Note 234 — Chapter VIII
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"I observe since my coming to town, a very great alteration of the affections of the City, to what they were when I went away. They say a great present is to be presented to the King after dinner, and a petition such as he will be glad to receive, the contents I hear not yet, only one clause for the maintenance of Episcopacy and the suppression of schism."—Robert Slingsby, State Papers Dom., Nov. 25.
Respecting the King's reception, Wiseman says, "I confess it was a great one every way, and so acknowledged beyond the precedent of any made to former Kings, that history makes mention of, which well suits with the goodness, sweetness, and meritorious virtues of so gracious a King as ours is. The present mean estate of the Chamber denied the form of a gift, but this of the hearts of the citizens and those of the better sort, and at this tune so seasonably expressed, was of greater import to His Majesty than, for my part, I dare take upon me to value."—2nd Dec., 1641. State Papers, Dom.