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.
To His Highness the Prince of
ORANGE.
The Humble Address of the Lieutenancy of the City of
London.
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.
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.
That the said Order and Address be forthwith Printed.