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V.—Message from King James I. to the Earl of Somerset, in the case of Sir Thomas Overbury, sent on the 29th of December, 1615, through Sir George More, Lieutenant of the Tower: communicated from the Manuscripts at Loseley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2012

James More Molyneux
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On Friday the 29th of December the King his Matie sent for the Lieutenant of the Tower, and in his Maties wtdrawing chamber sayed unto hym—

I wold have you to tell yor prisoner that I am sory to see that he continues still to take the wrong course to his owne hurt in this buisines, as he hath don sins the beginning of it.

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Research Article
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Archaeologia , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , 1867 , pp. 75 - 78
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1867

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a “In the hous” was first written, but erased, and the other words substituted.