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<P>A LETTER Sent from Col. VVill. Lockhart, <HI>Dated at</HI> Dunkirk, Decemb. 31. 1659. Super&s;cribed, <HI>For the Right Honourable,</HI> William Lenthall, <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Speaker of the Parlia|ment of the Common-wealth of</HI> Eng|land.</P>
<P><HI>Read in Parliament,</HI> January 3. 1659.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Streater,</HI> and <HI>John Macock,</HI> Printers to the Parliament. 1659.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER Sent from Colonel <HI>William Lockhart.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it Plea&s;e Your Honour,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THis day by Private Let|ters I have received the Joyful, and Accepta|ble News of the Parliaments Re|entering upon the Exerci&s;e of Their Authority; Which I thought it my Duty to Commu|nicate Immediately to the Officers and Souldiers of Your Garri&s;on in this Place; and accordingly began with tho&s;e of my own Re|giment, Proceeding afterwards to the re&s;t, and Endeavouring to
<PB N="4" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 74 -->&s;et it upon all their Hearts, how Extraordinary, and almo&s;t Mi|raculous the Workings of GOD have been, in bringing to pa&s;s this Your La&s;t Return; and how happily Advantageous it is likely to prove to all the Three Nations, and to each Particular Concern|ed therein. I can give Te&s;timo|nie of the General Acclamations, and all outward Signs that could be rendered of ab&s;olute Satisfa|ction in every man here; neither do I in the lea&s;t-wi&s;e Que&s;tion the Con&s;ent of their Hearts, with the &s;en&s;ible Demon&s;trations of their Tongues, and Countenances; e&s;pecially when I Declared to them the many and &s;ingular En|couragements they have formerly
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 74 -->received from the Parliament; and that they cannot expect the like, from any other Authority what|&s;oever; be&s;ides the Con&s;ideration of their Re&s;pective Member&s;hip, and Incorporation with the Bo|dies both Civil and Military un|der Your Command.</P>
<P>We have (GOD be prai&s;ed) during the late Interval, continu|ed Faithful Servants to the Ho|nour and Intere&s;t of our Country, and are at pre&s;ent in &s;uch a po|&s;ture, as to fear nothing from a|broad, being &s;o well fortified at home.</P>
<P>I was recalled from the Pro&s;e|cution of Your Commands at S^t <HI>Jean de Luz,</HI> by the &s;ame Power that Ordered me thither; but
<PB N="6" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 75 -->finding the face of things changed at my Return; and my &s;elf at a lo&s;s what to do, I was at la&s;t ad|vi&s;ed by &s;ome Per&s;ons, to di&s;|charge my &s;elf to tho&s;e who took upon them the Mannagement of Affairs at that time, and did ac|cordingly give them the be&s;t Lights I could, whereby to di&s;|cern the Intere&s;t of the Com|mon-wealth, in Relation both to <HI>France,</HI> and <HI>Spain;</HI> after which I forthwith betook my &s;elf to this Place, to Act here according to that Tru&s;t, which You had for|merly Repo&s;ed in me: and I hope my pre&s;ence hath not been un|&s;erviceable. But if it &s;hall be thought Requi&s;ite, That I come over again to render You a more
<PB N="7" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 75 -->full Account of my late Nego|tiations abroad, I &s;hall mo&s;t wil|lingly and cheerfully do it: In the mean time, till Your farther Directions, I &s;hall Proceed to u&s;e all care and dilligence here, both for the orderly di&s;po&s;ing of the Garri&s;on, and the vigorous op|po&s;ing of the Enemy, if occa&s;ion require; hoping, That in a &s;hort time I &s;hall Receive the Honour of Your commands, which &s;hall always find a ready and exact Obedience in me, and all that are under my Charge.</P>
<P>I thought the great Importance of this happy day, would have its effect upon the Spirits of our Ene|mies round about us, as well as upon our own, though in a diffe|rent
<PB N="8" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 76 -->manner: And therefore to expre&s;s our Joy, and to intimate unto them the ju&s;t cau&s;e of their Sadne&s;s, I have this night ordered all our Great Guns, both by Sea and Land, to Proclaim our Exal|tation, and their di&s;appointment.</P>
<P>I &s;hall daily Pray, That God would crown Your Coun&s;els and Endeavours with Succe&s;s, an&s;we|rable to the Hone&s;t and Peaceable Expectation of the Nations under You; and do for my own part give my &s;elf up intirely to be di&s;|po&s;ed by you, as becomes him who is &s;o really and without Re|&s;erve,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>May it Plea&s;e Your Honour,</SALUTE> 
<SIGNED><HI>Your Honours Mo&s;t Humble, Faithful, and Obedient Servant,</HI>
William Lockhart.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Dunkirk, <DATE>Dec. 31. 1659.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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