Comfortable Newes from BREDA, In a LETTER to a Person of Honour.  
My LORD,  
I Read your last letter to a Friend of mine very near his majesty's Person, and gave it him to peruse by himself, or show it, if he thought fit. He told me your lordship's account of Affairs in England. As it is, in itself, very satisfactory, so it well agrees with several Letters and Relations from others, and confirms our hope, That his majesty's undoubted Right, will shortly be in signal manner, attested and asserted, by the universal suffrage of the People of England in Parliament: And that after long Oppression, we shall once more flourish under a King, for all virtues, requisite in the Greatest Prince, I dare say inferior to none of his Predecessors. Many passages, in your Letter my Friend observed, but one above all the rest, (viz) The surmise of many disaffected Persons, and jealousy, even of some of our Friends, That the King, in his late great Extremities, either to procure some Assistance, or, perhaps a bare Livelihood, which then he wanted, may possibly be Engaged, in Contracts with foreign Princes, not altogether consistent with the true English Interest. This he thought, was not to be slighted, in regard it seemed to carry with it much danger, and some colour: And therefore forthwith reported it to his Majesty, Who did me the honour to take notice of it as my Intelligence, and assure me upon his Royal word, That he is so far from having Contracted with any Prince, to the prejudice of his country, as he never yet in all his Distresses, entertained any Treaty, which would not become the best of Protestants and Englishmen; Or which, (had it been otherwise fit) he should not have wished, the whole Nation might have heard; That he stands obliged only upon the account of hospitality and great Civility, which, he hopes he shall shortly be in a condition to requite.  
My Lord, since the King hath been pleased so far to condescend, as to trust me in a matter of such importance, I hold myself obliged in Duty, and Gratitude to his Majesty, in friendship and service to your Lordship, to transmit it to you, That your Lordship may (as I doubt not but you will) make your utmost use of it for his majesty's service; And surely, my Lord, you may do well industriously to Court Occasions of publishing, and propagating a news so Honourable to the King, so Significant to the People, so Seasonable to the Time, and Comfortable, I doubt not, to all loyal English hearts: For, whether we reflect on the mighty Providence of God, who hath brought his Majesty out of a fiery Furnace, as it were, without the singing of his Hair or clothes; Or, the incomparable virtue of our King, who, next to his Blessed Father, deserves to be ever Celebrated, as the chiefest Martyr of his country; Or our own unmerited happiness in such multiplied Deliverances, and especially in the enjoyment of so Excellent a Prince, The thing is every way most considerable, and must needs appear so even to the meanest Capacity.  
By the middle of the next Week, I intend, God willing to wait on your Lordship at London, and shall then endeavour to satisfy your Curiosity. For the present this place affords little public news, That being a Commodity now expected only from England, you will therefore, herein, excuse,  
My LORD, Your most humble, and affectionate Servant, T. L. Breda, April 26. S. N. 1660.   

London, Printed for Henry Seile over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, May 3. 1660.