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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 63 (p.191) |
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To the honourable Knight Sir H. G. sir, Since I received a Letter by your sonne, whom I have not yet had the honour to see, I had a Letter Pacquet from you by Mr Roe: To the former, I writ before: In this I have no other commandement from you, but to tell you, whether Mr Villers have received from the K. any additions of ho- nour, or profit. Without doubt he hath yet none. He is here, practising for the Mask; of which, if I mis-remember not, I writ as much as you desire to know, in a Letter which seems not, to have been come to you, when you writ. In the Savoy business, the King hath declared himself by an en- gagement, to assist him with 100000l a year, if the Warre continue. But I beleeve, he must farm out your Warwickshire Bene- volence for the paiment thereof. Upon the strength of this engagement, Sir Rob. Rich becomes confident in his hopes. If you stood in an equall disposition for the West, [CW: and] |
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