Whitehall, October 12.
This day a seasonable and generous Address was presented
to his Highness, by the most noble Lord Richard Lord Ingoldsby,
subscribed by himself, and the Officers and Souldiers
of his Regiment. Let it speak for it self.
To his Highness the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of
England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions
and Territories thereunto belonging;
The most humble Address of us Your Highness officers and
Souldiers.
WHereas the most Serene and Renowned Oliver late
Lord Protector of this Commonwealth, Your
Highness most Princely Father, in his life time, according
to the Humble Petition and Advice, hath appointed and declared
Your Highness to succeed him in the Government of
these Nations; We Your most faithful Subjects acknowledge
it a Providence so seasonable, for the welfare of these
Your Highness his Dominions; (that without great ingratitude
against the Lord) We cannot but declare our selves
most thankfully sensible, Your Highness Succession (by the
blessing of God) having dissipated those clouds of fears land
doubts, which in the judgements of men were ready to dissolve
into showres of blood and confusion upon these Your
Nations, which again to involve in a Sea of misery, the common
Enemy both at home and abroad is active and industrious,
sowing his seeds of Discontents and Rebellion amongst
Your Highnesses most faithful Subjects, to ripen and bring
to pass their hellish and barbarous Designs, wherein though
by signal testimonies from Heaven, they have been constantly
disappointed, yet with great confidence have they calculated
the time of Your most Serene and Renowned Father
his death to be the onely opportunity for the effecting thereof.
All which cry aloud unto us, and all the good People
of these Nations earnestly to call upon God, that he who indued