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<P>AN Act and Declaration OF THE <HI>COMMON CO&V;NCEL</HI> Of the City of LONDON, Touching the late INSURRECTION: WITH An ORDER of the Lords and Com|mons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For a Publique Thank&s;giving to be made on the next Lords-day, within the late Lines of Communication, for the great Mercy of God in delivering the City of of <HI>London</HI> from the late horrid Outrage and Tumult.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 13 April, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Commans a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the Act of the Common Councel upon the late In&s;ur|rection, be printed, and read on the next Lords-day, when Thanks is appointed to be given to Almighty God, the Author of this great Deliverance from the &s;aid late In&s;urrection.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Ho|norable Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons.</HI> April 14. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>Die Jovis, 13. April, 1648.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>THat this Hou&s;e doth approve of the Act of the Common Councel, touching the late In&s;urrection.</P>
<P><HI>Ordered,</HI></P>
<P>THat the Act of the Common Councel upon the late In|&s;urrection, be printed, and read on the nexts Lord Day, when thanks is appointed to be given to Almighty God, the Author of this great deliverance from the &s;aid late In&s;ur|rection.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Die Jovis, 13. April, 1648.</HEAD>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That a publique Thanksgiving be made by the &s;everal Mini&s;ters within the late Lines of Communi|cation, on the next Lords Day, for the great mercy of God, in delivering the City of <HI>London</HI> from the late horrid Out|rage and Tumult; And that the Lord Major of the &s;aid City do give notice thereof to the &s;everal Ministers with|in the &s;aid Lines of Communication.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Commune Concilium tentum in Camera Guihald Civitatis London undecimo die Aprilis, <HI>1648.</HI> Anno&abque; regni Domini no&s;tri <HI>Caroli</HI> nunc re|gis Angliae, &amp;c. vice&s;imo quarto coram <HI>Jo|hanne Warner</HI> Majore civit' London, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>_AT this Common Councel, Mr. Alder|man <HI>Fowk</HI> and Mr. Alderman <HI>Gibs,</HI> by the directions of the Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> did make a large Relation of the great Tumult, In&s;urrection and Mutiny which hapned in this City on the la&s;t Lords day, and on Munday la&s;t, by many evil di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons, which fir&s;t began on the Lords-day in the afternoon in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> where they &s;eized the Colours of one of the Trained-Bands of the &s;aid County, who were there imployed for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of &s;uch per|&s;ons as did profane the Lords-day; and being di&s;per&s;ed by &s;ome of the Generals Forces, did ga|ther together within the City of <HI>London</HI> and Li|berties thereof, and in a Riotous maner did break open divers hou&s;es and Magazines of Arms and Ammunition, and took away Arms, Plate, Mo|ney and other things, and did &s;eize upon the Drums of the Trained-Bands of this City, which were beating to rai&s;e their Companies, and armed them&s;elves, and beat up Drums, and put them|&s;elves
<PB N="5" REF="3"> in a warlike po&s;ture, and &s;eized upon the Gates, Chains and Watches of this City, and then marched to the Lord Majors hou&s;e, and there a&s;&s;aulted the Lord Major, Sheriffs, Com|mittee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> and other Magi|&s;trates of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">e &s;ame; and did &s;hoot into the Lord Majors hou&s;e, beat back his Guards, killed one of them, wounded divers others, and &s;eized and took away a piece of Ordnance from thence, with which they did afterwards &s;lay and wound divers per&s;ons, and committed many other Outrages: All which matters being largely debated, and many particulars in&s;i&s;ted upon, both for the Di&s;|covery and Puni&s;hment of the &s;aid Mi&s;demeanors and Outrages; and al&s;o for the preventing of the like for time to come, It was at the la&s;t conclu|ded and agreed by this Common Councel as followeth:</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, This Common Councel doth generally conceive that this City was in great danger, by rea&s;on of the &s;aid Outrages and Mi&s;demeanors, and that if the &s;ame had not &s;o timely been pre|vented and &s;tayed, the whole City would have been expo&s;ed to the fury and rage of the &s;aid Ma|lefactors. And this Common Councel doth De|clare, That the &s;ame Mi&s;demeanor and Outrage was a horrid and dete&s;table act, tending to the de|&s;truction of the City, and that they do di&s;avow the &s;ame, and with an utter dete&s;tation do Declare their di&s;like thereof. And this Common Coun|cel do appoint the Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London</HI> to make the &s;ame known to the Honorable
<PB N="6" REF="4"> Hou&s;es of Parliament, and al&s;o to make an hum|ble Reque&s;t unto them, That an Order may be i&s;&s;ued forth from them to the &s;everal Mini&s;ters of this City and the places adjacent, that they may be directed to give publique Thanks <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> Almighty God, the Author of this great and wonderfu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> de|liverance from that imminent danger wherein this City and parts adjacent were involved. And fur|ther, the &s;aid Committee are appointed by this Court, to apply them&s;elves to the Honorable Hou&s;es of Parliament, for the obtaining of a &s;pe|cial Commi&s;&s;ion of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> for the try|ing and puni&s;hing of all the Malefactors that had a hand in this dete&s;table action, according to the known Laws of this Land. And this Court with thankful hearts do acknowledge the in&s;truments under God, by which they obtained this De|liverance, to be by the Forces rai&s;ed and con|tinued by the Parliament, under the command of his Excellency the Lord General <HI>Fairfax;</HI> and to manife&s;t the &s;ame, this Common Councel do al&s;o Order, That the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Mi|litia,</HI> in the Name of the City, as a thing agreed upon by an unanimous con&s;ent, &s;hall return their hearty Thanks to his Excellency, for his &s;peedy and &s;ea&s;onable Ayd afforded unto the City in this their great &s;traight and danger. And this Court with a general con&s;ent, do well approve of the Endeavors of the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Mi|litia</HI> for <HI>London,</HI> for the rai&s;ing of the Forces of the City, and in their procuring of the &s;aid ayd and help from his Excellency in this Extremity,
<PB N="7" REF="4"> and what el&s;e they have done for the appea&s;ing and &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of the &s;aid Tumults. And this Court do give Thanks to the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia,</HI> for their care and pains by them taken upon this &s;ad occa&s;ion: And they do ap|point Mr. Alderman <HI>Fowk</HI> to declare the &s;ame their Thanks to &s;uch of the &s;aid Committee as are not of this Court. And this Court doth al&s;o with all thankfulne&s;s acknowledge the pains and care of the Right Honorable the Lord Major, and the Right Wor&s;hipful the Sheriffs of this City therein. And this Court do generally De|clare, That it is the duty of every Citizen of this City, by him&s;elf and all that do belong unto him, or is under his command, to be ready upon all occa&s;ions to be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting unto the Lord Major, and the re&s;t of the Magi&s;trates of this City, for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of all Tumults and Di&s;|orders within the &s;ame. And the &s;everal per&s;ons now pre&s;ent at this Common Councel, by the holding up of their hands have promi&s;ed, That for the time to come they will u&s;e their utmo&s;t endeavor, and be ready upon all occa&s;ions to do the &s;ame.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>MICHEL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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