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Topic: The English Revolution

The Speaker to General Monck - Sir William Clarke, The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 [1901]

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The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660, ed. C.H. Firth (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901). 4 vols.

Part of: The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols.

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The Speaker to General Monck

Sir,

xxxii. f. 204b.The Parliament hath comanded mee to let yow know that yesterday they began to sitt againe in theire Howse, the happines whereof (for such they hope the Lord will please to make it to this Comonwealth) must bee attributed to the most seasonable appeareance of your fidelity, care, and courage.

I doe therefore heereby returne unto your selfe in the first place, and withall to the noble officers and whole souldjery now standing by yow and by theire duty, the hearty thankes of the Parliament, which they desire yow to accept untill a farther oppertunitye shall shew it selfe for a more reall acknowledgement. Sir, this being all I have in charge, I remain

Your assured loving friend,

Wm. Lenthall, Speaker.