joyful news OF THE KINGS Most certain Resolution and purpose to come to LONDON with His Army, That He may at a near distance sand some Propositions to the Parliament to comply with them, and settle a much desired peace in this kingdom. Which is to be embraced by all well-affected persons, hoping that His royal approach will prove very happy and prosperous to this City.  
LONDON, Printed for Th. Hoverton. October 12. 1642.   

joyful news, OF The KINGS most certain Resolution and purpose to come toward LONDON with His Army, that he may at a near distance sand some Propositions to the Parliament, to comply with them, and settle a much desired peace in this kingdom.  
Which is to be embraced by all well-affected persons, hoping that His royal approach will prove very happy and prosperous to the City.  
ENGLAND hath long mourned in the shade of sorrow and discontent, the resplendent beams of royal influence proceeding from the Kings Majesty, having shined most brightly in the northern, and now in the western parts of this kingdom, but hath been totally eclipsed from appearing in the southern Horizon, so that the City hath been darkened and obscured with much discontent during the Kings absence. But now the Kings Majesty having so long withdrawn himself, being lead about to divers places of this kingdom by the advice and instigation of the malignant Party, and being now with his Army resident at Worcester, by what means it is not known, unless some divine power hath wrought a transmutation and alteration in his thoughts, to give him a full resolution & determination to advance with his Forces Southward: for upon Sunday in the morning my Lord general had notice that many of his Majesties army were coming to Bridgnorth, intending to go forward to Coventry, or Warwick; whereupon my Lord general immediately dispatched an express Message to warwick, Coventry and Northampton, advising them to prepare for their defence, and advance with some considerable powers against the enemy, himself promising all the help he could spare. So that my Lord had certain intelligence of the Kings purpose to carry his forces and all his Army into the southern parts, and to advance forward from one town to another in a warlike manner until he had brought all his Army near unto the city of London, that so at so near a distance from the Parliament, he might propound some articles of accommodation and agreement unto both Houses, and so comply with them, to the settling of a firm peace throughout the whole land, upon such articles of reconcilement as should bee drawn up by his Majesty, and sent out of the camp unto the high and honourable Court of Parliament, or if matters should not succeed according to his desires, and that these endeavours should not succeed, and that the great differences which gave the first being and original to discontents, fears and jealousies between His Majesty and the honourable and high Court of Parliament cannot bee composed in a most happy pacification and peaceable accommodation, to the prosperity and general content of the whole kingdom, His Majesty doth conceive that the approach of his Army near to the City of London, and his own royal Person being so near to the Parliament, will bee a means to quench the flames of civill discord, and to give a happy conclusion unto all matters in a desired peace: but if the Dove sent forth with the Olive branch in her mouth, shall not be received into the city, and that the consideration of the great plenty, peace and happiness that shall ensue, cannot persuade a general reconcilement, and make this populous city open the gates of their hearts to receive the offer of peace, whose access and coming should be welcome to all understanding people, to all true subjects and well-affected persons, as no doubt but it is generally desired: but if this city should be so unmerciful unto themselves, as to resist the Kings peaceable intents and purpose, concurring with his Parliament, His Majesty might be induced to enforce his desires,( if his Majesty would be so cruel to his own subjects) which misery heaven avert from this flourishing city, that it may never know the miserabla effects of war, but that the Kings purpose of advancing hither may prove happy and prosperous to this famous city.  
There are 340. souldiers come out of Herefordshire to his Excellency for the service of the King and Parliament, and that the city of Hereford had sent to his Excellency, signifying their good affection to the Parliament, and their desire to have that city secured against the Cavaliers, which they much feared would come, there being a malignant party in the city, those that were well-affected, durst not show their forwardness so much as they would, whereupon his Excellency sent one thousand foot, and four troops of horse to disarm the malignants, and to settle that City in a good posture of defence, and likewise ordered that a sufficient garrison should be left there for the safety and peace of those parts.  
FINIS.