I had the hono r to serve the King in Germany, in the most considerable commands of his Army, at the time when my son (that was hee and not mee) was knowne unto you, in those which served in fflanders, where he commanded His MatieS Cavalry of Strangers Hee had a very particular respect for the person, and for the great meritt of his Royal Highness, the Duke of York, who seemed You have no reasons to expect lesse to bee well pleased with his respectful carriage towards him services from mee, that you might have received from my son, upon all occasions where those of the :

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King will permit mee to render them. It cannot bee but you must have heard from divers of your Nation that have beene in the Islands of America, how I have done them courtesyes with passion, and with as much civility as may bee ; I have cause enough to complaine that the same hath not beene practised towards me ffor that a vessell which went out of Boston, tooke in the Gulfe of St. Laurence, towards the latter end of June, ;

or the beginning of July 1665, (near upon five months before the declaracon of the warre) a barque

of between 25 and 30 tunnes, w c h belonged to mee, being laden with a good quantity of strong Waters, and other refreshments which come from France But as I know no other interest than that :

who bestowes many benefits upon mee, I shall easily forgett that losse, 'till the conclusion of Peace, you may also believe that I am w th a great deale of esteeme, of the service of his Ma*y