a proclamation, for all persons within our quarters in the county of devon able to bear arms, not being otherwise imployed by his highnesse, or dispenced withall, to attend his highnesse now advancing in person to meet the rebels as also for a generall supplication to be made in all churches of devon and exeter, on sunday the . of ianuary, for gods blessing on his highnesse, and his forces. / by his highnesse the prince of great brittain, duke of conwall [sic] and albany, highest captain generall of all his majesties forces raised and to be raised within the kingdom of england, dominion of vvales and town of berwick, &c. charles ii, king of england, - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing c thomason .f. 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) a proclamation, for all persons within our quarters in the county of devon able to bear arms, not being otherwise imployed by his highnesse, or dispenced withall, to attend his highnesse now advancing in person to meet the rebels as also for a generall supplication to be made in all churches of devon and exeter, on sunday the . of ianuary, for gods blessing on his highnesse, and his forces. / by his highnesse the prince of great brittain, duke of conwall [sic] and albany, highest captain generall of all his majesties forces raised and to be raised within the kingdom of england, dominion of vvales and town of berwick, &c. charles ii, king of england, - . sheet ([ ] p.) by robert barker, and john bill, printers to the kings most excellent majesty, imprinted at exeter : . dated at end: given at our court at tavistoke the . of decemb. . charles ii's titles given at head of document. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng public worship -- great britain -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . exeter (england) -- history -- th century -- early works to . devon (england) -- history -- th century -- early works to . a r (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no by his highnesse the prince of great brittain, duke of cornwall and albany, highest captain generall of all his majesties forces raised and charles ii, king of england a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion by his highnesse the prince of great brittain , duke of conwall and albany , highest captain generall of all his majesties forces raised and to be raised within the kingdom of england , dominion of vvales and town of berwick , &c. a proclamation , for all persons within our quarters in the county of devon able to bear arms , not being otherwise imployed by his highnesse , or dispenced withall , to attend his highnesse now advancing in person to meet the rebels . as also for a generall supplication to be made in all churches of devon and exeter , on sunday the . of ianuary , for gods blessing on his highnesse , and his forces . whereas , upon the motion of the enemy on this side exeter , we have resolved in our own person to repair to our army , & to that end we resolve with all possible expedition to advance with our forces , hoping , by the blessing of god , to expell the enemy from this county , we have thought fit to publish and declare this our resolution , desiring and requiring all loyall and able men of what degree or quality soever within our quarters in that county as well those of the trained-bands , as all others able to bear arms , who are not otherwise imployed or dispenced with by vs , to repair to vs very speedily in person , to our assistance , with such arms as they can bring ; and we must professe that we shall impute the absence of any person , not so imployed or dispenced with as aforesaid , to want of loyalty , or want of courage , both which at so important a time , and upon so important an occasion , we hold equally odious . and for the procuring a blessing from god upon this our first enterprize , which we undertake for his service , and for the procuring a blessed peace upon this miserable kingdom , towards the which our entreaties and earnest desires of mediation have been rejected , we desire that on sunday next a generall supplication may be made in all the churches within our quarters for gods blessing upon vs and our forces , intending also to see the like supplication solemnly made by the whole army , when we shall have drawn it into a body . and the high-sheriffe of devon is to cause this our declaration and proclamation to be speedily publisht in all market-towns and publike meetings in our quarters there , and read in all the churches and chappels within the said county , we having directed the like to be done in our dutchy of cornwall , and hereby likewise directing the like to be done in the city of exeter . given at our court at tavistoke the . of decemb. . charles p. by his highnesse command in councell rich : fanshawe . ¶ imprinted at exeter by robert barker , and john bill , printers to the kings most excellent majesty , . a letter from exceter, sent to the deputy-lievtenants of sommersetshire subscribed george chudley, and nich. martin ; shewing how colonell ruthen sallyed out of plymouth, and hath taken sir edward fortescue, sir edward seymore, and divers other gentlemen of note prisoners ; with the covenant entred into by the mayor, deputy-lievtenants, and common-councell of the city and county of exceter ; also the true copy of a letter sent from bristoll declaring the manner and means how that city was secured from the cavaliers. chudleigh, george, sir, ca. - . this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing c ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing c estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; :e , no ) a letter from exceter, sent to the deputy-lievtenants of sommersetshire subscribed george chudley, and nich. martin ; shewing how colonell ruthen sallyed out of plymouth, and hath taken sir edward fortescue, sir edward seymore, and divers other gentlemen of note prisoners ; with the covenant entred into by the mayor, deputy-lievtenants, and common-councell of the city and county of exceter ; also the true copy of a letter sent from bristoll declaring the manner and means how that city was secured from the cavaliers. chudleigh, george, sir, ca. - . martin, nicholas, sir, - . p. printed for c. m., london : . reproduction of original in thomason collection, british library. eng ruthyen, william. madbury (n.h.) -- history. exeter (england) -- history. great britain -- history -- civil war, - . a r (wing c ). civilwar no a letter from exceter, sent to the deputy-lieutenants of sommersetshire, subscribed george chudley, and nich. martin. shewing how colonell r chudleigh, george, sir f the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the f category of texts with or more defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion a letter from exceter , sent to the deputy-lievtenants of sommersetshire , subscribed george chudley , and nich. martin . shewing how colonell ruthen sallyed out of plymouth , and hath taken sir edward fortescue , sir edward seymore , and divers other gentlemen of note prisoners . with the covenant entred into by the mayor , deputy-lievtenants , and common-councell of the city and county of exceter . also the true copy of a letter sent from bristoll , declaring the manner and means how that city was secured from the cavaliers . london , printed for c. m. . a letter sent from exceter to the deputy lievtenants of sommerset . noble gentlemen , your fears have been so often grated with the relations of our miseries , ready to overwhelm us , as we now think it a neighbourly office , and suting our association to acquaint you with a blessing that god hath sent us yesterday , being the seventh of this instant . colonell ruthen sallyed out of plymouth in the night , with five hundred horse and dragooners , and ferching a compasse about plympton northward , fell upon modbury . where the sheriff sir edward fortescue , and sir edward seymore , and others , whose names are underwritten , were mustering the forces of the county , by vertue of the posse comitatis . at the sod 〈…〉 coming of our troops , the souldiers fl●d , and 〈…〉 their commanders in master champer●●●● h 〈…〉 where they a while stood upon their defence , 〈…〉 upon the firing of an out-house , and the rest 〈…〉 roned , they at length yeilded , and are 〈…〉 dartmouth , that you may be partakers of this encouragements sent us from god , is the end of these hasty lines ; from your most assured friends , george chudley , nich. martin . exon the decemb. . the names of the prisoners taken . sir edward fortescue . sir edward seymore . master seymore knight of the shire . master arthur basset . master shapcot . master row , and two or three more taken prisoners . captain peter fortescue . captain bidlack . captain champernoon . lievtenant holigrove . captain pomroy . captain wood . master bayly of barstable a papist . the covenant entred into by the mayor of exceter , deputy-lievtenants of that county , and common-councell of the citie . in regard of the extraordinary danger the city and county of exceter now stands in , by reason of the near approach of the enemy whom we understand to be on his march hitherward , and may within a few daies be before our gates ; we the mayor , deputy-lievtenants , and common-counsell of the said city and county , do solemnly promise and vow according to our late generall protestation , to defend his majesties honour , and person , the priviledges of parliament , the laws of the land , the liberty and propriety of the subject , all which , are declared by the lords and commons in parliament assembled , to be actually invaded by sir ralph hopton , sir iohn bartly , sir william ashburnam their accomplices and adherents , who have gathered together great forces , for the accomplishment of their wicked designes to the ruine of this present happy parliament , and in it to lay the foundation of tyrany and popery ; we therefore do firmly and constantly resolve by the blessing and assistance of almighty god , as we shall one day answer the contrary before him at his great tribunall , to discharge our duties and consciences in the exact performance of the said vow and protestation by our unwearied labours and indeavours , though with the expence of our lives and estates , to defend , preserve , and protect this city and county , against the said sir ralph hopton , and his adherents in this their rebellious insurrections ; and we do further promise , vow , and protest , according to the true intent ▪ and meaning hereof ▪ without any equivocation or mentall reservation ▪ never to desert this cause , but mutually to joyn with and support each other in the maintenance of it ; in testimony thereof , we have subscribed this protestation . the exceter covenant taken by the mayor , and the well affected there ; and i heer those that refuse to take this , shall be cast out ; they have raised vo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in exon to withstand the caveliers of cornwall . a letter from bristoll the tenth of december . . it is this day written from bristoll , that whereas his majesty had sent to that city acknowledging their affections to his service , and out of a sence of the present distractions of the kingdom , to give them order not to receive any forces whatsoever , which might come in to disturb their peace ; whereupon they understanding , that colonell essex from gloucester was ready to march to bristoll , they sent of their aldermen to him , to desire him not to advance ; who upon treaty with them , finding the malignity of their message , detained their persons , and set forward his march thither , where he found strong resistance ; but setting these aldermen in the front of the battell , by that means abated their rage , and with the assistance of the good party in the city , they got entrance , which city and castle they have now secured for the king king and parliament , and placing there a sufficient garrison , are gone into sommersetshire to joyn 〈◊〉 the voluntiers there to resist sir ralph hopton in his march . the marquesse of hartford was at monmouth on his way to bristoll , expecting admittance thither ; but understanding that colonell essex was got in , he is again retreated into wales . finis . the articles of exeter made on the rendition thereof : with the vote of the honourable house of commons in the approbation of them of the of may, : with the order and ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled for the approbation, publication, and observation of them by all committees, judges, and officers, aud [sic] others concerned in them of the of this instant novemb, . exeter (england) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text r in the english short title catalog (wing a ). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page images. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing a estc r ocm 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 . 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 , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, - ; : ) the articles of exeter made on the rendition thereof : with the vote of the honourable house of commons in the approbation of them of the of may, : with the order and ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled for the approbation, publication, and observation of them by all committees, judges, and officers, aud [sic] others concerned in them of the of this instant novemb, . exeter (england) fairfax, thomas fairfax, baron, - . berkeley, john, sir, d. . , [ ] p. [s.n.], london : . "the articles made and agreed upon between sir thomas fairfax, generall, and sir iohn berkley, governour of exeter ... "-- p. [ ]. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. eng exeter (england) england and wales. -- parliament. great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- treaties. a r (wing a ). civilwar no the articles of exeter made on the rendition thereof : with the vote of the honourable house of commons in the approbation of them of the england and wales. army d the rate of defects per , words puts this text in the d category of texts with between and defects per , words. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the articles of exeter , made on the rendition thereof . with the vote of the honourable house of gommons , in the approbation of them of the . of may , . vvith the order and ordinance of the lords and commons in parliament assembled , for the approbation , publication , and observation of them , by all committees , judges , and officers , and others concerned in them , of the . of this instant novemb , . london , printed in the year , . dated at exeter the . day of april , at . of the clock at night . . articles of agreement concluded on by thomas hammond , lieutenant generall of the ordnance , colonel sir hardres waller , colonel edward harley , colonel lambert , commissary generall stane , and major patson , scout-master generall , commissioners on the behalf of the right honourable his excellency sir thomas fairfax , generall of the parliament forces on the one party : and sir henry berkley , sir george warry , col : william ashburnham , col : godolphin , captain fitz-gerard , master john were , robert walker esq. and master thomas knot merchant , commissioners on the behalfe of sir john berkley , knight , governour of the city of exeter on the other party , touching and concerning the rendition of the said city and garrison as followeth . . that the city and garrison of exeter , together with the castle , all forts , mounts , and places of defence of or belonging to the same , with all ordnance armes , ammunition , provision● and furniture of warre belonging to the garrison , exc●pting what shall be excepted in the ensuing articles ) shall be delivered unto sir thomas fairfax , generall of the parliament forces , or to any whom he shall appoint , to receive them for the use of the parliament , on munday next after the date hereof , being the . day of this instant april , by twelve of the clock at noone . . that if an officer , soldier , or any person included in these articles of or belonging unto the city or garrison of exeter , shall after the conclusion of these articles , wrong or plunder in person or goods ( in their marching away or before ) any citizen or countryman , or any person whatsoever , shall as far as he is able give satisfaction to the persons so injured at the judgement of his excellency sir thomas fairfax , if he be not punished before by the present governour thereof . . that if any officer , soldier , or any person ( included in these articles ) shall after the date hereof , wilfully break , deface , spoile or imbezell any armes , or other provisions of war whatsoever , by the precedent articles to be surren dred as aforrsaid , shall lose the benefit of the ensuing articles . . that the princes henrietta and her governesse , with her houshold , shall have full liberty to passe with their plate , money , and goods , within twenty daies after the conclusion of this treaty , ( when she shall desire ) to any place within the continent of england , or dominion of wales , at the election of the governesse , and there to remai●e untill his majesties pleasure be farther knowne tou●hing her setling ; and that the governesse shall have liberty to send to the king to know his pleasure herein , accordingly to dispose of her highnes , within the foresaid limitation of place , and that fit and convenient carriages be provided for their passage at reasonable rates . . that the cathedrall church , nor any other church within the city shall be defaced , or any thing belonging thereunto spoiled or taken away by any soldier or person of either side whatsoever . . that the governour , together with all lords , gentlemen , clergie-men , chaplaines , officers , troopers , and common-soldiers of the kings forces ▪ shall march out of the city on munday next the . of april , by twelve of the clock at noone , with their horses , full armes , bag and baggage , and their goods , colours flying , drums beating , maches lighted , bullets , full bandoleers , with sufficient convoyes to oxford , or unto helstone in cornwall , at their severall elections . and in case the governour of oxford shall refuse to receive the common-souldiers that shall march thither : they are there to deliver up their armes to the convoy , and have passes to repaire to their severall homes : and those that march to helston , and there to be disbanded , and have passes to repaire to their owne homes . provided that all troopers and common-soldiers which march not as aforesaid , shall deliver up their armes , ( except their swords ) and have liberty to goe unto their owne homes with bag and baggage , and shall not be compelled to take up armes against the king . provided also , that all officers and gentlemen that shall c●oose to goe to oxford , and not taking up armes , shall repaire into the parliament quarters within forty dayes after the date hereof , shall enjoy the benefit of these articles . . that all those which shall march unto the places aforesaid , shall have free quarter in their march , and not be obliged to march above tenne miles a day , and that such other souldiers as are inhabitants in the city , shall have free liberty to march out , or remaine therein , without being compelled to take up armes against the king : and if any souldiers shall fall sick upon their march , that convenient carriages and accommodations shall be provided for them . . that all lords , gentlemen , clergymen , chaplaines , and officers that shall chuse to goe beyond seas , shall march away with their full armes for their owne use ; and that all common soldiers shall march away with their full armes , with a sufficient convoy unto the port , which they shall choose for their transportation , which armes ( except swords ) they shall there lay down , and deliver unto the governour of the next garrison belonging to the parliament ; the said governour providing for their safety , during the time of their abode there , where they shall be assisted for the procuring vessels and shipping for their transportation at the accustomed rates , and shall have free quarter for one and twenty dayes allowed to provide for their passage . after which time shall be expired , the same officers and souldiers paying for their quarters , shall have liberty to stay untill shipping be provided , and weather seasonable ▪ and that during their stay , or before , it shall be permitted , that any two of them may goe to london , to treat with any forraigne embassadour or agent , for a commission to be entertained beyond the seas . . that neither the officers , souldiers , nor any person whatsoever , in their going out of the city , shall be reproached , or have any disgracefull speeches or affronts offered unto them , or any of their persons wronged , rifled , searched , or their goods seized , or taken away from them , by any person whatsoever . . that the governour , lords , gentlemen , clergymen , chaplaines , commanders , officers , and souldiers comprized in these articles , shall be allowed and assisted in providing of sufficient carriages at reasonable rates , to carry away their bag , baggage and goods ; and that care be taken by the future governour of the said city , for the curing of such sick , or wounded officers and souldiers , as shall be left in the city , and that upon recovery , they shall have passes to repaire to their owne houses respectively . . that the parliament forces come not into the city untill the kings forces be marched out , except one hundred and fifty foot , and one troop of horse , with their officers . . that no lords , knights , gentlemen , clergie-men , chaplaines , ( excepting those who are by name excepted by parliament from pardon and composition ) officers , citizens and soldiers , and all other persons comprized in these articles , shall be que●●●oned or accomptable for any act past by them done , ( or by any other done by their procurement ) relating unto the unhappy differences betwixt his majesty and the parliament , they submitting themselves to reasonable and moderate composition for their estates , which the generall sir thomas fairfax shall really endeavour with the parliament , that it shall not exceed two yeates value of any mans reall estate respectively ; and for personall , according to the ordinary rule , not exceeding the proportion aforesaid . which composition being made , they shall have indemnity of their persons , and enjoy their estates , and all other immunities , without payment of any . or . part , or any other taxes or impositions , except what shall be hereafter charged upon them in common with other subjects of this kingdome by authority of parliament . . that all lords , knights , gentlemen , clergy and chaplaines excepted in the next precedent article , shall have liberty to goe unto any of the kings garrisons , and to have a safe conduct for themselves and servants , to goe unto the parliament , to obtain their composition for their estates , and indemnity for their persons , which though it prove uneffectuall ) yet neverthelesse they shall have foure months time next after the date of these articles to endeavour their peace , or to goe beyond the seas , and shall have passes for that purpose . . that all horses , armes , money , and other goods whatsoever , taken as lawfull prize of war , before , or during the seige now in the city be continued in the posses●●on of the present possessour . . that all officers , gentlemen , citizens , inhabitants , clergymen , chaplains , souldiers , and all other persons within the city , during the time of the making their compositions , shall have free liberty , either to inhabit within the same city , or shall have free liberty at any time to depart with their families , goods and estates , unto any part of the kingdome in the parliaments quarters , and before composition made , the merchants and tradesmen to enjoy their merchandizing and trades . and after compositions made , all others now prohibited by ordinance of parliament , to enjoy and exercise their professions , or goe beyond the seas . and that they , and every of them , shall have power to dispose and sell to their own uses , either by themselves or others , whatsoever part of their goods or estates , they shall not carry or convey away with them ; and all inhabitants which did inhabit within the city , within seven moneths past , having made their compositions as abovesaid , shall enjoy the benefit of this , and of the . and . articles . . that all charters , customes , priviledges , franchises , liberties , lands , estates , goods and depts of the major , aldermen , bayliffes , comminalty , as a corporation , and all corporations of the said city shall be enjoyed by them : and that the ancient government thereof , remaine as formerly . . that if any persons , or inhabitants which are comprized within these articles , shall break any of them , that such breach shall only touch and concerne such persons , and they , to make ●●ch satisfaction for the same , as the cause shall require . . that all persons comprized within these articles , shall have upon request , a certificate under the hand of his excellency sir thomas fairfax , or the future governour of that city , that such persons were in the city , at the time of the surrendring thereof , and are to have the benefit of these articles . . that his excellency sir thomas fairfax , give assurance , that all officers and souldiers in the parliaments army , and all other under his command , shall duly and exactly observe all these articles . and if they , or any of them , shall directly , or indirectly violate or infringe the same , upon complaint thereof , justice may be done , and reparation made . . that the inhabitants of the city shall be eased , & freed from all free quarter and billet of souldiers , except in cases of urgent necessity other then for lodging , and that to be ordered and disposed by the advice of the major and his deputy . . that no oath , covenant , protestation or subscription relating thereunto , shall be imposed upon any person whatsoever comprized within these articles , but only such as shall binde all persons aforesaid , not to bear armes against the parliament of england , now sitting at westminster ; nor wilfully doe any act prejudiciall unto their affaires , whilest they remain in their quarters , except the persons aforesaid , shall first render themselves unto the par●● . who shall cause them to be secured , if they think ●it . . that for the further and cleerer understanding of the precedent articles : it is hereby declared , that the true meaning of them is , that all persons comprized within these articles , shall quietly and peaceably enjoy all their goods , debts , & moveables , during the space of four moneths , next ensuing : and be free from all oaths , covenants , protestations ; and have liberty within the time of the said four moneths , in case they shall not make their compositions with the parliament , and shall be resolved to goe beyond the seas , to dispose of their said goods , debts , and moveables , allowed by these articles , and depart the kingdome , if they think fit , and to have passes for that purpose , or otherwise to stay in the kingdome . . that mount radford , and the wards in saint thomas parish with the provisions of war thereunto belonging , be delivered unto his excellency sir thomas fairfax , or whom he shall appoint , to receive them in assurance of the performance of the precedent articles , to morrow by six of the clock in the afternoone , being the ninth of april . and that foure such gentlemen or officers as his excellencie shall approve of , shall be delivered at the same time as hostages for the peformance of the fore-going articles on the one party . and that at the same time two hostages be delivered unto sir john berkley , knight , and governour of the city of exeter , such as he shall approve of , or unto whom he shall appoint , to receive them in assurance of the full performance of the articles granted on the other party . . lastly , that these articles be ratified and confirmed mutually by his excellency sir thomas fairfax on the one party , and sir john berkley , knight , governour of the city on the other party . j doe ratifie and confirme the articles abovesaid , agreed upon by the commissioners on my part . given under my hand the . day of april . . fairfax . ex ' et concordat cum original ' . h. elsynge , cler. parl. d. com. die mercurii . maii. . the articles made and agreed upon between sir thomas fairfax , generall , and sir iohn berkley , governour of exeter , upon the rendition of the said city , &c. to his excellency sir tho : fairfax , were all this day read , and upon the question approved . h. elsynge cler. parl. d. com. die jovis . novemb. . the lords and commons assembled in parliament doe approve of the articles of exeter , and order this approbation be published , to the end all people concerned may take notice thereof . and that the committees , iudges , officers , and other persons concerned therein , doe take notice thereof , and observe the same , any orders or ordinances to the contrary notwithstanding . jo : browne cler. parliamentor . h. elsynge , cler. parl. d. com. by the king, a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of exeter fair, and other fairs thereabouts, for some time proclamations. - - . england and wales. sovereign ( - : james ii) approx. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf- unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p , characters represented either as utf- unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng exeter (england) -- fairs -- early works to . exeter (england) -- history -- th century -- early works to . - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - elspeth healey sampled and proofread - elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion diev et mon droit by the king , a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of exeter fair , and other fairs thereabouts , for some time. james r. whereas we are informed , that on or about the sixth day of december , a fair hath usually been holden and kept at and in our city of exeter ; we in respect of the present invasion upon this our kingdom by the prince of orange , ( who with an armed force of foreigners and rebels hath possessed our said city ) and considering also that divers evil disposed persons under pretence of going to the said fair , may repair to our enemies , or hold correspondence with them , have therefore thought fit , by advice of our privy council , to defer and prohibit the keeping of the said fair , and all other fairs within twenty miles of our said city of exeter , at the times accustomed , and until the same shall be licensed by vs. and to the end that all persons may take notice thereof , we do hereby admonish and require all our subjects , that they forbear to resort to the said fair at exeter , or any other fairs within twenty miles of the said city , until we shall declare our further pleasure concerning the same ; hereby also strictly enjoyning and commanding the respective lords , owners and proprietors of all and every the said fairs , and all other persons interessed therein , that they do not presume to hold the said fairs , or any of them , without our licence first obtained in that behalf ; upon pain of such punishment as can or may by law be inflicted upon such as shall be found offenders therein . given at our court at whitehall the th day of november , . in the fourth year of our reign . god save the king. london , printed by charles bill , henry hills , and thomas newcomb , printers to the king 's most excellent majesty . . by the king. a proclamation of his majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of his citty of exceter. england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) this text is an enriched version of the tcp digital transcription a of text in the english short title catalog (thomason .f. [ ]). 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. kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from -bit group-iv tiff page image. earlyprint project evanston,il, notre dame, in, st. louis, mo a wing c thomason .f. 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(eebo-tcp ; phase , no. a ) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set ) images scanned from microfilm: (thomason tracts ; : f [ ]) by the king. a proclamation of his majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of his citty of exceter. england and wales. sovereign ( - : charles i) charles i, king of england, - . sheet ([ ] p.) by l. lichfield, [oxford : ] "given at our court at maydenhead, this ninth day of november, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne." with engraving of royal seal at head of document. place and date of imprint from wing. reproduction of the original in the british library. eng pardons -- great britain -- early works to . exeter (england) -- early works to . great britain -- history -- civil war, - -- early works to . a (thomason .f. [ ]). civilwar no by the king. a proclamation of his majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of his citty of exceter. england and wales. sovereign a this text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. - tcp assigned for keying and markup - spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images - mona logarbo sampled and proofread - mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited - pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion 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 pradon to the inhabitants of his county of his citty of exceter . whereas we have taken notice , that by the malice , industry and importunity of severall ill-affected and seditious persons in our county of exceter , very many of our weake and seduced subjects of that our county have not only been 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 graciously 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 & gracious pardon to all the inhabitants of our said county of our city of exceter , for all offences concerning the premises committed against vs before the publishing of this our proclamation ( except sir george chudleigh , and sir iohn northcote baronets , sir samuell rolle , and sir nicholas martyn knights , ) against whom we shall proceed according to the rules of the law , as against traitours 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 . of august . but we must and doe declare , that whosoever shall hence forward be guilty of the premises , or of either of them , or shall give any obedience to any warrants concerning any musters , leavies , or contributions for leavies whatsoever , under any pretence of authority whatsoever , either from the said sir george chudleigh , sir iohn northcote , sir samuell rolle , and sir nicholas martyn , or from any other persons whatsoever , without our expresse consent declared under our great seale or signe manuall , shall be esteemed by us as an enemy to the publick 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 we doe hereby will and require our high sheriffe , 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 of that our citty under 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 virtue of commission under our great scale or signe manuall . ¶ given at our court at maydenhead , this ninth day of november , in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne . god save the king .