This following Address (which was signed by 86 Gentleman and others) was delivered by Collonel
Stroud, Governour of
Dover Castle, to His Majesty, before he went to
Windsor.
To the King's most Excellent Majesty. The Humble Address of the truly Loyal Subjects of the Town and Port of
Dover.
WE your Majesties Humble, Loyal, and Dutiful Subjects, having a deep sense of your unparallel'd Tenderness towards, and care for your People, both in Relation of their sacred and civil Concerns, and of that Peace and Happiness we have hitherto enjoy'd under your Majesties most Auspicious and Prudent Government; which inestimable Blessing we were in danger to be deprived of, if your sacred Majesties great Wisdom, Care and Authority had not timely prevented it: The clear demonstration hereof is apparent to all the World, by your Majesties most excellent and gratious Declaration received, as to the whole and every part of it, with all imaginable Joy, and unexpressible Satisfaction by your Majesties Truly Loyal People.
For this Your Royal Favour, We humbly beg, Your Majesty to accept of our most dutiful, hearty and unseigned Thanks, and grateful Acknowledgment; And we do promise and vow in the presence of Almighty God, And declare before all the world, that We tender our Lives and Fortunes, as an Eucharistick Oblation to Your Majesty, for the Preservation of Your Sacred Person, Maintenance of the Protestant Religion, as now Establish'd by Law, and the Succession of the Imperial Grown of England in its due and Legal course of Descent.
Edinburgh, Re-printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson. 1681.