The present state of London: or, Memorials comprehending a full and succinct account of the ancient and modern state thereof. By Tho. De-Laune, Gent
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- The present state of London: or, Memorials comprehending a full and succinct account of the ancient and modern state thereof. By Tho. De-Laune, Gent
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- De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685.
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- London :: printed by George Larkin, for Enoch Prosser and John How, at the Rose and Crown, and Seven Stars, in Sweetings-Alley, near the Royal Exchange in Cornhil,
- 1681.
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- London (England) -- History -- 17th century.
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To the Right Honourable Sir Patience Ward, Knight, LORD MAYOR OF THE City of LONDON.
My Lord,
THese Memorials, respecting the An∣cient and Modern State of this great and Renowned Ci∣ty, of which (un∣der His Majesty) Your Lordship enjoys the Supreme Magistracy, cannot find a more Pro∣per,
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or more Honourable Patron than Your Lordship; considering the High Place You hold in that Meridian for which This Discourse is Calcula∣ted.
The General Grief expressed by all Loyal English Protestants, for Your Lordships late Indisposition, and the General Rejoycing amongst them, for Your Happy Recovery, as a Mer∣cy to this City, (of both which, the Presenter of this Address was in part a Witness and Partaker) are Eviden∣ces both of Your Lordships Good Ad∣ministration in so Eminent a Dignity, aud the Universal Satisfaction of this Famous Metropolis in Your Go∣vernment.
Your Prudent, Zealous, and Cou∣ragious
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Conduct in these Perillous and Menacing Times, suitable to those Never-to-be-forgotten Speeches, de∣livered by Your Lordship, and Your Eminent and Worthy Predecessor, Sir Robert Clayton, at the Time of Your Election to this August Ma∣gistracy, has engaged all True Pa∣triots, and Abhorrers of Foreign and Domestick Vassalage, (a thing at∣tempted to be Introduced by those Execrable Mediums of Assassina∣ting the Sacred Person of His Roy∣al Majesty, and Everting His Go∣vernment) to give Your Lordship an Eminent Place in their Esteem, and Justly Obliges this Great City to Honour Your Lordship in a De∣gree suitable to so High a Merit.
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My Lord,
I hope You will vouchsafe me Your Pardon for my Presumption in Publishing this small Product of my Recess and Solitude, under the Patronage of Your Honourable Name, for which, and the Famous City You Govern, I have so High a Vene∣ration, that it Obliges me to be
Your Lordships most humble Servant, Thomas De-Laune.
London, June 24. 1681.