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direction_n to_o the_o prince_n his_o son_n to_o return_v immediate_o to_o he_o and_o will_v undertake_v for_o his_o ready_a obedience_n thereunto_o holdenby_n may_v 12._o 1647._o xxx_o from_o hampton-court_n sept._n 9_o mdcxlvii_o in_o answer_n to_o the_o proposition_n present_v to_o he_o there_o for_o the_o speaker_n of_o the_o house_n of_o peer_n pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la to_o be_v communicate_v to_o the_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n at_o westminster_n and_o to_o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o scotland_n charles_n r._n his_o majesty_n can_v choose_v but_o be_v passionate_o sensible_a as_o he_o believe_v all_o his_o good_a subject_n be_v of_o the_o late_a great_a distraction_n and_o still_o languish_v and_o unsettle_a state_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o he_o call_v god_n to_o witness_v and_o be_v willing_a to_o give_v testimony_n to_o all_o the_o world_n of_o his_o readiness_n to_o contribute_v his_o uttermost_a endeavour_n for_o restore_v it_o to_o a_o
come_v to_o thou_o until_o i_o shall_v send_v some_o who_o i_o may_v trust_v by_o word_n of_o mouth_n it_o be_v too_o much_o trouble_v to_o we_o both_o to_o set_v they_o down_o in_o paper_n copy_n to_o my_o wife_n 22._o jan._n 1644._o xxiii_o to_z the_o queen_n oxford_z jan._n 30._o mdcxliv_o v._o dear_a heart_n sunday_n last_o i_o receive_v three_o letter_n from_o thou_o one_o a_o duplicate_v of_o the_o 30._o decemb._n another_o of_o the_o 6._o jan._n and_o the_o last_o of_o the_o 14._o jan._n and_o even_o now_o one_o petit_n be_v come_v with_o a_o duplicate_v of_o the_o last_o wherein_o as_o i_o infinite_o joy_v in_o the_o expression_n of_o thy_o confident_a love_n of_o i_o so_o i_o must_v extreme_o wonder_v that_o any_o who_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o friend_n to_o our_o cause_n for_o i_o believe_v thou_o will_v not_o mention_v any_o information_n from_o the_o other_o side_n can_v invent_v such_o lie_n that_o thou_o have_v have_v ill_a office_n do_v to_o i_o by_o any_o or_o that_o 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