THE PARLIAMENTS AND London's PREPARATION FOR HIS majesty's return.  
With the Manner how many Parliament men, with the Lord Major, and Aldermen are to congratulate his Majesty. With the manner likewise how many Petitions are to be delivered unto him, and the Substance of the same.  
As also the true Relation, how the 12. accused Bishops are devoted out of the House of Peers, and being called to their trial, they expected the Kings either Ascent, or descent thereunto, which induced His Majesty to return.  
With the certain time prefixed when he doth return.  
Composed and published by John Bond.  
LONDON. Printed for John Tompson. 1641.   

THE PARLIAMENTS AND London's Preparation for His majesty's Return.  
A King is Quasi caput populi, the head of his people, and if the head be absent, the other members must consequently languish. Yea the joy and prosperus consolation of a Nation, is the present enjoyment of their Prince. But I do not delineate this in a tropological sense, or that any should conclude hereupon, that our royal King's Absence should cause, or produce any distasters.  
For he had been so opposed in his pleasures, and Commands, that it did not only cause his just indignation, but likewise respectively induced him to leave his Palace at Westminster, and progressed forwards to Windsor, where his Majesty hath continued a long time.  
But he taking into his Princely consideration the longing expectation of his loyal Subjects for his presence, the great desolation, and condole for his absence: together with the manifold distractions, and distempers in the kingdom, did most discreetly resolve himself to honour the Parliament and City once more with his presence.  
Whereupon the Parliament and City having intelligence, did respectively consult, how they should congratulate his Majesty in such satisfactory manner, as might be correspondent to his contentive pleasure. Divers Parliament men were immediately selected both out of the House of Peers and Commons, to meet him: as also, the Lord Major, Aldermen, and chief Citizens, are in preparation to congratulate his Majesty. But after their submissive, and humble salutation there are divers Petitions to be delivered, and, presented to his Majesty, concerning his gracious concurrence with the Parliament, in extirpating the Recusant party, and devoting the Popish Lords and Bishops from the House of Peers, and desiring his longer continuance with them, in the establishing of the weighty, and impendent affairs of the kingdom.  
I cannot absolutely and directly satisfy the Reader hereof, the prefixed time when his Majesty will certainly return for that is very ambiguous: but this i can resolve him off, he is daily expected, and without doubt he will be here present in a sudden process of time: And as soon as the Parliament and City can have more direct and confident intelligence of his more certain return, they will perform what is aforementioned: in the mean time they are in great and deliberate preparation for the same.  
Yet in his absence, he hath not been altogether unmindful of his People, but hath been rather more solicitous, and as tender over their welfare, as a father is over his own Son. He hath oftentimes sent Letters to his Parliament to comfort, and encourage them in their unwearied sedulity.  
He hath likewise graciously answered them in all their Petitions, and hath become as indulgent as ever Prince hath been.  
None knows the care and solicitation of a Prince; for they (Atlas-like) do support the burden of the whole kingdom besides: and withal they do judiciously consider, that Regis ad exemplum totus componitur orbis.  
For the Subjects are composed to follow the pattern and example of their Prince.  
And God be praised, our King may be esteemed, and reputed the glory, and mirror of the world: both in his own Princely life, and exhortive admonitions to his Subjects two things especially entertained in his royal breast seen to be unparalleled. First his Patience, than his constancy for the truth.  
For which two, he ought not only to be applauded, but likewise meritoriously deserve the diurnal prayers of his liege People, for the continuance, and corroboration of the same.  
God of his infinite mercy grant that the King and Parliament may counitely concur for the settling of peace and tranquillity amongst us, the establishing of Religion, and the mitigating of these various distempers, and distractions: that all obstacles, and obstructions whatsoever, that interrupts either of them may be moved, and the pure streams of Justice run clearly against all Delinquents without connivance, or partiality. For the State lies sick, and of a dangerous disease too, which (if it be not suddenly cured) will contaminate the whole land, break out into an ulcer, and so exulcerate all parts by its pestiferous, and diffusive contagion of ruinate destruction, But I hope that malady likewise will be averted from us, and the kingdom likewise will be soundly purged from all distempers that now corrupt it: then I say, all discords and distractions will be ended, at the reciprocal and mutual conjunction of the King and Parliament. Thus shall piety, and sincere Religion distend its branches once more, peace and security reflourish again within our walls, and all tumultuous confusions be annihilated and abolished, to the honour of God's holy name, the glory and fame of his majesty, the immortal renown and credit of the Parliament, and the eternal prosperity of the kingdom.  
FINIS.