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to the Almighty for your majesty in all honour, 

 health and happiness long to reign over us. 



Edvv. Coke, Henry Hobart, Laur. Tan- 

 field, Pet. Warburton, George Snigge, 

 Ja. Altham, Ed. Bromley, John Croke, 

 Humphry Winche, John Dodderidge, 

 Augustin Nicholls, Robert Houghton, 



Serjeants-Inn, 

 25th April, 1616.&quot; 



His majesty having considered of this letter, Ly 

 his princely letters returned answer, reporting him 

 self to their own knowledge and experience, what 

 princely care he hath ever had since his coming to 

 the crown, to have justice duly administered to his 

 subjects, with all possible expedition ; and how far 

 he was from crossing or delaying of justice, when the 

 interest of any private person was questioned : but 

 on the other side expressing himself, that where the 

 case concerned the high powers and prerogatives of 

 the crown, he would not endure to have them 

 wounded through the sides of a private person; 

 admonishing them also, lastly, of a custom lately 

 entertained, of a greater boldness to dispute the high 

 points of his majesty s prerogative in a popular and 

 unlawful liberty of argument more than in former 

 times : and making them perceive also how weak 

 and impertinent the pretence of allegation of their 

 oath was in a case of this nature, and how well it 

 might have been spared ; with many other weighty 



