To the Reverend and Honourable, the Vice-Chancelour and the body of the Convocation in the University of Oxford Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26622 of text R215707 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A871A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A26622 Wing A871A ESTC R215707 99827490 99827490 31910 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A26622) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31910) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1922:2) To the Reverend and Honourable, the Vice-Chancelour and the body of the Convocation in the University of Oxford Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford? : 1660] Signed: G. Monke. Imprint from Wing. To solicit the votes of Convocation to elect William Lenthall a University Burgess. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Lenthall, William, 1591-1662 -- Early works to 1800. University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. A26622 R215707 (Wing A871A). civilwar no To the Reverend and Honourable, the Vice-Chancelour and the body of the Convocation in the University of Oxford. Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of 1660 302 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-10 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion TO THE REVEREND AND HONOURABLE , THE VICE-CHANCELOUR And the Body of the CONVOCATION In the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD . HONOVR'D SIRS , THough I am Confident I need not to refresh my former desires for the Election of the Master of the Rolls for one of the University Burgesses in the insuing Parliament , yet understanding the severe opposition against him , I must needs take leave to tell you , that I had never desired that favour either for my Selfe or any Other , had I not apprehended you as ready to grant it , as I was free and cheerefull to aske it : And I have reason yet to believe , that I could not so much mistake those Worthy persons , that gave Me a Tender herein , as to imagine a greater favour to my selfe , then they or you intended Mee . Gentlemen , it is really the desire of my Heart , to be an instrument in the hand of God , to doe good in my best Services , both to your Selves , and the whole Nation , and had I known any Person more able and ready to assist in that Great Work , I had certainly with the same freedome proposed him : But you must give me leave to say , it was not Favour but Choyce , and that in order to the best Ends , that fixt and determined my Thoughts upon that Worthy Person ; And therefore notwithstanding his Modesty , and selfe-deniall herein to mee , I take the freedome still to insist upon my first desires ; your Condescention whereunto will oblige him to continue his Regards to You and the Whole Church , and much gratify GENTLEMEN Your very humble Servant G. Monke .