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Rh and ſo far as in us lies we have fully pardoned them: And further, we have cauſed letters patent to be made to them in teſtimony hereof, witneſſed by, archbiſhop of Canterbury, , archbiſhop of Dublin, and by the aforeſaid biſhops, and by Mr. , upon this ſecurity and theſe conceſſions. Whereby, we will and ſtrictly command, that the church of England be free, and enjoy all the ſaid liberties, and rights, and grants, well and in peace, freely and quietly, fully and entirely to them and their heirs, in all things, in all places, and for ever as aforeſaid. And we and our barons have ſworn that all things above written, ſhall be kept on our parts, in good faith, without ill deſign. The witneſſes are the perſons above-named and many others.

charter was given at the meadow called Running Mead, betwixt Windſor and Stanes, the fifteenth day of June, in the ſeventeenth year of our reign. ,