A letter from Exeter, advertizing the state of affairs there also, a letter to the Right Honourable William Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of the Parliament. Exon, Jan. 14. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A87948 of text R211476 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.22[74]). 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. 3 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 A87948 Wing L1464 Thomason 669.f.22[74] ESTC R211476 99870200 99870200 163656 2240955420

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A87948) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163656) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f22[74]) A letter from Exeter, advertizing the state of affairs there also, a letter to the Right Honourable William Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of the Parliament. Exon, Jan. 14. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Thomas Creake, London : [1660] Publication date from Wing. Giving the text of a protest to Parliament, passed at a meeting of the gentry of the county of Devon, urging the recall of the excluded members. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 28. 1659". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Lenthall, William, 1591-1662 -- Early works to 1800. Exeter (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A87948 R211476 (Thomason 669.f.22[74]). civilwar no A letter from Exeter, advertizing the state of affairs there: also, a letter to the Right Honourable William Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of the P anon. 1660 1 401 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. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A LETTER FROM EXETER , Advertizing the State of AFFAIRS there : ALSO , A LETTER to the Right Honourable WILLIAM LENTHALL , Esq. SPEAKER of the PARLIAMENT . EXON , Jan. 14. SIR ,

THe inclosed is a Copy of what this Grand meeting to which the most considerable of the Gentry have Subscribed : Mr. Bamfield Recorder of EXON is gone this night Post to deliver it to the SPEAKER .

We the Gentry of the County of DEVON finding our selves without a regular Government , after your last interruption , designed a publique Meeting to consult Remedies , which we could not so conveniently Effect till this Week at our general Quarter-Sessions at EXON , where we found divers of the Inhabitants groaning under high Oppressions and a general defect of Trade , to the utter Ruine of many , and fear of the like to others , ( which is as visible in the whole County ) that occasioned such Disorders , that were no small trouble and disturbance to us , which ( by God's blessing ) upon our endeavours , were soon Supprest without Blood . And though We find since our last Purposes an alteration in the State of Affairs by the reassembling at the Helm of Government , yet conceive that we are but in part redrest of our Grievances , and that the chief Expedient for it , will be the recalling of all those Members that were secluded in 1648. and sate before the first force upon the Parliament , and also by filling up Vacant places , and all to be admitted without any Oath and Engagement previous to their Entrance ; for which things ( if you please to take a speedy Course , ) We shall defend you against all Opposers and future Interrupters , with our Lives and Fortunes : For the accomplishment whereof , We shall use all lawful means which we humbly conceive may best conduce to the Peace and Safety of this Nation .

This City in very great Numbers lowdly exprest their Desires for a Free Parliament ; The Apprentices and young Men of the City got the Keys of the Gates , and keep them lockt , without taking Notice of the Magistrates and less of the Souldiers .

LONDON , Printed for Thomas Creake . Jan : 28 1659