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of King of Great Britany, France, and Irelartd, and 

 otherwise as followeth in our stile formerly used. 

 And we do hereby straitly charge and command 

 our chancellor, and all such as have the custody of 

 any of our seals ; and all other our officers and sub 

 jects whatsoever, to whom it may in any wise ap 

 pertain, that from henceforth in all commissions, 

 patents, writs, processes, grants, records, instru 

 ments, impressions, sermons, and all other writings 

 and speeches whatsoever, wherein our stile is used 

 to be set forth or recited, that our said stile, as is 

 before by -these presents declared and prescribed, be 

 only used, and no other. And because we do but 

 now declare that which in truth was before, our will 

 and pleasure is, that in the computation of our reign, 

 as to all writings or instruments hereafter to be 

 made, the same computation be taken and made, as 

 if we had taken upon us the stile aforesaid immedi 

 ately after the decease of our late dear sister. And 

 we do notify to all our subjects, that if any person, 

 of what degree or condition soever he be, shall im 

 pugn our said stile, or derogate and detract from 

 the same by any arguments, speeches, words, or 

 otherwise; we shall proceed against him, as against 

 an offender against our crown and dignity, and a dis 

 turber of the quiet and peace of our kingdom, accord 

 ing to the utmost severity of our laws in that behalf. 

 Nevertheless, our meaning is not, that where in any 

 writ, pleading, or other record, writing, instrument 

 of speech, it hath been used for mention to be made 



