The certificate for John Simpkins of Warminster, Wiltshire, 23 July [year unknown]
Gentlemen
The sad condition of John Simpkins of Warminster occasioned by the imprisonment for his actiuity in the seruice of the publiq hath emboldend mee to pr[e]sent it vnto yow, hee hath beene as I am assured always very willing to offer vpp his [illegible] to the [illegible] releife of those who were engaged for ye Parliament, I am confident hee will not find yow backward to supply him out of ye treasury for maimed souldiers according to his necessity, I should not trouble yow heerin, but that I conceiued myselfe in duty bound to looke after ye support of those who haue been instrumentall in this greate worke of the commonwealth, not haueing else at pr[e]sente I presente myselfe
Yo[u]r most faythfull & humble servant
Edm[und] Ludlowe
Sarum this 23d of Jul[y]