To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward, Kt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London and to the right worshipfull, the aldermen his brethren, the humble petition of us whose names are here subscribed, and of many other citizens and inhabitants of the city of London; His Majesties loyall subjects. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06141 of text R185347 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T1613BA). 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 2018 B06141 Wing T1613BA ESTC R185347 49521017 ocm 49521017 174238 2264176512

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06141) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 174238) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2679:5) To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward, Kt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London and to the right worshipfull, the aldermen his brethren, the humble petition of us whose names are here subscribed, and of many other citizens and inhabitants of the city of London; His Majesties loyall subjects. Ward, Patience, Sir, 1629-1696. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1681] Date and place of publication suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in: Christ Church (University of Oxford). Library. eng Alliegance -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Sources. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo To the right honourable Sir Patient Ward, Kt. Lord-Mayor of the city of London, and to the right worshipfull, the aldermen his brethren, the humble pe [no entry] 1681 1 395 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. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward , Kt. Lord-Mayor of the City of LONDON , and to the Right Worshipfull , the Aldermen his Brethren , The Humble Petition of Us whose Names are here Subscribed , and of many other Citizens and Inhabitants of the City of London ; his Majesties Loyall Subjects . Sheweth ,

THat your Petitioners being deeply sensible of the many Instances which they have had the Honour to receive , of his Majesties Princely Goodness and Bounty ; and more particularly , in His Royall Assurances of a full Resolution to have Frequent Parliaments ; and both In , and Out of Parliament touse his utmost Endeavours to extirpate Popery ; to redress all the Grievances of his Good Subjects ; and in all things to Govern according to the Laws of the Kingdom : Which his Sacred Majesty hath been Graciously pleas'd , with a most Express Solemnity , to promise , and to publish unto the World in his Late Princely Declaration .

In the Contemplation of a Goodness so ample , and so effectuall , that there is nothing further wanting toward the Composing of Mens Mindes ; the creating of a Right Understanding betwixt his Majesty and his Liege-People ; and ( under Gods Providence ) toward the Establishment of a Distracted Nation in Agreement , Peace , and Plenty ; saving only the Dutiful Return of Veneration and Obedience , from the Subject , in acknowledgement of the Fatherly Tenderness of so Indulgent a Sovereign .

Your Humble Petitioners cannot but in Reverence , and Gratitude , Declare , that We are Unanimously Resolved to lay our Lives and Fortunes at His Majesties Feet , in Defence of his Sacred Person , against all Opposition whatsoever ; and in the Maintenance of the Established Religion , and the Government both of Church and State , as it is setled by Law ; pursuant to the Tenour of his Majesties Royal Declaration , and the Duty of all Loyal Subjects .

May it Therefore please your Lordship , and this Honourable Court , to present This our Humble Aadress , Declaration , and Resolution , to his most Gracious Majesty , in such manner as unto You shall seem meet ;

And Your Petitioners ( as in Duty bound ) shall ever Pray .