A Letter from the KING to F. M.  
WHen We daily perceive how many loyal Subjects We have in England and how zealous the most moderate of them are to redeem their Religion and Liberties from profaneness and oppression, and thereby 〈◊〉 restore Our Kingdoms to peace, and ourselves to the just government of them, it will be no great danger to one of them to own his intelligence to Us of their affections, and to be instrumental to assure them, how ready We shall be to grant, and faithful to perform, whatsoever shall be most conducing to establish a just and lasting Peace. And because by a part of your last, We discover that there are some so irreconcilable to Our Person, and the Nations settlement, that the● continue by an industrious malice, to represent Us by false and odious lights so our People, and being by a long experience become perfect Artists in their Trade, 〈◊〉 so exactly fit their designs with proper instruments to accomplish them, as 〈◊〉 they hoped by their forgeries to deceive other men's reasons, and to blast Our Innocence and honour: Sometimes persuading the credulous sort of their own party that We are Popish, revengeful, debauched, and what not? that may bring Our Person and honour into contempt, and them into despair: At another time, setting up the looser sort of those who have been, or pretend to be, engaged so 〈◊〉, 〈◊〉 threaten all with fire and sword who are not of their own wild opinions, ●●●scribe men by names, confiscate their estates, dispose of offices, and endeavou● 〈◊〉 persuade the world We have authorised them, to be the sole directors and go nors' of Our and the Kingdoms affairs; thus the fanatics of both Parties made use of to work a bad understanding between Us and Our people there b●ing no other difference between those two extremes, than that the first woe … 〈◊〉 have a King, because they would still keep, the Nation in distraction; the othe●●●deed wish a King (but with no less confusion) whose authority might be pro●●●tuted to their wicked ambitious ends: Nor do they want their creatures to b … these exorbitanies (of their own inventing) through magnifying glasses to 〈◊〉 well-affected in present power, who being altogether strangers to Our Conversation, may thereby be staggered in their duties, and become jealous of Our integri●● and their own safeties. We therefore think fit to assure you by this Our Lette● (which you may publish if you think fit) That We dare cast ourselves upon 〈◊〉 Jury of sober and judicious men, whether We have exercised or willingly tolerate● debauching and swearing: And for Our Religion, both ourselves and our dea● Brothers have given a sufficient testimony to all the world of Our steddiness therein, and our late celebrating of the Lord's Supper (according to the institution o● the Reformed Churches) may clearly vindicate Us from so groundless an aspersion, to which holy duty, We came in such a Christian temper, as did not only overcome all desires of revenge, but sincerely forgive our greatest enemies: An● We are so far from approving those insolences of your Hector's (as you call them that We abhor and detest their words and actions, and whensoever it shall pleas● God to put an opportunity into our hands, shall further manifest our dislike thereof. We doubt not but We have said enough to convince the folly and madness of those idle persons, and to satisfy all knowing and conscientious men of the integrity of  
Your Loving Friend, C. R. Brussels 10. April. 1660.