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<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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From the <HI>Hague</HI> in HOLLAND to the Kings Maie&s;ty re&s;iding at <HI>Yorke.</HI> Sent from the Hague by one
of her Maie&s;ties Gentlemen U&s;hers, <DATE>March 19. 1641.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>THE memory of your Royall per&s;on, and the due obedience which I owe unto your Maje&s;ty, have
re&s;pectively induced us to commend our Devotion unto you; But the Feares and Jealou&s;ies fomen|ted
betwixt your Parliament and your Maje&s;ty, have at the fir&s;t audience affrighted us, to our great
griefe and a&s;toni&s;hment: Yet be &s;till con&s;tant (my Liege) to lenity and patience, and doubt not but God in
his good time will right all iniuries reflected on you: We confe&s;&s;e your pa&s;&s;ion at our departure, with which
we likewi&s;e did mutually &s;ympathize, but &s;ince that former pa&s;&s;ion is reduplicated by new acerbities, we are
al&s;o po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed with the greate&s;t part of the &s;ame. Our entertainement here at <HI>Holland</HI> was fir&s;t very Noble, but
of late we per&s;picuou&s;ly &s;ee, that the Dutch liberality is much extenuated, notwith&s;tanding the Princes gene|ro&s;ity
is &s;till royally contributed to Us daily. The States of <HI>Holland</HI> doe not well accord with the Prince,
which hath oftentimes grieved and perplexed Our thoughts; they intend to create a new Officer over the Ar|mie,
and will tru&s;t the Prince no longer for the payment of the Money, which greatly troubleth and perplex|eth
his Highne&s;&s;e: But we have laboured to the highe&s;t extent of our power to compo&s;e that variance and
di&s;-union betweene them both: And &s;ince we finde the&s;e di&s;tractions, feares and Jealou&s;ies, to a&s;&s;imulate and
comply with tho&s;e in <HI>England,</HI> wee are fully re&s;olved to returne againe with expedition, and you may &s;ud|denly
expect Us at <HI>Yorke,</HI> where we intend to be perhaps &s;ooner then you imagine. In the meane time (deare
Husband) con&s;olate your &s;elfe with clemencie, and let not too deepe a pa&s;&s;ion conquer your captive thoughts
for by that meanes you will both unload your heart of &s;orrow, and elevate your minde with innocencie.</P>
<P>Our pious cogitations have beene daily invocated on the divine Providence for your &s;ecure pro&s;perity, and
our &s;ollicitous indulgencie for our deare Sonne, and other children hath been &s;o carefull, that we were never
forgetfull of either. The &s;uppo&s;ed danger of the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> is now almo&s;t ended. But we heare for
certainty and by credible information, that our Cou&s;in the King of <HI>Denmarke</HI> is &s;et forward with a Fleet for
<HI>England,</HI> his intent God knowes: That our royall Brother likewi&s;e the King of <HI>France,</HI> with the King of
<HI>Spaine,</HI> and the States of <HI>Venice</HI> are in a preparation of a great Navie, but God of his infinite mercy prevent
the effu&s;ion of bloud, that the Branches of peace and tranquility may not &s;pring from a bloudy root. For our
owne part, we condole in a &s;erious deploration the di&s;tractions and confu&s;ion of tho&s;e Kingdomes, and doe
confirme our former re&s;olution, intending to vi&s;it your Maie&s;ty &s;uddenly, being re&s;olved either to live or dye
at your &s;acred feet, and in your owne Kingdome.</P>
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<P>London, <HI>printed for</HI> Iohn Price. 1642.</P>
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