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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<P>HIS MAIESTIES LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE Lord Major, Aldermen, and Com|mon-Councell of the City Of <HI>LONDON.</HI></P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Richard Cotes,</HI> 1646.</P>
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<HEAD>FOR Our Right Tru&s;ty AND WELL-BELOVED, THE <HI>Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-Councell of Our City of</HI> LONDON.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>Charles Rex.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_RIght Tru&s;ty and Well-beloved, Wee greet you well. Having expre&s;&s;ed Our re&s;olutions to the two Hou&s;es of Our Par|liament of <HI>England,</HI> and the Com|mittee
<PB N="6" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->of E&s;tates of Our Parliament of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to give all ju&s;t Satisfacti|on to the joynt de&s;ires of both King|doms, We have now likewi&s;e thought fit to a&s;&s;ure the two chiefe Cities of both Our Kingdomes, That nothing is more grievous to Vs, than the trou|ble and di&s;tractions of Our People, And that nothing on earth is more de&s;ired by Vs, then, that in Religi|on and Peace, with all the comfor|table Fruites of both, they may henceforth live under Vs, in all god|line&s;&s;e and hone&s;ty; And this profe&s;|&s;ion Wee make for no other end, but that you may know immediately from Our &s;elves, Our integrity and full re&s;olution to comply with Our Parliaments in every thing for &s;etling Truth and Peace, And our de&s;ire, to
<PB N="7" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->have all things &s;peedily concluded, which &s;hall be found requi&s;ite for that end, That Our returne to that Our ancient City, may bee to the Sati&s;|faction of Our Parliament, the good liking of you, and all Our good peo|ple, and to Our own greater joy and comfort. Wee bid you heartily fare|well.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>From Newca&s;tle</HI> <DATE><HI>the</HI> 19 <HI>of</HI> May, 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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