A Letter sent from a Parliament-Offi∣cer at Grantham to Mr. Cleveland in Newark.
SIR,
THough I have no reason to be guilty of much good meaning to your Gar∣rison; yet I thought it not unfit to tell you, that on Friday last, one Hill by name, in
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SIR,
THough I have no reason to be guilty of much good meaning to your Gar∣rison; yet I thought it not unfit to tell you, that on Friday last, one Hill by name, in
no other condition than my Servant, en∣tred your Ark, and with him of my Monies 133 l. 8 d. This precise Sum I was willing you should know, supposing your Wisdom might own the moneys, though your Honesty could hardly allow the Act: which i•• so, and that hereafter we shall find it no Sin to violate your Sanctuary, and upon the Audit find the Receit, we may happily count it a Loan, and not a Loss, it being in hands re∣sponsible for greater matters. And now, Sir, let me speak to you as a Judge, not as an Advocate. Give the Fellow his just reward; prefer him, or send him hither and we shall: if you dare not Trust him, let him be Trussed; if you dare, I shall wish you more such Servants; and for that only reason excuse me for the present, that I dare not say I am yours
W. E.