THE COPY OF A LETTER SENT FROM THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE, The Lord PAGET, unto the Honourable House of Parliament, declaring the reasons of his departure from them, unto the KINGS Most Excellent Majesty at Yorke.

IT may seeme strange, that I, who with all zeale and earnestnesse have prosecuted in the beginning of this Parliament, the Reforma­tion of all disorders in Church, and Common-wealth, should now in a time of such great distractions, desert the cause. Most true it is, that my ends were the common good: And whilst that was prosecuted, I was ready to lay downe both my life and fortune: But when I found a Preparation of Armes against the KING, under the shadow of Loyaltie, I rather resolved, to obey a good Conscience, then particular ends, and am now on my way to His Majesty, where I will, throw my selfe downe at his feet, and die a loyall Subject.

PAGET.

Printed for Hugh Perry, 1642.

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