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A77448	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	A brief narrative of the late treacherous and horrid designe, which by the great blessing and especiall providence of God hath been lately discovered: and for which, publike thanksgiving is by order of both Houses of Parliament appointed on Thursday the 15. of June, 1643. Together with a true copie of the commission under the great Seal, sent from Oxford, to severall persons in the citie of London. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this narration and commission be read in all churches and chappels, in the cities of London and Westminster, and suburbs thereof, on the day abovesaid. H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.	nan		.xml	application/xml	3155	88	52	Towards the effecting whereof ; There was framed a mixture and conjunction of Persons of severall qualities , some whereof were of both Houses of Parliament ; others of the Court and of the Citie , who were in their respective Places and Imployments to form and perfect this Work , raised out of the Ashes of the late Petition of London for Peace . To our trusty and well-beloved , Sir Nicholas Crisp , Sir George Stroude , Knights , Sir Tho : Gardener Knight , Recorder of London , Sir George Binion , Knight ▪ Richard Edes and Marmaduke Royden Esquires , Tho : Broom Esq , Peter Paggon , Charles Ginnings , Sir Edw : Carlton , Robert Abbot , Andrew King , Will : White , Steven Boulton , Robert Alden , Edmund Foster , Tho : Blinkhorn ▪ of London , Gentlemen ; and to all such other person and persons , as according to the true intent and purport of these presents , shall be nominated ; and appointed to be Generalls , Colonells , Lieutenant-Colonells , Sergeant-Majors , or other Officers , or of Our Councell of War , Greeting ; Whereas in Our cities of London and Westminster , and Suburbs thereof , our Borough of Southwark and county of Middlesex , there are raised and continued great number of Military Forces , both Horse and Foot , who under the command of ROBERT ▪ Earl of Essex as their Generall , and under the conduct of divers others , pretending to derive their Authority from the two Houses of Parliament , have Traiterously levied War , and rebelled against Vs their naturall Leige Lord , and many of our Subjects have been feduced by false informations , by the practise of a few , who have been the contrivers of the mischievous plots , and have joyned with them , either in person , or by ayding of them with men , money , horses , or other things , and many of our good and loyall subjects over-awed by the power of the Rebells , have been enforced to contribute to them for the maintenance of this unnaturall War , and others refusing have beene Plundered , and robbed of their estates , and some committed to severall Prisons , and other barbarously used contrary to the liberty of free-born men , the laws of the Land , and contrary to all humanity , of which injuries and calamities falling upon our good Subjects , wee are very sensible , and are desirous to give relief to our good Subjects by all the best meanes we can , and to resist the violence and insolencie of the Rebels and their adherents , We having no other end therein but to preserve the true Protestant Religion in the integrity and purity thereof ; to maintaine the Laws of the Land , and the liberty of persons , and the property of the estates of our subjects , and the just priviledges of Parliament .	cache/A77448.xml	txt/A77448.txt
