The
Kings
Letter
TO
THE
Earl
of
Feversham
.
Upon
his
Leaving
WHITEHALL
Together
with
the
Earl
of
Fevershams
Letter
to
his
Highness
the
Prince
of
ORANGE
,
after
the
Kings
Departure
.
Whitehal
,
December
10.
1688.
THings
being
come
to
that
extremity
,
that
I
have
been
forced
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
,
if
they
had
staid
;
I
am
obliged
to
do
the
same
thing
,
and
to
endeavour
to
secure
Myself
,
the
best
I
can
,
in
hopes
it
will
please
God
,
out
of
his
infinite
Mercy
to
this
Unhappy
Nation
,
to
touch
their
Hearts
again
with
true
Loyalty
and
Honour
.
If
I
could
have
relyed
on
all
my
Troops
,
I
might
not
have
been
put
to
the
extremity
I
am
in
,
and
would
at
least
have
had
one
Blow
for
it
;
but
though
I
know
there
are
many
Loyal
and
brave
Men
amongst
you
,
both
Officers
and
Soldiers
,
yet
you
know
,
that
both
you
,
and
several
of
the
General
Officers
,
and
Men
of
the
Army
told
me
,
it
was
no
ways
advisable
for
Me
to
venture
Myself
at
their
Head
,
or
to
think
to
fight
the
Prince
of
Orange
with
them
:
And
now
there
remains
only
for
Me
to
thank
you
,
and
all
those
both
Officers
and
Soldiers
who
have
stuck
to
Me
,
and
been
truly
Loyal
.
I
hope
you
will
still
retain
the
same
Fidelity
to
Me
;
and
though
I
do
not
expect
you
should
expose
your selves
by
resisting
a
Foreign
Army
,
and
a
Poysoned
Nation
;
yet
I
hope
your
former
Principles
are
so
enrooted
in
you
,
that
you
will
keep
your selves
free
from
Associations
,
and
such
pernicious
Things
.
Time
presses
,
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
you
shall
still
find
me
to
be
.
The
Earl
of
Fevershams
LETTER
.
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
gone
,
I
thought
my self
obliged
,
being
at
the
Head
of
his
Army
,
having
received
His
Majesties
Order
,
to
make
no
oppsition
against
any
body
,
to
let
your
Highness
know
(
with
the
Advice
of
the
Officers
here
)
so
soon
as
it
was
possible
,
to
hinder
the
misfortune
of
effusion
of
Blood
,
I
have
ordered
already
to
that
purpose
all
the
Troops
that
are
under
my
Command
,
which
shall
be
the
last
Order
they
shall
receive
from
,
&c.