THE LORD GENERAL'S LETTER To the Lord Major, Aldermen, and common-council of LONDON, Concerning the army's advance up to the City of London; and desiring the Advance of 40000 li. presently, for pay of the ARMY.  
My Lord, and Gentlemen,  
BEing upon an immediate advance with the Army towards London, we thought good hereby to give you notice thereof; For the grounds and necessity leading us hereunto, we refer you to our late Remonstrance, and to our late Declaration concerning the same. We have only this further to add, that as we are far from the least thought of plunder or other wrong to your City, or any the places adjoining (which we hope your former experiences of us will give you cause enough to credit us in,) so for the better prevention of any disorder in the soldiery, or of any abuse or inconvenience to the inhabitants in the quartering of the soldiery at private houses; we earnestly desire, that you would take a present course for the supply of Money to pay those Forces, while we shall be necessitated to stay there, upon which we assure you we shall so dispose of them into great and void houses about the City as much as may be possible, as that few or none of the inhabitants shall be troubled with quartering of any soldiers at all. And for this purpose we desire, That forty thousand pound may be forthwith provided upon the security of your Arrears to be ready to be paid out to the Forces to morrow night if possible. And we shall be ready to receive from you any intimations for the further prevention of hurt, or inconvenience to the City in this business, I remain  
Windsor, ult. Novemb. 1648. Your lordship's most assured friend and servant, T. FAIRFAX.  
For the Right Honourable the Lord Major, Aldermen, and common-council of the City of London.   

1 Decemb. 1648.  
Imprimatur.  
Gil. Mabbot.   

London, Printed for Lawrence Blaiklocke. 1648.