At the General Sessions of the Peace, and Goal Delivery, held for the City of London, on Wednesday the 31st of August, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, in the three and thirtieth year of our Sovereign Lord, Charles, &c.  
WE the Grand-Jury, sworn to Inquire of Offences committed within this City of London, do upon our Oaths present, That one Nathanael Thompson, of the Parish of— and Ward of Farringdon without, London, at several times, within the space of Nine Months last past, has maliciously Printed and Published, or caused to be Printed and Published, a certain scandalous and seditious Paper and Libel, entitled, The Loyal Protestant and true domestic Intelligence, tending to the Advancement and Introduction of Popery, and to the Suppression and Extirpation of the true Protestant Religion within his Majesties Realms and Dominions.  
And that the said Nathanael Thompson, by such Printing and Publication of the said Libel, as aforesaid, has wickedly and maliciously endeavoured,  
1. To sow dissension and Discord amongst Protestants, thereby to render them an easier prey unto their common Enemies the Papists.  
To Countenance and Abet the villainous Contrivances of the Popish Conspirators, who have endeavoured to cast Fictitious Plots upon Protestants; thereby to make way for their own Hellish Plot to take effect.  
3. To vilify and bring into the Dis-esteem of his Majesty and the whole Nation, the Commons of England, when Assembled in Parliament, by Arraigning and impudently Condemning their Proceedings.  
4. To render his Majesties Protestant Subjects in general, and more particularly those in this City, suspected to him, by weapons of, and odious reflections upon their Legal Proceedings in their Common-Halls, and Common Councils, as also by False and Ignominious reflections upon some of their Magistrates, and by Arraigning the Integrity of Juries of this City, for bringing in Verdicts according to their Judgments and Consciences.  
Lastly, To disgrace and discountenance Religion itself, by an Ironical, Immoral, and Atheistical way of writing, against such as he endeavours to Stigmatize by the Name of True Protestants.  
All which the said actings and doings of him, the aforesaid Nathanael Thompson, do highly tend to the dishonour of Almighty God, and of all good Government, and are against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, &c.  
The same Mutatis Mutandis, for Ben. took as to Heraclitus, and for Johanna Broom as to the Observator.   

We the Grand Jury, summoned and sworn for this present Sessions of the Peace, holden for this City of London, this first day of September, 1681.  
OUT of a deep and Loyal sense of that Duty which we owe unto our sovereign Lord the King, to his Government and Ministers, Taking into our serious consideration the happy conduct of Affairs within this famous City of London, in so great Peace and tranquillity; through the vigilant care and prudent management of the Right Honourable, Sir Patience, Ward, Knight, Lord mayor of the City of London, and the Worshipful Slingsby Bethel, and Henry Cornish, Esquires, Sheriffs of this said City and County if Middle-sex, notwithstanding the restless endeavours and subtle practices of our Common Enemies the Papists, and their adherents, who unweariedly labour to divide us, in order to the effecting their hellish purposes of destroying his Majesties Person, and subverting the ancient Laws and well established Government of this Kingdom, that so( with ease) they may arrive at the suppression of our Religion, and introduction of popery, with all its dismal and enslaving consequences.  
We therefore hold ourselves obliged in the behalf of this said City( for which we serve) to make a public acknowledgement of our hearty gratitude and humble thanks to his Lordship, and the said Sheriffs, for their so well discharging the Duties of their Places. And as we pray for the happy and prosperous Reign of our sovereign Lord the King; So we wish that such as shall succeed the aforesaid worthy Persons( in their respective Offices) may emulate their Courage and Prudence, for the security of his Majesties Person and Government; and for the preservation of the Protestant Religion.  


William Whitehil, Foreman.  
Henry Strode,  
Joas Bateman,  
Tho. shepherd,  
Ralph cook,  
Joseph Caril,  
Valentine Adams,  
Joseph bowls,  
Anthony Sloman,  
Andrew bolt,  
Theophilus Hawson,  
Maurice King,  
Ja. Ball,  
John Cutlove,  
John Cowley,  
Jonathan Leigh,  
William Pendlebury,  
Daniel Mercer.     

LONDON, Printed for Rich Janeway. 1681.