as you have received in an ample measure.

"An acknowledgment is also due to them from their country, who have
served their country faithfully and successfully, as you have done.
I can assure your Lordship it is in my heart, really it is, and, I
think, in the hearts of all here, that your services in this
employment may turn to an account of advantage to you and yours; and
it is just and honourable that it should be so.

"The Lord hath shown extraordinary mercy to you and to your company,
in the great deliverances which he hath vouchsafed to you; and
especially in that eminent one which you have related to us, when
you were come near your own country, and the enjoyment of the
comforts of your safe return. It was indeed a great testimony of
God's goodness to you all,--a very signal mercy, and such a one as
ought to raise up your hearts and our hearts in thankfulness to God,
who hath bestowed this mercy on you; and it is a mercy also to us as
well as to you, though yours more personally, who were thus saved
and delivered by the special hand of Providence.

"The goodness of God to you was also seen in the support of you,
under those hardships and dangers which you have undergone in this
service; let it be your comfort that your service was for God, and
for his people, and for your country. And now that you have, through
his goodness, passed them over, and he hath given you a safe return
unto your country, the remembrance of those things will be pleasant
to you, and an obligation for an honourable recompense of your
services performed under all those hardships and dangers.

"For the treaty which you have presented to us, signed and sealed by
the Queen's Commissioners, I presume it is according to what you
formerly gave advice to us from Sweden. We shall take time to peruse
it, and the Council have appointed a committee to look into it,
together with your instructions, and such other papers and things as
you have further to offer to them: and I may say it, that this
treaty hath the appearance of much good, not only to England, but to
the Protestant interest throughout Christendom; and I hope it will
be found so, and your service thereby have its due esteem and
regard, being so much for public good, and so discreetly and
successfully managed by you.

"My Lord, I shall detain you