He had already conveyed to Speaker Sir Harbottle Grimstone the fact that he was in attendance with a letter from his Majesty.

He came now at the most fit moment, for the House had just received a report from the Council of State of what had happened at the sitting of the Council on the preceding Saturday.
The scene will be best imagined from the record in the Journals of the House:--"_Tuesday, May the 1st_, 1660.PRAYERS.

Mr.Annesley reports from the Council of State a Letter from the King, unopened, directed 'To our trusty and well-beloved General Monk, to be communicated to the President and Council of State, and to the Officers of the Armies under his command,' being received from the hands of Sir John Greenville.

The House, being informed that Sir John Greenville, a messenger from the King, was at the door, _Resolved_, &c.

That Sir John Greenville, a messenger from the King, be called in.