And likewise there was offered another Paper directed to the Sheriffs, pur∣porting their Thanks to the several Noble Peers for their late Petition and Ad∣vice to His Majesty; which was as followeth:
To the Worshipful Slingsby Bethel and Henry Cornish Esquires, Sheriffs of the City of London and Westminster.
WE the Citizens of the said City, in Common-Hall Assembled, having read, and diligently perus'd the late Petition and Advice of several Noble Peers of this Realm to His Majesty, whose Counsels we humbly conceive are (in this unhappy Juncture) highly seasonable, and greatly tending to the Safety of these Kingdoms. We do therefore make it our most hearty Request, that you (in the Name of this Common-Hall) will return to the Right Honourable the Earl of Essex, and (by him) to the rest of those Noble Peers, the Grateful Acknow∣ledgment of this Assembly.
Which being Read, and Approved of by a General Acclamation, the Sheriffs promised to give their Lordships the Thanks of the Common-Hall, in pursuance of their Request.