His Majesty taking into His Princely consideration the present Condition of divers of His good Subjects now in, and a­bout the City of Oxford, who have faithfully served Him in His Warre, against those who are in Rebellion against Him, and in that service have received divers maymes, and wounds, where­of they are not yet cured, nor can be without care and cost, in attend­ing them and providing for them; and His Majesty having already ta­ken them, and others of the like condition, into His Gracious conside­ration to provide for their sustentation for the future, as appears by His Proclamation of the date of the second of this present Moneth. But by reason of the many, and those important occasions He hath otherwise, He cannot for the present so provide for these poore distressed Soules as He would, and as the necessity of their cases doth require, Doth there­fore out of His Princely goodnesse recommend them to the Charity of His well-disposed Subjects, out of their bounty and compassion to contribute towards their present releife, in such measure and manner as God shall move their hearts unto. And for the better collecting thereof, He doth require, That on the next Sunday, or Lords day, in every Colledge in the Vniversity at such time as they shall think fit, and in eve­ry Church in this City and Suburbs, this His pleasure be signified at morning-Prayer in those Churches, and either the Church-wardens, or some other persons of honesty and discretion in every of those pla­ces, to be appoynted by the Major of the City, shall receive those Col­lections. And His Majesty doth hereby require that they who shall be so trusted, shall under their hands deliver true notes of the money collect­ed, and the moneys themselves to the hands of Leonard Bowman of this City, Mercer, whom His Majesty doth appoynt to be treasurer for that purpose, and whose paines and care His Majesty intendeth to use in this charitable worke for the releife of these His Majesties poore Subjects, who shall expend the same according to such instructions as shall be given by the Commissioners appoynted for the care of His Majesties Army, sitting in the Audit house at Christ-Church.