTIES Letter to the City of LONDON. Secondly, The Lord DIGBIES Letter to Sir <HI>Bazill Brooke.</HI> La&s;tly, Other intercepted Letters touching the &s;ame Bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, with the &s;ix Propo&s;itions of the City to His Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>Printed in the Yeare, 1643.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letters">
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<HEAD TYPE="illustration"><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon or coat of arms</FIGDESC>
<P><LABEL>C R</LABEL></P>
<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Letter.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>_TRu&s;ty and welbeloved, Wee greet you well. </SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>When Wee remember the many Acts of Grace and favour Wee and Our Royall Predece&s;&s;ors have confer|red upon that Our City of <HI>London,</HI> and the many Examples of eminent Dutie and Loyalty, for which that City hath beene likewi&s;e famous, Wee are willing to beleeve, notwith&s;tanding the great defection Wee have found in that place, that all men are not &s;o farre degenerated from their Affection to Vs &amp; to the Peace of the Kingdome, as to de&s;ire a continuance of the mi&s;eries they now feel; &amp; therefore being informed, that there is a de&s;ire in &s;ome
<PB N="2" REF="3"> principall Per&s;ons of that City to pre&s;ent a Petition to Vs, which may tend to the procuring a good under|&s;tanding betweene Vs and that Our City, whereby the Peace of the whole Kingdome may be procured: Wee have thought fit to let you know, That Wee are ready to receive any &s;uch Petition, and the Per|&s;ons who &s;hall be imployed to pre&s;ent the &s;ame to Vs, &s;hall have a &s;afe Conduct; And you &s;hall a&s;&s;ure all Our good Subjects of that Our City, who&s;e hearts are touched with any &s;en&s;e of Duty to Vs, or of Love to the Religion and Lawes e&s;tabli&s;hed, in the quiet and peaceable Fruition whereof they and their An|ce&s;tors have enjoyed &s;o great Happine&s;&s;e, That Wee have neither pa&s;t any Act, nor made any Profe&s;&s;ion or Prote&s;tation for the maintenance and Defence of the true Prote&s;tant Religion, and the Liberty of the Sub|ject, which Wee will not mo&s;t &s;trictly and religiou&s;ly ob&s;erve; and for the which, Wee will not be alwayes ready to give them any &s;ecurity can be devi&s;ed. And of the&s;e Our Gracious Letters, Wee expect a &s;peedy An&s;wer from You. And &s;o Wee bid You farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at Oxford, <DATE>28. Decemb. 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To Our tru&s;ty and welbeloved, Our Lord Major and Al|dermen of Our City of <HI>London,</HI> and to all other Our wel-affected Subjects of that City.</TRAILER>
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<P>There was another Letter from the King to the City, dated the 2. of January in&s;tant, verbatim as this is, onely the la&s;t was thus directed,</P>
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<HEAD>To Our tru&s;ty and welbeloved, Our Lord Major, the Al|dermen, and Common-Councell of Our City of <HI>London.</HI></HEAD>
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<HEAD>The Lord Digbies Letter to Sir Bazil Brooke.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe King and Queen have both commanded me to give you thanks in their name, for your care and diligence in their &s;ervice; and His Maje&s;ty hath &s;o much confidence in your di&s;cretion and wari|ne&s;&s;e not to be deluded, that in hopes of the good effects towards a happy peace, which you &s;eeme to promi&s;e your &s;elfe from this negotiation, His Maje&s;ty is plea|&s;ed to de&s;cend very far in writing &s;o gracious a Letter to tho&s;e, who may &s;eeme to have de&s;erved &s;o ill of him.</P>
<P>I &s;end you herewithall a Copy of the Letter it &s;elfe, which varies onely in the &s;tile, not in the matter, from that draught which was &s;ent downe hither; which, (if you like, and continue confident, that it might be effectuall to &s;o ble&s;&s;ed an end, as Peace and Union) you are to de|liver to tho&s;e parties, &s;econded with a&s;&s;urances of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t gracious and &s;incere inclination, to give them full &s;atisfaction in all their rea&s;onable de&s;ires; but if you &s;hall finde cau&s;e to le&s;&s;en the beliefe you had of a powerfull effect by this Letter of His Maje&s;ties, it is then
<PB N="4" REF="4"> recommended to your di&s;cretion, to forbear the delive|ry of it; &s;ince it would be a very unfit thing, to impo&s;e &s;o great a grace and conde&s;cending of His Maje&s;ty to ha|zards of being made fru&s;trate and contemned, God &s;end you happy &s;ucce&s;&s;e in this great undertaking: I profe&s;&s;e it is that, wherein my belief and rea&s;on goe along more comfortably then with any thing that I have known in projection &s;ince the&s;e troubles: but it is not fit to wade further into the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e this hazardous way; and therefore I &s;hall adde no more, but that I am,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>your very affectionate &s;ervant,</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE>Decemb. 29. 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THis inclo&s;ed &s;hall &s;erve for you, a&s;well as for him to whom it is directed: lo&s;e no time, you were expected here every day this weeke: if you can bring this bu&s;ine&s;se to a happy conclu|&s;ion, be&s;ides the generall good, it will be for your owne particular, the be&s;t that ever you did. If you come not with this bearer, I pray you &s;end me by him the furred Coate I wrote to you for: make all the po&s;&s;ible ha&s;te you can, that the Petitions may &s;peedily be &s;ent hither, and a&s;&s;ure your friends, that if they performe their parts of the &s;ix propo&s;itions, I am confident, the K. will con|de&s;cend to their de&s;ires.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Decemb. 30 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Letter, intituled, to the man in the Moon.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I wrote to you formerly, but never had any an&s;wer. I a&s;&s;ure you faithfully, I have not bin wanting to doe what you de&s;ired (as you may perceive by the effects) and if you have not your de&s;ire, blame your &s;elves: But give me leave to tell you, that if you neglect the oppor|tunity now offered you, it may be, you &s;hall never have the like againe; for I have made Her whom you have given ju&s;t occa&s;ion to be your wor&s;t friend, to be your
<PB N="6" REF="5"> be&s;t, and the onely in&s;trument to procure what here is &s;ent you; and be confident &s;he &s;hall &s;till be &s;o, provided you doe your parts. Con&s;ider, I be&s;eech you, what a gate is opened by bringing in of the Scots, for the de|&s;truction of this Kingdom: if there be not a peace (which I pray God Almighty to &s;end &s;peedily) you mu&s;t ex|pect armies of &s;trangers from &s;everall places, who are now a preparing, who certainely at their in-comming will over-runne the whole Kingdome, and when it is pa&s;t remedy, you will &s;ee your owne errour: therefore (to prevent more mi&s;ery then I am able to expre&s;&s;e to this deplorable Kingdome and the effu&s;ion of the blood of millions of men, women, and children, which mu&s;t in|fallibly be this &s;ummer) apply your &s;elves in an humble and &s;ubmi&s;&s;ive way to His Maje&s;ty, whom, I know, you will finde ready with armes out-&s;tretched to receive you both to favour and mercy, and even grant you graces beyond expectation: Deferre no time for Gods &s;ake, and what you will do, do &s;peedily; I &s;ay againe, do it &s;peedily, and lo&s;e no time for rea&s;ons I may not write.</P>
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<HEAD>The &s;ix Propo&s;itions of the City to His Maje&s;ty.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>1. <HI>INprimis,</HI> That one part of the Exci&s;e be allotted for the pay|ment of tho&s;e monies taken up by His Maje&s;ty in the&s;e times of Warre.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That another part of the Exci&s;e be allotted for the payment of all monies taken up by the Parliament upon the Publike Faith, and for the Iri&s;h Adventurers.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That an Act of Parliament be pa&s;&s;ed for the &s;etling the Ex|ci&s;e, untill the fore&s;aid engagements be payd in full to every one.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That a third part of the Exci&s;e remaine unto His Maje&s;ty during His life, for the repairing of His Maje&s;ties Ports and Forts of the Kingdome, and maintenance of His Maje&s;ties Shipping.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. That an Act of oblivion be made, and generall pardon be gi|ven to all by His Maje&s;ty.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. That all Members of both Hou&s;es of Parliament be called to|gether, and that tho&s;e ab&s;ents either by death or expul&s;ion of both King and Parliament be elected anew, according to the an|cient Lawes of the Kingdome.</ITEM>
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