The
KING'S
Letter
to
the
General
of
his
Army
.
With
the
Generals
Letter
to
the
Prince
of
ORANGE
.
White-Hall
,
Decemb.
11.
1688.
THings
being
come
to
that
Extremity
,
That
I
have
been
forc'd
to
send
away
the
Queen
,
and
my
Son
the
Prince
of
Wales
,
That
they
might
not
fall
into
my
Enemies
Hands
(
which
they
must
have
done
,
had
they
stay'd
)
I
am
oblig'd
to
do
the
same
thing
,
and
to
endeavour
to
fecure
myself
the
best
I
can
,
in
hopes
that
it
will
please
God
,
out
of
his
infinite
Mercy
to
this
unhappy
Passion
,
to
touch
their
Hearts
again
with
true
Loyalty
and
Honour
.
If
I
could
have
relied
on
all
my
Troops
I
might
not
have
been
put
to
this
Extremity
I
am
in
;
and
would
,
at
least
,
have
had
one
Blow
for
it
:
But
though
I
know
there
are
amongst
you
very
many
loyal
and
brave
Men
,
both
Officers
and
Souldiers
;
yet
you
know
,
That
both
your self
,
and
several
of
the
General
Officers
of
the
Army
,
told
me
,
it
was
no
ways
advisable
for
me
to
venture
my self
at
their
Head
,
or
to
think
to
fight
the
Prince
of
Orange
with
them
.
And
there
remains
only
for
me
to
thank
you
,
and
all
those
,
both
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
who
have
stuck
to
me
,
and
been
truly
loyal
;
and
hope
you
will
still
retain
the
same
Fidelity
to
me
:
And
to
I
do
not
expect
you
should
expose
your selves
,
by
resisting
a
foreign
Army
,
and
a
poisoned
Nation
;
yet
I
hope
your
former
Principles
are
so
rooted
in
you
,
That
you
will
keep
your selves
free
from
Associations
,
and
such
pernicious
Things
.
Time
presses
me
so
,
that
I
can
say
no
more
.
J.
R.
I
Must
add
this
,
That
as
I
have
always
found
you
Loyal
,
so
you
have
found
me
a
kind
Master
,
as
so
you
shall
still
find
me
.
J.
R.
SIR
,
HAving
received
this
Morning
a
Letter
from
his
Majesty
,
with
the
unfortunate
News
of
his
Resolution
,
to
go
out
of
England
,
and
that
he
is
actually
gon
;
I
thought
my self
obliged
(
being
at
the
Head
of
his
Army
)
having
received
Orders
from
his
Majesty
,
to
make
no
Opposition
against
any
body
,
to
let
your
Highness
know
(
with
the
Advice
of
all
the
Officers
)
as
soon
as
it
was
possible
,
to
hinder
the
Misfortune
of
Effusion
of
Blood.
I
have
sent
to
that
Purpose
to
all
the
Troops
that
are
under
my
Command
;
which
shall
be
the
last
Order
they
shall
receive
from
,
Uxbridge
,
Decemb.
11.
1688.
At
Noon