TO
THE
KINGS
Most
Excellent
MAJESTY
.
The
most
Humble
Address
of
the
MAYOR
,
ALDERMEN
,
SHERIFFS
,
and
COMMON-COUNCIL
of
the
City
of
GLOUCESTER
.
May
it
please
Your
most
Sacred
Majesty
,
WE
Your
Majesty's
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
Majesty's
most
gracious
late
Declaration
,
which
hath
like
a
Flood
of
Goodness
issued
from
your
Royal
Heart
toward
all
Your
Subjects
;
whereby
all
Men
that
have
not
wilfully
blinded
their
Intellects
,
may
be
abundantly
satisfied
of
Your
Majesty's
Fatherly
Love
to
us
all
.
We
cannot
but
remember
by
what
Frauds
and
Machinations
the
Subjects
of
this
Your
Majesty's
Realm
in
the
late
Times
were
beguiled
,
and
under
pretext
of
Religion
(
and
particularly
this
City
,
by
which
there
was
a
most
deserved
Infamy
brought
upon
us
by
Men
of
Sedicious
Principles
,
the
Dregs
of
which
still
remain
always
watching
to
disturb
our
Peace
)
cheated
into
a
Rebellion
,
the
Consequences
whereof
were
a
sad
Devastation
of
all
,
and
the
loss
of
the
best
of
Kings
.
And
we
have
reason
to
believe
the
same
deadly
Poison
was
again
preparing
,
and
had
certainly
been
given
,
had
not
GOD
put
it
into
Your
Majesty's
Heart
timely
and
most
speedily
to
prevent
it
.
And
therefore
as
we
are
bound
to
glorifie
God
for
his
Mercy
,
so
we
make
our
most
humble
and
grateful
Acknowledgment
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
Majesty's
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
swayed
by
You
,
and
Your
lawful
Successors
,
to
the
end
of
Time
.
This
Address
was
presented
to
His
Majesty
on
Friday
,
the
Sixth
of
this
instant
May.