Most reverend father in God, we greet you well Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1684 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A32338 Wing C3190A ESTC R24261 08100778 ocm 08100778 40846 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. A32338) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 40846) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1225:12) Most reverend father in God, we greet you well Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. Sancroft, William, 1617-1693. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1 broadside. Printed by the Assigns of John Bill, and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, London : [1684?] Title from: incipit. Dated: November 14, 1684. Reproduction of original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Having oftentimes with great grief observed , That many of Our Loyal Subjects , who formerly took up Arms for Us , and Our Royal Father of blessed memory , to resist that Torrent of Rebellion , which at last overturned this Monarchy , and Church , or who afterward , when We were driven hence , followed Us into Foreign Countreys , are now by Old Age , and Wounds , or other Accidents befalling them in that Service , and disabling them for all other , reduced to so extream Poverty , that some of them have been forced to beg their bread ; And farther , foreseeing , that in Our Guards , and standing Garrisons , and other Our Forces necessary to be kept on Foot for the Safety of Our Royal Person , and Government , there will be many from time to time , who by reason of Age or Sickness , or other disabilities , will become unfit to be continued in Our Service and Pay , and so unavoidably fall under the same miserable circumstances with the former : We therefore out of a tender and deep Compassion of the sad and deplorable Condition of so many Loyal and brave Men , and being desirous ( as much as in Us lies ) to remove this also , among other discouragements , which else may hinder even Men of Courage , from entring into this kind of Service to the Crown ; have after mature Consideration of the best Means and Methods of attaining so good an end , Resolved to Found and Erect at Chelsey ( in a Place very proper for such a Design ) a Perpetual Hospital , in which more then Four hundred Aged , or otherwise-Disabled Souldiers may at present , ( and so successively the like Number for ever ) be Lodged and Supplied with the necessary Supports of Life , suitable to their respective Conditions : In the beginning , and carrying on of which so Pious , and Charitable a Work , We have of Our own Royal Bounty already expended great Sums of Money , as by the Fabrick to that purpose in great part Erected appears . But now being sensible , that the compleat Finishing of so Chargeable a Building , and much more the Perpetual Endowment thereof for the constant Maintenance of so many Aged , and Infirm Persons , will require a greater Expence , than Our particular Bounty ( as Our Affairs now stand ) can well extend to ; We have thought fit to call in the Aid , and Assistance , of all Our Charitable and well-disposed Subjects of Estate and Quality , and particularly of those of the Clergy , who are such : And do therefore hereby Will , and Require you , that you forthwith send your Circular Letters , to all the Bishops of your Province , earnestly inciting them both by their own Example ( if they be men of plentiful Estates ) and ( however ) by such Arguments of Perswasion , wherewith so great , and so good a Cause will abundantly furnish them ; to deal effectually with all Our good Subjects , within their respective Dioceses , who are Masters of considerable Estates , exhorting them to contribute liberally to so good a Design , tending so manifestly to the glory of Almighty God , and the Service of their King and Countrey . And We do hereby assure both you , and them all , that whatsoever hath been , or shall be done , in compliance with this Our Royal Command , and Our so just Expectations , shall be by Us most Graciously accepted , as a particular Evidence of their good affection towards Us , and of their Zeal for Our Service . And so We bid you very heartily farewell . Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Fourteenth day of November 1684. In the Thirty sixth year of Our Reign . To the Most Reverend Father in God , WILLIAM Lord Arch-bishop of CANTERBURY , Primate of all ENGLAND , and Metropolitan . By His Majesties Command , SUNDERLAND . LONDON , Printed by the Assigns of Iohn Bill deceas'd : And by Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings 〈◊〉 Excellent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉