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<P>The la&s;t VVill and Te&s;tament of P. RVPERT, VVherein hee di&s;po&s;eth of all his e&s;tate
here in <HI>England,</HI> and ma|keth Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> Executor, and Lievetenant
Generall <HI>Crumwell,</HI> Major Generall <HI>Browne,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Ma&s;&s;ey</HI>
Over&s;eers of the &s;ame will.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed in the yeare, 1645. October. 7.</P>
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<HEAD>The la&s;t VVill and Te&s;ta|ment of Prince <HI>Rupert.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>Jn Martis Nomine, Amen.</OPENER>
<P><HI>_I Rupert,</HI> Plunderma&s;ter Gene|nerall, being mo&s;t dangerous &s;ick, yet of perfect
memory, and calling to minde the im|patiality of the times, am ve|ry well a&s;&s;ured by co~mon
computation, the time of my continuance ca~not be long; And whereas I have beene prodigall, both of
the innocents lives &amp; e&s;tates, and being de&s;irous &s;o neere as I can (now I can doe no
more mi&s;chiefe) peaceably to depart, &amp; give every man his due: Doe con&s;titute and ordaine,
depute and make this my la&s;t Will and Te|&s;tament
<PB N="2" REF="3">in manner and forme following.</P>
<P><HI>Inprimis,</HI> My Will and plea&s;ure is, and my mo&s;t harty &s;uit and reque&s;t to my
Execu|tors hereafter named, that they will bee plea&s;ed to &s;ee my Body decently carried be|yond
Sea.</P>
<P><HI>Item.</HI> All my Cities, Townes, Ca&s;tles, Forts, and every of my Garri&s;ons by what name
or title &s;oever they bee knowne or called, together with their and every of their rights, members
and appurtenances, (<HI>Bri&s;tow</HI> onely excepted) my Will and plea&s;ure is, &s;hall bee
di&s;po&s;ed of as the Two Hou&s;es of Parliament in their di&s;cre&s;tion &s;hall thinke fit and
appoint.</P>
<P><HI>Item.</HI> Whereas His Maje&s;ty was gratiou&s;|ly plea&s;ed heretofore, a&s;well in
con&s;iderati|on of my good &s;ervice then done, as for in|couragement for the future, to confer,
upon mee <HI>Ex more moti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> not onely the
Domi|nion of <HI>Wales,</HI> but other great and va&s;t, Re|venue to be by me peaceably enjoyed
when I had utterly de&s;troyed Round-headi&s;me
<PB N="3" REF="3">both root and branch; and now in regard I find that
worke infinite, my will and plea|&s;ure is, that the &s;ame be peaceably enjoyed by the true
owners, and that all the monies and plunder I have here, with a great deale of indu&s;tery gotten,
bee re&s;tored to the true owners, except what I have hertofore tran&s;|ported beyond the
&s;eas.</P>
<P><HI>Item.</HI> Whereas my whole e&s;tate being di&s;po&s;ed of as afore&s;aid to my poore
friends, I meane all my friends, I can will &amp; bequeath nothing; onely this, to my confounding
Damee Lords, my proud papi&s;tick and A|thi&s;tick Prelates and all other of my high qualited
friends, which were more rich then hone&s;t, more leaned then religious, I will and bequeath unto
them, contrition and repentance, and wonderous &s;ubmi&s;sive Peti|tions: and for my &s;econd
&s;ort of friends that were excellent &s;wearers, gallant drun|kards, and mo&s;t notable
plunderers, that killed poore contrymen with mouth gunns, I will and bequeath them new Ropes to
hang them&s;elves, for it is much &s;u&s;pected the
<PB N="4" REF="4">old trade of Pimping will never come in fa|&s;hion
againe. And for the third &s;ort of Ver|mine, if Sir <HI>Thomas</HI> &s;hould be mercifull unto
them, I know not what &s;ervice they can doe him, onely they will &s;erve to keepe bullets from
better men.</P>
<P><HI>Item.</HI> My la&s;t Lega&s;ie is, my admonition to <HI>Aulicus</HI> my Secretary, which is,
with &s;peede to repaire to <HI>Britanicus,</HI> and de&s;ire his a&s;&s;i&s;tance in drawing a
Petition for him to the Baregarden, for the man is very in|geneous, and in time may come to be
Clerke of the Challenges.</P>
<P><HI>Item.</HI> I doe by the&s;e pre&s;ents con&s;titute, and ordaine Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI>
&s;ole Execu|tor of this my la&s;t Will and Te&s;tament, and for his trouble and charge in
Execution hereof, I will and bequeath him all my Hor|&s;es, Ammunition and Armes what&s;oever,
whether they be Cannons, Demecannons, Culverines, Sacres, Morterpeeces, Murthe|rers, Petars,
Muskets, Pikes, Swords, Drums, Trumpets, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
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<P>And la&s;t, I doe hereby ordaine Over&s;eers of this my La&s;t Will and Te&s;tament;
Lieve|tenant Generall <HI>Crumwell,</HI> Sergent Major Generall <HI>Browne,</HI> and leave each of
them a Lega&s;ie, which &s;hall be at the di&s;cretion of my Executor.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>In witne&s;&s;e whereof, I have hereunto &s;et my hand and &s;eale,</HI>
<DATE><HI>the</HI> 29. <HI>of</HI> Sep|tember. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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