For my noble friends. Colonell Bulftrod Captain Grenfield Captaine Tyrrell Captains West or any of then

The army is now at Nor Hampton. moving surry day me raw to you. if you disband not be a mutuall fucced

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By the kindness of the MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM, the COMPILER is enabled to decorate this Volume with two Letters and a Fac Simile of the Hand-writing of this Great Man. They must be perused by every Englishman with that respect with which he will behold, we truft, the smallest relic of the strenuous, yet temperate, Affertor of the Liberties of his Country*.

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"The army is now at Northampton, moving every day nearer to you. If you difband not,

"Towns; but that was like putting in a little augur, that "afterwards you may put in a greater. He that pulls down "the first brick does the main business; afterwards 'tis eafy "to pull down the wall. They that firft would not pay the "Ship-money till it was decided, did like brave men." The folemn decifion of a Court of Juftice is with us in England as truly the Law of the Land as an Act of Parliament. Pascal observes very well, "Il feroit bon qu'on obeit aux loix et aux "coutumes parcequ'lles font loix, et que le peuple comprit que s'eft "là ce qui les rend juftes. Par ce moyen on ne les quitteroit jamais, "au lieu que quand on fait dependre leur juftice d'autre chofe, "il eft aifé de la rendre douteufe, et voila ce qui fait que les peuples "font fujets à fe revolter."

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In fuch refpect is the memory of Hampden ftill held by his grateful countrymen, that fome years ago, one of his defcendants being deficient in an account of public money, he was exonerated from the debt due to Government by an A& of Parliament, particularly expreffing that it was for the fervices his illuftrious relation had done to his country that this mark of favour was fhewn to him.

"wee may be a mutual fuccour each to other; "but if you difperfe, you make yourselves " and the country a pray. You shall heare daily "fro'

"Yo' fervant,

"Northampt.

"I. HAMPDEN.

"Octob. 31.

"For Coll. BULSTRODE, Capt. GREN"VILLE, Capt. TYRRELL, and Capt. "WEST, or any of them."

"FOR COLL. BULSTRODE, CAPT. GRENVILLE, << САРТ. TYRRELL, AND CAPTAIN WEST,

"OR ANY OF THEM

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The perfons to whom thefe Letters are addreffed, commanded the Cavalry raised in Bucks for the Parliament.

The family of Bulstrode lived at Bulftrode, now the Duke of Portland's, and is long fince extinct.

The male lines of the family of Tyrrell, eftablished at Thornton near Buckingham, and at Castle Thorp near Newport Pagnell, are likewife extinct.

The family of West were established at Long Crendon near Thame, but its property is fold. The prefent refpectable Prefident (1) of the Royal Academy is defcended from this branch.

Captain Grenville is the Great-Great-Grandfather of the Marquis of Buckingham.

(1) In 1795, BENJ. WEST, Efq.