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with all our might and power ; and though either by 

 accident, or by any other occasion, you shall deem it 

 necessary to deposit any of our warrants, and so want 

 them at your return, we faithfully promise to make 

 them good at your return; and to supply anything 

 wherein they shall be found defective, it not being con 

 venient for us at this time to dispute upon them ; for 

 of what we have here set down you may rest confident, 

 if there be faith and trust in men. Proceed, therefore, 

 cheerfully, speedily, and boldly ; and for your so doing 

 this shall be your sufficient warrant. 



&quot; Given at our Court at Oxford under our sign- 

 manual and private signet, this 12th of January, 1644.&quot; 



The Warrant his Lordship received from his Majesty, 

 to treat and conclude with the Irish confederates, 

 dated 12th of March, 1644, proceeds as follows: 13 



u CHARLES R. 



u Charles, by the grace of God, of England, 

 Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, 

 &c., to our trusty and right well-beloved cousin, 

 Edward Earl of Glamorgan, greeting. We, reposing 

 great and especial trust and confidence in your 

 approved wisdom and fidelity, do by these (as firmly 

 as under our Great Seal, to all intents and purposes) 

 authorise and give you power, to treat and conclude 

 with the confederate Eoman Catholics in our kingdom 

 of Ireland, if upon necessity any be to be condescended 

 unto, wherein our Lieutenant cannot so well be seen in, 

 as not fit for us at present publicly to own. Therefore 

 we charge you to proceed according to this our warrant, 

 with all possible secrecy ; and for whatsoever you shall 

 engage yourself, upon such valuable considerations as 



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