PRINCE CHARLES HIS LETTER TO The Right Honourable, the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-Councell of the City of LONDON.
VVE have and shall endeavour to give satisfaction to the whole Kingdom of England, in the grounds of our present proceedings. But we thinke fit notwithstanding, to make a particular addresse to you, being extreamly desirous that the City of London [Page 2]should be fully satisfied that our intentions are just and honorable, for the peace and happinesse of all his Majesties subjects.
And we cannot despair of gaining a belief and confidence with you, when it shall appear that Our actions and proceedings are conformable to our professions, and in order to those publique ends, and that happy settlement of the Kingdom, which we have proposed as the chief end of all our endeavours.
And we further think fit to assure you, that we are so far from intending violence to the persons or goods of any of Our Fathers Subjects of England, or any other particular advantage therein, that our only aym and end is to procure a subsistance for the Navy at Sea under Our Command, that thereby we may be inabled to protect the Ships, Vessels and Goods, and to secure the Trade, not only of the City of London, but of all other his Majesties good subjects.
And being for the present utterly unable to provide for so great a charge, as having been for some yeeres deprived as well of our own estate, as of the supplies We might have drawn from the bounty of the King Our Royall Father,
We think fit to have recourse to you▪ desiring you to supply Us with such necessaries and subsistance, as may tend to the supportment of the Navy now under Our Command.
And being thus furnished by you in this neces [...]ity, We shall immediatly discharge all ships of Marchandize which have been stayed by Our Fleet, and shall carefully hereafter use Our utmost endeavours for [Page 2]protecting the Ships and Goods, and secure the Trade and Commerce of the said City, and other his Majesties Cities, Cinque-ports, and Town, which we conceive to be the only, proper, and naturall imployments of his Majesties Navy; and for which, as for other reasons, it hath alwayes been maintained out of the Customs paid to his Majesty, out of which, as soon as it shall be in Our power, We shall take care to have the said sum or sums repaid you. And so desiring a present supply, the pressing necessities of the Fleet admitting no delay, We bid you heartily farewell.
By Letters from the Hague in Holland it is advertized, That the Prince of Wales, and his councel, hath had some consultation touching the Earl of VVarwicks anchoring neer the Fleet Royall, & hearing of his Lordships great proffers to the Fleet, viz. Indempnity and Money, His Highnesse posted towards Goree, came aboard the Fleet, and expressed himself in severall declaratory speeches to the Sea-men, whose presence, caused great acclamations of joy, and say they are resolved to live and dy with his Highnesse. As for the L. Admirals fighting with them, its said, the St [...]tes do interpose between with 15 fayl, there's no remedy but those ships must escape to vex the narrow seas: there's much ado to raise land men, & borrow ships to make a new commotion in England, but little fruit appears.
A Declaration of the proceedings of a party for the King within the City of London, and the resolution of the Army touching the same.
THE great insolency of the Royal party within and about the City of London, occasions much jealousie from the Army; the hatred and malice of the Royalists being so great, that it over swayes their discretion so much, that they cannot keep themselves within the bounds of ordinary civility, and discover themselves by seeking their private revenge; as appears by their late horrid action executed upon certain Members of the Army neer the Strand, who by some of the bloudy Conspirators were most barbarously murthered in their Beds. This inhumane Design strikes terrour to the well-affected party, who being much perplexed thereat, acquaints the Army therewith; insomuch that some of the commanders forthwith sends a letter to the City, the effect whereof followeth.
We are much startled at the insolency of the trayterous slaves in London, to kill two Officers of our Army, one in his bed, and the other with a cowardly stab, and of their intended attempt to pistoll our Generall, besides many assaults upon Members of Parliament, and their Design to have massacred fourscore of them.
We do protest, if the Royall slaves continue their insolency, and put uny of these Designs into execution, we will for every mans life take one hundred of their owr party, and according to the quality of each massacred person, and will hang up their heads on spires of steeples, that the world may see the just judgment of God upon these Rebels and Traytors, which his Maiesty confesses are [Page 5]guilty of all the innocent bloud of the four bundred thousand soules that have perished in this War.
This Letter was thought fit to be published to the view of all persons whatsoever, whereby all whom it may concern, may take notice of the sense and resolution of the Army, and their reall and candid Desires to prevent the effusion of bloud for the future.
And do further declare, That they look upon the city of London, with a tender eye and affection, being resolved to ingage both life and fortunes, for the defence and preservation thereof, against all opposition whatsoever.
Further declaring▪ That it is the resolution and desire of the army, to use their utmost endeavours for the supporting all those who have adhered to them, even in the great and perilous times of War, and to act upon such principles, that may tend to the publique safety of this Kingdom.
ON Tuesday Octob. 3. By an Expresse from Scotland it was advertized, That the Royalists of England have been very active in the Kingdom of Denmark; for the arming of a party against this Kingdom, and after some consultation touching the present affairs of this Nation, 10000 Arms were designed for them by the Danes, and shipping appointed to transport t [...]em into Scotland, who accordingly arrived in Lieth Road, thinking to joyn with the Scots Royalists, but being discovered by the Marq. of Argyle, a party were commanded out in severall long Boats, and smal Vessels, who soon boarded the Danish ships, seized on all the Ordnance, arms and ammunition, and secured the ships in the Harbour.
A bloudy Fight at Sea.
On Tuesday last, we received intelligence from Kent and Essex, That there hath hapned a bloudy Fight neer Rye, an English Haven town, and garrison'd by the Parliament, the manner thus. Major Gibbon (the Governour) being allarm'd from an Irish-man of War, who had chased three ships belonging to the said Garrison, immediatly man'd severall long Boats with musketiers and made towards him, and after a bloudy and sharp dispute, rescued the Rye ships, and killed nine of the Rebels, with the losse of two men
On Wednesday Octob. 4. Both Houses debated His Maj. Letter, and voted, That the said Letter is unsatisfactory, declaring, That they will proceed according to the Propositions, and none other. His Majesty re-assumed the Treaty on Munday, but its hoped that He will concur in matter and form to what the Parliament desire.