And althoughe yo'w exceed
what law can warrant or any power of ours reach unto, as not knowinge what
yo'w may have need of, yet it being for our service, wee oblige ourself not
only to give yo'w our pardon, but to mantayne the same w'th all our might
and power, and though, either by accident yo'w loose or by any other
occasion yo'w shall deem necessary to deposit any of our warrants and so
wante them at yo'r returne, wee faythfully promise to make them good
at your returne, and to supply any thinge wheerin they shall be founde
defective, it not being convenient for us at this time to dispute upon
them, for of what wee haue heer sett downe yo'w may rest confident, if
theer be fayth or truth in man; proceed theerfor cheerfully, spedelj, and
bouldly, and for your so doinge this shal be yo'r sufficient warrant. Given
at our Court at Oxford under our signe manuall and privat signet this 12 of
January 1644.
"GLAMORGAN.
"To our Right trustj and Right well beloved cosin
Edward Earle of Glamorgan."
Indorsed, "The Earle of Glamorgan's further authoritj."
Feb. 12. Glamorgan had left Oxford, and was raising money in Wales, when
Charles sent him other despatches, and with them a letter desiring him to
hasten to Ireland. In it he acknowledges the danger of the undertaking,
that Glamorgan had already spent above a million of crowns in his service,
and that he was bound in gratitude to take care of him next to his own wife
and children.
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