by the lord protector. a proclamation about dissolving the parliament. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81028 of text r211157 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[20]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 2 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81028 wing c7185a thomason 669.f.21[20] estc r211157 99869890 99869890 163515 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81028) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163515) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[20]) by the lord protector. a proclamation about dissolving the parliament. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by henry hills and john field, printers to his highness, and are to be sold at the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church, london : [1659] dated at end: given at white-hall the twenty second of april in the year of our lord, 1659. annotation on thomason copy: "april. 23." reproduction of the original in the british library. eng england and wales. -parliament -early works to 1800. great britain -politics and government -1649-1660 -early works to 1800. a81028 r211157 (thomason 669.f.21[20]). civilwar no by the lord protector. a proclamation about dissolving the parliament. england and wales. lord protector 1659 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2007-11 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion pax qvaeritvr bello olivarivs dei ◆ gra ◆ reipvb ◆ angliae ◆ scotiae ◆ et hiberniae , &c protector ◆ rp blazon or coat of arms by the lord protector . a proclamation about dissolving the parliament . whereas we summoned our high court of parliament to assemble and meet together at our city of westminster the twenty seventh day of january last , which hath continued until this present day ; and whereas we did by our commission under our great seal of england , bearing date at westminster this present twenty second day of april , for divers weighty reasons , declare our pleasure and resolution to dissolve the said parliament : and to that end did thereby constitute and appoint our right trusty and right welbeloved counsellor nathanael lord fiennes , one of the lords keepers of our great seal of england , and others our commissioners in our name , this said present twenty second day of april to dissolve our said parliament , which was by them done according to the tenor of the said commission in the usual place , and by virtue thereof our said parliament is absolutely dissolved . nevertheless we have thought it necessary , with the advice of our privy councel , by this our proclamation to publish and make known the same , to the end all persons whom it may concern may take notice thereof . given at white-hall the twenty second of april in the year of our lord , 1659. london , printed by henry hills and john field , printers to his highness , and are to be sold at the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church . his late highnes's letter to the parlament of england. shewing his willingness to submit to this present government: attested under his owne hand, and read in the house on wednesday the 25th of may 1659. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81026 of text r211189 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[39]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 2 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81026 wing c7185 thomason 669.f.21[39] estc r211189 99869920 99869920 163535 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81026) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163535) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[39]) his late highnes's letter to the parlament of england. shewing his willingness to submit to this present government: attested under his owne hand, and read in the house on wednesday the 25th of may 1659. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by d. maxwell, london : 1659. annotation on thomason copy: "may. 26". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng cromwell, richard, 1626-1712 -abdication, 1659 -early works to 1800. great britain -politics and government -1649-1660 -early works to 1800. a81026 r211189 (thomason 669.f.21[39]). civilwar no his late highnes's letter to the parlament of england. shewing his willingness to submit to this present government: attested under his owne england and wales. lord protector 1659 351 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2007-11 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion his late highnes's letter to the parlament of england . shewing his willingness to submit to this present government : attested under his owne hand , and read in the house on wednesday the 25th of may 1659. i have perused the resolve and declaration which you were pleased to deliver to me the other night , and for your information touching what is mentioned in the said resolve , i have caused a true state of my debts to be transcribed , and annexed to this paper , which will shew what they are , and how they were contracted . as to that part of the resolve whereby the committee are to inform themselves how far i do acquiesce in the government of this common-wealth , as it is declared by this parliament ; i trust my past carriage hitherto hath manifested my acquiescence in the will and disposition of god , and that i love and value the peace of this common-wealth much above my own concernments ; and i desire that by this a measure of my future deportment may be taken , which through the assistance of god shall be such as shal bear the same witness , having i hope in some degree learned rather to reverence and submit to the hand of god , than to be unquiet under it : and ( as to the late providences that have fallen out among us ) however in respect of the particular engagements that lay upon me , i could not be active in making a change in the government of these nations ; yet through the goodness of god i can freely acquiesce in it being made , and do hold my self obliged , as ( with other men ) i expect protection from the present government , so to demean my self , with all peaceableness under it , and to procure to the uttermost of my power , that all in whom i have any interest do the same . richard cromwell . london , printed by d. maxwell , 1659. by the protector. a proclamation signifying his highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most dear father, oliver late lord protector, shall so continue till his highness further direction. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81034 of text r211140 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[14]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 4 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81034 wing c7190 thomason 669.f.21[14] estc r211140 99869873 99869873 163509 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81034) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163509) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[14]) by the protector. a proclamation signifying his highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most dear father, oliver late lord protector, shall so continue till his highness further direction. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by henry hills and john field, printers to his highness the lord protector, london : 1658. dated at end: given at white-hall this fourth of september, in the year of our lord god, one thousand six hundred fifty and eight. annotation on thomason copy: "sept. 24". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng great britain -politics and government -1649-1660 -early works to 1800. a81034 r211140 (thomason 669.f.21[14]). civilwar no by the protector. a proclamation signifying his highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most de england and wales. lord protector 1658 694 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 c the rate of 14 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the c category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2007-11 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion pax qvaeritvr bello olivarivs dei ◆ gra ◆ reipvb ◆ angliae ◆ scotiae ◆ et hiberniae , &c protector ◆ blazon or coat of arms by the protector . a proclamation signifying his highness pleasure , that all men being in office of government , at the decease of his most dear father , oliver late lord protector , shall so continue till his highness further direction . whereas it hath pleased the most wise god in his providence to take out of this world the most serene and renowned oliver late lord protector of this commonwealth , the most dear and beloved father of his highness richard now lord protector , by whose decease the authority and power of the most part of the offices and places of iurisdiction and government within these nations did cease and fail , the soveraign person failing from whom the same was derived : and thereupon through doubtfulness or want of authority in such persons as were invested in the said offices and places , the setled and ordinary course of iustice , and of the affairs of state ( if remedy be not provided ) might receive disturbance and prejudice by discontinuance and interruption ; his highness the lord protector in his princely wisdom and care of the state ( reserving to his own iudgement hereafter , the reformation and redress of any abuses in mis-government , upon due knowledge and examination thereof ) is pleased , and hath so expresly signified by and with the advice of the council , that all persons that at the time of the decease of his late highness his dearly beloved father were duely and lawfully possessed of , or invested in any office or place of authority or government either civil or martial w●thin these nations or any other the dominions or territories thereunto belonging , and namely , all iudges , iustices , sheriffs , iustices of peace , and all others in place of government , either meaner or superior as aforesaid ; and all other officers and ministers whose interests and estates in their offices are determined or ceased by the means aforementioned , shall be , and shall hold themselves continued in the said places and offices as formerly they held and enjoyed the same , until his highness pleasure be further known . and that in the mean while , for the preservation of the peace and necessary proceedings in matters of iustice , and for the safety and service of the state , all the said persons of whatsoever degree or condition , every one severally according to his place , office or charge , do proceed in the performance and execution of all duties thereunto belonging as formerly appertained unto them and every of them while his late highness was living . and further his highness doth hereby will and command all and singular the good people of this commonwealth , of what estate , dignity or degree they or any of them be , to be aiding , helping , assisting , and at the commandment of the said officers and ministers , in the performance and execution of the said offices and places , as they and every of them tender his highness pleasure , and will answer for the contrary at their utmost perils . and further his highness will and pleasure and express commandment is , that all orders and directions made or given by the lords of the privy council in the life-time of his late highness , shall be obeyed and performed by all and every person and persons , and all and every thing and things to be done thereupon , shall proceed as fully and amply , as the same should have been obeyed or done in the life of the late lord protector , his highnesses most dear and entirely beloved father . given at white-hall this fourth of september , in the year of our lord god , one thousand six hundred fifty and eight . london : printed by henry hills and john field , printers to his highness the lord protector , 1658. by the lord protector. a proclamation commanding all papists, and all other persons who have been of the late kings party, or his sons, to repair unto their place of abode, and not to remove above five miles from the same. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81031 of text r211158 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[21]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 3 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81031 wing c7188 thomason 669.f.21[21] estc r211158 99869891 99869891 163516 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81031) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163516) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[21]) by the lord protector. a proclamation commanding all papists, and all other persons who have been of the late kings party, or his sons, to repair unto their place of abode, and not to remove above five miles from the same. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by henry hills and john field, printers to his highness, 1659. and are to be sold at the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church, london : [1659] dated at end: given at whitehall the three and twentieth day of april, in the year of our lord, 1659. annotation on thomason copy: "april. 25 25". thomason copy imperfect; sheet cropped on right side, with loss of text. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng exile (punishment) -england -london -early works to 1800. royalists -england -london -early works to 1800. catholics -england -london -legal status, laws, etc. -early works to 1800. a81031 r211158 (thomason 669.f.21[21]). civilwar no by the lord protector. a proclamation commanding all papists, and all other persons who have been of the late kings party, or his sons, to r england and wales. lord protector 1659 555 20 0 0 0 0 0 360 f the rate of 360 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the f category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 emma (leeson) huber sampled and proofread 2007-11 emma (leeson) huber text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion r commonwealth blazon or coat of arms pax qvaeritur bello . p ❧ by the lord protector . a proclamation commanding all papists , and all other persons who have been of the late kings party , or his sons , to repair unto their places of abode , and not to remove above five miles from the same . for preventing the danger that may be occasioned by the confluence of papists , and oth●● ill-affected persons at this time , to the cities of london and westminster , and places a●jacent : his highness the lord protector , by , and with the advice and consent of h●● privy council , hath thought fit to publish and declare ; and doth hereby enjoyn a●● require all and every person and persons , born within this commonwealth , being papists , or popish recusants , and all and every person and persons , who have at any ti●● born arms against this commonwealth , or adhered unto , or willingly assisted the enemies thereof the late war , not being now under restraint , that they , and every of them do before the twelfth d●● of may now next coming , ( or if under restraint , then within three dayes next after his or their enlar●●ment ) repair unto his and their place of dwelling , where he or they usually heretofore made their co●mon abode ; and shall not at any time after , until the tenth day of june next coming , pass , or remo●● above five miles from thence . or if such papists , popish recusants , or other persons aforesaid , ha●● no certain place of dwelling or abode within this commonwealth ; that then all and every such papists , popish recusants , and other persons aforesaid , do , by the respective times herein before l●mited , repair to the places where he or they were born , or where the father or mother of such perso●● shall then be dwelling ; and not at any time after , until the said tenth day of june ▪ pass , or remo●● above five miles from thence , upon pain of being deemed and proceeded against as disturbers of t●● publick peace , and enemies to the commonwealth . and his highness doth hereby strictly cha●●● and command all mayors , iustices of the peace , constables , and all other officers , civil and mili●●ry , to certifie unto his highness privy council , the names of all and every such papist , popish ●●cusant , or other persons aforesaid , as shall be found at any time , after the twelfth day of may afo●●said , until the said tenth day of june next , above five miles from his , or their places of abode or h●bitation , or other the places herein before limited and appointed for him and them to repair unto ; the end they may be proceeded against as aforesaid . given at whitehall the three and twentieth day of april , in the year of our lord , 1659. london , printed by henry hills and john field , printers to his highness , 1659. and are to be sold at the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church . by the protector. a declaration of his highness for a day of publique fasting and humiliation. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81022 of text r211142 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[15]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 5 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81022 wing c7181 thomason 669.f.21[15] estc r211142 99869875 99869875 163510 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81022) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163510) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[15]) by the protector. a declaration of his highness for a day of publique fasting and humiliation. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by henry hills and john field, printers to his highness the lord protector, london : 1658. dated at end: given at white-hall this twenty fourth day of september, in the year of our lord god, one thousand six hundred fifty and eight. annotation on thomason copy: "septem. 27". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng fasts and feasts -england -early works to 1800. great britain -history -commonwealth and protectorate, 1649-1660 -early works to 1800. a81022 r211142 (thomason 669.f.21[15]). civilwar no by the protector. a declaration of his highness for a day of publique fasting and humiliation. england and wales. lord protector 1658 781 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 c the rate of 13 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the c category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 emma (leeson) huber sampled and proofread 2007-11 emma (leeson) huber text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion commonwealth blazon or coat of arms olivarivs dei gra : reipvb : angliae , scotiae , et hiberniae , &c protector pax qvaeritur bello . by the protector ▪ a declaration of his highness for a day of publique fasting and humiliation . as it is the duty , so it hath been the constant practise of the people of god in all ages , not onely to take special notice of the providential dispensations of god towards them , whether they concerned them as a nation , or as particular persons , but also to meet the lord in the way , both of his iudgements , and of his mercies , in a solemn maner , suitable to such dispensations , to which the lord hath been pleased to give such visible testimonies of his gracious acceptance , as hath been and still is a great encouragement to his people to make their addresses to him under the like providences . and as no nation under heaven hath been exercised with more various and wonderful providences then these nations of england , scotland and ireland , so none have had more eminent experiences of the goodness of the lord in the speedy and merciful returns he hath made to the prayers of his people ; and therefore of all others , it becomes them to let no providence of god go unobserved or unregarded , especially such as seem to carry upon them characters of the displeasure of that god , from whom alone we have professed to all the world , we have received all our mercies past , and that we depend on him alone for greater things , which are yet in his peoples expectation . vpon these grounds , his highness the lord protector and the council , sadly reflecting on the late dispensation of divine providence , in removing from vs his highness the late lord protector , whom the lord hath used as a choice instrument for carrying on his work , and under him to be both a sun and a shield unto those that fear the lord abroad and at home ( which they cannot but be deeply sensible of as a sore stroak of his mighty hand ) as also in the general visitation of sickness and great mortality , which is now upon many parts of this nation , hold it their duty to invite the people of these nations to humble themselves greatly under the mighty hand of god , in the sence of the many great and crying sins of this nation , which have deserved his sore displeasure , and to accept the punishment of their sins . and likewise to seek the lord for a blessing upon his highness and his government and counsels for the good of these nations , that thereby the breach which he hath made upon vs may be healed , and the present tokens of his displeasure removed , and that he will be pleased yet to continue his gracious presence among vs , and delight in vs as his people , that his own work may by his assistance be carried on , and peace and truth may be established in the midst of vs . for which purpose his highness the lord protector , with the advice of his privy council , hath thought fit to set apart wednesday the thirteenth day of october one thousand six hundred fifty and eight , to be observed as a day of solemn fasting and humiliation in all places within england and wales , and the town of berwick upon tweed , earnestly exhorting all the people of god in this nation to cry mightily unto the lord , and to wrestle with him by prayer and supplication for the ends aforesaid . and that the ministers of the several churches and congregations , do diligently and conscientiously attend their duties on that day , as is suitable unto so solemn a work , and that they give notice hereof on the lords day next before the said thirteenth day of october in their publique meeting-place , and read this declaration on the said day . and his highness doth hereby prohibit all fairs , markets , and all bodily labour in the works of mens callings , which may interrupt or hinder the religious observation of the day aforesaid . given at white-hall this twenty fourth day of september , in the year of our lord god , one thousand six hundred fifty and eight . london : printed by henry hills and john field , printers to his highness the lord protector , 1658. a declaration of his highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81024 of text r211145 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[16]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 6 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81024 wing c7182 thomason 669.f.21[16] estc r211145 99869878 99869878 163511 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81024) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163511) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[16]) a declaration of his highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by henry hills and john field, printers to his highness the lord protector, 1658. and are to be sold at the sign of the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church, london : 1658. dated at end: given at white-hall this sixteenth day of december one thousand six hundred fifty and eight. annotation on thomason copy: "septemb. 17". reproduction of the original in the british library. eng fasts and feasts -england -early works to 1800. great britain -history -commonwealth and protectorate, 1649-1660 -early works to 1800. a81024 r211145 (thomason 669.f.21[16]). civilwar no a declaration of his highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation. england and wales. lord protector 1658 1020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2007-11 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion pax qvaeritvr bello olivarivs dei ◆ gra ◆ reipvb ◆ angliae ◆ scotiae ◆ et hiberniae , &c protector ◆ blazon or coat of arms a declaration of his highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation . the successes of all the consultations and actions of the sons of men have their dependence on the pleasure of that god , who is wonderful in counsel , and mighty in working : and therefore , as in all other affairs , so especially in those which are of greatest concernment , it is our duty to seek the lord , with whom alone is wisdom and strength , that we may testifie our hope to be in him , and our dependence on him alone . it is the priviledge of those who are in covenant with the lord , that they have a god nigh unto them in all that they call upon him for . the people of god in this nation ( if they had observed them , or have not forgotten them ) may produce so large a catalogue of mercies given in answer to prayers , as no nation under the heavens can parallel : in not a few of which the lord hath as it were exemplified that promise , before they call i will answer , and while they are yet speaking i will hear ; and in others , given a proof of his faithfulness in what he had said , ask of me concerning my sons , and concerning the works of my hands command ye me : all of them so many real demonstrations , that he hath not said unto the seed of jacob , seek ye me in vain : so that above all the people in the world , those who fear the lord in these nations have cause to say of him , because he hath heard my voice , therefore will i call upon him so long as i live : and as if the lord would try us whether we will do so or not , he is pleased to administer variety of occasions to prove the faith of his people . this present season exhibits matter of deep humiliation , and earnest supplication . who can look back on the providences wherewith the lord hath exercised us the year passed , but hath cause to say , my flesh trembleth for fear of thee , and i am afraid of thy judgements ? and if we do but with an eye of common prudence , take a prospect of those great actions which are like to be the product of the ensuing year , and weigh the consequences of them , may we not say , lord , we know not what to do , but our eyes are unto thee ? his highness the lord protector seriously considering these things , and having by the advice of his privy council called a parliament to meet in january next , and being not a little sensible how great an influence the deliberations and determinations of that his great council may have , not onely upon the civil peace and outward prosperity of these three nations , yea of all the protestants abroad , but also in reference to the spiritual liberties which the lord hath in an especial maner reserved as a blessing to be given in to this generation , and likewise to the concernments of the gospel through the world : therefore his highness , by advice of his privy council , holds it a seasonable and necessary duty as in his own person , so to call upon , and invite others who are concerned herein , in a solemn maner to humble themselves before the lord , and earnestly to seek his favor and blessing on the counsels and affairs of these nations , and especially on that great council , that he who is the counsellor and prince of peace , will sit among them , guide their spirits , and lead them to such counsels of peace and good for these nations , and the interest of the lord iesus in them , that the generations to come may rise up and call them blessed , and the nations round about us may be filled with admiration at the lords gracious dealings with us , and we may have further cause to say , the lord is in the midst of us , therefore we shall be established . for which purpose his highness doth appoint , that in all places within england and wales , and town of berwick upon tweed , wednesday the nine and twentieth day of december instant , and in scotland and ireland , wednesday the fifth of january next , be observed as a day of solemn fasting and humiliation in all churches , chappels and congregations within the same ; earnestly exhorting all those whose hearts the lord hath touched with a due sense of these things , to be instant with the lord in this behalf , in such a serious and solemn maner , as the nature of so spiritual and extraordinary a duty doth require , and that every one in their places will study how they may second their prayers with sutable endeavors , tending to vnity and peace : and his highness doth will and require all ministers and pastors of congregations , to read this declaration in their meetings for publique worship on the lords day next before the said day of publique fasting , to the end the same may be the better taken notice of : and the holding of all markets and fairs are hereby prohibited on that day . given at white-hall this sixteenth day of december one thousand six hundred fifty and eight . london : printed by henry hills and john field , printers to his highness the lord protector , 1658. and are to be sold at the sign of the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church . by the lord protector. a proclamation commanding all papists, and all other persons who have been of the late kings party or his sons, to depart out of the cities of london and westminster, and late lines of communication, within three days. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a81029 of text r211159 in the english short title catalog (thomason 669.f.21[22]). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 6 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a81029 wing c7187 thomason 669.f.21[22] estc r211159 99869892 99869892 163517 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a81029) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 163517) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; 247:669f21[22]) by the lord protector. a proclamation commanding all papists, and all other persons who have been of the late kings party or his sons, to depart out of the cities of london and westminster, and late lines of communication, within three days. england and wales. lord protector (1658-1660 : r. cromwell) cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by henry hills and john field, printers to his highness, and are to be sold at the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church, london : [1659] dated at end: given at white-hall the three and twentieth day of april in the year of our lord, 1659. annotation on thomason copy: "april. 25." reproduction of the original in the british library. eng royalists -england -london -early works to 1800. catholics -england -london -legal status, laws, etc. -early works to 1800. exile (punishment) -england -london -early works to 1800. a81029 r211159 (thomason 669.f.21[22]). civilwar no by the lord protector. a proclamation commanding all papists, and all other persons who have been of the late kings party or his sons, to de england and wales. lord protector 1659 989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-11 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2007-11 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion pax qvaeritvr bello olivarivs dei ◆ gra ◆ reipvb ◆ angliae ◆ scotiae ◆ et hiberniae , &c protector ◆ rp blazon or coat of arms by the lord protector . a proclamation commanding all papists , and all other persons who have been of the late kings party or his sons , to depart out of the cities of london and westminster , and late lines of communication , within three days . his highness the lord protector being informed of the frequent meetings of divers papists , and other ill-affected persons ( who have born arms against this commonwealth , or otherwise adhered to the enemy in the late wars ) in and about the cities of london and westminster , and the places adjacent , and judging it necessary to use all means for preserving the peace of the nation , and to prevent the mischiefs which may arise by designs against the peace thereof , doth ( by and with the advice of his privy councel ) straightly charge and command all papists , and all other persons , who have been at any time in arms against the commonwealth , or have adhered unto , or willingly assisted the enemies thereof in the time of the late war , being within the cities of london and westminster , or the late lines of communication , and not under restraint , within three days after the date hereof ( or if under restraint , within three days after their respective enlargement ) to depart out of the said cities of london and westminster , and late lines of communication , and all other places within twenty miles of the said late lines , unless it be the places of habitation of themselves and their families , and not to return until the tenth day of june next ; and his highness doth require and command the lord mayor of the city of london , and the aldermen of the said city , and likewise the iustices of the peace within the said cities of london and westminster , and of the several counties of middlesex , surrey , hertford , kent and essex , within their limits and jurisdictions to cause strict wards and watches to be kept , and to make frequent and diligent searches for , and to apprehend or cause to be apprehended , all such persons aforesaid , which shall be found within the said cities , places , or distance aforesaid , after the time or times herein before limitted for their departure ; and them and every of them to commit to prison , and from time to time to certifie their proceedings therein to his highness councel under their hands and seals ; and all sheriffs , mayors , bayliffs , constables , and all captains of guards , officers and soldiers , and all other the good people of this commonwealth , are required to be ayding and assisting to the said iustices of the peace , and other officers aforesaid , in the due execution of the premises , as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perils . and for the better discovery of all papists and ill-affected persons , which now are abiding in , or during the time aforesaid shall resort unto the said cities of london and westminster , or either of them , or any place or places within the late lines of communication ; his highness by and with the advice of his said councel , doth expresly charge and require all and every housholder and housholders within the cities and places aforesaid , or any of them , on or before the second day of may next coming , to deliver in writing under his and their hands unto the alderman of the ward , if such housholder dwell within the city of london , or to the next iustice of the peace , a perfect list of the names of all persons now lodging within the house of such housholder , together with their additions ; and if they are papists , to mention the same in such list , and so from time to time , within four and twenty hours after the receiving of any person to lodge in his or their house or houses , to deliver in the names of such person or persons to such alderman or next iustice of the peace in maner aforesaid ; and the aldermen of the respective wards , within the said city of london , and the iustices of the peace within the said city of westminster , and places within the late lines of communication , are required to take care that lists be accordingly sent in unto them from all and every housholder and housholders aforesaid , and to make enquiry of the truth of such lists ; and all constables and other officers are enjoyned and required to observe the orders and directions of such alderman and iustice of peace respectively in the premises , and to yield obedience thereunto : and the said aldermen and iustices of the peace respectively , are hereby likewise required to transmit true copies of such lists unto the clerks of his highness councel , or one of them . and his highness doth hereby declare , that all and every such housholder and housholders as shall make default of sending in such list as aforesaid , or shall presume to send in a false list , shall be taken and deemed enemies to the peace and security of the commonwealth . given at white-hall the three and twentieth day of april in the year of our lord , 1659. london , printed by henry hills and john field , printers to his highness , and are to be sold at the seven stars in fleetstreet over against dunstans church . the humble petition of richard cromwell, lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland, to the councel of officers at walingford house cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a45009 of text r1936 in the english short title catalog (wing h3480). textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. the text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with morphadorner. the annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. this text has not been fully proofread approx. 7 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo 2017 a45009 wing h3480 estc r1936 12306515 ocm 12306515 59276 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a45009) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 59276) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1641-1700 ; 188:17) the humble petition of richard cromwell, lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland, to the councel of officers at walingford house cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. england and wales. army. council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [london : 1659] place and date of publication from wing. eng great britain -history -commonwealth and protectorate, 1649-1660. broadsides -england -17th century. a45009 r1936 (wing h3480). civilwar no the humble petition of richard cromwell, late lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland, to the councel of officers at walingford hou [no entry] 1659 1349 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 c the rate of 30 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the c category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-11 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images 2008-02 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2008-02 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the humble petition of richard cromwell , late lord protector of england , scotland , and ireland , to the councel of officers at walingford house . humbly sheweth : that whereas , after the addresses of many thousands of these actions , faithfully promising to establish me on my fathers usurped seat , and protesting before god to live and die for me , whom they stiled their joshua , appointed by god to compleat that happinesse to the saints which was begun by my father , whom they called moses , that had brought them out of aegypt and the wildernesse unto the borders of canaan , of which number you of the army were not the last , nor least part : yet notwithstanding you forgeting your promises and engagements , were guilty of such insolent and contrary proceedings as to turn me out of my place before i was well warm , under the specious pretence of setting up the good old c●use , which then you interpreted to be the refuse , or ( as it 's commonly called ) the rump of the long parliament ; which piece of a parliament you had no sooner established , and vowed your selves by a solemn oath their faithfull and constant servants , but you turn'd them to graste before they had leisure to fleece the commomwealth . yet for all this , you still prosecute the good old cause , which since it hath so many colours , i know not how to define it otherwise then a meer cheating of the publick : but to let that passe , you devised a thing called a committee of safety , which being a crew of sword-men , with some others of your own faction , appointed unto themselves a certain time to produce a model or form of government , which time being expired , they ended as safely as they began , their pregnant womb being not delivered of so much as a mouse . these things considered , and since you are now at a non plus , not knowing which way to turne your selves , i humbly beg of you ( gentlemen ) to let me appear once more upon the stage , beseeching you to restore me unto my former dignity of being your protector : it may be you 'l say , i am altogether uncapable of so great a trust : for answer ; if you 'l believe my mother , i am the son of oliver , and think my selfe as wise as some of you , and much honester then the best of you . what though i was pictur'd with an owls head and a fools coat ? i 'me sure my brother-in-law fleetwood ( your titular gener●l ) deserves it as well as my self ; for although he had so much wit as to depose me , wherein he shewed himself more then fool : yet when he set up the tail of the long parliament , and afterw●rds suffred them to be cast out by the ambition of lambert , he savor'd more of the later . but i pray gentlemen consider what profit and advantage will acrue to your selves as well as the nation , in case you readvance me to the government ; for i will call such a parliament as shall raise money for the satisfying of all soldiers arrears , and take a course that they be dayly paid for the future , and you your selves shall be my privy councellors , provided you be more accute in consulting the affairs of government then you have been lately in forging one . and for the good of the commonwealth in generall , we will countenance and encourage the two main props of a stat●viz . magistracy and ministry : but as for the dull city of london , we may ride it to death if we please ; she hath been long sick of a consumption , but will not go to the charge of a purgation whereby she might be rid of those humors that obstruct her welfare , occasioned by a surfeit she took of too much of the fish call'd a lobstar , which diet my father fed her withall . but to speak of her lord mayor , he is the very same to you , as his horse to him , who with all his furr'd gang of aldermen are alwayes ready to comply with any power whatever at its first appearance , and will ever be your enchained slaves , for all their dayly consultations at guild-hall . these are the golden calves which the city worships , and will do till it be utterly beggar'd by their sloath , who had rather live in perpetuall bondage then hazard their vast estates to purchase the freedome both of themselves and their posterity ; for if the present lord mayor had as much wit as frier bacon's brazen head , and would but say , time is , the businesse would be done , and the whole city be freed from that oppression which they have for so many years groaned under ; but as long as they are led by the nose by their lord mayor , and he by the officers of the army , hang but one red-coat on the top of pauls steeple , and 't is enough to keep the city in awe , though there were never a soldier in it . but whilst i was penning this , there came one and told me that you had set out a proclamation of a parliament to be called on the 24. of january next , without a single person , or house of peers : which thing i suppose you never intend , but only to delude the people with a bare pretence , the very name of a parliament being a pritty bable to still and quiet the childish rage of the city . however , if you do perform what you say , it will be a parliament of your own stamp , which will bring more discontent to the people , then what they now suffer : besides , you will utterly crosse the design of your grand master in politicks , lambert , who when he hath done with monke , will be as new to begin again what he aim'd at , as he was before he turn'd out the epitome of the long parliament . wherefore my masters i beseech you consider what you go about , and go the safest way to work , which will be by lifting up me again to the protectorship : and to this end , call to minde the discontented frogs , who would not have the log to be their king ; but when jupiter set the stork to rule over them , which exceedingly devour'd them , then they prayed him to restore their king log . take heed ( gentlemen ) that you do not run the same fortune as did the frogs , left with them you repent too late ; but hearken to this seasonable , and ( indeed ) reasonable advice of your quondam master , though now poor petitioner . to conclude , ( my masters ) if you will be pleased to suffer me once again to mount into the saddle of supremacy , i protest unto you that i will not be cast out of it but with the losse of my life . before i will be so befool'd as i was , i 'le drive on as furiously as my father when he turn'd coach-man in hide-park , and had like to have broken his neck for his labour : and rather then i will so sneakingly be thrown down from the very pinacle of honour , the fortune of bold phaeton i le run , who perish'd in the chariot of the sun . a letter written by his highness the prince elector of brandenbourgh unto his most serene and illustrious highness richard, lord protector of the common-wealth of england, scotland, and ireland, with the territories and dominions thereunto belonging : denoting their highness's joynt-interest in the protecting and defending of the reformed protestant cause ... friedrich wilhelm, elector of brandenburg, 1620-1688. 1659 approx. 15 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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(eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a40413) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 44877) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1641-1700 ; 1384:45) a letter written by his highness the prince elector of brandenbourgh unto his most serene and illustrious highness richard, lord protector of the common-wealth of england, scotland, and ireland, with the territories and dominions thereunto belonging : denoting their highness's joynt-interest in the protecting and defending of the reformed protestant cause ... friedrich wilhelm, elector of brandenburg, 1620-1688. cromwell, richard, 1626-1712. 8 p. s.n.], [london? : 1669 [i.e. 1659] "translated into english out of the latine copy printed at hamborough." at end: "given at ripen in jutland, on the 24 day of the moneth of december, in the year of our lord god 1658." reproduction of original in the harvard university library. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng dano-swedish wars, 1657-1660. prussia (germany) -history -frederick william, the great elector, 1640-1688 -sources. prussia (germany) -foreign relations -sweden. 2006-12 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2006-12 aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-01 robyn anspach sampled and proofread 2007-01 robyn anspach text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a letter written by his highness the prince elector of brandenbovrgh , unto his most serene and illustrious highnes richard lord protector of the common-wealth of england , scotland , and ireland , with the territories and dominions thereunto belonging . denoting their highness's joynt-interest in the protecting and defending of the reformed protestant cause ; and the swedes converting of those forces , and means which they receive from england , and their other allyes , for the propagating of the protestant cause : towards the compassing of their own ambitious ends , the subverting of the protestant churches , and the disturbing of the publike peace in all parts . translated into english out of the latine copy printed at hamborough . in the year mdclxix . most serene , and illuctrious prince , lord , and honoured friend , ever since it seemed good to the almighty to permit the pure evangelical doctrine to be profest in england ; the protestant churches abroad , especially the reformed ones , have at all times , in their greatest adversities and persecutions , rhere met with a signal reception , and assistance ; which is manifest to the whole world , and both the french and netherlandish nations , do most gratefully acknowledge , and cannot sussiciently praise for the same . wherefore being fallen into these infortunate times , wherein the protestant cause ( as well in relation to the ecclesiastical as temporal affairs ) seems not only to be disturbed , but even subverted in these parts , by the protestant professors themselves . and pondering upon the remedies necessary towards the preventing of such eminent evils ; we could not chuse but reflect upon your highness , whose father of glorious memory , having imparted unto us by his publike minister , the share he bore , joyntly with us , in the concernments of the protestant professors , and churches , not doubting but your highness retains the same inclinations and thoughts , we have the more confidently adventured , during these publike calamities , to treat with you theron , and as well joyntly by the envoy , which we have designed towards your highness , as by these our letters , to impart our minde unto you , lest by the retardment of the one or the other , the pubilke good might be prejudiced . your highness cannot be ignorant , that this present king of sweden entred upon a war , some 3 years since , against the polanders ; with a pretence , and under a colour ( amongst other things ) to promote the protestant cause in those parts ; though the success thereof proved no other , save the reducing of some hundreds of protestant churhes into ashes ; the destroying of an infinite number of protestant families ; the dispersing and dissolving of several protestant congregations , and the exposing of the professors of the divine gospel truths , to all kinde of ignominie and infamie . insomuch , as since the memory of man , the protestant concernments in those parts , never met with a greater destruction , and desolation ; no not under the papistical governments , as under that pretended patron , and defender of the protestant cause . neither did these evils terminate within the confines of poland ; but the aforesaid king , did ( among others ) involve the prince of transilvania in the like calamities , and reduced that most zealous prince for the true protestant cause , unto such a pass , as that he was in danger to lose his whole country , as well as his good subjects , their livelyhoods , and subsistances , for the liberty of their consciences . and that it may more evidently appear , t he said king aims not et heaven , but the world , coveting to have the dominion of the land , as well as to lord it at sea ; he did finally set upon the king of denmark , contrary to the faith which was plighted , and the peace which was made by the interposition , endeavours , and authority of your highness's father , without any foregoing declaration , or warning ; a thing which is observed even amongst the heathens ; assailing a prince who is a strict professor and observer of the protestant faith , at such an unexspected time , when he was deprived of all his guarrisons and strong holds , and did not in the least suspect , much less dream of such a kinde of proceeding , by reason of the immediate proceeding peace , procured by the endeavours of so many friends , and at so great a disadvantage to the king of denmark . in like manner the duke of curland , did sadly experiment the effects of these like proceedings ; one who is a lutheran , of the same confession , which the king of sweden professeth , and by his solemn oath , will only tollerate in his dominions ; yet nevertheless after the said duke had conferred so great benefits on the swedes , as that he thereby became suspected to his lord , the king of poland ; even after he had made his capitulations for his neutrality with them , he was by an unheard of example , and by a stratagem cast out of his habitation , and together with his most illustrious lady dutchess , ann seven children , carried away captives to riga . and as he cannot by the holy writ warrant the not sparing of those of his own profession , when he sees an opportunity to seize their lands and goods ; in like manner his zeal , and vehemency moves him , to impose laws on the protestant reformed professors , in matters of their belief , and to force their consciences in divine concernments , by his proceedings against them ; an evident testimony whereof is most apparent at elbing , wherein we the rather instance , because it may best be known in england ; in which place those of the reformed profession , at their being under a papist king , did enjoy the free exercise of their religion ; but at present , the lutheran supravisor , being placed there as a wrack to the consciences of those who are minded to take the ministry upon themselues , doth enforce them by an unheard of example , to approve his confession , and to obey him in matters of religion ; depriving likewise the civil magistrate , ( who are all for the most part of the reformed profession ) of the right and priviledg which is due to them in the like cases ; especially in the ordaining of ministers : not permitting the administration of the communion , according to the form of the reformed protestant churches , save unto strangers of the english nation , at the request of the english resident . moreover his vehemency is so great against the rest of the reformed professors , as that to the prejudice of men , and gods glory , the psalms of david , which for several years were sung in their churches ( and ought not only to be free unto , but enjoyned all men ) are totally expunged out of the church . these things being maturely considered ; we cannot be induced to believe , that your highness , ( as the swedes do boast will afford them relief , and assist them to carry on their unlawful designes , since they abound and proceed with so much violence , and injustice ; converting their own means , and forces , and the assistances which they receive from others , to the prejudice , ruine , and utter detriment of the church ; and to the disturbing of the publike peace in all parts . and as we have been informed , these implacable enemies of the protestant religion , make use of the pretence of religion , and urge , that their designe is against the catholicks , and chiefly against the house of austria , who should have an intent to master the ports of the baltick sea , as they most malitiously give out ; and do even slander us , in that we should have made a league with the catholikes against the protestants . but as all men know , the war is waged between the danes and the swedes , both of them , of the evangelical profession ; and if the emperor will not permit the swedes to deprive the king of denmark , and himself of holstein , ( which is an unquestionable part of the german empire , and whereof he is the supream lord ) but by the forces which he hath sent doth hinder the same , doth he any thing thereby , save what belongs to a good , pious , and christian prince ? and should he omit the same , would he not be guilty of deserting the defence of his territories , and the neglect of that duty which is committed to him by god ? and if we , as a member , do assist him the head , herein , in each others defence , do we any thing hereby but our duty ? and might we not be accused of deserting our countreys defence should we not joyn therein ? these , and no other , are the austrian , and our intentions , and resolutions ; and if happily there chance to be any other dissentions between the house of austria , and other kings , states , and commonwealths , they relate not at all to this business ; nor do the like contentions , which others may have with the house of austria , concern the roman empire , and its chief : nor is it just that any obstacles should be made , on this account , as impediments to these so pious , honest , and necessary endeavours . for it is so far from the intentions of his imperial majesty , to deprive any one of their ports , or havens , as that he doth not so much as lay claim to the least part of any of them ; he hath sent his forces to restore unto the right owners , that which belongs unto them ; not to bereave them of their goods , or possessions : an instance whereof may appear by the isle of alsen , not so soon taken from the swedes , as restored to the king of denmark , its true lord and owner ; that he might take the defence thereof upon himself , that so those commodious ports and haveus , which are so advantagiously seated on the baltick sea ; might only be impowred , and defended by danish guarrisons . and what needs there any further contest of words hereon ? come we to the matter it self ; let the king of sweden therefore restore that which he hath unjustly and violently taken ; let him make amends for the losses which we and others have sustained by his means : let him give security that he will not henceforth invade others , as he hath lately done the poles , the danes , and the curlander : and we shall in like manner take care , that none of the emperors , or of the associated forces shall at any time be brought into the field , or made use of against any of the neghbouring , or other ports whatsoever . nor shall they need to fear the least obstruction in the trade from these parts ; since it concerns us chiefly , that the commerce be free , incouraged , and augmented ; neither do we see how all this can be compassed by any speedier means , save , that all things be restored to the same state and condition as they were before the beginning of all these danish troubles ; which is the thing we shall mainly endeavour to compasse . but with what impudence can the swedes blemish us for having entred into a league with the catholikes ? since they have done the same with the french ; unless they accuse them also of the like heretical abominations , which they themselves seem to abhor : and i pray , what kinde of evangelical profession can those boast of , who whilst they inveigh against the papistical purgatory ( which we know through gads grace is not able to hurt any one ) do in the mean while exercise all the unwarrantablest proceedings imaginable against the said protestant churches , and the members thereof ? and what part or share of the gospel , can those appropriate to themselves , who , both with fire and sword , have prosecuted , if not well nigh subverted , both poland , denmark , and one of the not least contemptiblest parts of germany ? and who , whilst they condemn those good works , which the papists account requisite towards the attaining unto salvation ; do live and act in such a manner , as if heaven and eternal glory were only to be acquir'd by sinning , and committing of horrid actions ? moreover , what share can they pretend unto the name of christians , who commit those things , whereby the gentiles , and heathens ( who are most careful in keeping and observing their promises ) may now , as well as formerly , alleadge , to the great dishonor of the christian appellation ; that they can only boast themselves to be christians by their treachery , and perfidiousness . wherefore it only remains , that we implore , and beseech your highness , as you have a regard unto the glory of god , the welfare of the church , the love of justice , the common tye of friendship , and our joynt protestant reformed profession , that in case you be sollicited , and importuned to allow the swedes assistance , and relief ; you may be pleased to penetrate into their actions , and to be moved by these foregoing holy inducements , rather to choose to help , and stand by the oppressed ; then the oppressors : whereby , as your highness cannot put a greater obligation upon us , and all those who love , and endeavour the welfare of the true protestant cause ; so can you not do a more acceptable service to god ; unto whose proiection we commit you . given at ripen in iutland , on the 24 day of the moneth of december , in the year of our lord god 1658 . 