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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
      
       
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             A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Lancaster
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             By L. Lichfield ...,
             [Oxford :
             1642]
          
           
             At head of title: By the King.
             "Given at our court at Oxford, the ninth day December, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne."
             Imprint suggested by Wing.
             Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Proclamations -- Great Britain.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649.
        
      
    
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               C
               R
            
             
               HONI
               SOIT
               QVI
               MAL
               Y
               PENSE
            
             royal blazon or coat of arms
          
        
         
           BY
           THE
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             ¶
             A
             Proclamation
             of
             His
             
               Majesties
            
             Grace
             ,
             Favour
             ,
             and
             Pardon
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             His
             County
             of
             
               Lancaster
               .
            
          
        
         
           WHEREAS
           We
           have
           taken
           notice
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Malice
           ,
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Importunity
           of
           severall
           ill-affected
           and
           seditious
           Persons
           in
           Our
           County
           of
           
             Lancaster
             ,
          
           very
           many
           of
           Our
           weake
           and
           seduced
           Subjects
           of
           that
           Our
           County
           have
           not
           only
           beene
           drawne
           to
           exercise
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           under
           colour
           of
           a
           pretended
           Ordinance
           ,
           without
           and
           against
           Our
           Consent
           ,
           (
           a
           Crime
           of
           a
           very
           high
           nature
           ,
           if
           We
           would
           strictly
           enquire
           thereinto
           )
           but
           have
           made
           Contributions
           of
           Plate
           ,
           Money
           ,
           and
           Horses
           ,
           towards
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           the
           Army
           now
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           Vs
           ;
           We
           doe
           hereby
           publish
           and
           declare
           ,
           That
           We
           are
           gratiously
           pleased
           to
           attribute
           the
           Crimes
           and
           Offences
           of
           Our
           said
           Subjects
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           to
           the
           Power
           and
           Faction
           of
           their
           Seducers
           ;
           Who
           ,
           We
           beleeve
           ,
           by
           Threates
           ,
           Menaces
           ,
           and
           false
           Informations
           compelled
           and
           led
           them
           into
           these
           Actions
           of
           undutifullnesse
           and
           disloyalty
           towards
           Vs
           ;
           And
           We
           doe
           therefore
           hereby
           offer
           Our
           free
           and
           gracious
           Pardon
           to
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Our
           said
           County
           of
           
             Lancaster
             ,
          
           for
           all
           offences
           concerning
           the
           Premisses
           committed
           against
           Vs
           ,
           before
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           ,
           except
           
             George
             Booth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Richard
             Holland
          
           Esquires
           ,
           against
           whom
           Wee
           shall
           proceed
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Law
           as
           against
           Traytours
           and
           Stirrers
           of
           Sedition
           against
           Vs
           ,
           And
           whom
           Wee
           doe
           hereby
           require
           all
           Our
           Officers
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           all
           Our
           loving
           Subjects
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           and
           cause
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           safe
           Custody
           till
           Our
           Pleasure
           be
           further
           knowne
           .
           Provided
           ,
           that
           this
           Our
           Grace
           shall
           not
           extend
           to
           any
           Person
           ,
           who
           after
           the
           publishing
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           shall
           presume
           by
           Loane
           or
           Contribution
           ,
           to
           assist
           the
           said
           Army
           of
           Rebells
           ,
           to
           assemble
           and
           muster
           themselves
           in
           Armes
           without
           Authority
           derived
           from
           Vs
           under
           Our
           Hand
           ,
           to
           enter
           into
           any
           Oath
           of
           Association
           for
           opposing
           Vs
           and
           Our
           Army
           ,
           or
           to
           succour
           ,
           or
           entertaine
           any
           of
           the
           Persons
           excepted
           in
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           or
           in
           Our
           Declaration
           of
           the
           12th
           of
           
             August
             .
          
           But
           We
           must
           and
           doe
           declare
           ,
           That
           whosoever
           shall
           henceforward
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           Premisses
           ,
           or
           of
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           shall
           be
           esteemed
           by
           Vs
           ,
           as
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           publike
           Peace
           ,
           a
           Person
           disaffected
           to
           Vs
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Religion
           and
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           shall
           accordingly
           receive
           condigne
           punishment
           ,
           of
           which
           We
           give
           them
           timely
           notice
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           proceed
           accordingly
           at
           their
           perills
           .
           And
           Wee
           doe
           hereby
           will
           and
           require
           Our
           high
           Sheriffe
           ,
           Commissioners
           of
           
             Array
             ,
          
           Iustices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Our
           Officers
           ,
           and
           loving
           Subjects
           to
           resist
           ,
           oppose
           ,
           and
           apprehend
           all
           such
           Persons
           as
           shall
           presume
           to
           make
           any
           Leavies
           in
           that
           Our
           County
           ,
           upon
           what
           pretence
           soever
           ,
           without
           Authority
           derived
           from
           Vs
           under
           Our
           Hand
           .
           And
           We
           likewise
           will
           and
           require
           them
           ,
           and
           every
           of
           them
           to
           be
           assistant
           to
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           either
           Command
           the
           Traine
           Bands
           of
           that
           Our
           County
           ,
           or
           make
           any
           Leavies
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           Commission
           under
           Our
           Great
           Seale
           ,
           or
           Signe
           Manuall
           .
        
         
           
             ¶
             
               Given
               at
               Our
               Court
               at
            
             Oxford
             ,
             
               
                 the
                 ninth
                 day
                 of
              
               December
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 Eighteenth
                 yeare
                 of
                 Our
                 Reigne
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             God
             save
             the
             King
             .
          
        
      
    
    

