By the King. A proclamation for the free and safe passage of all clothes, goods, wares, and merchandize to our city of London. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79006 of text R211521 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[114]). 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 A79006 Wing C2613 Thomason 669.f.5[114] ESTC R211521 99870238 99870238 160826 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. A79006) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160826) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[114]) By the King. A proclamation for the free and safe passage of all clothes, goods, wares, and merchandize to our city of London. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Alice Norton, [London : 1642] Imprint from Wing. With engraving of royal seal at head of document, between two bands of ornament and initials C. R. "Given at Our court at Oxford, the eight day of December, in the eighteenth yeare of Our reigne. God save the King." Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A79006 R211521 (Thomason 669.f.5[114]). civilwar no By the King. A proclamation for the free and safe passage of all clothes, goods, wares, and merchandize to our city of London. England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 433 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. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Paul Schaffner Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Paul Schaffner Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion royal blazon or coat of arms C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT C R BY THE KING . A Proclamation for the free and safe passage of all Clothes , Goods , Wares , and Merchandize to Our City of LONDON . WHereas We have been informed , that diverse of Our loving Subjects , who have been travelling from Our Westerne Counties , and other parts of Our Kingdome to Our City of London with Clothes , Goods , and other Merchandize , have been of late stopped and interrupted in their Iournies , and other Clothes , Wares , and Merchandize have been taken or detained from them , whereby the season and benefit of their Markets have been lost to them , and considering , that if the same Licence and Course shall be still taken and held , that the damage and mischief thereof will not only fall upon Places and Persons disaffected to Vs , but upon very many of Our good and loving Subjects of all parts , and that thereby the generall Trade and Commerce of the Kingdom ( which We have alwayes , and do desire to advance to the utmost of Our Power ) will in a short time decay , and the poore People , wanting work , be brought to Penury and Famine . Wee are gratiously pleased to declare , and doe hereby will and require all the Officers and Souldiers of Our Army , and all other Our Officers and Ministers whatsoever , that from henceforth they giue no stop or interruption to any of Our loving Subjects as they travell to Our City of London with any Clothes , Wares , or other Merchandize , but that they suffer them , and such their Clothes , Wares , and Merchandize freely and peaceably to passe without any let , trouble , or molestation whatsoever . And We doe hereby promise and assure all Our loving Subjects , that if they shall henceforth suffer by any Souldiers of Our Army in this Case , and shall not upon Complaint to the chief Officers of Our Army where such damage is suffered , receive Iustice and Reparation for the damage they sustaine , upon complaint made to Vs We will take speedy care for the severe and exemplary punishment of the Offendors , and for the full satisfaction of the Parties grieved and injured . Given at Our Court at Oxford , the eight day of December , in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Reigne . God save the King .