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'Milestone' document that helped restore the British monarchy goes on sale

I was struck by two things:-
(1) the legibility of the handwriting and
(2) the readability of the text.
The document is - what? - 350 years old?
Neat handwriting, and words and syntax that make sense today.

The words and syntax are probably standardized by Caxton's printing press (1450-1499?)
I doubt Charles wrote this - it would have been some clerk of state - but nonetheless, i wish that my handwriting was as clear as this.
Cheers, Chris
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