1641-1642.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 33 



Next comes the following : 



&quot; HERBERT, 



&quot; Yours of the 1st of December has given me 

 a just reason for your absence but certainly I have 

 juster cause for your attendance, for it is well known 

 how that you are to give me account of matters not 

 only for my particular use, but likewise for the good 

 of the kingdom ; wherefore I require your repair hither 

 with all convenient diligence ; And the rather that you 

 may find out the authors of these lying and scandalous 

 Pamphlets concerning your father and you, touching 

 [which] I not only promise you protection to your in- 

 nocency but justice against those offenders, assuring 

 you likewise that I shall be so mindful of you that, if 

 I live, you shall neither be a loser in, nor repent you 

 for the services you have done me. And so I rest 



&quot; Your assured friend, 



&quot; CHARLES E. 



&quot; Whitehall, the 7th December, 1641. 13 



&quot; I send you herein the paper that I could not find 

 when you were with me.&quot; 



In his journey towards the north, his Majesty, on 

 arriving at Eoyston, wrote to Lord Herbert as fol 

 lows : 



&quot; HERBERT, 



u Your services are expressed to me in so noble a 

 way that I cannot but acknowledge to you under my 

 own hand, and that I should think myself very unhappy, 

 if I did not live by real testimonies to express my gra 

 titude to you. And for your sister, Carnarvon, though 

 I cannot punctually answer your expectation therein, 



13 Birch, gives the date &quot; llth of December, 1641.&quot; p 356. 



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