A
LETTER
Sent
from
the
Lord
WILLOVGHBY
of
Parham
to
the
Speaker
of
the
House
of
Peeres
pro
tempore
,
to
be
Communicated
to
the
Lords
in
PARLJAMENT
.
My
Lord
,
WIth
how
much
zeale
,
and
how
uninteressedly
I
have
served
the
Publike
,
since
the
very
beginning
of
this
Parliament
,
aswell
with
the
hazard
of
my
person
,
as
the
expence
of
my
fortune
,
is
so
well
knowne
to
your
Lordships
,
the
Parliament
and
Kingdome
,
as
I
need
not
we
are
out
more
time
on
that
subject
,
knowing
my
integrity
to
the
principles
your
Lordships
went
upon
,
to
bee
such
as
I
need
not
make
a
recitall
of
my
past
Actions
to
justifie
my
proceedings
.
For
I
(
who
know
my selfe
best
)
know
I
am
still
upon
the
same
foundation
I
ever
was
;
And
as
possitively
resolved
(
by
Gods
assistance
)
not
to
vary
from
it
,
what
aspersions
soever
my
Enemies
endeavour
to
blemish
me
with
,
or
what
successe
my
constancy
to
those
Grounds
in
the
conclusion
may
meet
with
.
I
shall
look
no
further
backward
to
my
late
Restraint
under
which
I
continued
foure
moneths
patiently
,
expecting
what
could
bee
proved
against
mee
by
them
upon
whose
Impeachments
I
was
by
your
Lordships
Committed
;
but
finding
their
delayes
very
much
to
exceed
the
usuall
time
of
proceedings
in
Affaires
of
this
nature
;
Vpon
addresses
to
your
Lordships
I
had
my
liberty
,
resolving
to
make
no
other
use
of
it
then
to
have
retired
my selfe
to
privacy
,
not
being
by
some
thought
longer
fit
for
publicke
Imployment
;
but
whilst
I
was
in
preparation
for
this
my
intention
,
I
finde
my selfe
interrupted
by
a
fresh
prosecution
of
the
former
Impeachment
;
and
apprehending
the
Restraint
which
may
consequently
follow
,
hath
inforced
me
to
use
meanes
for
my
Liberty
,
which
I
desire
may
admit
of
an
Honourable
interpretation
from
your
Lordships
to
This
6th.
of
Febr.
1647.
Your
faithfull
Servant
F.
Willoughby
.