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as is by them in other countries expected. It would not 

 only prove a cooling card to many, whose zeal other 

 wise would transport them to supply me gallantly in 

 order to his Majesty s service, but also perhaps render 

 me incapable thereof ; for which reason of great impor 

 tance, I should humbly beseech that the cessation should 

 be continued until about the middle of June next ; yet 

 so as that the condition of having the residue of the 

 ten thousand men by the first of May next may be en 

 forced by your Excellency, against which time, though 

 I return not myself, yet shipping shall be provided, and 

 that service no way neglected. But with this motion 

 of mine I have not acquainted the Commissioners that 

 are gone to Dublin, nor the Supreme Council, lest in 

 some I might have raised a spirit I could not lay down: 

 who might have taken a rise at this my inclination for 

 the furtherance of his Majesty s service, to countenance 

 their backwardness in preparing the supplies, or in 

 their unwillingness to submit to a perfect peace ; than 

 which nothing is more heartily desired or aimed at by 

 me, to the end that, under your Excellency s most 

 judicious and wise conduct, all things may unanimously 

 proceed to the furtherance of the King my master s 

 service, and the happiness and contentment of this king 

 dom. And to receive your Excellency s commands 

 hereupon I have sent Sir Vivien Molineux, who goes 

 with me into France. And give me leave to tell you 

 that the continuance of the cessation upon the terms 

 above mentioned (without which I cannot resolve to go 

 myself into France), will be likewise advantageous to 

 your Excellency and this kingdom ; since during it, 

 the Nuncio (whose mission is only to the Confederate 

 Catholics) will plentifully contribute here to the main 

 tenance of the war against the common enemy. And 

 your Excellency, giving me a power to engage your 



