I send you herewith an original letter in the nature of a Credential, every word of which is in the hand-writing of king Charles the Second. According to the tradition of my family it was delivered by that monarch, during his residence at Antwerp, to my ancestor colonel Thomas Veel, of Alvestone in the county of Glocester; and also four blank commissions (from among several others now in my possession), to raise soldiers for the royal cause: which letter and commissions appear to me mutually to illustrate and explain each other. The following are exact and literal copies.