All worthy commanders, officers, souldiers, citizens and inhabitants of London, and places adjoyning, who have in any kind or measure assisted the Parliament in the late or present warre, and do still cordially desire the freedom of peace of the Common-wealth, and therein, your own safety and proprietie.

All worthy commanders, officers, souldiers, citizens and inhabitants of London, and places adjoyning, who have in any kind or measure assisted the Parliament in the late or present warre, and do still cordially desire the freedom of peace of the Common-wealth, and therein, your own safety and proprietie.

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All worthy Commanders, Officers, Souldiers, Citizens and Inhabitants of London, and the places adjoyning, who have in any kind or meaſure aſſiſted the Parliament in the late or preſent Warre, and do ſtill cordially deſire the Freedom and Peace of the Common-wealth, and therein, your own ſafety and Proſperitie.

All worthy Commanders, Officers, Souldiers, Citizens and Inhabitants of London, and the places adjoyning, who have in any kind or meaſure aſſiſted the Parliament in the late or preſent Warre, and do ſtill cordially deſire the Freedom and Peace of the Common-wealth, and therein, your own ſafety and Proſperitie.

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YEE are moſt earneſtly deſired to conſider the violent and imperious diſpoſition of thoſe whom ye have oppoſed, how extreamly they deſpiſe you, how exceedingly they are provoked againſt you, what bloody Plots they have heretofore layd to murther and maſſacre you, your wives and Children.

Conſider, what cruelty they uſed to priſoners, when they had hopes to prevail againſt you. As thoſe taken at Bramford, driving them like ſo many beaſts before them to Ox [...]ord; then at Wood houſe in the Weſt, where, in cold blood they hanged up 14. upon a Tree, then at Ciſſiter, from whence they drove divers, both Minuters and others bare-foote and bare-legg'd, in a moſt cruel manner to Oxford, where, their and other honeſt mens uſage in time of their impriſonment was moſt barbarous; and how ye ſhould have been uſed, if ye had been overcome by them, as they have been by you and your adherents, ye may more then gueſſe by theſe and the like examples.

Ye ſee, all the favour they have found, works nothing with them, but they ſtill manifeſt upon-all occaſions a moſt deally hatred againſt you, ye ſee, they are ever plotting and contriving miſchiefe what Treaty was there ever with them, that was not accompanied with ſome treacherous Plot, as (if, you remember▪ a Treaty went immediately before their uncexpected approach to Bramford? Alſo 0529 V 3 a Treary uſhered in the bloody Plot of Tomkins and Challoner, and a Treaty at Ʋxbridge, ſome that then played buoty and perſwaded the King to a perſonall Treaty at Weſtmi [...]ſter, as the only meanes to obtain his ends, and which had been then effected, had things been ripe enough for the purpoſe.

But of late, living amongſt you, they have by their arts and policies brought the Parliament into contempt, and the Army into hatred, and have gotten many of their friends into Parliament, and other places of fruit, and raiſed jealouſies and diſcontents in all places, and wroughe the poorer and more ignorant ſort of people into an humour of riſing, crying up the King, and curſing the Parliament: now, they judge a perſonall Treaty would ſoone make them abſolute Maſters over you, and if ye rightly, weign the temper of the times, ye will find they are not miſtsken: But by whoſe means have they endeavoured the procurement of the ſame? even by the means of ſeeming friends, viz. divers Aider. men, and Common-Councelmen, with ſome Officers of the Trained Bands.

By which it appears, there are many in all places that play booty, like decoy Ducks, and have agreed to bring you in love with a perſonall Treaty, thereby to lead you into the next prepared for your deſtruction, when themſelves ſhall be highly rewarded for thir Treachery.

Therefore, as ye love the liberty of your Countrey, the cauſe ye have mainteined, your own, or your wives & Childrens lives & eſtaces, be ſpeedy & reſolved for prevention, by letting your Officers of your Trained Bands, your Common-Councelmen & Aldermen know, that ye apprehend both danger and treachery therein, and that their importunate labouring for the ſame, is to animate and give eneouragement to the tumumuous Riſings and Revolting of Ships. ye muſt therefore ſignifie to them, that ye will ſeek out ſome other more [...]ake wayes to compaſſe the Peace and Proſperity of the Nation, and that in the mean time, ye will make bold to decline their Councels, and adhere to and aſſiſt the Army, under the Command of the Lord Fairfax, in ſubduing all forces lately raiſed by Goring and others, to diſturbe the proceedings of Paliament, the Peace of the Common-wealth, or to enfore a perſonall Treaty.

Do this ſpeedily and proſper, deferre it, and be for ever miſerable.

Learn by Colcheſter, what it is to have bad Magiſtrates and Officers, and be warned whom ye truſt, by the miſchief brought upon them.

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All worthy commanders, officers, souldiers, citizens and inhabitants of London, and places adjoyning, who have in any kind or measure assisted the Parliament in the late or present warre, and do still cordially desire the freedom of peace of the Common-wealth, and therein, your own safety and proprietie.

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1648

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A76053

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Wing A950

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Thomason 669.f.12[81]

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ESTC R210963

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99869711

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99869711

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162874

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— All worthy commanders, officers, souldiers, citizens and inhabitants of London, and places adjoyning, who have in any kind or measure assisted the Parliament in the late or present warre, and do still cordially desire the freedom of peace of the Common-wealth, and therein, your own safety and proprietie.,

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