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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
      
       
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             By the King. His Majesties gracious offer of pardon to the rebells now in armes against him, under the command of Robert Earle of Essex.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by Leonard Lychfield, printer to the Vniversity,
             Oxford [i.e. London] :
             1643.
          
           
             Actual place of publication from Wing.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Essex, Robert Devereux, -- Earl of, 1591-1646 -- Early works to 1800.
           Pardon -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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             BY
             THE
             KING
             .
          
        
         
           His
           
             Majesties
          
           Gracious
           Offer
           of
           Pardon
           to
           the
           Rebells
           now
           in
           Armes
           against
           Him
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           
             Robert
          
           Earle
           of
           Essex
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           an
           Actuall
           and
           open
           Rebellion
           is
           raised
           ,
           and
           severall
           Armies
           marching
           against
           Us
           ,
           under
           the
           command
           and
           conduct
           of
           
             Robert
          
           Earle
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           other
           Persons
           under
           his
           Commissions
           and
           authority
           ,
           who
           falsly
           pretend
           that
           what
           they
           do
           is
           by
           Vertue
           of
           Our
           Authority
           ,
           &
           for
           Our
           Service
           ,
           and
           so
           seduce
           many
           of
           Our
           weak
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Duty
           and
           Allegiance
           into
           this
           horrid
           and
           odious
           Rebellon
           against
           Us
           .
           We
           doe
           therefore
           once
           more
           declare
           the
           said
           
             Robert
          
           Earle
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           who
           by
           any
           Commission
           under
           him
           ,
           have
           levied
           or
           doe
           command
           any
           Souldiers
           to
           bee
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Rebellion
           is
           raised
           to
           take
           away
           Our
           Life
           from
           Us
           ,
           to
           destroy
           Our
           Posterity
           ,
           to
           change
           the
           blessed
           Protestant
           Religion
           established
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           to
           suppresse
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           to
           subject
           both
           to
           an
           unlimited
           arbitrary
           power
           .
           And
           We
           doe
           therefore
           Will
           and
           Command
           all
           Our
           loving
           Subjects
           upon
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           their
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           that
           they
           apprehend
           the
           said
           Earle
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           who
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           any
           Commission
           under
           him
           ,
           have
           levied
           ,
           or
           doe
           now
           command
           any
           Souldiers
           in
           any
           places
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           guilty
           of
           high
           Treason
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           We
           understand
           that
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Robert
          
           Earle
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Commanders
           who
           have
           equall
           or
           independent
           authority
           from
           him
           ,
           doe
           traiterously
           lay
           siege
           to
           ,
           and
           intend
           to
           assault
           Our
           Towne
           of
           Redding
           ,
           We
           ,
           considering
           that
           the
           most
           part
           of
           those
           Commanders
           and
           Souldiers
           are
           seduced
           by
           specious
           pretexts
           above
           said
           ,
           have
           ,
           out
           of
           Our
           Princely
           Grace
           and
           Clemency
           ,
           thought
           fit
           ,
           and
           doe
           hereby
           declare
           ,
           That
           We
           are
           pleased
           to
           grant
           Our
           free
           and
           generall
           Pardon
           as
           well
           to
           all
           Captaines
           and
           inferiour
           Officers
           (
           not
           formerly
           excepted
           in
           any
           of
           Our
           Declarations
           or
           Proclamations
           )
           as
           to
           all
           common
           Souldiers
           now
           before
           Our
           Towne
           of
           Redding
           ,
           or
           elsewhere
           ,
           as
           to
           Persons
           seduced
           by
           the
           cunning
           &
           falshood
           of
           the
           authors
           of
           the
           present
           Rebellion
           :
           If
           such
           Captains
           ,
           inferior
           Officers
           and
           souldiers
           shall
           disband
           within
           six
           dayes
           after
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           ,
           so
           as
           they
           commit
           no
           hostile
           Act
           in
           the
           meane
           while
           .
           And
           We
           doe
           farther
           declare
           ,
           That
           such
           Officers
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           shall
           returne
           to
           their
           due
           Obedience
           to
           Us
           ,
           and
           render
           themselves
           to
           the
           Lieutenant-Generall
           ,
           or
           other
           principall
           Officer
           of
           Our
           Army
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Governour
           of
           that
           Our
           Towne
           of
           Redding
           ,
           and
           be
           willing
           to
           serve
           Us
           ,
           shall
           be
           entertained
           in
           Our
           Army
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           be
           not
           willing
           to
           serve
           ,
           shall
           have
           Our
           Pardon
           and
           free
           Passe
           ,
           provided
           they
           take
           an
           Oath
           never
           to
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           Us
           .
           And
           that
           such
           common
           souldiers
           as
           shall
           lay
           downe
           their
           Armes
           according
           to
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           ,
           shall
           receive
           Our
           like
           Gracious
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           be
           entertained
           in
           Our
           service
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           willing
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           taking
           the
           aforesaid
           Oath
           ,
           have
           five
           shillings
           in
           money
           given
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           Passe
           to
           carry
           them
           to
           their
           dwellings
           .
           But
           in
           case
           this
           Our
           Gracious
           Mercy
           to
           them
           ,
           produce
           not
           those
           good
           effects
           We
           hope
           for
           ,
           such
           extremity
           of
           punishment
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           ,
           as
           the
           highnesse
           of
           so
           Treasonablean
           Act
           in
           its
           owne
           nature
           deserves
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             Our
             Court
             at
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             
               the
               eighteenth
               day
               of
               April
               in
               the
               nineteenth
               Year
               of
               our
               Reigne
               .
            
          
        
         
           God
           save
           the
           KING
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Oxford
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Leonard
             Lychfield
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           1643.
           
        
      
      
  

