REASONS HUMBLY offered why THE NAME OF WILLIAM LENTHALL Should be Left Out of the EXCEPTION in the ACT of OBLIVION.  
1. THere is no action of mine that expressed me at any time averse to the King, and his affairs; for many years since I was violently prosecuted before a Committee of Parliament for sending money to his Majesty at Oxford, and for suffering both Persons and Intelligence to pass to him by my Authority. This was so violently pursued against me, that when the Committee could not make it against me, the Council of War appointed a Committee of theirs, and I was prosecuted by Col. Venables, and one Col. Cook.  
2. Her Majesty being near the time of Her lying in, could not obtain licence from hence for conveniences for her use; and by my power and by a servant of my own, I conveyed to Her all things necessary for that occasion, which Her Majesty was pleased to take particular notice of. And for this I was also accused.  
3. I was not wanting in the duty I owed to His majesty's Children, the Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Elizabeth that were here, and that there was no opportunity, but I made it my care to get necessaries and conveniences for them; and this will be testified by several that attended them.  
4. There could be no Person more desired and endeavoured his majesty's honour and happiness than myself, and in order thereto advised some of the Commissioners that attended the Treaty, to labour all that could possibly be done to effect that; and that His Majesty should make no reliance on the Army, for they would deceive him. And this I signified in a Letter to the Speaker of the now-House of Commons.  
5. That at all times when any thing came to my single Vote (and then only I could express my Opinion) I never consented to any violent action, but rather showed my dislike to any such thing, or any proceeding that was not regular.  
6. How it was my labour (and not in vain) to break the Army, and to divide the Soldiers from the Officers, which I effected, in such a time, when if the other party had got the better, I must have suffered both in my Life and Fortune.  
7. I gave and held Intelligence with my Lord general, by Letters from hence when he was in Scotland and at Berwick, and got privately such Officers conveyed to him as he wanted there.  
8. My refusing to take the Oath of Abjuration, which if I had not particularly at that time discountenanced, it had been taken by a great part of the Army and many others, which would have engaged men to be more desperate in their resistances to His Majesty.  
9 I did not only refuse to sign any new Writs, but absolutely obstructed the going out of any to fill up that House, which if it had been done, had answered the desires and expectations of most; and would have so settled men's minds, that I do think it might have prevented His majesty's coming in, and continued the Nation under a form of Government, diametrically opposite to His Majesties.  
Lastly, the often attendancies I have made on his Excellency, to give him my humble advice for the speedy bringing in of His Majesty, and this when it was not publicly known that there would be any such thing: And it was also the result of many pri●●te advices that I had with divers persons that agitated His majesty's coming to His Dominions.  
There are only two things objected against me: The one is, My going to the Army; The other is, My sitting in the House.  
To the first, I do protest in the presence of God, I did think at that time the Army did intend the bringing in of His Majesty, and the settlement of the kingdom, and that deceived me.  
For the other, I do acknowledge my weakness; and yet even in that I was led to it with a thought that I might do a great deal of good, and prevent all persons interest from running into a confusion, which I much laboured, and prevented many inconveniences. And this I can say, that in all this time I have countenanced a learned ministry, and always heard such, whose opinions were for the establishing the King and the Church.