His Majesties gracious ansvver to the message sent from the honourable Citie of London, concerning peace. Delivered by the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Faukland, Principall Secretarie of State. As it was spoken by his Majestie to the said secretarie. The true copie.
Glapthorne, Henry.
England and Wales.Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
Printed at London : for Thomas Massam,
1643.
One of several peace pamphlets of early 1643 issued falsely in the King's name, this one is in answer to "The humble petition of the major, aldermen, and commons of the city of London to His Majesty .." of 2 Jan. 1643, dated by Thomason 11 Jan. 1643.
On the questions of authorship and circumstances of publication see J.H. Walter, Henry Glapthorne, Times literary supplement, 19 September, 1936, p. 748, Chester L. Shaver, The life and works of Henry Glapthorne, Harvard Ph. D. thesis, 1837, p. 119-123, and the Journal of the House of Lords, V, 533, 547, 596-8.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 11th 1642".
Wing (2nd ed.) C2320.
Thomason E.84[41].
ESTC
Falkland, Lucius Cary, Viscount, 1610?-1643