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<P>HIS MAJESTIES GRACIOUS MESSAGE To the Citizens of LONDON, And His new and finall Propo&s;itions for <HI>Peace,</HI> to be forth|with publi&s;hed, throughout the &s;everall Wards and Pari&s;hes, within the <HI>Cities</HI> of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin|&s;ter, Middle&s;ex, Surrey</HI> and parts adjacent.</P>
<P>With His Royall Promi&s;e and Grant to be by him Enacted, and His further <HI>Conce&s;&s;ions</HI> and <HI>Re&s;olution</HI> to both Hou&s;es.</P>
<P>Signed <HI>CHARLES REX.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Expre&s;sed in a Letter from Newport</HI> October 25. 1648.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, two Letters from the Nobility of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to the <HI>Kings Majesty,</HI> and the Prince of <HI>Wales.</HI></P>
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<Q LANG="frm">DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon flanked by the English lion and Scottish unicorn, used a a printer's device</FIGDESC>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for ROBERT WILLIAMSON, 1648.</P>
<P><ADD>8ber y^e 27^t^h</ADD></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<LETTER LANG="eng">
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<HEAD>C R</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>royal insignia</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>HIS MAJESTIES GRACIOUS MESSAGE TO The Right Honourable, the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-councell of the City of <HI>LONDON.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD>Expre&s;sed in a Letter from the <HI>I&s;le of Wight,</HI> Octob. <HI>23. 1648.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>HIs Maje&s;ty being de&s;irous to give all po&s;&s;ible &s;atisfaction to the Citizens of <HI>London,</HI> in all things by them de&s;ired, that may pre&s;erve and
<PB N="2" REF="3">maintain the honour and renown of that famous <HI>Me|tropolis,</HI> throughout all future Ages, de&s;ires that he may have admittance to his Palace at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> to be per|&s;onally among&s;t them; to the end, he may the better compo&s;e and reconcile all differences both in Church and State, And his <HI>Maie&s;ty</HI> hath promi&s;ed upon his Royall Word, that for the intire love and affection He bears to the Magi&s;trates and Inhabitants thereof, He will rather inlarge their Charter and priviledges, then abridge them in the lea&s;t; And therefore, to cleere all doubts and &s;cruples that may ari&s;e among&s;t any of the Citizens, His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> hath given Directions (as is &s;aid) to his Secretary, to draw up a &s;atisfactory Letter to be &s;ent to the Lord Major, and Court of Aldermen, which as near as I can gather, con&s;i&s;teth of the&s;e parti|culars, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1 That his <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> doth look upon this City with a mo&s;t tender eye and affection, freely forgiving all former acts what&s;oever, done or executed by them, 2 That He hath given his Royall a&s;&s;ent to the propo|&s;ition touching the &s;aid city, for the confirming of all their ancient Rights, Charters, and priviledges. And 3. That His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> de&s;ireth a right under&s;tanding may be had of him by all his Subjects what&s;oever, even from the highe&s;t to the lowe&s;t, and that He de&s;ireth nothing more then to e&s;tabli&s;h a true and la&s;ting <HI>peace</HI> throughout all the <HI>Confines</HI> and <HI>Territories</HI> of his <HI>Ma|jesties</HI> langui&s;hing and bleeding <HI>Kingdoms,</HI> which <HI>God</HI> grant may be &s;peedily faciliated and effected.</P>
<P>The&s;e particulars are &s;aid to be drawn up into form and then pre&s;ented to the view of the <HI>Citizens,</HI> a Bre|viate
<PB N="3" REF="3">whereof I thought meet to communicate, as the fore-runner and me&s;&s;enger of &s;o gracious tydings.</P>
<P>His <HI>Majesty</HI> hath given in his finall an&s;wer touching <HI>Church-Government,</HI> (a copy whereof I have here in|&s;erted and upon hi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> delivery thereof to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;io|ners,</HI> laid his hand upon his heart, and vowed He could go no further in honour and con&s;cience. After reading the &s;ame, one of the Parliaments <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> decla|red to his <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> that he doubted it would not be &s;a|tisfactory, his <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> replied, that if his two Hou&s;es, would concur with him therein, he knew the wor&s;t on't, &s;aying. <HI>I must return to Carisbrook Ca&s;tle, and my &s;ubiects remain involved in a Labyrinth of &s;orrow.</HI> Here hath been little done &s;ince Saturday, yet as much as was expected, till the plea&s;ure of both Hou&s;es be known touching this en&s;uing an&s;wer, in relation to E|pi&s;copacy.</P>
<P>That albeit, for the rea&s;ons expre&s;&s;ed in his former paper, he cannot con&s;ent to a Bill for aboli&s;hing Bi|&s;hops, yet he will con&s;ent to a Bill for taking away of all Arch-bi&s;hops, Chancellors, and all other their Of|ficers out of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>VVales,</HI> and out of the church of <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
<P>And his Maj. will con&s;ent to &s;u&s;pend the exerci&s;e of all Epi&s;pocal Government for the &s;pace of 3 yeares; and hath con&s;ented, and will con&s;ent to confirme the Form of Church Government now prefented to Him for the &s;aid 3 years, and that no othar &s;hal be u&s;ed du|ring that time. In which time his <HI>Maj.</HI> continues his de&s;ire, that a con&s;ultation may be had with the A&s;&s;em|bly of Divines at <HI>Westminster</HI> 20 of his own nomi|nation being added to the end, that his <HI>Maj.</HI> and his two
<PB N="4" REF="4">Hou&s;es may within tho&s;e 3 years informe them&s;elves of the practi&s;e of the primitive Church in point of Epi&s;copacy, and may accordingly agree in limiting the Bi&s;hops to the councell and a&s;&s;i&s;tance of Presby|ters if it be thought fit. And his <HI>Maj.</HI> will con&s;ent that in ca&s;e no &s;ettlement &s;hal be agreed on within the &s;aid 3 years, That after the &s;aid time, the power of Ordina|tion &s;hall not be exerci&s;ed by Bi&s;hops without the Councel, and A&s;&s;i&s;tance of presbyters. And that no o|ther Epi&s;copal Juri&s;diction &s;hall be exerci&s;ed by Bi|&s;hops, but &s;uch and in &s;uch manner as &s;hal be agreed on by his <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> and both <HI>Hou&s;es.</HI> And his <HI>Maj.</HI> doth pro|fe&s;&s;e That, if in that time he be convinced, that the fun|ction of Bi&s;hops is not agreeable to the Word of God or that Chri&s;t commanded any other Government, he will mo&s;t cheerfully embrace that, and take away E|pi&s;copacy.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Sub&s;cribed <HI>CHARLES R.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>This An&s;wer (it is hoped) will give great &s;atisfa|ction to his two Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament.</HI> For, indeed I his Maje&s;ty hath in effect already granted all that is de&s;ired, only he de&s;ires that there may not be too ri|gorous proceedings again&s;t Delinquents, &amp; that &s;ome thing may be altered in the Bill for aboli&s;hing of E|pi&s;copacy, yet hath he in generall con&s;ented to Deans, Chapters, and Chancellors.</P>
<P>And as for the form of Church Government, His Maje&s;ty is contented that the Presbytery Government expre&s;&s;ed in the Bill be e&s;tabli&s;hed for the time limi|ted, and no other exerci&s;ed; neither &s;hall any other Government after the three yeares be exerci&s;ed, but
<PB N="5" REF="4">&s;uch and in &s;uch manner, as &s;hall be agreed on by him and his two Hou&s;es.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> And therefore his Maje&s;ty propounds, that he may forthwith come to <HI>London</HI> in honour, freedome, and &s;afety, as al&s;o that &s;ome mitigation may be made con|cerning Delinquents in the fir&s;t qualification.</P>
<P>And hath further con&s;ented to the&s;e particulars fol|lowing.
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<ITEM>1 That the nomination of the great Officers of the <HI>Kingdom</HI> be as is de&s;ired in the propo&s;ition, during the term of ten years.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 His Maje&s;ty con&s;ents that the City of <HI>London</HI> &s;hall enjoy their ancient Rights and priviledges, as is de&s;ired.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 That the Court of Wards be taken away; provi|ded that his Maje&s;ty may be a&s;&s;ured of 100000 <HI>li. per annum,</HI> to Him, his Heires, and Succe&s;&s;ors.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 His Maje&s;ty doth fully conde&s;cend to the Bill for making void all Honours by him confirmed under the Great Seal, after it was &s;urruptitiou&s;ly carryed away from the Parliament.</ITEM>
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<P>Thus having given you the mo&s;t materiall pa&s;&s;ages touching the <HI>Treaty,</HI> I remain</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Honoure devoted &s;ervant, <HI>W. RUSWEL.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Newport <DATE>25 Octob. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<HEAD>The Parliaments Votes concerning his Maje&s;ty.</HEAD>
<P><HI>RE&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI> That they conceive his Maje&s;ties An|&s;wer to the <HI>Church</HI> in part &s;atisfactory.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI> That 50000. l. <HI>per annum,</HI> be given to his Maje&s;ty, and his Succe&s;&s;ours, in lieu of the <HI>Court of VVards.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Heads of two Letters to be &s;ent from the Kingdome of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to the Kings Maie&s;ty, and the Prince of <HI>Wales.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat they humbly be&s;eech his <HI>Maie&s;tie</HI> to hearken to the advice of the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> in con&s;enting to the Propo&s;itions of both <HI>Kingdoms,</HI> and &s;pecially to tho&s;e concerning the <HI>Covenant,</HI> and Refor|mation of Religion, which they under&s;tand to be the point he &s;ticks mo&s;t at. 2 That they are bound in ho|nour and intere&s;t to maintain the &s;ame. And 3. That without which, they tell him his <HI>Throne</HI> cannot be e|&s;tabli&s;hed in righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e and truth. They have al&s;o writ to the Prince, dehorting him from that cour&s;e of oppo&s;ition he is in, and from attempting any act of ho|&s;tility again&s;t their <HI>Kingdom</HI> and that he would apply his endeavours to mediate with his Father, that He would con&s;ent to the propo&s;itions of both <HI>Kingdomes,</HI> and &s;ign the <HI>Covenant.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e Letters are to be communicated to the Re|pre&s;entatives at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> by Sir <HI>John Chee&s;ly,</HI> and &s;o tran&s;mitted to his <HI>Maiesty,</HI> and the Prince of <HI>Wales.</HI></P>
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