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<P>THE COPY OF A LETTER Sent from the Earle of HOLLAND, to an Honourable Lord, at the Parliament.</P>
<P>Anno Domini. 1641.</P>
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<HEAD>The Coppy of a Letter &s;ent from the Earle of <HI>Hol|land,</HI> to an honourable Lord, at the Parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORD,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_IN the di&s;charge of my care and duty to the Parlia|ment, I can onely &s;ay this, That having receiued their Orders for pre&s;ent disban|ding of the Army, begin|ning with the Hor&s;e, I have given order, that the Regiments of my Lord of <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> Ma&s;ter <HI>Wilmot,</HI> and Sir <HI>Tho. Lucas,</HI> to|gether with Ma&s;ter <HI>Percies</HI> Troope &s;hall as farre as for the pre&s;ent I can doe, be prepared to be forthwith disbanded; and &s;o the re&s;t to
<PB N="4" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 84 -->follow. Having given directions, that the accounts of the&s;e Regiments may be in readi|ne&s;&s;e for tho&s;e Gentlemen that are appointed to take care of the Counties &s;atisfaction, both in the debts of the Officers, and likewi&s;e for the billiting of the common Souldiers; which I have how&s;oever put in a way by the ca&s;uall meeting of Sir <HI>Tho. Hansby</HI> at Donca&s;ter, where &s;ome of our Hor&s;e-troopes are quarte|red, which I drew together to attend his Ma|je&s;ty into the Towne; which occa&s;ioned &s;ome di&s;cour&s;e betwixt us, That as yet I had not received the names of tho&s;e Gentlemen, neither had any of them bin with me, that are appoin|ted to a&s;&s;i&s;t in the&s;e accounts between the Ar|my and the County: whereupon he &s;hewed me a Letter written unto him and &s;ome others, for the We&s;t riding of the Knights of the Shire to that purpo&s;e; but told me as yet they had not met to agree of any thing about it, but that within one day or two they &s;hould doe it. My advice unto him then was, out of my de&s;ire to obey (as &s;peedily as po&s;&s;ibly I might) the orders of the Parliament, that
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 84 -->they would loo&s;e no time in it; and by a joynt letter informed me, of their orders for this &s;ervice; that &s;o I might for that Divi&s;ion (a place being named) appoint the Officers to ajust their accounts with them: and likewi&s;e that tho&s;e Gentlemen for the other Divi&s;ions may doe the like. Who I &s;uppo&s;e (the A&s;&s;izes and comming of the Iudges to this Towne being upon Monday next) may have deferred the giving me the Account of this their im|ployment untill this time, I pray God, by the private intelligence that comes amongst us, there be not a generall A&s;&s;izes and judgement appointed for this Kingdome in the&s;e great troubles, which are &s;uch as cannot be preven|ted or averted, but by the advi&s;ed coun&s;els that are expected from our great and highe&s;t Coun|cell the Parliament; who may be both a&s;&s;ured, and &s;ecured of all readine&s;&s;e in our obedience to tho&s;e orders I have received from them, being ful of that re&s;pect &amp; duty that becomes me towards their Lord&s;hips; My Lord J am mo&s;t faithfull.</P>
<P>We heare that the Generall of the Scotch
<PB REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 85 -->Army, will &s;hew unto his Maje&s;ty their Army as he pa&s;&s;eth by Newca&s;tle; the which &s;ome &s;ay hath beene recrewted of late. If it hath beene &s;o, I conceive it onely to make it ap|peare in a better po&s;ture before his Majesty; &s;ince now there can be no other end for it, this Parliament being a&s;&s;ured of their &s;udden marching away out of this Kingdome. And likewi&s;e I conceiue of their &s;peedy disban|ding in <HI>Scotland,</HI> which will both ea&s;e their Charge and the hearts of many in the&s;e parts, that otherwi&s;e will continue in their feares; How rea&s;onable I know not.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Yorke</HI> <DATE>13. <HI>Aug. 1641.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t humble and faithfull &s;ervant, <HI>Holland.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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