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messenger_n to_o and_o from_o the_o parliament_n and_o the_o committee_n without_o search_n or_o interruption_n and_o his_o majesty_n safe_a conduct_n to_o be_v obtain_v to_o that_o effect_n to_o such_o person_n as_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v appoint_v for_o that_o service_n viz._n for_o master_n john_n rushworth_n master_n mithael_n welden_n master_n john_n corbet_n of_o gray_n inn_n and_o master_n james_n standish_n h._n elsinge_v cler._n parl._n d._n com._n the_o king_n message_n concern_v the_o cessation_n 23_o martii_fw-la 1642._o charles_n r._n his_o majesty_n have_v immediate_o upon_o their_o arrival_n admit_v the_o committee_n send_v to_o he_o from_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n as_o the_o messenger_n of_o peace_n to_o his_o royal_a presence_n and_o receive_v the_o article_n of_o cessation_n bring_v by_o they_o which_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o his_o majesty_n former_o except_v to_o though_o their_o expression_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o these_o article_n of_o their_o 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