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may_v be_v present_o dissolve_v or_o at_o least_o so_o limit_v and_o regulate_v as_o that_o the_o city_n may_v have_v no_o cause_n of_o complaint_n xii_o that_o the_o reduce_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o ireland_n may_v be_v take_v into_o consideration_n before_o the_o good_a party_n there_o be_v too_o far_o waste_v and_o discourage_v xiii_o that_o the_o lord_n mayor_n of_o this_o city_n may_v be_v full_o vindicate_v fourteen_o and_o last_o and_o above_o all_o that_o your_o lordship_n will_v please_v not_o to_o look_v upon_o any_o expression_n of_o this_o our_o remonstrance_n and_o petition_n as_o charge_v any_o thing_n upon_o your_o lordship_n or_o as_o intend_a to_o entrench_v upon_o any_o privilege_n of_o this_o honourable_a house_n but_o favourable_o to_o accept_v thereof_o and_o so_o to_o interpret_v the_o same_o as_o from_o a_o single_a and_o humble_a heart_n it_o be_v sincere_o and_o without_o any_o by-end_n or_o to_o comply_v with_o any_o party_n whatsoever_o intend_v and_o 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lord_n mayor_n aldermen_z and_o common-council_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n to_o this_o present_a parliament_n which_o they_o shall_v never_o forget_v they_o acknowledge_v their_o zeal_n express_v upon_o all_o occasion_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n and_o this_o parliament_n and_o how_o ready_o they_o have_v spill_v their_o blood_n and_o spend_v and_o lay_v out_o themselves_o and_o their_o estate_n in_o the_o maintenance_n thereof_o they_o be_v well_o satisfy_v with_o your_o expression_n and_o care_n to_o settle_v the_o true_a reform_a protestant_a religion_n according_a to_o the_o covenant_n and_o with_o your_o desire_n to_o have_v all_o heresy_n schism_n and_o blasphemy_n suppress_v as_o also_o with_o your_o respect_n to_o preserve_v the_o right_n and_o privilege_n of_o parliament_n the_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o to_o preserve_v and_o defend_v his_o majesty_n person_n and_o authority_n in_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n his_o royal_a posterity_n and_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o also_o with_o your_o desire_n for_o the_o continuance_n of_o that_o union_n between_o we_o and_o our_o brethren_n of_o scotland_n of_o who_o service_n and_o suffering_n we_o shall_v not_o only_o hold_v a_o grateful_a memory_n but_o upon_o all_o occasion_n give_v a_o retaliation_n unto_o all_o which_o we_o hold_v ourselves_o equal_o with_o you_o oblige_v by_o our_o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n as_o to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o lord_n mayor_n the_o lord_n hold_v a_o high_a esteem_n of_o he_o according_a to_o his_o merit_n and_o have_v command_v i_o to_o let_v you_o know_v that_o nothing_o have_v pass_v this_o house_n at_o any_o time_n in_o prejudice_n of_o he_o and_o when_o the_o particular_n wherein_o he_o find_v himself_o aggrieve_v shall_v be_v make_v know_v unto_o they_o they_o shall_v be_v ready_a in_o a_o parliamentary_a way_n to_o do_v he_o right_o the_o lord_n will_v take_v
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captain_n and_o divers_a common_a soldier_n and_o that_o after_o the_o take_v thereof_o there_o come_v voluntary_o in_o unto_o sir_n thomas_n fairfax_v force_n thereabouts_o a_o cornet_n of_o the_o enemy_n with_o 30_o good_a horse_n who_o have_v revolt_v from_o they_o also_o by_o other_o letter_n out_o of_o the_o west_n we_o be_v certain_o inform_v that_o a_o party_n of_o his_o excellency_n force_n there_o have_v take_v in_o another_o strong_a garrison_n of_o the_o enemy_n lie_v upon_o the_o say_a river_n take_v west_n of_o excetor_n call_v callyntine_n house_n and_o therein_o between_o thirty_o and_o forty_o horse_n as_o many_o prisoner_n and_o their_o arm_n by_o the_o gain_n of_o which_o place_n the_o enemy_n be_v much_o more_o straighten_a than_o before_o and_o the_o passage_n upon_o the_o river_n be_v quite_o block_v up_o and_o about_o decemb._n 26._o the_o house_n of_o commons_o receive_v letter_n from_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o rendition_n of_o 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