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) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A69793 of text R15261 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C6193). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A69793) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 54066) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 242:E81, no 16) 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. [2], 6 p. s.n.], [London : 1643. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Brooke, Basil, -- Sir, 1576-1646? A69793 R15261 (Wing C6193). civilwar no A copie of certaine letters, which manifest the designe of the late discovered plot. First, His Majesties letter to the City of London. Seco England and Wales Sovereign 1644 1285 19 0 0 0 0 0 148 F The rate of 148 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2005-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-09 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-10 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2005-10 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion 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 . 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 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 wel-affected 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 . 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 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. 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 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 .