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The honest citizen, or, faithful counsellor to the city of London.
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A. J. B.
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1648
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Wing B34; Thomason E438_5; ESTC R204756
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THE Honest Citizen OR Faithful Counsellor to the City of LONDON THe City of London before these Civil or rather Uncivil Wars was accounted richer then either Amsterdam Paris Venice or any other City of Christendom How much it is drained since these Wars in glory power and wealth I do leave it to all judicious men to judge It had the glory and honour of Christendom for its faithfulnesse to the Cause of God and redeeming of the decaying Liberties of the Kingdom yet retaining their loyalty to their King and affection to the Kingdom nay unto all three Kingdoms of which ample testimony hath been given But how much it hath suffered by giving too much credit unto fair pretences of those who have not onely deceived it but also Parliament and Kingdom nay have enslaved all three Kingdoms in a perpetual War if not by the providence of Almighty God timely prevented and a speedy resolution both of both of Parliament and City to resume their virgine Principles all being acted by the Grandees under pretence of Religion which indeed is not onely now but long ago discovered to be nothing else but Pride and Covetousnesse to subvert the Fundamental Government of the Kingdom and bring all the wealth and power into a few mens hands which will make a perpetual War between England and Scotland and bring all Nations into this Kingdom upon the King's interest and his Posterity leave Ireland to it self whereby the Pope and Spanish Councel will there prevail the old native Irish naturally loving both Pope and Spaniard which made the Lord Inchequin draw unto him the Lord Taaf and his party being of the British Irish from the Oneals and mac Carta's and the rest who are for the Pope and Spaniard onely These Grandees will bring confusion upon all three Kingdoms and destroy the whole Protestant Cause of Christendom For prevention of this London may have a great share in the deliverance of this Kingdom if it will stand stoutly to its first Principles and intended Reformation and not be cheated out of its Religion Allegiance Power and Liberty London hath done well of late the great providence of God having discovered many plots for its ruine as well as against the King Monarchy the three Kingdoms and subversion of the Fundamental Laws of the Land which all subjects are sworn unto and bound to observe all being hatched by the traiterous Grandees London being now the onâ—ly place that must be subdued by them having already subdued both Parliament and Kingdom to their traiterous commands And if the Scots enter not the Kingdom which undoubtedly they will do and it may be sooner then we think for London must be brought to better obedience or laid in the dust as Cromwel hath often said an act so bad as to be abhorred in any traiterous thoughts unlesse in such great ones as Cromwel and his complices are But if London doth no better they must drink of the dregs of their fury The Grandees seeing there is no reconciliation with them therefore they have changed much Silver into Gold and sent great store beyond the Seas against their slight if their prâ—jâ—cts do not take having no hopes to reconcile with the King who will be tampered with no more nor cheated by them No hopes to cheat or buy out the Scots no hopes to reconcile with the Parliament if once it cometh again to its virgine constitution no hopes to be reconciled to the Kingdom having laid such unjust and forced Impositions upon the subjects thereof especially in time of Peace when no enemy appear th unlesse such as oppose their treason and unjust commands the Army being voted to disband in time of a free Parliament no hopes to have any reconciliation for the Protestant blood they have caused to be shed in obstructing Irelands relief and the distressed members of Christ in that Kingdom no hopes of reconciliation with the Levellers Cromwel having so often changed his principles The Grandees knowing they cannot fight with the Scots and leave London on their backs having for this end increased their Army to such a number that the new Establishment will not maintain them nay in stead of Six and twenty thousand which they enforced the House to vote have made them fifty thousand therefore they must come up to London with such a Plot as the last was to raise a million of money or else plunder them Also seeing themselves apparently ruined upon the coming in of the Scots if they leave London in its freedom behinde them the Kingdom rising about them and if once they receive a foil they know there is no recruting again therefore as Cromwel said London must be brought to better obedience or laid in the dust Therefore honourable valiant and dear City of London be not cheated Will you fight your selves into Slavery and not stand for your Freedom You relieved Cloucester under the Command of that most excellent and valiant General the Earl of Essex whose memory will be ever precious to the Kingdom and fought with the Kings Royal Army when not onely yours but the whole Kingdoms Liberty depended upon that valiant faithful and never to be forgotten Commander Major General Massâ—y and will you not maintain your selves against these traitors to God the King and three Kingdoms which are far worse then the former Spanish faction that abused the King and made him serve their lusts pride and ambition You can never have Peace by yeelding unto them their reconciliation is onely to enslave you and bring you into a perpetual War destroying Religion Laws and Government and bring in all Christendom upon you and in this very time if you stand not to it both wisely and stoutly the House being full having made an Order for their Members not to depart for fourteen or fifteen days and before that time is expired you may hear of some news may affright these Grandees and traitors to City and Kingdom Remember what that shitten fool Atkins said in the Common Councel of London on munday night last Enquire what news the Maior of Barwick sent to the House desiring their direction therein Enquire also what that bloody villain Sir Arthur Haslerigg sent to the House or Committee at Derby-house from Newcastle All the Kingdom is ready to help you for setling of Religion Laws and just Liberties You have had some thoughts of Major-General Skippon to be your Major General he will meerly cheat and gull you and bring in a second Trojan-horse amongst you as he was accessary in bringing in the former and marching thorow your City in triumph with the Grandees and Rebels of the Army who deceived not onely the Kingdom but their own Souldiers being willing to disband and willing to obey the Parliament that set them up but that Crumwel and his complices seduced them But I hope in God those honest Christian souls I mean the Souldiers will no more be deceived by their traiterous Commanders who are traitors in the highest form