His Majesties gracious proclamation to the cittyes of London and Westminster by the King.
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             His Majesties gracious proclamation to the cittyes of London and Westminster by the King.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
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             L. Lichfield,
             [Oxford :
             1642]
          
           
             Place of publication from Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714, 1967.
             At head of title "By the King".
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           BY
           THE
           KING
           .
        
         
           ❧
           His
           
             Majesties
          
           gratious
           Proclamation
           to
           the
           Cittyes
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
             .
          
        
         
           WHEREAS
           amongst
           other
           Arts
           used
           by
           the
           Promoters
           of
           this
           horrid
           and
           desperate
           Rebellion
           against
           Us
           ,
           great
           Industry
           and
           Subtilty
           hath
           been
           applyed
           to
           corrupt
           Our
           Subjects
           of
           Our
           Cittyes
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           first
           by
           engaging
           them
           in
           Factions
           and
           Tumults
           to
           awe
           the
           Members
           of
           both
           Our
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           who
           would
           not
           consent
           to
           their
           seditious
           Designes
           ;
           then
           by
           perswading
           them
           to
           Loanes
           and
           Contributions
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Army
           now
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           Us
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           that
           the
           same
           was
           raised
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           Our
           Person
           ▪
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           Priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           (
           WHEREAS
           in
           truth
           it
           is
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           them
           all
           )
           by
           their
           yeelding
           obedience
           to
           ,
           and
           executing
           the
           pretended
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           
             Militia
             :
          
           and
           lastly
           by
           infusing
           into
           them
           a
           desperate
           sense
           of
           their
           owne
           Condition
           ,
           and
           that
           We
           are
           so
           much
           incensed
           against
           them
           for
           the
           premises
           ,
           that
           We
           intend
           to
           plunder
           ,
           and
           give
           up
           the
           wealth
           of
           those
           Our
           Cittyes
           as
           a
           prey
           to
           Our
           Souldiers
           ;
           We
           do
           hereby
           declare
           ,
           That
           We
           are
           yet
           farr
           from
           being
           so
           much
           incensed
           against
           those
           Our
           Cittyes
           as
           these
           men
           desire
           to
           be
           beleived
           ,
           and
           in
           truth
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           Us
           ;
           but
           We
           beleive
           that
           those
           Tumults
           were
           contrived
           by
           the
           Persons
           whom
           We
           have
           formerly
           accused
           of
           that
           practice
           ,
           and
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           meanest
           and
           poorest
           People
           of
           those
           Our
           Cittyes
           and
           Suburbs
           without
           the
           privity
           and
           consent
           of
           the
           best
           and
           substantiall
           Cittyzens
           and
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Loanes
           and
           Contributions
           which
           have
           been
           since
           raised
           (
           though
           they
           have
           passed
           more
           generally
           then
           We
           expected
           from
           the
           duty
           and
           sobriety
           of
           men
           of
           fortunes
           and
           understanding
           )
           have
           been
           wrested
           and
           extorted
           from
           them
           by
           threates
           and
           menaces
           ,
           and
           feare
           of
           plundering
           and
           violence
           .
           And
           therefore
           We
           do
           hereby
           offer
           Our
           free
           and
           gratious
           Pardon
           to
           all
           the
           Cittyzens
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           Our
           said
           Citties
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           
             Westminster
          
           for
           all
           Offences
           concerning
           the
           premises
           committed
           against
           Us
           before
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           (
           except
           all
           those
           Persons
           whom
           We
           have
           excepted
           in
           Our
           Declaration
           of
           the
           12
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           and
           except
           Alderman
           
             Fulke
          
           and
           Captaine
           
             Manwaring
             ,
          
           against
           all
           which
           We
           shall
           proceed
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Law
           ,
           as
           against
           Traytors
           and
           Stirrers
           of
           sedition
           against
           Us
           )
           and
           We
           doe
           assure
           them
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           that
           no
           violence
           shall
           be
           offered
           by
           Our
           Army
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           it
           to
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           their
           demeanour
           will
           henceforward
           be
           such
           ▪
           that
           We
           shall
           not
           be
           compelled
           to
           bring
           Our
           Army
           against
           them
           .
           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
           Us
           under
           Our
           hand
           ,
           or
           to
           enter
           into
           any
           Oath
           of
           Association
           for
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           
             Earle
          
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           how
           spetiously
           soever
           the
           same
           be
           pretended
           for
           Our
           safety
           ,
           for
           since
           the
           encounter
           on
           Sunday
           the
           22th
           of
           this
           Moneth
           where
           they
           used
           all
           possible
           meanes
           and
           malice
           to
           have
           destroyed
           Us
           ,
           and
           whe●●e
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           give
           Us
           so
           great
           a
           victory
           over
           them
           (
           though
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           many
           worthy
           man
           )
           no
           man
           can
           be
           unsatisfied
           in
           the
           mischiefe
           and
           malice
           of
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           And
           therefore
           We
           must
           ,
           and
           do
           declare
           ,
           That
           whosoever
           shall
           henceforward
           by
           Money
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           assist
           the
           said
           Rebellion
           ,
           shall
           take
           Armes
           by
           vertue
           of
           any
           pretended
           Ordinance
           ,
           or
           shall
           enter
           into
           any
           Oath
           of
           association
           against
           Us
           ,
           or
           without
           Our
           Consent
           ,
           shall
           be
           esteemed
           by
           Us
           as
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           publique
           Peace
           ,
           a
           Person
           disaffected
           to
           Us
           ,
           the
           Religion
           and
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           shall
           accordingly
           receive
           condigne
           punishment
           ;
           of
           which
           We
           give
           them
           timely
           notice
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           proceed
           accordingly
           at
           their
           perills
           .
           And
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           receive
           all
           possible
           and
           particular
           assurance
           from
           Us
           of
           Our
           gratious
           Intentions
           towards
           them
           ,
           We
           shall
           be
           willing
           that
           such
           a
           number
           of
           grave
           and
           substantiall
           Cittyzens
           be
           imployed
           from
           Our
           said
           Citty
           to
           Us
           ,
           as
           shall
           by
           them
           be
           thought
           fit
           ,
           who
           may
           propose
           such
           things
           to
           Us
           on
           their
           behalfe
           as
           shall
           be
           desired
           ,
           to
           which
           We
           shall
           give
           a
           gratious
           and
           just
           Answer
           .
           And
           we
           do
           assure
           them
           and
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Scandalls
           and
           Imputations
           upon
           Us
           concerning
           Our
           favouring
           of
           Papists
           have
           been
           groundlesse
           ,
           and
           malitiously
           contrived
           by
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Rebellion
           to
           beget
           a
           misundertanding
           between
           Us
           and
           Our
           Subjects
           ,
           so
           all
           the
           professions
           We
           have
           made
           in
           Our
           severall
           Declarations
           for
           the
           suppression
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           true
           reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           established
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           shall
           be
           as
           inviolably
           observed
           by
           Us
           ,
           as
           We
           expect
           blessing
           from
           the
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           obedience
           from
           Our
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           
             ¶
             
               Given
               at
               Our
               Court
               at
            
             Ayno
             
               
                 this
              
               27.
               
                 of
              
               October
               .
               
                 in
                 the
                 Eighteenth
                 years
              
            
             
               of
               Our
               Raigne
               .
            
          
        
         
           God
           save
           the
           King
           .