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surely y® war may goe on. had we any Guynns in our port they 

 had gone off w^'' 10,000 of y^ spoyls of his Country in his pocket, 

 where was y"" Zeale in prosecuting him ; who tho' mark'd by y® 

 parlm' & turnd over to a tryal yet I heare was acquitted w*" j° 

 honor of being vexatiously <!•• maliciously prosecuted, but at last 

 you are pleas'd to sugar all up w*** a complement y' I may name 

 other men but I love my friends too well to have y"" known to be 

 such, & so to be immediately remov'd. if there can be no other 

 favor for these men upon this mistake y* they thought we had 

 greater interest y" we have, pray consult w"" you please for y^ re- 

 commending others in y*'' places who if they are disaffected at y° 

 bottom to y^ government & y^ church wil be sure to sit y® longer 

 there, because they'l find friends enough to help y"" out upon 

 worse occasions, these men have so much increas'd y* Kings 

 revenue as might plead for y"" were they not guilty of y' un- 

 pardonable crime of being my friends, this is an extraordinary 

 stroak for y'' Nephew at Loe, & an Infallible way to get him y® 

 concurrence of all y^ gentlemen of y^ County, w° six at least & 

 perhaps not y^ meanest of it could not get pardon for y^ foUoy 

 rather y" y^ design'd fraud of y"" Officers, 



I am 



Y' humble Serv* 



J. E. 



(N.B. Of course Jonathan Exeter). 



London, 15*'^ Feb^ 170f 



My Lord, 



Yo"" Lodp^ of the S*'' came not to my hands till after the 

 Warrant was signed at the Treasury for supplying the vacancys 

 at Looe by the pei^ons I mentioned in my former letter ; one of 

 these that is, Paxton the same whom yo" Ldp was pleased yo' self 

 to recom'end to M"" Strongs Succession, and the other, that is 



