A
COPY
Of
an
intercepted
Letter
from
His
Majesty
,
To
the
Lords
and
Gentenlemen
,
Committees
of
the
Scots
Parliament
,
together
with
the
officers
of
that
Army
.
MY
Lords
and
Gentlemen
:
It
is
no
small
comfort
to
me
,
that
my
Native
Country
hath
so
true
a
sense
of
my
present
Condition
,
as
I
find
expressed
by
your
Letter
of
the
eight
of
this
Month
,
and
your
Declaration
,
both
which
I
received
upon
Friday
last
,
and
the
same
reason
which
makes
you
Discreetly
and
Generously
at
this
time
,
forbear
to
presse
any
thing
to
me
,
hinders
me
likewise
to
make
any
particular
Professions
unto
you
,
left
it
may
be
imagined
that
desire
of
liberty
should
now
be
the
only
Secretary
to
my
thoughts
:
Yet
thus
much
I
cannot
but
say
;
that
,
as
in
all
humane
Reason
,
nothing
but
a
free
Presonall
Treaty
with
me
,
can
settle
the
unhappy
Distractions
of
these
distressed
Kingdomes
:
So
,
if
that
could
once
be
had
,
I
would
not
doubt
,
but
,
that
(
by
the
grace
of
God
)
a
happy
Peace
would
soon
follow
.
Such
force
(
I
believe
)
true
Reason
has
in
the
hearts
of
all
Men
,
when
it
may
be
clearly
and
calmly
heard
;
and
I
am
not
ashamed
,
at
all
times
,
to
professe
,
that
it
hath
,
and
so
shall
be
alwayes
want
of
understanding
,
not
of
will
,
if
I
do
not
yeeld
to
Reason
whensoever
,
and
from
whomsoever
I
hear
it
;
and
it
were
a
strange
thing
,
if
Reason
should
be
lesse
esteemed
because
it
comes
from
me
,
which
(
truly
)
I
doe
not
expect
from
you
:
your
Declaration
seeming
to
me
,
(
and
I
hope
your
Actions
will
prove
that
I
am
not
deceived
)
to
be
so
well
grounded
upon
Honour
and
Justice
;
that
albeit
by
way
of
opinion
,
I
cannot
give
a
Placet
to
every
Clause
in
it
:
Yet
I
am
confident
,
upon
a
calme
and
friendly
Debate
,
we
shall
very
well
agree
.
To
conclude
;
I
cannot
(
for
the
present
)
better
shew
my
thankfulnesse
to
you
,
for
the
Generous
and
Loyall
expressions
of
your
Affections
to
me
,
then
by
giving
you
my
honest
and
sincere
Advice
;
which
is
,
Really
and
Constanstly
,
without
seeking
private
Ends
,
to
pursue
the
Publicke
professions
in
your
Declaration
,
as
sincere
Christians
&
good
Subjects
ought
to
do
,
alwaies
remembring
,
that
as
the
best
foundation
of
Loyalty
is
Christianity
;
So
true
Christianity
teaches
perfect
Loyalty
,
for
without
this
Reciprocation
,
neither
is
truely
what
they
pretend
to
be
:
But
I
am
both
confident
that
needs
not
to
you
,
as
likewise
that
you
will
rightly
understand
this
,
which
is
affectionatly
intended
by
Carisbrook
,
Munday
31
July
,
1648.
YOUR
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