Post by The King on Sept 10, 2012 21:02:48 GMT -5
ÉDOUARD THE SECOND by the Grace of God, King of Valencia, King of the Algarves, Sovereign Prince of the Balearic Islands, Sovereign Prince of Libourne, Duke of Orleans, Duke of Gascogne, Duke of Galicia, Duke of Bordeaux, Prince of Antioche, Prince of Chambéry, Prince of Belfort, Count of Annecy, Count of Gaillard, Count of Asturias, Lord of Navarre, Lord of Bretagne, Sovereign Grand Master of the Golden Fleece, to all our most loving, faithful, and obedient subjects, and to every of them, Greeting.
WHEREAS it hath pleased Almighty God to call unto his infinite mercy the most excellent high and mighty prince, PHILIPPE AUGUSTE of most noble and famous memory, our most dear and entirely beloved father, whose soul God pardon; forasmuch as we, being his only son and undoubted heir, be now invested and established in the crown imperial of this realm, and other his realms, dominions, and countries, with all regalities, pre-eminences, styles, names, titles, and dignities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining:
WE do by these presents signify unto all our said most loving, faithful, and obedient subjects that like as we for our part shall, by God's grace, show ourself a most gracious and benign sovereign lord to all our good subjects in all their just and lawful suits and causes, so we mistrust not but they and every of them will again, for their parts, at all times and in all cases, show themselves unto us, their natural liege lord, most faithful, loving, and obedient subjects, according to their bounden duties and allegiances, whereby they shall please God and do the thing that shall tend to their own preservations and sureties; willing and commanding all men of all estates, degrees, and conditions to see our peace kept and to be obedient to our laws, as they tender our favor and will answer for the contrary at their extreme peril.
GIVEN on our Royal Yacht the Chardonnay, In the Orange Sea, witnessed by our most beloved cousin, the Duke of Cavaignac, and our most loyal minister the Marquis de Montagnac on this Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twelve.
