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WHEREAS we have fully Impower'd our Truly and Well-beloved Admiral Herbert; we hope that you will give an entire Belief to whatever he ſhall tell you from us. We have publiſh'd a Declaration containing a a full and true Account of our Intentions in this Expedition; ſince it is evident that the Papiſts have reſolv'd the total Extirpation of the Proteſtant Religion in Great Britain, and will infallibly reduce you to the ſame Condition in which you ſee France, if they can once get the upper hand. You are now at laſt ſenſible, that you are made uſe of only as Inſtruments to bring this Nation under Popery and Slavery, by means of the Iriſh, and other Foreigners, that are aſſembling for your Deſtruction. Therefore we hope that Almighty God will inſpire you with ſuch Thoughts as may facilitate your Deliverance, and preſerve You, your Country and Religion from all theſe impending Miſeries. And whereas (in all probability) this can never be effected, unleſs You joyn with Us (who labour for your Deliverance,) we do expect your Aſſiſtance herein: And ſhall always remember, &c.
ALmighty God, Lord of Hoſts, who art the Aid and Refuge of all thoſe who put their Truſt in thee; We moſt humbly beſeech thee, to bleſs and give a Proſperous Event to this Enterprize, for the Glory of thy Name, and for the Advantage of thy People. Let not our Sins provoke thy Wrath ſo far, as to deny thy Servant, the Prince, thy Holy Bleſſing, but cover him with thy Grace as with a Buckler; direct him in all his Counſels, to the end, that being bleſſed with Succeſs in this great Deſign, he may employ all that groat Power which thy Bleſſed Majeſty ſhall entruſt him with, to the Honour of thy Great Name, the Eſtabliſhment and Advancement of the True Religion, and to the Peace and Happineſs of thy People. Let thy Bleſſing accompany this Fleet; Give propitious Succeſs to our Vndertakings. Vouchſafe us, O God, the Father of MerOur Father, &c.