A Copie of certaine letters which manifest and designe of the late discovered plot first His Majesties letter to the city of London, secondly the Lord Digbies letter to Sir Bazill Brooke, lastly other intercepted letters touching the same businesse.

A Copie of certaine letters which manifest and designe of the late discovered plot first His Majesties letter to the city of London, secondly the Lord Digbies letter to Sir Bazill Brooke, lastly other intercepted letters touching the same businesse.

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Title page

His Majeſties Letter.

The Lord Digbies Letter to Sir Bazil Brooke.

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A Letter, intituled, to the man in the Moon.

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A COPIE Of certaine LETTERS, Which Manifeſt the Deſigne of the late diſcovered PLOT.

FIRST, His MAJESTIES Letter to the City of LONDON.

Secondly, The Lord DIGBIES Letter to Sir Bazill Brooke.

Laſtly, Other intercepted Letters touching the ſame Buſineſſe.

Printed in the Yeare, 1643.

His Majeſties Letter.

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TRuſty and welbeloved, Wee greet you well.

When Wee remember the many Acts of Grace and favour Wee and Our Royall Predeceſſors have conferred upon that Our City of London, and the many Examples of eminent Dutie and Loyalty, for which that City hath beene likewiſe famous, Wee are willing to beleeve, notwithſtanding the great defection Wee have found in that place, that all men are not ſo farre degenerated from their Affection to Vs & to the Peace of the Kingdome, as to deſire a continuance of the miſeries they now feel; & therefore being informed, that there is a deſire in ſome [Page] principall Perſons of that City to preſent a Petition to Vs, which may tend to the procuring a good underſtanding betweene Vs and that Our City, wheret the Peace of the whole Kingdome may be procured Wee have thought fit to let you know, That Wee are ready to receive any ſuch Petition, and the Perſons who ſhall be imployed to preſent the ſame to Vs, ſhall have a ſafe Conduct; And you ſhall aſſure all Our good Subjects of that Our City, whoſe hearts are touched with any ſenſe of Duty to Vs, or of Love to the Religion and Lawes eſtabliſhed, in the quiet and peaceable Fruition whereof they and their Anceſtors have enjoyed ſo great Happineſſe, That Wee have neither paſt any Act, nor made any Profeſſion or Proteſtation for the maintenance and Defence of the true Proteſtant Religion, and the Liberty of the Subject, which Wee will not moſt ſtrictly and religiouſly obſerve; and for the which, Wee will not be alwayes ready to give them any ſecurity can be deviſed. And of theſe Our Gracious Letters, Wee expect a ſpeedy Anſwer from you. And ſo Wee did You farewell.

Given at Our Court at Oxford, 28. Decemb. 1643.

To Our truſty and welbeloved, Our Lord Major▪ and Aldermen of Our City of London, and to all other Our welaffected Subjects of that City.

There was another Letter from the King to the City, dated the 2. of January inſtant, verbatim as this is, onely the laſt was thus directed, ‘To Our truſty and welbeloved, Our Lord Major, the Aldermen, and Common-Councell of Our City of London.’

The Lord Digbies Letter to Sir Bazil Brooke.

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SIR,

THe King and Queen have both commanded me to give you thanks in their name, for your care and diligence in their ſervice; and His Majeſty hath ſo much confidence in your diſcretion and warineſſe not to be deluded, that in hopes of the good effects towards a happy peace, which you ſeeme to promiſe your ſelfe from this negotiation; His Majeſty is pleaſed to deſcend very far in writing ſo gracious a Letter to thoſe, who may ſeeme to have deſerved ſo ill of him.

I ſend you herewithall a Copy of the Letter it ſelfe, which varies onely in the ſtile, not in the matter, from that draught which was ſent downe hither; which, (if you like, and continue confidence, that it might be effectuall to ſo bleſſed an end, as Peace and Union) you are to deliver to thoſe parties, ſeconded with aſſurances of His Majeſties moſt gracious and ſincere inclination, to give them full ſatisfaction in all their reaſonable deſires; but if you ſhall finde cauſe to leſſen the beliefe you had of a powerfull effect by this Letter of His Majeſties, it is then [Page] recommended to your diſcretion, to forbear the deliv [...] ry of it; ſince it would be a very unfit thing, to impoſe [...] great a grace and condeſcending of His Majeſty to hazards of being made fruſtrate and contemned. God ſend you happy ſucceſſe in this great undertaking: I profeſſe it is that, wherein my belief and reaſon goe along more comfortably then with any thing that I have known in projection ſince theſe troubles: but it is not fit to wade further into the buſineſſe this hazardous way; and therefore I ſhall adde no more, but that I am,

your very affectionate ſervant,

Decemb. 29. 1643.

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SIR,

THis incloſed ſhall ſerve for you, aſwell as for him to whom it is directed: loſe no time, you were expected here every day this weeke: if you can bring this buſineſse to a happy concluſion, beſides the generall good, it will be for your owne particular, the beſt that ever you did▪ If you come not with this bearer, I pray you ſend me by him the furred Coate I wrote to you for: make all the poſſible haſte you can, that the Petitions may ſpeedily be ſent hither, and aſſure your friends, that if they performe their parts of the ſix propoſitions, I am confident, the K. will condeſcend to their deſires.

Decemb. 30 1643.

A Letter, intituled, to the man in the Moon.

SIR,

I wrote to you formerly, but never had any anſwer. I aſſure you faithfully, I have not bin wanting to doe what you deſired (as you may perceive by the effects) and if you have not your deſire, blame your ſelves: But give me leave to tell you, that if you neglect the opportunity now offered you, it may be, you ſhall never have [Page] the like againe; for I have made Her whom you [...] given juſt occaſion to be your worſt friend, to be [...] b [...]ſt, and the onely inſtrument to procure what [...] ſent you; and be co [...]fident ſhe ſhall ſtill be ſo, provi [...] you doe your parts. Conſider, I beſeech you, what [...] gate is opened by bringing in of the Scots, for the [...] ſtruction of this Kingdom: if there be not a peace (whi [...] I pray God Almighty to ſend ſpeedily) you muſt [...] pect armies of ſtrangers from ſeverall places, who a [...] now a preparing, who certainely at their in-commi [...] will over-runne the whole Kingdome, and when it is pa [...] remedy, you will ſe your owne errour: therefore ( [...] prevent more miſery then I am able to expreſſe to th [...] deplorable Kingdome and the effuſion of the blood [...] millions of men, women, and children, which muſt i [...] fallibly be this ſummer) apply your ſelves in an humb [...] and ſubmiſſive way to His Majeſty, whom, I know, ye [...] will finde ready with armes out-ſtretched to receive [...] both to favour and mercy, and even grant you gra [...] beyond expectation: Deferre no time for Gods ſake, and what you will do, do ſpeedily, I ſay againe do it ſpeedil [...] and loſe no time for reaſons I may not write.

FINIS.

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A Copie of certaine letters which manifest and designe of the late discovered plot first His Majesties letter to the city of London, secondly the Lord Digbies letter to Sir Bazill Brooke, lastly other intercepted letters touching the same businesse.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)

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1643

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A69793

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Wing C6193

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12099775

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54066

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— A Copie of certaine letters which manifest and designe of the late discovered plot first His Majesties letter to the city of London, secondly the Lord Digbies letter to Sir Bazill Brooke, lastly other intercepted letters touching the same businesse., England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I), Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665..

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