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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>HIS MAJESTIES TWO LETTERS ONE To the Vice-chancellour and Convocation of the Vniver&s;ity of OXFORD: THE OTHER To the High Sheriff of the County, and to the Major of the City of <HI>Oxford.</HI></P>
<P>PUBLISHED For the &s;atisfying of all his Maje&s;ties loving Subjects, and for the cleering of his Maje&s;ties Royall Re&s;olution.</P>
<P>AS WELL, In the carefull pre&s;ervation of the true Prote&s;tant Religion, the ju&s;t Priviledges of Parliament the Laws of the Land, and the Liberty of the Subject:</P>
<P>AS ALSO In the ju&s;t protection of all tho&s;e his loving Subjects, who &s;hall at any time be called in que&s;tion for their duti|full Allegiance and Loyalty tendred to his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>Richard Lownds,</HI> 1642. Augu&s;t 3.</P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>CAROLUS REX.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<HEAD>To our tru&s;ty and wel-beloved, the <HI>Vice-Chancellour</HI> of the Vniver&s;itie of <HI>Ox|ford,</HI> and to all the re&s;t of our loyall Subjects in that our Vniver&s;ity.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Reverend Father in God, we greet you well,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas we have received a mo&s;t large and ample te&s;timony of the Affection of that our Loyall vniver|&s;ity to us, by the free loane of a very con&s;iderable Summe of mony, in a time of &s;o great and Imminent nece&s;&s;ity. The&s;e are to will and require you, to give to that our Vni|ver&s;ity from us, our Royall thanks, and to a&s;&s;ure them, and every of them, (our Loving
<PB N="2" REF="3">and Loyall Subjects) that this Te&s;timony of their hearts towards us, &s;hall never depart out of our Royall memory, and that both: they &s;hall be carefully repayd, and the mony em|ployed only upon the defence of our &s;elfe, The true Prote&s;tant Religion, and the Laws e&s;ta|bli&s;hed in this our Kingdom, and whereas wee heare, that for this Action, &s;o full of loy|alty and Allegiance, Som of that our Vniver&s;ity have beene ordered to be &s;ent for, the&s;e are to will and require you, to &s;ignifie unto them and every of them, (who a&s;&s;ume &s;uch Power to them&s;elves without us) That wee will and command, that no obedience be given to any &s;uch &s;ummons, holding our &s;elfe bound to pro|tect and defend tho&s;e, who &s;hall be per&s;ecuted for that cau&s;e, by having contributed to our de|fence and protection, And &s;o wee bid you farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at our Court at <HI>Beverly</HI> <DATE>the 18. day of Iuly 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>CHARLES</HI> R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<HEAD>To our tru&s;ty and well beloved the High Sheriff of our County, and the Major of our Citie of OXFORD.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>_TRu&s;ty and welbeloved, Wee greet you well,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>whereas Wee have lately received very am|ple te&s;timonies of the good affections of our Vniver&s;ity of <HI>Oxon,</HI> by the loan of &s;uch Moneys as could be thence &s;pared for the &s;up|ply of Our urgent and extraordinary occa&s;ions, For which dutiful and affectionate expre&s;&s;ion, We are informed, that &s;everall worthy per&s;ons of that our Vniver&s;ity, our Servants and others are threatned to be troubled and mole&s;ted, Wee
<PB N="4" REF="4">have thought fit to commend the care, a&s;&s;i|&s;tance and protection of that place and of the per&s;ons in it, to you as a &s;ervice, wherin you &s;hall merit our favour and good acceptance and of which we &s;hall require an account And wee doe therefore will and require you as you tender our di&s;plea&s;ure, if any warrant, order, or other direction what&s;oever &s;hall come to your hand for the apprehending or troubling any per&s;on or per&s;ons of that our Vniver&s;ity for his good affection to our &s;ervice in advancing the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of lending and &s;upplying us with mony which wee &s;hall never forget, that you be &s;o farre from countenancing or a&s;&s;i&s;ting a|ny &s;uch warrant or direction, that on the con|trary you u&s;e your utmo&s;t power to pre&s;erve tho&s;e our good &s;ubjects from &s;uch oppre&s;&s;ion, the which we &s;hall take in very good part at your hand, and for &s;o doing this &s;hall be your warrant.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at our Court at <HI>Nottingham,</HI> <DATE>Iuly 22. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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