A copy Of certain LETTERS, Which Manifest the design of the late discovered PLOT.  
FIRST, His majesty's Letter to the City of LONDON.  
Secondly, The Lord Digby's Letter to Sir Bazill Brooke.  
Lastly, Other intercepted Letters touching the same business.  
Printed in the year, 1643.   

His majesty's Letter.  
TRusty and well-beloved, we greet you well.  
When we remember the many Acts of Grace and favour we and Our royal Predecessors have conferred upon that Our City of London, and the many Examples of eminent duty and Loyalty, for which that City hath been likewise famous, we are willing to believe, notwithstanding the great defection we have found in that place, that all men are not so far degenerated from their Affection to us & to the Peace of the kingdom, as to desire a continuance of the miseries they now feel; & therefore being informed, that there is a desire in some principal Persons of that City to present a Petition to us, which may tend to the procuring a good understanding between us and that Our City, wheret the Peace of the whole kingdom may be procured we have thought fit to let you know, That we are ready to receive any such Petition, and the Persons who shall be employed to present the same to us, shall have a safe Conduct; And you shall assure all Our good Subjects of that Our City, whose hearts are touched with any sense of Duty to us, or of Love to the Religion and laws established, in the quiet and peaceable Fruition whereof they and their Ancestors have enjoyed so great happiness, That we have neither past any Act, nor made any Profession or Protestation for the maintenance and Defence of the true Protestant Religion, and the Liberty of the Subject, which we will not most strictly and religiously observe; and for the which, we will not be always ready to give them any security can be devised. And of these Our Gracious Letters, we expect a speedy Answer from you. And so we did You farewell.  
Given at Our Court at Oxford, 28. Decemb. 1643. To Our trusty and well-beloved, Our Lord Major▪ and Aldermen of Our City of London, and to all other Our well-affected Subjects of that City.  
There was another Letter from the King to the City, dated the 2. of January instant, verbatim as this is, only the last was thus directed, To Our trusty and well-beloved, Our Lord Major, the Aldermen, and common-council of Our City of London.   

The Lord Digby's Letter to Sir Bazil Brooke.  
SIR,  
THe King and Queen have both commanded me to give you thanks in their name, for your care and diligence in their service; and His Majesty hath so much confidence in your discretion and wariness not to be deluded, that in hopes of the good effects towards a happy peace, which you seem to promise yourself from this negotiation; His Majesty is pleased to descend very far in writing so gracious a Letter to those, who may seem to have deserved so ill of him.  
I send you herewithal a Copy of the Letter itself, which varies only in the stile, not in the matter, from that draught which was sent down hither; which, (if you like, and continue confidence, that it might be effectual to so blessed an end, as Peace and Union) you are to deliver to those parties, seconded with assurances of His majesty's most gracious and sincere inclination, to give them full satisfaction in all their reasonable desires; but if you shall find cause to lessen the belief you had of a powerful effect by this Letter of His Majesties, it is then recommended to your discretion, to forbear the deliv●ry of it; since it would be a very unfit thing, to impose 〈◊〉 great a grace and condescending of His Majesty to hazards of being made frustrate and contemned. God send you happy success in this great undertaking: I profess it is that, wherein my belief and reason go along more comfortably then with any thing that I have known in projection since these troubles: but it is not fit to wade further into the business this hazardous way; and therefore I shall add no more, but that I am,  
your very affectionate servant, Decemb. 29. 1643.   

SIR,  
THis enclosed shall serve for you, as well as for him to whom it is directed: lose no time, you were expected here every day this week: if you can bring this business to a happy conclusion, besides the general good, it will be for your own particular, the best that ever you did▪ If you come not with this bearer, I pray you send me by him the furred coat I wrote to you for: make all the possible haste you can, that the Petitions may speedily be sent hither, and assure your friends, that if they perform their parts of the six propositions, I am confident, the K. will condescend to their desires.  
Decemb. 30 1643.   

A Letter, entitled, to the man in the Moon.  
SIR,  
I wrote to you formerly, but never had any answer. I assure you faithfully, I have not been wanting to do what you desired (as you may perceive by the effects) and if you have not your desire, blame yourselves: But give me leave to tell you, that if you neglect the opportunity now offered you, it may be, you shall never have the like again; for I have made Her whom you 〈◊〉 given just occasion to be your worst friend, to be 〈◊〉 b●st, and the only instrument to procure what 〈…〉 sent you; and be co●fident she shall still be so, provi●●● you do your parts. Consider, I beseech you, what 〈◊〉 gate is opened by bringing in of the Scots, for the ●●●struction of this Kingdom: if there be not a peace (whi●● I pray God Almighty to send speedily) you must ●●●pect armies of strangers from several places, who a●● now a preparing, who certainly at their in-commi●● will overrun the whole kingdom, and when it is pa●● remedy, you will see your own error: therefore (〈◊〉 prevent more misery than I am able to express to th●● deplorable kingdom and the effusion of the blood 〈◊〉 millions of men, women, and children, which must i●fallibly be this summer) apply yourselves in an humb●● and submissive way to His Majesty, whom, I know, ye● will find ready with arms outstretched to receive 〈◊〉 both to favour and mercy, and even grant you gra●● beyond expectation: defer no time for God's sake, and what you will do, do speedily, I say again do it speedil● and lose no time for reasons I may not write.  
FINIS.