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LXV. To His Majesty at Oxon.
SIR,
I Prostrate this Paper at your Majesties feet, hoping it may find way thence to your eyes, and so de•…•…cend to your Royall heart.
The forren Minister of State, by whose conveyance this com•…•…, did lately intimat unto mee, that among divers things which go a∣broad under my name reflecting upon the times, ther are som which are not so well taken, your Majesty being inform'd that they dis∣cover a spirit of Indifferency, and luke-warmnes in the Author▪ This added much to the weight of my present suffrances; and ex∣ceedingly imbitter'd the sense of them unto me, being no other than a corrosif to one already in a hestic condition: I must confess that som of them wer more moderat than others; yet (most humbly under favor) ther wer none of them but displayed the heart of a constant true loyall Subject, and as divers of those who are most zealous to your Majestics Service told me, they had the good suc∣ces to rectifie multitudes of peeple in their opinion of som things; Insomuch that I am not only not conscious, but most confident that none of them could tend to your Majesties disservice any way imaginable: Therfore I humbly beseech, that your Majesty would 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to conceive of me accordingly, and of one who by this recluse passive condition hath his share of this hideous storm▪ yet he is in assurance, rather than hopes, that though divers cross∣winds have blown, these times will bring in better at last. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 have bin divers of your Royall Progenitors who have had as shrewd shocks; And 'tis well known, how the next transmarine Kings have been brought to lower ebbs: At this very day he of Spain is in a far worse condition, being in the midst of two sorts of peeple, (the Catalan and Portuguais) which wer lately his Vassalls, but now have torn his Seals, renounc'd all bonds of allegeance, and are in actu∣all hostility against him: This great City I may say is like a Ches∣board chequer'd, inlayd with white and black spots, though I believe the white are more in number, and your Majesties countenance by returning to your great Counsell and your Court at White-Hall would quickly turn them all white: That Almighty Majesty who useth to draw light out of darknes, and strength out of weaknes▪