TO HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY 



CHARLES THE SECOND, 



By the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ire- 

 land King, Defender of the Faith, &>c. 



May it please your Majesty, — I have, in confidence of 

 your gracious acceptance, taken the boldness, or rather the 

 presumption, to dedicate to your Majesty this short history 

 (which is as full of truths, as words) of the actions and sufferings 

 of your most loyal subject, my lord and husband (by your 

 Majesty's late favour) Duke of Newcastle ; who when your 

 Majesty was Prince of Wales, was your most careful governor, 

 and honest servant. Give me therefore leave to relate here, 

 that I have heard him often say, he loves your royal person 

 so dearly, that he would most willingly, upon all occasions, 

 sacrifice his life and posterity for your Majesty : whom that 

 Heaven will ever bless, is the prayer of your most obedient, 

 loyal, humble subject and servant, » 



Margaret Newcastle. 



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