I Am troubled to understand, that through the ingratitude of those you serve, you are like to be rewarded with the dishonour of having a per­son of much inferiour merit put over your head, an injury insupport­able to any man of Spirit, and which may offer you a justifiable occasion of doing a very eminent Ser­vice to your Native King and Countrey; and which if you will embrace, to deliver up the Town with the Works of Plymouth, I shall engage my self on my Honour, and the Faith of a Gentleman, you shall be rewarded with Ten thousand pounds ster­lin, and have the command, if you please, of a Regiment of five hundred Horse, with what Ho­nours you your self shall desire. Sir, be not scru­pelous in taking the advice of an Enemy that desires heartily on these terms to become your true Friend, and to serve ever for the future in all occasions, as a most faithful Servant

YOur motion to Treason I have seen, and detest it, it is below my Spirit for personal injury (supposed onely by an Enemy) to take National revenge, and for a Pun­ctillio of honour, to take advice from Hell, and bētray my trust; I am sorry that one so ingennous, as your self should abuse your natural parts onely to do mischief; yet I have no reason to wonder much at your perswasion to Treasheiy, because I have had experience of the Endeavours of your Family to corrupt others also. I remember the Gun­power Plot, the Letter your Brother wrote to my Lord Roberts in this place for the same purpose, and his nego­tiation with Major General Brown at Abbington. Surely those principles came from Spain; but you should have told me also, that Spanish Proverb, To love the Treason, and hate the Traytor.

Sir, If my Councel may take with you, then I beseech you to consider the evil Councel you and your Party have given His Majesty, whereby the Kingdom, especially those parts under your power, are become almost a desolation; And when you have thought upon the sad effects of those Wars, then let your heart tell you the truth, That much of the Blood and Rapine in this Countrey must lie upon your accompt, and guilt may inforce you to seek for terms of Reconciliation first with God, then with the Representa­tive Body of the Kingdom, whom you have so highly [Page 5] offended. Let not this advice from him whom you call Enemy be despised, as you hope for mercy, and the respects of him, who according to the National Covenant re­solves to be,

IT hath been my endeavor, since I had any Com­mand here, faithfully to discharge the trust re­posed in me, especially for the preservation of this Important place Plimouth: and although you in your wisdoms have thought fit to change the Govern­ment, I do contentedly acquiesse in it, and shall alwayes be ready to serve my God and the King­doms, according to the Nationall Covenant in any condition, I shall be thought worthy to be imploy­ed. My Neighbor Enemy Sir John Digby, sent me on the third of this Instant this Temptation, where­of the inclosed is a true Copy, by a Countryman of [Page 6] mine that resided in this Town; It seems the fel­low was an Instrument of theirs, for he went twice to Parley with the Enemy without Order, and the second time received this Paper from that Renega­do Major Balfore privatly, who conjured him with secrecy to deliver it to me, and told him he might gain Five hundred pounds by the businesse. The Messenger accordingly delivered his Message, but could not read it. I no sooner saw it, but sent for the Committee, Mr. Wadden, Mr. Francis, Mr. Al­sop, and the Secretary, and discovered it to them. It was at first resolved, That I should seem to comply with him, and by it to get advantage; but since that Resolution is changed, and the inclosed returned in Answer; the Messenger is still in Custody, and shall receive a Tryall according to the Rules of War; And I desire only that you will Publish my Integri­ty to the World, and I shall continue to be for ever

Vpon Wednesday last was sevennight in the Evening, Col: Kerr sent for us, and communi­cated a Letter he had then received from Col: Dig­by, by the hands of one Thomas Read a Scottish Sea­man, (whom he had then secured in his own Quar­ters;) And when we had confidered the nature of it, we at first resolved to Deceive the Deceivers, (if we might) but because some other accidents have since intervened, we changed our Resolutions. We professe we found Col: Kerr extremely troubled at this Treacherous notice, and exceedingly grieved that an Enemy should suspect him capable of Trea­son: And we shall give this Testimony of him, that we believe him a most cordiall faithfull Servant to the Kingdom and this Place; and make it our Re­quests, That you will return him thanks for his fide­lity, and cause the Letter to him, and his Answer thereunto to be made Publique; which we conceive is an Honour too small for his Resolution in resist­ing such a Temptation. So rest