The certificate for Rowland Ellis, Staffordshire, and Henry Bickerstaffe of Tunstall Court, Staffordshire, 3 December 1652
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S[i]r
This bearer Rowland Ellis of Capt[ain] Massyes company being diseased and almost blinde by reason whereof hee being vnfitt for service yo[u]r hono[u]r may bee pleased to giue him his passe for his Country w[hi]ch hee earnestly desires.
Also Henry Bickerstaffe being wounded in the service and in England by reason whereof hee is very weake and vnable for service, and hee earnestly desires to repayre into England to his friends yo[u]r hono[u]r may bee pleased to giue him his passe.
Yo[u]r hono[u]rs humble servant
F[rancis] Yarnes
<Dec[ember] 3o 1652>