November 5, 1642
November 5, 1642
The story as it unfolds:

PARLIAMENT'S PLEA FOR PEACE MEETS MERCILESS SCORN; PLUNDER EUPHEMISMED, AND ANGRY COLLARS.


Anglia Rediviva applauds those Noble Souls in the House of Lords, and in the Commons, who – guided, as our Guardians, by a Touching Regard for our Best Interests – have pleaded for and Obtained, an Embassy to King Charles I to Treat for Peace.

Indeed! – and Come, let us Join, and Cohere with the Earls of Northumberland, and Pembroke, and Holland, and various Commoners, and their much-esteemed Friends and Patrons in the City – and with a Single pair of Hands, beat our Swords to Ploughshares; and with a Single set of Lungs pray Boldly, and Loudly – indeed, let us Bray from the rooftops for Peace, that Blessed state for which no Price is too High!

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Near Reading – Rupert has been Studying a copy of Speed’s atlas (looted I think from Lord Saye’s) seeking to Determine, which of the Towns between here and London are Wealthiest, and would give up the Most if put to Plunder.

Later – I have learned that the King has f-f-f-forbidden the use of the word p-p-p-p-plunder in His Presence; Rupert, Maurice, Sir Richard Ketcham (check spelling) after a brief Conference, elected on the term “liberate” as in “we are liberating this Town from Puritanism, and Liberating the Possessions of the Puritans for the Use of the Rightful King.”

After that – Sir Richard Ketcham asks me, “the best parts of London to Liberate,” and I advise the Firm of Halpenny, and Mr Halpenny’s house, and generally all Houses and Halls belonging to the Merchant-Adventurers or East India Men.

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