Right trusty and entirely beloved cousin and councellor, wee greet you well, having used all possible and honourable meanes, by sending many gracious messages to the two Houses of Parliament ... to procure our personall treaty with them, for a safe and well grounded peace ... - Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688 (Early English books online., 1646)