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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The humble and hearty Repre&s;entation and In|gagement of the Collective body of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and propounded by them to the Free-Commoners of all the Counties, Citties, Townes and Boroughs of the Kingdome of <HI>England,</HI> and the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> to, and with both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT, and each one to other.</HEAD>
<P>WEE cannot but deplore the &s;ad Condition of this lately flori&s;hing Kingdome, which by the ef|fu&s;ion of &s;o much Engli&s;h blood allready &s;hed, and the expence of lo&s;&s;e of &s;o many millions of Trea&s;ure, the pre&s;ent commotions in &s;ome Counties, the imminent danger of the inva&s;ion of Forrainers, (and thereby more great and bloody Warres a&s;&s;uredly to en&s;ue) together with the general un&s;ettlednes and un&s;atisfiedne&s;&s;e of the whole Kingdome, which do all threaten the irrecoverable Plun|ging of this poore Kingdome into the bottomle&s;&s;e Gulfe of de&s;paire and ruine.</P>
<P>All which was we mu&s;t attribute chiefly and before all things to the many crying &s;ins, of which this whole King|dome, hath been guilty, ju&s;tly provoking God to be angry with us, and thus &s;everely to cha&s;tice us&punc; that we may be humbled under his Mighty hand: &s;o we cannot but ob&s;erve tho&s;e manife&s;t and more mediate cau&s;es of this our great afflictions, which we can attribute to nothing &s;o much and more obvious and apparent, Then to the great di&s;tance and mi&s;under&s;tanding, which now for many yeares, hath continued betwixt his Maje&s;ty and the two Hou&s;es of Parliament; The happy compo&s;ing of which we with patience continue to expect in Gods good time to &s;ee effected: and now much the rather are our hopes quickned, our hearts cheared, and we refre&s;hed, that (notwith&s;tanding the late Votes of both Hou&s;es of no addre&s;&s;e to his Maje&s;ty, nor of his Maje&s;ty to them, (which &s;trook us with extreame amazement) we perceive God hath affected your hearts, not only to Vote an Addre&s;&s;e to his Maje&s;ty, but al&s;o to intend a per&s;onall Treaty with Him, the only probable way (under God that we know of) to effect a perfect good under&s;tanding, Vnion and agreement betwixt his Maje&s;ty and you (&s;o much de&s;ired by all) and &s;o to re&s;tore once more the ble&s;&s;ed voice of Peace to this now langui&s;hing and dyeing Kingdome.</P>
<P>And as to &s;o good a work, we doubt not, but you have the concurrent wi&s;hes and hearty prayers of the Ge|nerality of the Kingdom, we being confident that the hundreth man, that hath a con&s;iderable intere&s;t, in the ei|ther reall of per&s;onall, in the Kingdome, but from his &s;oule de&s;ires it, and will in no &s;ort oppo&s;e it, yet becau&s;e we under&s;tand that there wants not &s;ome who having &s;ome, pre&s;ent power in their hands; doe intend and are very likely to the utmo&s;t of their ability to impede and hinder you in &s;o good a worke.</P>
<P>We crave leave to let you know, that what you have don or &s;hall hereafter do, in order to a per&s;onall Treaty with his Maje&s;ty &amp; to the perfecting of an agreement betwixt him and you, &s;hall not only be received by us with all humble and affectionate acknowledgement. But al&s;o we doe &s;olemnely promi&s;e and engage our &s;elves, as in the pre&s;ence of Almighty God, to, and with you, and each one to other, that we will to the utmo&s;t hazard of our lives and fortunes, maintaine, a&s;&s;i&s;t and defend you in it again&s;t all per&s;ons what&s;oever, enemies to the &s;aid per&s;onall Treaty and Peace.</P>
<P>We have nothing further to beg of you. But conclude with our hearty prayers to God for you, that be would e&s;tabli&s;h and confirme you in tho&s;e wayes of Peace, into which we hope you are with &s;incerity now entered: That &s;o you may have the honour to be the repairers of Breaches, and Re&s;torers of Peace, and we the Comfort to &s;it every one under our owne Vine and Figg Tree. Ble&s;sing you, and God for you, which that we may doe, &s;hall ever be our prayers.</P>
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<P>All Free men in the City of LONDON, into who&s;e hands this paper &s;hall come, are reque&s;ted to under write and &s;end it forwards, that &s;o it may be pre&s;ented to the Lord Mayor and Common Councell; and from them to the Honourable Hou&s;es or Parliament. All Counties, Cities, Townes, Boroughs, and all Free-holders of this whole Kingdome are reque&s;ted the &s;ame.</P>
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