[1] [2] About Midsummer when they drew néere to Lon|don, they sent a letter to the maior and aldermen vn|der the seale of the earle of Leicester, willing to vn|derstand whether they woul [...] [...]bserue the acts and sta|t [...]tes establish [...]d at Oxford, or else aid and assist such persons as meant the breath of the same. And here|with they sent vnto them [...] copie of those articles, with a prouiso, that if any of them were preiudiciall, or in any wife hurtfull to the realme and common|wealth, that then the same by the aduise of discré [...]t persons should be amended and reformed. The maior bare this letter and the copie of the articles vnto the king, who in this meane time remained in the towre of London togither with the quéene and the king of Almaine, latelie returned out of Almaine; also his sonne prince Edward, and manie other of his coun|cell. The king asked of the maior what he thought of those articles? Who made such answer as the king [page 265] séemed well pleased therewith, and so permitted the maior to returne againe into the citie,The diligence o [...] the lord ma|i [...]r of London. who toke much paine in keeping the citie in good quiet now in that dangerous time.