We have told the people that our King, the glory of England, is coming home again; and they have resounded it back again in our ears that they are ready, and their hearts open, to receive him.

Both Parliament and People have cried aloud to the King of Kings in their prayers _Long live King Charles the Second_." The rest of the speech was compliment to Sir John himself.
_Same day, in Montague's Fleet in the Downs_:--His Majesty's letter to Monk and Montague, intended to be communicated to the Fleet, having been sent by express from Monk, reached Montague that morning on board his flagship the Naseby.

His secretary Pepys describes what followed: "My Lord summoned a Council of War, and in the meantime did dictate to me how he would have the vote ordered which he would have pass this Council.

Which done, the Commanders all came on board, and the Council sat in the coach [Council cabin], the first Council of War that had been in my time; where I read the Letter and Declaration; and, while they were discoursing upon it, I seemed to draw up a vote, which, being offered, they passed.

Not one man seemed to say _No_ to it, though I am confident many in their hearts were against it.