Charles the Second, by the grace of God king of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c to all and singular Archbishops ... and all other spiritual persons ... and to all other our officers, ministers, and subjects ... greeting : whereas we are credibly given to understand ... that upon Friday, the six and twentieth day of May last past, about four of the clock in the morning of the same day, there happened a sudden and most dreadful fire in the said borough of Southwark : whereas we are credibly given to understand ... that upon Friday, the six and twentieth day of May last past, about four of the clock in the morning of the same day, there happened a sudden and most dreadful fire in the said borough of Southwark (Printed by William Godbid, 1676)
"Witness Our self at Westminster, the Fourteenth day of August, in the Eight and Twentieth Year of Our Reign.". - Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library. - Wing (2nd ed.), C3645