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april_n 4._o 1660._o speak_v thus_o we_o do_v declare_v a_o liberty_n to_o tender_a conscience_n and_o that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v disquiet_v or_o call_v in_o question_n for_o difference_n of_o opinion_n which_o do_v not_o disturb_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v ready_a to_o consent_v to_o such_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n as_o upon_o mature_a doliberation_n shall_v be_v offer_v to_o we_o for_o the_o full_a grant_v that_o indulgence_n and_o in_o his_o declaration_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n octob._n 25._o 1660._o when_o we_o be_v in_o holland_n we_o be_v say_v he_o attend_v by_o many_o grave_a and_o learned_a minister_n from_o hence_o who_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o most_o able_a and_o principal_a assertor_n of_o the_o presbyterian_a opinion_n and_o to_o our_o great_a satisfaction_n we_o find_v they_o and_o i_o will_v his_o majesty_n have_v always_o find_v they_o so_o in_o england_n as_o well_o as_o there_o person_n full_a of_o