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B00168	To our wel-beloued friends, to whom this present writing shall come. Wee the Maior, Iustices, Minister, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Banbury in the county of Oxon. wish all welfare and happinesse. Our grieuous losse, we presume, hath sufficiently beene witnessed by too true report, which imboldneth vs to seeke to you, as feeling members, for reliefe ... From our distressed towne of Banbury, Iulij. 1628 ...	Banbury (Oxfordshire, England).	1628 (1628)	STC 1342.5; ESTC S90384	956	8

BANBVRY DEVS EST NOBIS SOL ET SCVTVM To our wel-beloued friends to whom this present Writing shall come Wee the Maior Iustices Minister Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough o● Banbury in the County of Oxon. wish all welfare and happinesse OVr grieuous losse we presume hath sufficiently beene witne●●ed by too true report which imboldneth vs to seeke to you as feeling memb●rs for reliefe The Kings mercy in granting Letters Patents hath beene so many wayes abused that in the generall we know it hath much dulled the edge of mens liberality especially to places remote Might wee haue beene permitted therefore our Letters onely should haue made relation of our lamentable condition and petitioned your supplyes but seeing the roade way is the safest and most vsuall in these euill euents wee make bold to send both together A fearefull fire of late furiously raging amongst vs hath consumed so much that vnlesse to spectators it may seeme incredible but if our honest credits may be a sufficient testimony wee assure you all the particulars in his Highnesse Letters Patents mentioned and in the Briefes thereof are true and the losses though therein rated at Twentie thousand pounds are rather farrevnder than one whit ouer-valued The number of our poore was great before but is now increased and the substance of those that did relieue them by this accident is much deminished We doubt not therefore but in this extremity you will extend your charity promising our Prayers to intreat him that can giue and take at his pleasure to blesse you with such continuall safety and prosperity that you may be alwayes so happy as to giue rather then receiue And thus presenting the sighes groanes and teares of all these miserable afflicted Christians now left harbourlesse and succourlesse to your charitable considerations Wee humbly take leaue with such respects as euery of your places and qualities require Resting From our distressed Towne of Banbury Iulij 1628. Your louing friends and wel-wishers Epiphan Hill Maior William Whately Minister William Knight Iustice of the Peace Iustices of the Peace and Aldermen Iohn Gill. Thomas Whately Iohn Nichols Thomas Webb Robert Russell Thomas Halhed Richard Viuers Edward Wisdome John Austen Henry Halhed George Robbins Capitall Burgesses Edward Man Edmund Smalbone Mathew Alsop William Allen. Francis Andrew Iohn Turton To all Ministers and other our louing friends and wel-willers ●ee the neighbour bordering Ministers of Banbu●y whose names are subscribed hauing seene and ●iewed the lamentable ruines thereof and being ●erily perswaded of the truth of this Certificate ●n each particular earnestly desire your Christian ●orwardnesse and furtherance towards the reliefe ●f these poore distressed Inhabitants ●ohn Dod. Robert Clea●er William Wood. James Walbancke Roger Mathew Thomas Lodge Ralph Taylor This is Printed by a Letter to which they haue subscribed their owne hands