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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>The Kings Letter TO THE <HI>Earl of Fever&s;ham.</HI> Upon his Leaving <HI>WHITEHALL</HI> Together with the Earl of <HI>Fever&s;hams</HI> Letter to his Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>ORANGE,</HI> after the Kings Departure.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Whitehal, <DATE><HI>December</HI> 10. 1688.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THings being come to that extremity, that I have been forced to &s;end away the Queen, and my Son the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> that they might not fall into my Enemies Hands, which they mu&s;t have done, if they had &s;taid; I am obliged to do the &s;ame thing, and to endeavour to &s;ecure My&s;elf, the be&s;t I can, in hopes it will plea&s;e God, out of his infinite Mercy to this Unhappy Nation, to touch their Hearts again with true Loyalty and Honour. If I could have relyed on all my Troops, I might not have been put to the extremity I am in, and would at lea&s;t have had one Blow for it; but though I know there are many Loy|al and brave Men among&s;t you, both Officers and Soldiers, yet you know, that both you, and &s;everal of the General Officers, and Men of the Army told me, it was no ways advi&s;able for Me to venture My&s;elf at their Head, or to think to fight the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> with them: And now there remains only for Me to thank you, and all tho&s;e both Officers and Soldiers who have &s;tuck to Me, and been truly Loyal. I hope you will &s;till retain the &s;ame Fidelity to Me; and though I do not expect you &s;hould expo&s;e your &s;elves by re&s;i&s;ting a Foreign Army, and a Poy&s;oned Nation; yet I hope your former Principles are &s;o enrooted in you, that you will keep your &s;elves free from A&s;&s;ociations, and &s;uch pernicious Things. Time pre&s;&s;es, &s;o that I can &s;ay no more.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. R.</SIGNED>
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<P>I mu&s;t add this, That as I have always found you Loyal, &s;o you have found me a kind Ma&s;ter, as you &s;hall &s;till find me to be.</P>
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<HEAD>The Earl of <HI>Fever&s;hams LETTER.</HI></HEAD>
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<P>HAving received this Morning a Letter from His Maje&s;ty, with the unfortunate News of his Re&s;olution to go out of <HI>England,</HI> and that he is actually gone, I thought my &s;elf obliged, being at the Head of his Army, having received His Maje|&s;ties Order, to make no opp&s;ition again&s;t any body, to let your Highne&s;s know (with the Advice of the Officers here) &s;o &s;oon as it was po&s;&s;ible, to hinder the misfortune of effu|&s;ion of Blood, I have ordered already to that purpo&s;e all the Troops that are under my Command, which &s;hall be the la&s;t Order they &s;hall receive from, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed in the Year 1688.</P>
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