I send you the enclosed, which any persons you may think fit may compare with the copy remaining in the office, and witness for the satisfaction of your friends, but the lords justices and general having sent to the king for leave to rectify the omission, think it inconsistent. With the respect they owe to his majesty to take upon them to do it before they receive his answer, as they conceive they should in effect, if an attested copy is given out of the office. I am sorry this should create any trouble to you, which I would prevent with all my heart and so would their lordships, as you may know more fully from themselves, if you will speak with them. —