At Oxford: Prince Rupert to Lieutenant-Colonel John Van Haesdonck. Whereas by consent of our Sovereign Lord King Charles you are obliged by articles in writing agreed upon between myself and you to raise and bring from beyond seas to my regiment for his Majesty's service 200 expert soldiers, more or less: these are to authorise you to bring them with the utmost speed to Weymouth in Dorsetshire, or any other port in his Majesty's possession where you may safely land them, and whence you may convey them to my regiment, in case, by wind, weather, or any other occasion, you cannot bring them into Weymouth. I do hereby and in his Majesty's name strictly charge all governers of any such his Majesty's ports and garrisons peaceably to suffer you and the 200 soldiers to come ashore, and accommodate you and them with meat, drink, and lodging, and, if occasion require, with a sufficient convoy from garrison to garrison in their march towards my regiment in his Majesty's army, always provided that you make no longer stay in any garrison than occasion requires.