A true copy of the letter sent from the Lord Mayor, aldermen and Common-Council, at a Common-Council holden in Guildhall London, on the 29th of December, 1659 Directed to the Right Honorable George Moncke, General of the forces in Scotland. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95020 of text R211442 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.22[58]). 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. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A95020 Wing T2647 Thomason 669.f.22[58] ESTC R211442 99870169 99870169 163640 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A95020) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163640) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f22[58]) A true copy of the letter sent from the Lord Mayor, aldermen and Common-Council, at a Common-Council holden in Guildhall London, on the 29th of December, 1659 Directed to the Right Honorable George Moncke, General of the forces in Scotland. Aleyn, Thomas, Sir, fl. 1660. City of London (England). Court of Common Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., London : Printed in the year of our Lord, 1659. [i.e., 1660] Expressing their approval of his resolution to vindicate the civil and religious liberties of the country. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Albemarle, George Monck, -- Duke of, 1608-1670 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A95020 R211442 (Thomason 669.f.22[58]). civilwar no A true copy of the letter sent from the Lord Mayor, aldermen and Common-Council, at a Common-Council holden in Guildhall London, on the 29th Aleyn, Thomas, Sir 1659 651 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A True Copy of the LETTER sent from the Lord Mayor , Aldermen and Common-Council , at a Common-Council holden in Guildhall London , on the 29th . of December , 1659. Directed to the Right Honorable GEORGE MONCKE , General of the Forces in Scotland . Right Honorable , WE dare not enter upon the Answer , to the merits of your Honors Letter of the 12th . of November , ( which was the first and onely , that came to us ) without prefacing our hearty and thankful admiring , and acknowledging the transcendent mercy of God , in putting into your heart those Pious and Noble Resolutions , to appear at such an Exigent , to be the glorious Instrument in his hand to assert and vindicate the greatest interess of these Nations , both Religious and Civil . And next , That , your great humility of spirit , and singular affection to this City , in communicating to us , so early , those your just Resolves ; and inviting us to share in the honor of assisting to the obtaining of those great and glorious ends , in which the happiness of these Nations in general , and of this City , as a Corporation , consists . In all which , our spirits were both enlightened and warmed by a spark from your Zeal , and actuated by God to a present activity in our Sphere and Capacity , in complyance with your Honors advice , as we hope , the whole world that hath seen our actings , can bare us witness ; and that , we trust may be our sufficient plea for pardon , for our not returning a more timely Answer to your Honors said Letter ; But we pray you to beleive that it was principally retarded , First , by suspicion cast on the Authentickness of it , by those who had the confidence on that score , to Imprison the Deliverers . And next , by the Interposition of the Forces here , and led out against your Honor , who lay in the passage to you . But now ( may it please your Excellency ) seeing it hath pleased God in some degree to remove those obstructions , we presume by this , to assert in writing , what we hope all our actions since the receipt of your Honors advice , have evidenced . That we have cordially concurred with your Honor , in disowning the Authors of that Force who Interrupted the Parliament , and Ravish'd the Birth-right of these Nations , by daring to null and make voyd Acts of Parliament : And we hope we have contributed somewhat , by Gods blessing , in our Councils , and Actions , to the preventing of the sad consequences of that exorbitant Presumption . How fully and entirely we comply with your Honor , in asserting the Authority and Freedome of Parliament ; a National Ministery , for the enlightening of the Ignorant , and suppressing of Atheisme ; and the Peoples just Rights and Liberties ; We humbly referre your Honor to our enclosed Declaration : And do seriously assure your Honor , that we shall by Gods assistance persist faithfully and vigorously in this good Cause . And praying God to preserve your Excellency , and those noble Commanders with you in those Just , Honorable , and Christian undertakings , shall remain Your Honors humble Servants . Signed , Sadler Clerk . [ The City Sword-bearer was appointed by the Court to carry this Letter ; and he was ordered to ride post with it : Accordingly he went away on the 30th . of December , being Friday , in the morning early . ] LONDON , Printed in the Year of our Lord , 1659.