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stand bound to render him our best grace and
favour. Therefore know, that for divers things
best known unto ourselves, we have freely given
pardon to all his offences, and restored back to

 

 

 

 

him whatsoever to us was confiscate; therefore,
henceforth I command all of you, upon the pain
and hazard of your dearest lives, that you fail
not from this day forward to do all reverence
and honour not only to Aeyzard himself, but
also to his wife and children; whensoever or