A letter of His Excellencie the Lord General Monck, to the Speaker of the Parl. From Guild-Hall, London Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A76009 of text R211555 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.23[39]). 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 A76009 Wing A858 Thomason 669.f.23[39] ESTC R211555 99870271 99870271 163695 2240952112

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A76009) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163695) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f23[39]) A letter of His Excellencie the Lord General Monck, to the Speaker of the Parl. From Guild-Hall, London Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Macock, in the year 1659. [i.e. 1660] London : Dated: Guildhall Feb 9. 1659. Includes two Parliamentary responses, both dated: Thursday, February 9. 1659. Enquiring whether he shall destroy the gates and portcullises of the City of London. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Feb: 13." Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A76009 R211555 (Thomason 669.f.23[39]). civilwar no A letter of His Excellencie the Lord General Monck, to the Speaker of the Parl. from Guild-Hall, London. Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of 1660 1 545 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. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A LETTER Of His Excellencie The Lord General Monck , To the Speaker of the Parl. From Guild-Hall , London . Right Honourable ,

IN obedience to the Commands received from the Council last night , I marched with your Forces into the City this morning , and have secured all the persons except two , ordered to be secured , which two were not to be found : The Posts and Chaines I have given order to be taken away , but have hitherto forborn the taking down of the Gates and Portcullises , because it will in all likelihood exasperate the City ; and I have good ground of hopes from them , that they will Levy the Assess ; They desiring onely first to meet in Common-Council , which they intend to do to morrow morning . It seems probable to me , that they will yeild obedience to your Commands , and be brought to a friendly Complyance with you ; for which reason I have suspended the execution of your Commands touching the Gates and Portcullises , till I know your further pleasure therein , which I desire I may by this Bearer ; I shall onely desire , that ( so your Commands may be answered with due obedience ) such tenderness may be used towards them , as may gain their affections ; They desired the Restauration of those Members of their Common-Council that are secured , which desires of theirs I shall onely commend to your grave Consideration , to do therein as you shall think most expedient , and , in attendance upon your further Commands , Remain

Guildhall Feb 9. 1659. Your most Humble and Obedient Servant . George Monck . To the Right Honourable William Lenthal , Speaker to the Parliament of the Common-Wealth of England at Westminster . POSTSCRIPT .

I shall become an humble suiter to you , That You will be pleased to hasten your Qualifications , that the Writs may be sent out ; I can assure you it will tend much to the Peace of the Country , and satisfie many honest Men .

Thursday Afternoon , January 9. 1659.

THis Letter from General George Monck from Guild-Hall , London , of the 9th of February , 1659 , was read .

Resolved , Upon the Question by the Parliament , That the Answer to this Letter be , to send General Monck the Resolve of the Parliament , That the Gates of the City of London , and the Portcullises thereof be forthwith destroyed ; And that he be ordered to put the said Vote in Execution accordingly , and that M. Scot and M. Pury do go to General Monck and acquaint him with these Votes .

Tho. St. Nicholas , Clerk to the Parliament .
Thursday , February 9. 1659.

REsolved upon the Question by the Parliament , That the Gates of the City of London , and the Portcullises thereof be forthwith destroyed , and that the Commissioners for the Army do take Order that the same be done accordingly .

Tho. St. Nicholas , Clerk to the Parliament .

LONDON , Printed by John Macock , in the Year 1659.