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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
      
       
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             By the King. His Majesties offer of pardon to the rebells now in arms against Him.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill.
           
             by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill,
             Imprinted at London :
             MDCXLII. [1642]
          
           
             "Given at Our court at Edge-Hill, this 24. day of October, in the eighteenth yeer of Our reign.".
             With engraving of royal seal at head of document.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Pardon -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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               C
               R
            
             
               DIEV
               ET
               MON
               DROIT
            
             
               HONI
               SOIT
               QVI
               MAL
               Y
               PENSE
            
             royal blazon or coat of arms
          
        
         
           ❧
           By
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           ¶
           His
           Majesties
           offer
           of
           Pardon
           to
           the
           Rebells
           now
           in
           Arms
           against
           Him
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           an
           Actuall
           and
           Open
           Rebellion
           is
           raised
           ,
           and
           severall
           Armies
           marching
           against
           Vs
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           and
           Conduct
           of
           
             Robert
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           and
           other
           persons
           under
           his
           Commissions
           and
           Authority
           ,
           who
           falsely
           pretend
           that
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           it
           by
           vertue
           of
           Our
           Authority
           ,
           and
           for
           Our
           Service
           ,
           and
           so
           seduce
           many
           of
           Our
           weak
           Subjects
           from
           their
           duty
           and
           Allegiance
           ,
           into
           this
           horrid
           and
           odious
           Rebellion
           against
           Vs
           ;
           We
           do
           therefore
           declare
           the
           said
           
             Robert
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           and
           all
           such
           who
           by
           any
           Commission
           under
           him
           have
           leavied
           ,
           or
           do
           command
           any
           Souldiers
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Rebellion
           is
           raised
           to
           take
           away
           Our
           life
           from
           Vs
           ,
           To
           destroy
           Our
           Posterity
           ,
           To
           change
           the
           blessed
           Protestant
           Religion
           established
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           To
           suppresse
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           to
           subject
           both
           to
           an
           unlimited
           Arbitrary
           Power
           .
           And
           We
           do
           therefore
           will
           and
           command
           all
           Our
           loving
           Subjects
           upon
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           their
           Oathes
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacie
           ,
           that
           they
           apprehend
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           and
           all
           such
           who
           by
           vertue
           of
           any
           Commission
           under
           him
           have
           leavied
           ,
           or
           do
           now
           Command
           any
           Souldiers
           in
           any
           places
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           as
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           .
           And
           to
           any
           common
           Souldiers
           so
           raised
           ,
           We
           do
           grant
           Our
           free
           and
           generall
           Pardon
           ,
           as
           to
           Per●ons
           seduced
           by
           the
           cunning
           and
           falshood
           of
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Rebellion
           ,
           if
           such
           Souldiers
           shall
           disband
           within
           six
           dayes
           after
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           ,
           so
           they
           commit
           no
           Hostile
           Act
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           against
           Vs
           .
           And
           if
           such
           Souldier
           or
           Souldiers
           shall
           within
           that
           time
           apprehend
           and
           bring
           before
           Vs
           ,
           or
           any
           Officers
           of
           Our
           Army
           ,
           the
           bodies
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Commanders
           or
           Officers
           now
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           Vs
           ,
           he
           and
           they
           besides
           their
           Pardons
           ,
           shall
           receive
           such
           liberall
           rewards
           by
           Pensions
           or
           otherwise
           as
           their
           severall
           services
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           qualities
           of
           the
           Persons
           so
           apprehended
           shall
           deserve
           .
           And
           if
           any
           Commander
           or
           Officer
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Armies
           now
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           Vs
           ,
           shall
           within
           four
           dayes
           after
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           published
           ,
           being
           convinced
           in
           his
           Conscience
           of
           his
           damnable
           offence
           against
           God
           and
           Vs
           in
           assisting
           this
           odious
           Rebellion
           ,
           return
           to
           his
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           repair
           to
           Our
           Army
           ,
           and
           commit
           to
           Hostile
           Act
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           against
           Vs
           ,
           We
           shall
           not
           onely
           pardon
           him
           ,
           but
           so
           far
           imploy
           him
           as
           his
           quality
           and
           demeanour
           shall
           deserve
           ;
           Except
           all
           such
           persons
           whom
           We
           have
           before
           excepted
           in
           Our
           Declaration
           of
           the
           twelfth
           of
           the
           last
           August
           .
           And
           We
           do
           hereby
           require
           all
           Our
           loving
           Subjects
           of
           what
           Degree
           or
           Quality
           soever
           ,
           upon
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           tender
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           being
           invaded
           ,
           and
           threatned
           to
           the
           rooted
           up
           by
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Brownists
           ,
           and
           Atheists
           )
           of
           Vs
           and
           Our
           Posterity
           ,
           (
           Our
           life
           being
           sought
           after
           by
           this
           Rebellion
           )
           and
           of
           themselves
           (
           the
           Law
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           being
           in
           apparent
           hazard
           to
           be
           subjected
           to
           an
           Arbitrary
           Lawlesse
           Power
           of
           a
           few
           Schismaticall
           ,
           Factious
           and
           Ambitious
           persons
           )
           to
           assist
           Vs
           in
           person
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           Loan
           of
           Money
           ,
           Plate
           and
           Horses
           in
           this
           Our
           great
           necessity
           .
        
         
           And
           We
           do
           further
           declare
           to
           all
           Our
           loving
           Subjects
           ,
           That
           as
           We
           have
           and
           shall
           take
           all
           possible
           care
           to
           prevent
           the
           sufferings
           of
           Our
           good
           people
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           of
           Our
           Armie
           ,
           so
           what-ever
           pressures
           shall
           unavoidably
           fall
           upon
           them
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           violence
           offered
           unto
           Vs
           ,
           in
           seising
           and
           detaining
           Our
           own
           Money
           and
           Revenue
           from
           Vs
           ,
           We
           do
           promise
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           them
           for
           the
           same
           as
           soon
           as
           God
           shall
           enable
           Vs
           .
           And
           the
           better
           to
           encourage
           Our
           good
           Subjects
           to
           aid
           and
           assist
           Vs
           in
           this
           Our
           necessary
           defence
           ,
           to
           which
           their
           duty
           to
           God
           and
           Vs
           obliges
           them
           ,
           We
           do
           declare
           ,
           That
           whosoever
           shall
           lose
           his
           life
           in
           this
           Service
           ,
           the
           Wardship
           of
           his
           Heir
           shall
           be
           granted
           by
           Vs
           without
           Rent
           or
           Fine
           to
           his
           own
           use
           ,
           And
           We
           shall
           hold
           Our Self
           obliged
           to
           take
           all
           possible
           care
           for
           the
           Support
           ,
           Relief
           ,
           and
           Protection
           of
           all
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           who
           shall
           have
           the
           hard
           fortune
           to
           die
           in
           this
           Service
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             Our
             Court
             at
             
               Edge-Hill
               ,
            
             
               this
               24
               day
               of
               October
               ,
               in
               the
               eighteenth
               yeer
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
          
           
           God
           save
           the
           King
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ¶
           Imprinted
           at
           London
           by
           ROBERT
           BARKER
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           excellent
           MAJESTIE
           :
           And
           the
           Assignes
           of
           JOHN
           BILL
           .
           MDCXLII
           .
        
      
      
  

