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             A letter agreed unto, and subscribed by the gentlemen, ministers, freeholders and seamen of the county of Suffolk, presented to His Excellency, the Lord Generall Monck
             Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.
             Felton, Henry, Sir, 17th cent.
             Brook, Robert, 17th cent.
             Bloys, William, 17th cent.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed for Thomas Dring,
             London :
             1659.
          
           
             Broadside.
             Caption title.
             "This letter was delivered at St. Albans, Jan. 28, 1659, by Sir Henry Felton, barronet, Robert Brook, and William Bloys, Esquires."
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Suffolk (England) -- History.
           Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century
        
      
    
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           A
           LETTER
           Agreed
           unto
           ,
           and
           subscribed
           by
           ,
           the
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           Freeholders
           and
           Seamen
           of
           the
           County
           of
           SUFFOLK
           .
           Presented
           to
           His
           EXCELLENCY
           ,
           The
           Lord
           Generall
           MONCK
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Excellency
           ,
        
         
           THAT
           our
           own
           hearts
           may
           not
           accuse
           us
           of
           a
           Negligence
           and
           Supinenesse
           ,
           unbecomming
           those
           Distempers
           we
           languish
           under
           ,
           't
           is
           our
           desire
           ,
           that
           this
           Application
           ,
           humbly
           and
           affectionately
           tendered
           ,
           may
           be
           received
           ,
           as
           the
           Effect
           of
           a
           just
           and
           serious
           Resentment
           .
           To
           us
           ,
           at
           this
           distance
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           seems
           to
           prompt
           you
           to
           do
           Nobly
           ,
           by
           depositing
           in
           your
           hands
           a
           full
           and
           happy
           Opportunity
           ,
           such
           as
           conspires
           to
           promote
           those
           Ends
           ,
           which
           are
           worthy
           and
           generous
           .
           Your
           
             Lordship
          
           will
           need
           no
           other
           Incitements
           ,
           than
           the
           publick
           Concern
           ,
           and
           contriving
           an
           abiding
           Ornament
           to
           your
           Name
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           be
           tedious
           ,
           to
           see
           Government
           reeling
           from
           one
           Species
           ,
           from
           one
           hand
           to
           another
           .
           We
           apprehend
           it
           much
           in
           your
           power
           to
           fix
           it
           .
           Are
           our
           Sacred
           or
           Civill
           Liberties
           dear
           to
           us
           ?
           They
           sollicite
           a
           Restitution
           to
           their
           Legall
           Boundaries
           .
           Let
           your
           
             Lordship
          
           cast
           your
           eyes
           upon
           a
           Nation
           ,
           impoverished
           ,
           disfigured
           ,
           bleeding
           under
           an
           intestine
           Sword
           :
           Let
           its
           agonies
           ,
           its
           miseries
           ,
           its
           ruines
           ,
           implore
           your
           assistance
           .
           To
           our
           sense
           ,
           the
           onely
           redresse
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           lies
           in
           a
           Free
           and
           Full
           
             PARLIAMENT
             ,
          
           whereunto
           our
           Ancestors
           recours'd
           in
           resembling
           Exigencies
           .
           And
           lest
           your
           Lordship
           should
           suspect
           these
           to
           be
           our
           own
           solitary
           thoughts
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           the
           Presentments
           of
           severall
           Grand-Juries
           ,
           and
           the
           desires
           of
           the
           Sea-men
           in
           this
           County
           ,
           urged
           this
           Addresse
           ;
           which
           shall
           be
           pursued
           with
           all
           due
           testimonies
           of
           a
           Cordiall
           Adhesion
           to
           your
           Lordship
           in
           order
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           
             This
             Letter
             was
             delivered
             at
             
               St.
               Albans
               ,
               
                 Jan.
                 28.
                 1659.
                 
              
            
             by
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Felton
            
             Barronet
             ,
             
               Robert
               Brook
               ,
            
             and
             
               William
               Bloys
            
             Esquires
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Dring
             .
          
           1659.
           
        
      
      
  

