To the Kings most excellent majesty the most humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common-Council of the city of Gloucester.

To the Kings most excellent majesty the most humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common-Council of the city of Gloucester.

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TO THE KINGS Moſt Excellent MAJESTY. The moſt Humble Addreſs of the MAYOR, ALDERMEN, SHERIFFS, and COMMON-COUNCIL of the City of GLOUCESTER.

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TO THE KINGS Moſt Excellent MAJESTY.
The moſt Humble Addreſs of the MAYOR, ALDERMEN, SHERIFFS, and COMMON-COUNCIL of the City of GLOUCESTER.

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May it pleaſe Your moſt Sacred Majeſty,

WE Your Majeſty's moſt humble, loyal, and obedient Subjects, out of a deep ſenſe of Your moſt Princely Tenderneſs, and tranſcendent Care, for us, and all Your good Subjects, as well in reſpect of our Religious as Civil Concerns; Do make this our moſt humble and faithful Addreſs, returning all poſſible Gratitude for Your Majeſty's moſt gracious late Declaration, which hath like a Flood of Goodneſs iſſued from your Royal Heart toward all Your Subjects; whereby all Men that have not wilfully blinded their Intellects, may be abundantly ſatisfied of Your Majeſty's Fatherly Love to us all.

We cannot but remember by what Frauds and Machinations the Subjects of this Your Majeſty's Realm in the late Times were beguiled, and under pretext of Religion (and particularly this City, by which there was a moſt deſerved Infamy brought upon us by Men of Sedicious Principles, the Dregs of which ſtill remain always watching to diſturb our Peace) cheated into a Rebellion, the Conſequences whereof were a ſad Devaſtation of all, and the loſs of the beſt of Kings. And we have reaſon to believe the ſame deadly Poiſon was again preparing, and had certainly been given, had not GOD put it into Your Majeſty's Heart timely and moſt ſpeedily to prevent it.

And therefore as we are bound to glorifie God for his Mercy, ſo we make our moſt humble and grateful Acknowledgment to Your Majeſty for Your moſt intent Vigilance to ſave us from ſo portentous a Storm; and do therefore with all Humility and Faithfulneſs proſtrate our ſelves at Your Majeſty's Feet, ſolemnly vowing before God and the whole World, that we are and will be ready to the laſt drop of our Blood, and Mite of our Eſtates, to ſtand by, and defend Your moſt Sacred Perſon, Your lawful Succeſſors, and the juſt Laws by which You govern, both in Church and State.

The God of Heaven and Earth by whom Kings reign bleſs you with length of days, health, and all affluence of Wealth; eſtabliſh Your Sacred Perſon in the Hearts of Your People; diſſipate your Enemies, and confound their Devices; and let the Scepter of Great Britain be ſwayed by You, and Your lawful Succeſſors, to the end of Time.

This Addreſs was preſented to His Majeſty on Friday, the Sixth of this inſtant May.

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LONDON, Printed by A Godbid and J. Playford, 1681.

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To the Kings most excellent majesty the most humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common-Council of the city of Gloucester.

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1681

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— To the Kings most excellent majesty the most humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common-Council of the city of Gloucester., Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685., Gloucester (England). City Council..

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Printed by A Godbid and J. Playford,. London :: 1681.. (Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.) (Broadside.)

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