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also_o depute_v several_a worthy_a member_n to_o wait_v upon_o his_o majesty_n with_o a_o letter_n and_o 10000_o l._n as_o a_o present_a moreover_o admiral_n montague_n be_v command_v to_o attend_v he_o upon_o the_o coast_n of_o holland_n with_o a_o squadron_n of_o ship_n but_o the_o general_n first_o of_o all_o dispatch_v away_o his_o brother_n sir_n thom._n clerges_n with_o a_o letter_n to_o his_o majesty_n wherein_o be_v enclose_v a_o address_n of_o the_o officer_n profess_v their_o allegiance_n to_o his_o majesty_n on_o tuesday_n may_v 8._o his_o majesty_n be_v solemn_o proclaim_v in_o london_n and_o soon_o after_o in_o all_o county_n city_n and_o borroughs_n of_o england_n and_o that_o with_o great_a transport_n of_o joy_n than_o have_v ever_o be_v know_v upon_o the_o like_a or_o any_o other_o occasion_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n great_a number_n of_o person_n of_o quality_n daily_o flock_v over_o to_o breda_n to_o his_o