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A48972 By the Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the said city City of London (England). Commissioners of Lieutenancy. 1688 (1688) Wing L2851A; ESTC R19320 790 1

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Guild Hall London December the 11th 1688 By the Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the said City Ordered THat Sir Robert Clayton Knt. Sir William Russel Knt. Sir Basil Firebrace Knt. and Charles Duncomb Esq be a Committee from the said Lieutenancy to Attend His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and present to His Highness the Address agreed by the Lieutenancy for that purpose And that they begin their Journey to Morrow Morning By the Commissioners Command Geo. Evans Cl. Lieut. London To His Highness the Prince of ORANGE The Humble Address of the Lieutenancy of the City of London May it please Your Highness WE can never sufficiently express the deep Sence we have Conceived and shall ever retain in our Hearts that Your Highness has exposed Your Person to so many Dangers both by Sea and Land for the Preservation of the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom without which unparallel'd Undertaking we must probably have suffered all the Miseries that Popery and Slavery could have brought upon us We have been greatly Concerned that before this time we have not had any Seasonable Opportunity to give Your Highness and the World a Real Testimony that it has been our Firm Resolution to venture all that is Dear to us to attain those Glorious Ends which your Highness has proposed for Restoring and Setling these Distracted Nations We therefore now Unanimously present to Your Highness our just and due Acknowledgments for that Happy Relief you have brought to us and that we may not be wanting in this present Conjuncture we have put our selves into such a posture that by the Blessing of God we may be capable to prevent all ill Designs and to preserve this City in Peace and Safety till your Highnesses Happy Arrival We therefore Humbly Desire that your Highness will please to repair to this City with what convenient speed you can for the perfecting the Great Work which Your Highness has so Happily begun to the General Joy and Satisfaction of us All. December the 17th 1688. THE said Committee this Day made Report to the Lieutenancy that they had Presented the said Address to the Prince of Orange and that his Highness Received them very Kindly December the 17. 1688. By the Lieutenancy Ordered That the said Order and Address be forthwith Printed Geo. Evans