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<DATE>2014-02-21</DATE>
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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>God &s;aue</HEAD>
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<L><HI>I</HI> In memorable bra&s;se let there be writ</L>
<L><HI>A</HI> An euerla&s;ting &s;torie of a King:</L>
<L><HI>M</HI> Maruell of men! wonder of chiefe&s;t wit!</L>
<L><HI>E</HI> Eternall glorie doth to England bring.</L>
<L><HI>S</HI> So let his &s;tile be fram'd, and he be &s;aid,</L>
<L><HI>E</HI> Englands true King, &s;ucce&s;&s;or of a Maide.</L>
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<L><HI>K</HI> Know forraigne powers: Englands true loyaltie,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> Is bent in &s;eruice to her Soueraigne King:</L>
<L><HI>N</HI> Nor &s;hal the fierce allar'ms, nor frowne of enemy</L>
<L><HI>G</HI> Giue alteration, or daunted courage bring.</L>
<L><HI>O</HI> O no, &s;he &s;hall, fir&s;t in a &s;carlet flood,</L>
<L><HI>F</HI> Fight to the lips, with lo&s;se of deare&s;t blood.</L>
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<L><HI>E</HI> Euen as the day which fir&s;t proclaim'd his name,</L>
<L><HI>N</HI> Neuer as yet did &s;eeme to make an end:</L>
<L><HI>G</HI> Glorious with bon-fires pyl'd on &s;tatelie&s;t frame,</L>
<L><HI>L</HI> Lookt like the morning, the Sun, the night: which</L>
<L><HI>A</HI> A quiet raigne, &amp; happy to our King; (did pretend</L>
<L><HI>N</HI> Neare cea&s;ing Ioyes and his aeternizing.</L>
<L><HI>D</HI> Do therefore England, marching in &s;tately traines,</L>
<L><HI>E</HI> Englands true Leige-lord, welcome bid (King <HI>Iames.</HI>)</L>
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<CLOSER>God &s;aue King <HI>James.</HI></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>THE COPIE OF the K. Maie&s;ties letter to the L. Maior of the Citie of Lon|don, and to the Aldermen and Commons of the &s;ame.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_TRu&s;tie and welbelo|ued,</HI> Wee greete you heartily well. Being informed of your great forwardne&s;&s;e in that iust and Honourable action of proclai|ming vs your Soueraigne Lord and King, immediatly after the decea&s;e of our late dearest &s;ister the <HI>Queene,</HI>
<PB N="2" REF="2">wherein you haue giuen a &s;ingular good proofe of your ancient fidelitie (a repu|tation hereditarie to that our Citie of <HI>London,</HI> beeing the Chamber of our Jmperiall Crowne, and euer free from all &s;hadowes of tumultuous and vnlaw|full cour&s;es:) We could not omit with all the &s;peed wee might po&s;sible, to giue you hereby a taste of our thankefull minde for the &s;ame: And withall, a&s;&s;u|rance that you cannot craue any thing of vs fit for the maintenance of you all in generall, and euery one of you in par|ticuler, but it &s;halbe most willingly per|formed by vs, who&s;e &s;peciall care &s;hall euer be to prouide for the continuance and increa&s;e of your pre&s;ent happines: De&s;iring you in the meane time to goe constantly forward in doing all and what&s;oeuer things you &s;hall finde ne|ce&s;&s;ary
<PB N="3" REF="2">or expedient for the good go|uernment of our &s;aid Citie in execution of Justice, as you haue bene in v&s;e to doe in our &s;aid dearest Sisters time, till our plea&s;ure be further knowen vnto you.</P>
<P>Thus not doubting but you will do as ye may be fully a&s;sured of our gracious fauour towards you in the highest de|gree, we bid you heartily farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Halirudhou&s;e</HI> <DATE>the <HI>28.</HI> of March. <HI>1603.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Iames R.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER><HI>To our trustie and welbeloued</HI> Robert Lee <HI>L. Maior of our Citie of</HI> London, <HI>and to our welbeloued the Aldermen and Commons of the &s;ame.</HI></TRAILER>
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