Seasonable advice to the city, in a letter from a secluded Member of Parliament to a gentleman in London.

Seasonable advice to the city, in a letter from a secluded Member of Parliament to a gentleman in London.

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Seaſonable ADVICE TO THE CITY, In a Letter from a Secluded Member of Parliament to a Gentleman in London.

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Seaſonable ADVICE TO THE CITY, In a Letter from a Secluded Member of Parliament to a Gentleman in London.

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SIR,

Fortune aſſiſts the bold; this you need not travel ſo far as Florence to experiment, ſeeing our great Officers of Safety ſtagger at noiſe. Had your City Magiſtrates been confident of their own Authority and Strength, the Iron Gate had opened, and theſe Inohantments which affrighted them had vaniſht, Your City, as Monſieur de Rohan ſaid of England, is a Beaſt indomitable, when provoked; and cannot be deſtroyed but by itſelf, having now Beſides the Magazine of Arms, [...] and Money, (the[?] Sinews of War) that Authority which others want, with the Concurrence of all the Nation, except the common Enemy. All that can be required to a happy Iſſue, conſiſts under GOD in your Reſolution to Defend your ſelves, and truſt to your own Courage: all other Parties are onely Factions and you the Umpaire. It lies now in your own Manage to break the Yoak, and by gaining your Liberty, to ſet us Free. If you joyn with any particular Intereſt, you yield the Cauſe, and ſuffer them to ride you for their own buſineſs, changing your Maſters not your Bondage. If you keep your Swords in your Hands, and your Money in your purſes, the very Tax, Excize, and Cuſtom which you may ſpare, will bear your change and tire your Oppoſers. Above all, ſuſpect Cajoles; Treaties are yet new to you, and dagerous to the beſt experienced, having to doe with Men that hold no Faith: Oaths Promiſes in ſuch a Juncture ſerve onely to delude the Credulous, and gain eaſie ſecure Victories: He that truſts not cannot be deceived. The yielding any Point in Treaty makes way for new Demands, and doth encourage hope to overcome. You will finde it moſt ſafe and Honourable to inſiſt upon a Free Parliament, and take in the conſiderable Vote of the Nation, without relying yon Souldiers of Fortune, whoſe Trade is to perpetuate the War, and their Livelihood to eat up the induſtrious. I wiſh you the Honour to oblige that Thanks which the Peoples Deliverance may challenge. So reſts,

Your Faithfull Friend to ſerve you.

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London, Printed for N.B. 1659.

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Seasonable advice to the city, in a letter from a secluded Member of Parliament to a gentleman in London.

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1659

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A58908

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99826831

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31240

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— Seasonable advice to the city, in a letter from a secluded Member of Parliament to a gentleman in London.,

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