and your Highness actions Crowned with perpetual praise: And
seeing by Divine Providence your Highness hath been made in so
large a measure, the happy repairer of our breaches, defender of
truth, and procurer of Peace in these Nations, as we desire to bless
the name of the most High as the e[unr]cien cause, so also to manifest
our duty and thankfulness to your Highness, as the instrumental
means of so great enjoyments, rejoycing in the Lord, whose protection,
us a Governor that leeks the good of Sion, under whose protection,
as we have much confidence of living happily, so we also engage to
live Loyally, dedicating our hearts and hands, lives and fortune to
your Highness Service, for accomplishment of the good work so sa[unr]
by you promoted in opposition to all the enemies of the truth, piety,
and peace, which being the full purpose of our hearts, we hold it our
duty to declare, the more to confirm your hand in the work of the
Lord and his people, humbly subscribing our selves
Your Highness very faithful Servants.
Presented by Major Skutt and some other Gentlemen of the Town
of Pool, and his Highness returned hearty thanks both to the Gentleman
that delivered it, and also to the Town.
From Vpsall April 7.
We can now in some measure make you a requitall of News, by
telling you that his Excellency hath concluded the Treaty here to
a full and large satisfaction on both sides, and that within Fourteen
dayes after he began to Treat with those Noble persons that were
Commissionate for that purpose by her Majesty. We must confess
it was beyond our expectation, when we considered the difficulties,
the greatness of the business, the desigues to obstruct it, and the
aversness of divers great ones towards it: But the grand Chancelor,
and his son Count Erick, who were the Queens Commissioners came
off with goad respect to my Lord Protector, and to my Lord Ambassador
also himself, who with great wsidom and dexterity hath managed
this business. The Queen also hath manifested incomparable
affection to his Highness, and favor to my Lord Ambassador, with
whom she hath kept her Word very honorably. Shee told my
Lord Ambassador, That she would have the honor to make the
Allyance her self with my Lord Protector, and in respect to him;
and she said, because my Lord Ambassador treated with her like a
Gentleman, avec toute la franchise et rondeur, et non pas comme un Marchand,
she did consent to more then any other could have obtained
from her.
It hath pleased God to shew much mercy to us in our voyage hither,
and in our business here, and we hope to enjoy the like in our
return, which will be now out of hand.