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the_o parliament_n have_v make_v he_o so_o the_o rest_n i_o leave_v to_o your_o conduct_n commit_v you_o to_o god_n providence_n trawble_n not_o yourself_o about_o my_o other_o affair_n but_o think_v only_o of_o what_o you_o have_v now_o in_o your_o hand_n bring_v he_o if_o possible_a either_o to_o his_o mother_n or_o sister_n farewell_o your_o assure_a friend_n charles_n r._n sect._n 95._o for_o some_o important_a reason_n which_o i_o acquaint_v his_o majesty_n tie_n with_o i_o delay_v this_o business_n until_o the_o end_n of_o april_n follow_v at_o which_o time_n it_o succeed_v happy_o to_o the_o great_a contentment_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o the_o royal_a family_n his_o highness_n arrive_v first_o in_o zealand_n and_o the_o next_o day_n in_o holland_n sect._n 96._o about_o six_o week_n after_o the_o parliament_n whole_a fleet_n quit_v their_o unlawful_a master_n come_v to_o anchor_n in_o gorée_a road_n deliver_v themselves_o up_o to_o the_o duke_n of_o york_n as_o their_o 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interest_n i_o shall_v again_o declare_v what_o i_o have_v ever_o protest_v that_o i_o have_v no_o other_o end_n or_o design_n then_o either_o free_v the_o king_n out_o of_o his_o imprisonment_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n or_o if_o it_o be_v find_v impossible_a which_o i_o do_v not_o then_o believe_v nor_o do_v now_o that_o be_v be_v to_o have_v land_v 1500._o or_o 2000_o man_n at_o yarmouth_n to_o have_v countenance_v a_o rise_n in_o norfolk_n suffolk_n and_o the_o other_o adjacent_a province_n of_o the_o eastern_a assotiation_n the_o probability_n of_o the_o one_o or_o of_o the_o other_o i_o shall_v here_o expose_v to_o any_o reasnable_a consideration_n sect._n 98._o first_o touch_v the_o king_n freedom_n i_o have_v be_v assure_v out_o of_o england_n of_o a_o land_a place_n in_o the_o island_n which_o i_o look_v upon_o as_o the_o great_a difficulty_n sect._n 99_o second_o that_o we_o can_v have_v land_v with_o 2000_o man_n have_v raise_v at_o that_o very_a time_n in_o holland_n 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