Peace delegation returns to London

7 Jan 1642/3 || The Aldermen [and Citizens who had been to] his Majesty with a Petition for peace, and that he would returne to his Parliament and City of London, came this day home again, but the answer which they received from his Majesty came before them in print by his Majesties command being full of harsh and bitter language against the Parliament. His Majesty demanding in chiefe as the onely way to secure his Majesty in his comming to London, that the persons of Alderman Pennington the pretended Lord Major (termed by his Majesty) Alderman Fouke, Collonel Ven and Collonell Manwaring might be secured in safe custody to be proceeded against by his Majesty, as guilty of high Treason. || Samuel Pecke – A Perfect Diurnall (P)