Even then his way of committing himself was characteristic.

His kinsman, Sir John Greenville, the same who had been commissioned to negotiate with him when he was in Scotland, was again the agent.

With the utmost privacy, only Mr.Morrice being present as a third party, Monk had received Greenville at St.James's, acknowledged his Majesty's gracious messages, and given certain messages for his Majesty in return.

He would not pen a line; Greenville was to convey the messages verbally.

They included such recommendations to his Majesty as that he should smooth the way for his return by proclaiming a pardon and indemnity in as wide terms as possible, a guarantee of all sales and conveyances of lands under the Commonwealth, and a liberal measure of Religious Toleration; but the most immediate and practical of them all was that his Majesty should at once leave the Spanish dominions, take up his quarters at Breda, and date all his letters and proclamations thence.