—We the Saints of the Blest Reformed Kirk, Presbyterians, Independants, Fifth-Monarch Men, Quakers, Mugletonians, Pythagorians, Millenarians, Calvinists, Brownists, Zwinglians, Arians, A­theists, Hypocrits, Blasphemers, Dissenters, Covenanters, Canters, Ranters, Circum­venters, Forgerers, Perjurers, Subornors, Detractors, Compactors, and Fractors, Whores, Rogues and Bawds, Coockolds, and Coockold-Makers, a parcel of old perjured Lord Mayors, and Sheriffs,—a Race of Worthies, spawnd from: the Loyns of fifty odd Non-Cons, Holders forth, whose Daughters, furnish Whetstons-Park, More-Fields, Wapping, and other parts of the Town, with Whores their Sons, & their Pimps, and we are the third and fourth Generation, who now Address to your Ma­jesty and have over-spread most parts of the three Nations—pray you, Sir, judge if it is possible for us to be more Loyal than we are, considering our fore Father, The Rebellious Stalions from whence we are descended—we do confess we are Imps of Dissention and Rebellion, by instinct of Nature, and cannot help it,—it is innated in us to commit Murthers, Plots, Rapes, Forgeries, and all other Innormities, and Villanies, and thack 'em all upon the Papists: if they deny to be Guilty of our faults, either at their Tryal, or Execution, then we cry Mental Reservations are the Popish Principles; and would disjoynt them alive if the Law would let us. Sir, it is our fralties and we cannot help it.

And now Sir, we do with most Insollence, Impudence and Confidence im­plore your most Gracious Majesty—That these Saints of our Communitie and Holy: Order of Rebellion, and Common-Wealth, in whose good or bad success we have a fellow-feelling; that the Aspertion of this pretended Pres­byterian-Plot may be taken off us—for we desire that it may be the Opinion of all the World, that the Papists have had as great a hand in it; as they have had in all the Plots this five years last past—What if my Lord Shaftsbury, in whom we confided, as chief Patriot of the people, for their several Religions and Propertys and Privileges and Encouraging us to put our Paws to the Association; to seize and Assassinate your person and to Raise an Army against you to prevent the growth of Popery, or so—and he failing of his purpose ran away to save his Neck—he was an old Rogue, and shall we be Guilty of Treason for that?

If Oates and Tongue were to modelize a sham Popish Plot, which gave opportu­nity to carry on a Presbyterian one.: Contrived before in Aldersgate-Street and other Caballs—what must the Soul-saving Saints suffer for that? and if Sanctified Holders forth, have taught us to take up Arms to fight for King Jesus against his Annointed—They'll shew you Scripture for it—and if the Scripture [Page 2]commands us to Rebell; why should Rebellion be Treason—and if not why may not we Rebell when we please without being hanged,—like Dogs? why sure it is not come to that? perhapps Mr. Mead, might say it was not only policy but necess­ary to murther his King—must the holy Rollocks his flock be counted Rebells for that? And for the Godly Dissenters to murther their King and lay it upon the the Papists; that's lawfull? For it past the late house of Commons Nemine Contra­dicente: and tho we in the City contribute to the maintenance of the cleanly Dr.—if we had not, he might have discovered the true Plot indeed. And might as well as it falls out: but if our designs had took,—the Doctors oath would have been very necessary, to have sworn the murther upon the Papists. And would have made his past Plots and Perjuries to have past for truth into the bargain—Now for Monmouth, Grey, Armstrong, Russell, Sidney, Trencher; and a hundred-Thousand—more, which are but a handfull of hot-headed fellows,—and since they are detected what relation are they to us; that are tho sober Godly party? no they are a company of magot-headed Rascalls—not worth the Society of the Godly. For why should they undertake buisiness they are not able to go thorow stick with? Now if the project had succeeded; there could have been no reason, but we should have been fellow-sharers in the spoyles, being privy to the conspiracy—but as it stands now—we are as Ambitious to fee them hanged for failing, as your Majestie for their attempting—for this murther and Massacre looks more horrid being divulged, than the Act it self would have done both to us and the sufferers; since the Apprehension of death is more terrible than death it self—And thus Sir, You see we have made our sel­ves as clear of the Plot as your Majestie or any body else can imagine us to be: and we hope you'll look upon us to be as loyal Subjects, as we have approved our selves ever since forty one; and so you shall ever find us, to the utmost of our power—Therefore we beseech your Majesty, not to hang us up like Bunches of Grapes, and Ropes of Onyons: And suffer our Heads to be sold for 3. d. a piece, and set for Examples upon necessary Houses; & we shall Remain your Majesties True, Blew, Protestant Dissenting Subjects.