[To the kings most excellent majesty. The humble address of your most loyal ... subjects ... of] Hereford 1681 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B06123 Wing T1515B ESTC R185309 52615012 ocm 52615012 176240

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06123) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 176240) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2765:22) [To the kings most excellent majesty. The humble address of your most loyal ... subjects ... of] Hereford Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Re-printed by John Swintoun ..., Edinburgh, : Anno Dom. 1681. Title from Wing (2nd ed.). Imperfect: Sheet cropped with loss of text. In two columns. Left is address of Hereford; right is address of city of Gloucester. Cf. National Library of Scotland. Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland.

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 eng Hereford (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources. Gloucester (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Sources. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Hereford. May it pleaſe Your moſt Sacred Majeſty.

SInce we are very ſenſible that no Age hath ever yet produc'd any Prince that hath with more Juſtice, Goodneſs and Mercy, ſwaid the Scepters of the three Kingdoms (Bleſſings which our Forefathers never had in a more eminent degree of Perfection, and all other Nations never yet knew) We conceive it our Duty to manifeſt to Your Majeſty and all the World, our juſt value and grateful apprehenſions of the happineſs we enjoy under the beſt of Kings, and moſt upright of Governments: And however ſome ill Men to accompliſh their black deſigns by attempting to ſubvert the Government, ſlily inſituate to the credulous People, cauſeleſs Fears and falſe Jealouſies of Arbitrary Power growing upon us, yet the publick Manifeſtations Your Majeſty hath at all times given to your People of Your Governing by the Laws of the Land, and by no other Method (which we find Your Majeſty holds to inviolably, and and maintains as Sacred) keep us as ſafe from ſuch mean apprehenſions, as we are ſecure from the diſmal Effects of ſuch a way of Government, which we have no cauſe to ſuſpect, unleſs it be from thoſe that ſuggeſt it, nor from them neither, till they have ſubverted a well temper'd Monarchy, and introduc'd their belov'd Tyranical Republick. We cannot but with all humble duty, Loyal Gratitude, and exceſs of Joy, obſerve Your Majeſties conſtant Endeavours to give ſatisfaction and Eaſe to the Minds of Your Majeſties Subjects, not only in Your ſtrict Adherence to, and Favour of the true Proteſtant Religion, but more eſpecially in Your late Declaration, which cannot but ſtop the Mouths of the Seditious and Factious, preſerve from Apoſtacy the doubtful, and confirm the Loyalty of Your beſt ſetled Subjects; And that Your Majeſty may ſee that we are not poyſon'd, or likely to be ſo by any Seditious and Factious Deſigners, we do unanimouſly and heartily aſſure Your Sacred Majeſty, that we will ſtand by Your Majeſty in the preſervation of Your Perſon, Your Heirs and lawful Succeſſors, and the Government in Church and State, as it is now by Law eſtabliſhed, with the laſt drop of our Bloud, and penny of our Fortunes; And ſhall be ready on alloccaſions cheerfully to give You ſuch large Aſſiſtances as (joyn'd with the proportionable Supplies of other Your Majeſties Loyal Subjects) may make Your Government great and eaſie to Your Self at home, and valued and feared by all Your Allies and Neighbours abroad. We humbly beg Your Sacred Majeſty to give a gracious acceptance to the ſteddy reſolutions of us Your moſt obedient and loyal Subjects, which no time, no treachery, no power, no fraud or faction, ſhall ever make us decline or alter.

Your Majeſties moſt Humble, Loyal, and Obedient Subjects and Servants.
To the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty. addreſs the City of Gloucheſter May it pleaſe Your moſt Sacred Majeſty,

WE Your Majeſties 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 Majeſties moſt Gracious late Declaration, which hath like a Flood of Goodneſs, Iſſued from Your Royal Heart towards all Your Subjects, whereby all Men that have not wilfully blinded their Intellects, may be abundantly ſatisfied of Your Majeſties Fatherly Love to us all.

We cannot but remember by What Frauds and Machinations the Subjects of this Your Majeſties Realm in the late times were beguiled, and under pretext of Religion (and particularly this City, of which there was a moſt deſerved Infamy brought upon us by Men of ſeditious Principles, the dregs of which ſtill remain always watching to diſturb our Peace) cheated into a Rebellion, the conſequences whereof was a ſad Devaſtation of all, and the loſs of the beſt of Kings. And we have reaſon to believe the ſame deadly poyſon was again preparing, and had certainly been given, had not God put it into Your Majeſties Heart timely, and moſt prudently to prevent it,

As therefore we are bound to Glorifie God for His Mercy, ſo we make our moſt humble and grateful acknowledgement 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 Majeſties 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 Sway'd by you and your Lawful Succeſſors to the end ot Time.

Several other Addreſſes have been preſented to His Majeſty, as from Briſtol, Lyn-Regis, &c which there is not room to Publiſh here.

EDINBƲRGH, Re-printed by John Swintoun, one of His Majeſties Printers: Anno DOM. 1681.