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Most sacred soverane,
The desire wee have to discharge that duety wee ow to your majestie in this publict trust is our great happines, and the gratious acceptance your majestie hath bine pleased to give our small services is our great comfort, and now that your majestie hath been pleased by your commissioner to make knoune to ws your resolution of mariage with the most illustrious princesse, the daughter of Portugall, is our so great honour that wee are not able to make a suteable returne. Wee doe, with all humble thankfulnes, acknowledge these many and great blessings wee now enjoy under your royall authority bot that this is, above them all, that our eyes may sie that which before all earthlie things hes bine and is the desire of our souls, even a further establishment of the royall government of these kingdomes in your majesties' persone and posteritie to all generations and, in order therunto, wee doe, in name of all your good subjects of this your antient kingdome (who are overjoyed with thir most gratefull newes) make frie offer of our lives and fortunes for the advancement and prosecution of this your majesties' royall designe, and against all opposition which upon any accompt whatsoever shall be made against the same; bot your majestie being to receave a more full accompt of our joy and cheirfulnes heirin from your commissioner who hes been a constant ey witnesse to all our cariages in this publict trust, and from these who are now waiting upon your majestie from this, wee shall only ad for the present, that as wee are happie above all nations in the blessings of your royall government, so it shall be our care that the returns of our duety, submission and obedience to your majestie shall be suteable therto, and in testimony of our heartines and unanimitie heirin, thir presents are signed by
Your majesties' most humble, most faithfull and most obedient subjects and servants.