His Majesties most gracious pardon to the poor prisoners in Newgate, on Friday the 26th of February, 1685/6 England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1686 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46497 Wing J223 ESTC R43307 27153694 ocm 27153694 110011 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. 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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 Prisoners -- England. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688. 2007-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion His MAJESTIES Most Gracious PARDON , To the Poor Prisoners in NEW GATE . On Friday the 26 th . of February . 1685 / 6 A Midst the innumerable Virtues and Graces that have been inherent in the Royal Line , of our Most Gracious PRINCE , and his Glorious Predicessours , Mercy and Compassion ( the two Cardinal Endowments of a Good Christian Profession ) have at all Times and Seasons , been very obvious and apparent : It was these , and such other Prince like Qualities and Blessings , that have left such an immortal Fame , on the venerable Memories of many ( if not the most part ) of our most Renowned and Deceased KINGS , whose admirable Clemencies bear a most laudable Eccho , through the farthest Bounds of Christiandom , this Royal Inheritance ( in all Ages ) has most meritoriously Commanded the unfeigned Love and Cordial Allegiance of all good Subjects ; 't is this which procures Man both Reputation and Happiness in this World , and is a good Step and Introduction to that which 〈◊〉 to come , which Noble Virtue the short space ( but propitious Experience ) of the auspitious Government , under His Most Excellent MAJESTIE , doth give very satisfactory Testimony , that we are ●●ke to suffer no manner of umbrage or ecclipse of that transparent qualification in the person of our present KING ; but on the contrary , a superlative Lustre to all those Blessings we have hitherto enjoyed a sufficient Test of whose Royal Commiserations , intirely is disscovered in this following Account . At the Sessions of Peace , Oyer and Terminer , and Goal-Delivery of Newgate , Held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly , on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , the 24 th . 25 th . and 26 th . of February . 1685 / 6 ; Before the Right Honourable Sir Robert Jefferies Kt. Lord Mayor of the City of London , Sir John Holt Kt. Recorder of the aforesaid City , with other of His MAJESTY's Justices of the Peace , for London and Middlesex : The Tryals being over , His MAJESTY's most Gracious Pardon was produced and read ; the persons contain'd in which , were Sixty One in Number , whereof Thirty One came under the Free-Pardon , and the other Thirty order'd to be Transported . Those in the Free-Pardon were , Jonathan Becket , John Spencer , Thomas Draper , Catharine Banse● , Edmund Lawson , William Rawson , John Price , William Grubb , John Drildell , John Muntith , Thomas Wanckl●● , William Vanderh●●rst Thomas Weal , Nathaniel Page , John Henly , John Somerset , Francis Martin , John Fernly , William Ring , Catharine Brown , David Hunter , Julian Pell , Anne Dye , Jane Sineklow , Daniel Mackrow , John Hoadly , Robert Brewell , Robert Frewen , Pascha Rose , Ellenor Steel , Alice Garret . Those to be Transported were , John Thompson , Cassandra Widdows , Mary Fisher , Harbert Thomson , Edward Hawley , Robert Brooks , Richard Osbern , Thomas Drew , John Dykes , George Arwell , Samuel Anderton , John Smith , Mary Hancock , Thomas Golesburrow , Elizabeth Hacker , Thomas Genister , Lionell Fenwick , Thomas Gardner , Richard Jones , Matthew Morgan , Mary Collward , Anne Davis , Richard Coy , Zachar●ah Thompson , Leonard Beat , Ambrose Staplin , George Smith , Sarah Warral , Isaac Smith , David Barton , This may be Printed , February the 27th . 1686 . R. P. LONDON ; Printed by E. Mallet , for D. Mallet , at the sign of the Black-Ball near Bridwell-Bridge .