Hereford
.
May
it
please
Your
most
Sacred
Majesty
.
SInce
we
are
very
sensible
that
no
Age
hath
ever
yet
produc'd
any
Prince
that
hath
with
more
Justice
,
Goodness
and
Mercy
,
swaid
the
Scepters
of
the
three
Kingdoms
(
Blessings
which
our
Forefathers
never
had
in
a
more
eminent
degree
of
Perfection
,
and
all
other
Nations
never
yet
knew
)
We
conceive
it
our
Duty
to
manifest
to
Your
Majesty
and
all
the
World
,
our
just
value
and
grateful
apprehensions
of
the
happiness
we
enjoy
under
the
best
of
Kings
,
and
most
upright
of
Governments
:
And
however
some
ill
Men
to
accomplish
their
black
designs
by
attempting
to
subvert
the
Government
,
slily
insituate
to
the
credulous
People
,
causeless
Fears
and
false
Jealousies
of
Arbitrary
Power
growing
upon
us
,
yet
the
publick
Manifestations
Your
Majesty
hath
at
all
times
given
to
your
People
of
Your
Governing
by
the
Laws
of
the
Land
,
and
by
no
other
Method
(
which
we
find
Your
Majesty
holds
to
inviolably
,
and
and
maintains
as
Sacred
)
keep
us
as
safe
from
such
mean
apprehensions
,
as
we
are
secure
from
the
dismal
Effects
of
such
a
way
of
Government
,
which
we
have
no
cause
to
suspect
,
unless
it
be
from
those
that
suggest
it
,
nor
from
them
neither
,
till
they
have
subverted
a
well
temper'd
Monarchy
,
and
introduc'd
their
belov'd
Tyranical
Republick
.
We
cannot
but
with
all
humble
duty
,
Loyal
Gratitude
,
and
excess
of
Joy
,
observe
Your
Majesties
constant
Endeavours
to
give
satisfaction
and
Ease
to
the
Minds
of
Your
Majesties
Subjects
,
not
only
in
Your
strict
Adherence
to
,
and
Favour
of
the
true
Protestant
Religion
,
but
more
especially
in
Your
late
Declaration
,
which
cannot
but
stop
the
Mouths
of
the
Seditious
and
Factious
,
preserve
from
Apostacy
the
doubtful
,
and
confirm
the
Loyalty
of
Your
best
setled
Subjects
;
And
that
Your
Majesty
may
see
that
we
are
not
poyson'd
,
or
likely
to
be
so
by
any
Seditious
and
Factious
Designers
,
we
do
unanimously
and
heartily
assure
Your
Sacred
Majesty
,
that
we
will
stand
by
Your
Majesty
in
the
preservation
of
Your
Person
,
Your
Heirs
and
lawful
Successors
,
and
the
Government
in
Church
and
State
,
as
it
is
now
by
Law
established
,
with
the
last
drop
of
our
Bloud
,
and
penny
of
our
Fortunes
;
And
shall
be
ready
on
alloccasions
cheerfully
to
give
You
such
large
Assistances
as
(
joyn'd
with
the
proportionable
Supplies
of
other
Your
Majesties
Loyal
Subjects
)
may
make
Your
Government
great
and
easie
to
Your Self
at
home
,
and
valued
and
feared
by
all
Your
Allies
and
Neighbours
abroad
.
We
humbly
beg
Your
Sacred
Majesty
to
give
a
gracious
acceptance
to
the
steddy
resolutions
of
us
Your
most
obedient
and
loyal
Subjects
,
which
no
time
,
no
treachery
,
no
power
,
no
fraud
or
faction
,
shall
ever
make
us
decline
or
alter
.
Your
Majesties
most
Humble
,
Loyal
,
and
Obedient
Subjects
and
Servants
.
To
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
.
address
the
City
of
Glouchester
May
it
please
Your
most
Sacred
Majesty
,
WE
Your
Majesties
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
Majesties
most
Gracious
late
Declaration
,
which
hath
like
a
Flood
of
Goodness
,
Issued
from
Your
Royal
Heart
towards
all
Your
Subjects
,
whereby
all
Men
that
have
not
wilfully
blinded
their
Intellects
,
may
be
abundantly
satisfied
of
Your
Majesties
Fatherly
Love
to
us
all
.
We
cannot
but
remember
by
What
Frauds
and
Machinations
the
Subjects
of
this
Your
Majesties
Realm
in
the
late
times
were
beguiled
,
and
under
pretext
of
Religion
(
and
particularly
this
City
,
of
which
there
was
a
most
deserved
Infamy
brought
upon
us
by
Men
of
seditious
Principles
,
the
dregs
of
which
still
remain
always
watching
to
disturb
our
Peace
)
cheated
into
a
Rebellion
,
the
consequences
whereof
was
a
sad
Devastation
of
all
,
and
the
loss
of
the
best
of
Kings
.
And
we
have
reason
to
believe
the
same
deadly
poyson
was
again
preparing
,
and
had
certainly
been
given
,
had
not
God
put
it
into
Your
Majesties
Heart
timely
,
and
most
prudently
to
prevent
it
,
As
therefore
we
are
bound
to
Glorifie
God
for
His
Mercy
,
so
we
make
our
most
humble
and
grateful
acknowledgement
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
Majesties
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
Sway'd
by
you
and
your
Lawful
Successors
to
the
end
ot
Time
.
Several
other
Addresses
have
been
presented
to
His
Majesty
,
as
from
Bristol
,
Lyn-Regis
,
&c
which
there
is
not
room
to
Publish
here
.