white colours for the town of Mansoul; and his scutcheon was the
dead lion and dead bear. So the Prince returned to his royal
palace again.

Now when he was returned thither, the elders of the town of
Mansoul, to wit, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the Lord
Willbewill, went to congratulate him, and in special way to thank
him for his love, care, and the tender compassion which he showed
to his ever-obliged town of Mansoul. So after a while, and some
sweet communion between them, the townsmen having solemnly ended
their ceremony, returned to their place again.

Emmanuel also at this time appointed them a day wherein he would
renew their charter, yea, wherein he would renew and enlarge it,
mending several faults therein, that Mansoul's yoke might be yet
more easy. And this he did without any desire of theirs, even of
his own frankness and noble mind. So when he had sent for and seen
their old one, he laid it by, and said, 'Now that which decayeth
and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.' He said, moreover, 'The
town of Mansoul shall have another, a better, a new one, more
steady and firm by far.' An epitome hereof take as follows:-

'Emmanuel, Prince of Peace, and a great lover of the town of
Mansoul, I do in the name of my Father, and of mine own clemency,
give, grant, and bequeath to my beloved town of Mansoul.

'First. Free, full, and everlasting forgiveness of all wrongs,
injuries, and offences done by them against my Father, me, their
neighbour, or themselves.