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The Princess ANNE of Denmark's LETTER to the QƲEEN.
MADAM,
I Beg your pardon if I am so deeply affected with the sur∣prising News of the Princes being gone, as not to be able to see You, but to leave this Paper to Express my humble Duty to the King and your Self; and to let You know that I am gone to absent my self to avoid the King's Dis∣pleasure, which I am not able to bear, either against the Prince or my self: and I shall stay at so great a distance, as not to return before I hear the happy News of a Reconcilement: And as I am confident the Prince did not leave the King with any other Design, than to use all possible means for his Pre∣servation; so I hope You will do me the Justice to believe that I am uncapable of following him for any other End. Never was any one in such an unhappy Condition, so divided be∣tween Duty and Affection, to a Father, and a Husband; and therefore I know not what to do, but to follow one to pre∣serve the other. I see the general falling off of the Nobility and Gentry, who avow to have no other End, than to pre∣vail with the King to secure their Religion, which they saw so much in danger by the Violent Counsels of the Priests; who to promote their own Religion, did not care to what Dan∣gers they exposed the King: I am fully perswaded that the Prince of Orange designs the King's Safety and Preservation, and hope all things may be composed without more Blood∣shed, by the Calling a Parliament. God grant a happy End to these Troubles, that the King's Reign may be prosperous, and that I may shortly meet You in perfect Peace and Safety; till when, let me beg You to continue the same favourable Opinion that you have hitherto had of,
Your most Obedient Daughter and Servant, ANNE.