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the metropolis on his birth-day, the 29th of the same 

 month, must have had their influence on the Marquis 

 in his most distressing condition. He was, no doubt, one 

 among the privileged to congratulate his Majesty in 

 private, at Whitehall, while bonfires blazed, fireworks 

 glared, and cannon roared ; what conflicting emotions 

 must have revelled in his own breast, broken down 

 as he was by disasters on every hand, which through 

 more than thirteen years he had borne with magnanimous 

 fortitude. 



His son, Lord Herbert, resided at Badminton House, 

 Gloucestershire, but being in London, on his way to 

 Dover, after the proclamation, he wrote to his wife, as 

 follows : * 



&quot; MY DEAR HEART, 



u We have this night received our instructions, 

 and to-morrow begin our journey towards the King, 

 whom we are commanded to acquaint with what great 

 joy and acclamation he was here proclaimed 5 and to 

 let him know that the Parliament hath enjoined all 

 ministers in England and Ireland to pray for him, the 

 Duke of York, and the rest of the Eoyal progeny ; and 

 ordered that the Arms of the Commonwealth, wherever 

 they are standing, be taken down, and that his Majesty s 

 be set in the place. We are further to beseech his 

 Majesty to return with speed to his dominions and 

 government; and finally, to acquaint him that the 

 Parliament hath given order to the Admiral to obey 

 his commands with the navy, and to desire that he will 

 please to signify to us when and where he will land, 

 and whether he will come from Dover by land, or to 

 London by water ; where lodged, and how his pleasure 

 is to be received. 



&quot; I hope we shall soon return with him we go for, 



* From MSS. Badminton. 



