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A32301 The Kings Majesties letter to the Lord Mayor and Court of Alderman, of the city of London, concerning the choice of Common-Council men, 1661 England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); City of London (England). Lord Mayor. 1661 (1661) Wing C3116; ESTC R13191 1,432 1

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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE The Kings Majesties Letter to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of LONDON concerning the Choice of Common-Council-men 1661. To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of Our City of LONDON CHARLES REX RIGHT Trusty and well beloved We greet you well Having received signal testimonies of your good Affection to Us and our Government so Antient and Fundamental in this Our Kingdom whereby the Peace and Welfare not only of your selves but Posterity is most highly concerned and calling to mind the many Contrivances and subtil Insinuations the Enemies of our and your Peace have formerly set on foot to seduce our good Subjects and thereby cheat them of that Tranquility which they enjoyed in a wealthy and flourishing Estate for many years together under the Reign of our Royal Grandfather and Father of ever Glorious Memorie and to the end such horrid Examples as of late have been used the Only sources of those unheard-of Miseries may not again be put in practice in these our Kingdoms and e●pecially in this our Native City for the good prosperity and preservation whereof we have and do use all the care and vigilance we can We have thought fit to let you know we are not ignorant there are some Active and Turbulent spirits in that our City who do not value as they ought our many Acts of Favour and Grace so lately vouchsaf'd unto them which we well hoped might have reclaimed and not hardened them in their wickedness so that at length we shall be forced to that severer part of Justice which we have hitherto waved It were no hard matter for us to paint out those very Wards and Persons who are labouring their own mischief in contriving the choice of such to be of the next Common Council ●s have been too faulty in former Transactions and are known Opposers of all Regular Government ●oth in Church and State We do therefore hereby Admonish Require and Command you to take special care and give strict Order in the general Wards that a peaceable and quiet Election be made and that the Choice be of such Persons as are every way well affected to the established Government both in Church and State if otherwise you will enforce us to an unwilling change of such Elections and We cannot be blamed if We are thus compelled in Matters of this Nature which We are more than willing to forbear and do still hope You will give Us no cause to blame You or trouble Our self in that Particular We have thought fit to give You this Advertisement to the end our good Subjects may against that day which we hear is not far off bethink themselves who are the fittest Persons to preserve Our Peace and therein We will not omit to let You know we shall esteem it as a Character of Your loyaltie to Us if not in this alone but in the Choice of all other Officers You appoint such persons as have been Asserters of the Laws established or at the least not Acting Instruments against them and Our just Rights and such You cannot want in that populous City who are Free-men thereof As to your choice of a Bridg master We shall not interpose by recommending any person to You in that particular but hoping You will follow the Directions given We leave it to Your selves upon this Confidence that You will give us no cause to repent of our former kindness but rather to repeat new ones which be assured We have a very great desire and inclination to As occasion shall be offered and that our directions herein may be the more effectual Our pleasure is that You send transcripts of this our Letters to the several Wards of this Our City not doubting but by the knowing Our desires to prevent the many inconveniences that may happen by ill Elections they will readily comply with Our pleasure in this particular and so we bid You heartily farewell Given at our Court at White-Hall the 13 th of December 1661. And in the 13 th Year of Our Reign