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Topic: The English Revolution

General Monck to Mr. William Morris 1 - 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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General Monck to Mr. William Morris1

Sir,

lii. f. 62.I have enclosed sent yow a copie of that letter I sent to Mr. Roll, to bee imparted to those Gentlemen that subscribed that paper of the 13th instant at Exon, and a copie alsoe of my owne to him, earnestly entreateing this greate favoure from yow at this tyme, that yow will please to use all your power and interest with him and all the other Gentlemen, that they would not insist uppon that paper, but on the contrary declare theire acquiescence in this Parliament’s proceedings, whereby wee may once come (after soe many overturnings) to a setled condition of Government, and bee freed from this phanatic humor which hath borne sway soe long. I neede use noe arguments to you, who are better able to discerne men, times, and things then I am, onely, if your occasions could permitt, after yow have had a meeting with those Gentlemen—let the effects thereof bee what it will, for I will not doubt (God assisting) the faileing of my hopes, if yow once engage therein—that yow will please to doe mee both the honoure and favoure as to meete mee att London, where more freedome may bee used then can well with conveniency bee exprest by letter. Sir, Ile trouble yow noe farther, butt recomending these my desires to your care and your selfe and negotiation to God, and soe remaine,

Sir,
Yours,

[George Monck].

For Mr. Morris.

[1 ]William Morice, knighted and made Secretary of State after the Restoration, is described by Clarendon as allied to Monck, ‘and entirely trusted by him in the managing of his estate in that county’ (Rebellion, xvi. 162).