THE Kings moſt Excellent Maieſtie, graciouſly and tenderly conſidering the manifold inconueniences, that might happen to many of his louing Subiects, by meanes of a dangerous and ſodaine fire, that of late conſumed, not onely all the buildings and roomes belonging to the Office of ſixe Clarkes of the high Court of Chancerie, but alſo many Bills, Anſwers, and other pleadings, together with the depoſitions of witneſſes and decrees concerning his ſayde Subiects, and likewiſe diuers patent rolles, warrants, and other Records remayning in that Office; And deſiring in his great and Princely goodnes, not only to deuiſe all poſſible meanes to releeue and helpe his ſayd Subiects, but alſo to giue notice thereof, whereby euery perſon, whom the ſame doth concerne, may readily make reſort where they may partake of the benefits of his moſt gracious and royall prouidence, doth heereby publiſh and declare. That all ſuch Billes, Anſwers, Pleadings and depoſitions (the Records and originals whereof were burnt, as aforeſayd) ſhall at the requeſt of ſuch perſon and perſons, whom the ſame doth any way concerne, producing any exemplification or authentique copy thereof vnder the hand of the Court, be againe written out, filed and recorded. And for ſuch depoſitions whereof no copies were made, either in reſpect that the ſame were not publiſhed or otherwiſe, Certioraries ſhalbe awarded, at the deſire of any perſon or perſons whom the ſame doeth concerne, vnto the Commiſſioners, in whoſe hands the originals of the ſayd depoſitions doe remaine, to certifie the ſame againe into the ſayd Court of Chancery, there to remayne of record. And where any depoſitions, taken in any ſuit not yet determined, haue beene burnt, as aforeſayd, and cannot be renewed by any the meanes aforeſayd; in ſuch caſe the Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England, or Our ſayd Court of Chancery, vpon vnderſtanding of the nature and ſtate of the buſineſſe, may giue ſuch order as to Iuſtice ſhall appertaine, for the reliefe of the party grieued, by ordering a new examination of witneſſes, or otherwiſe, as ſhall bee fit. And where any Decrees, or Inrolments of Decrees, haue beene burnt, as aforeſayd, That in euery ſuch caſe, at the requeſt of ſuch perſon and perſons, whom the ſame doth any way concerne, producing any exemplification of the ſayd Decree, or any Writ, De executione Decreti, the ſayd Decree ſhall be new written, and inrolled. And that all inrolments of Patents burnt, as aforeſayd, ſhall at the requeſt of any perſon or perſons whom the ſame doeth concerne (producing the originall patent, or any exemplification or Conſtat thereof, and vpon view of the originall Bill or warrant vnder the Signet or Priuie Seale, remayning either in the Signet Office, or elſewhere, and vpon view of the bookes of controlment, remayning in the cuſtody of the Clarke of the Hamper, or elſewhere,) be newly written, entred, and inrolled of Record. And his Maieſties will and pleaſure is, and the ſayd ſixe Clarkes haue aſſented, that for the writing, in groſſing, eutring, or inrolling of any the premiſſes by them or any of their Clarkes, or for doing any thing in the premiſſes by them or any of their Clarkes, no fees or rewards ſhall bee taken, but the ſame ſhalbe done gratis, without fee. And his Maieſties further will and pleaſure is, and he doth heerby require and authorize, aſwell the Lord Keeper of the great Seale of England, as the Maſter of the Rolles, and either of them in their ſeuerall places, to ſee the premiſſes duely performed, and to ſettle, quiet, and reconcile all ſuch ambiguities, doubts, and queſtions, as ſhall ariſe concerning the due execution and performance of the premiſſes, in ſuch ſort, as they in their wiſedomes and good diſcretions ſhall finde it meet. Neuertheleſſe, his Maieſtie doth declare, that it is not his purpoſe or intention, that any ſhall take benefit of this his Princely grace and Royall prouidence, but ſuch onely as ſhall deſire and requeſt the ſame on this ſide and before the tenth day of Iuly, now next enſuing.