To the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, and all the rest of the Loyal Citizens.  
My Lord,  
I Knowing your Loyalty, and the Loyalty of the Aldermen your Brethren, and moreover I am not ignorant of the Loyalty of those Worthy Men that assisted you in the worst of Times; for I was an Eye-witness, and a Labourer with you, and I know the great Pains and Care you all took; and as for Sir John Moor, I shall never forget him, but I shall always Admire him, because I saw how he was harrassed about and teezed on every side; the Threats, and Scandalous Letters, and Affronts that he took, but with what Patience, Mildness, and Sweetness did he overcome all, without running them into Prisons, or Revenging of Injuries, is not unknown to me; but I question whether the strongest Man in the Nation could have carried off such a great Confusion with so much Peace, but how little he is Regarded for it, I think it is not unknown; but if all the World be Ungrateful, I will not, for I will always acknowledge all your Loyalties, and will endeavour to Reward it, according to my weak Ability, and for this Reason I will Live with you, and Die for you, because you have been Loyal to your King and True to the Heir, though I know you have been blamed by many, and been Laughed at, and said. What hath your Loyalty gained you, for if you had joined with us, you would never have lost your Charter; but such discontented Souls shall know that Loyalty doth not go unrewarded, for you shall have a better Charter, and be more Glorious and Happy than ever you have been, if you be but Wise, to continue Fervent to the end, and be as True to your God, as you have been Loyal to your King, for you have Acted like brave Loyal Men, when Roman Catholics dare not appear above-board, and therefore they shall not have the honour of your Victory; for if there was any Roman Catholic that Acted, they were Disguised, and therefore it shall go for nothing; for the King is ours, and none can claim him so rightly as we can, for we own him for our Supreme Head and Governor, which no others do; no, not the Roman Catholics, and why then should they rob us of our Crown Jewel, the Breath of our Noistrils, land such a Soul, that Rome cannot afford the like. O! he is a Gracious Prince, that excels all the Princes in the World, and do they think to bereave us? No, I'll fight a Thousand Battles, and by the help of God, I will regain him again: For I know you are all so Good, that you value the King's present and eternal Happiness more than your own Lives and Fortunes, and when God is pleased to do this, it will make all forsake the Evil of their Ways, and cleave to him, so this Kingdom that abounds in Wickedness, may be changed into a Kingdom of Righteousness, and the King will be eternally Glorious for being instrumental of such a happy Change; but the Church of Rome must not think that she can do it, for she is built upon the Sands, and she will never endure to the end: For to Serve God is perfect Freedom, but to serve Popery is perfect Thraldom, which the Lord deliver his Anointed and every good Soul from; and for this Cause, that the Enemies should not prevail over you; nor make a prey of you, I would have you incline yourselves to all manner of Goodness, and not to hug up your Money as if it were a God, for that cannot preserve nor save you in the day of his Anger; but consider the deadness of Trade, and the hardness of Times, and while we are Relieving the Poor of another Country, do not let us Starve our own, but do good to all both in Body and Soul, in punishing of Vice and rewardiug of Virtue: This is that which will make your Souls Live when your Bodies Die, that you may not only be great in this World, but eternally Happy, through the Merits of Christ, in the World to come, is the Prayer of  
Your Lordship's Humble Servant, and Souls wellwisher ELINOR JAMES.