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james by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the Faith, &c. To all and singular Archbishops, Bishops, Archdeacons, deans and their Officials, Parsons, Vicars, curates, and to all Spiritual Parsons, And also to all Iustices of Peace, Maiors, sheriffs, bailiffs, Constables, Church wardens, and Headboroughes, And to all other our Officers, Ministers and Subjects whatsoever, as well within Liberties as without, to whom these presents shall come, greeting.  
Wee haue understood by a licence granted by our brother the French King, to Master John Triphon the bearer hereof being a graecian born, of a Noble house, That for Religion he, his Mother and Sisters, haue been banished and driven out of their country by the Great turk, and that his Mother and Sisters are fled to the iceland of crete, Whereby both himself, and they, are fallen into great want and misery, remaining thus exiled from their country, and are likely to fall into greater distress, except they be relieved by the charitable Deuotions of well disposed Christians towards their maintenance, and the payment of a great ransom laid vpon them. now for that there is nothing more acceptable to Amighty God then the charitable comforting of distressed Christians, fallen into such calamities, especially for their profession of christianity. Wee tendering the poor and lamentable Estate of the said John Triphon, his Mother and Sisters, of our especial Grace and Princely compassion, haue given and granted, And by these our Letters Patents do give and grant unto the said Master John Triphon or his deputy the bearer hereof, full power, licence and authoritic to ask, gather, receive and take the alms, and charitable devotion of all our loving Subjects, inhabiting within our Counties of Middlesex, with our Cities of London and Westminster, with the Suburbs thereof, Kent, Essex, Hartford, Surrey, Sussex, Buckingham, bark, Cambridge, with the university there, suffolk and norfolk, with the City of Norwich, and in all Cities, towns corporate, privileged places, Parishes, Vtllages, and all other places whatsoever, within any of our said Counties and Cities, and not elsewhere, for, and towards the maintenance of himself, his Mother and Sisters, and the payment of their said ransom. Wherefore we will and command you, and every of you, that at such time and times as the said Master John Triphon or his deputy the bearer hereof, shall come and repair to your Churches or other places to ask, gather, receive and take the gratuities and charitable devotion of our said Subiects, quietly to permit and suffer him and his deputy so to do, without any maner your let or contradiction: And you the said Parsons, Vicars and curates, for the better stirring up of a charitable devotion, deliverately to publish and declare the Tenor of these our Letters Patents unto our said Subiects, exhorting and charitably persuading them to extend their liberal Contributions in so good and charitable a dead. The late Statute made in the five and thirtieth year of the reign of our late dear Sister queen Elizabeth for the punishment of Vagabonds and Rogues, or any other Statute, Law, Ordinance, or provision heretofore made to the contrary in any Rogues, or any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof wee haue caused these our Letters to be made Patents for the space of one whole year next after the date hereof to endure.  
witness ourself at Westminster the fix and twentieth day of December, in the first year of our reign of England, France and Ireland, and of Scotland the seven and thirtieth. 
 God save the King.