His Majesties late gratious message and summons to the city of Glocester Aug. 1643 with their answer thereunto. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31944 of text R39014 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2383). 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. 4 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 A31944 Wing C2383 ESTC R39014 18206259 ocm 18206259 107081 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. A31944) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107081) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1629:34) His Majesties late gratious message and summons to the city of Glocester Aug. 1643 with their answer thereunto. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 broadside. By Leonard Lichfield ..., Printed at Oxford : 1643. "Let the world now judge if His Majesty could have sent a more gratious message to His most loyal subjects, and whether these desperate rebels deserve any mercy, who after so many offers doe stil refuse a pardon. But since their returning this rebellious answer, they have set their own suburbs on fire, which surely is not to keepe the city either for the King or Parliament." Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A31944 R39014 (Wing C2383). civilwar no His Majesties late gratious message and summons to the city of Glocester Cug. [sic] 1643. With their answer thereunto. England and Wales. Sovereign 1643 578 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 HIS MAJESTIES LATE GRATIOVS MESSAGE AND Summons to the City of Glocester Aug. 1643. With their Answer thereunto . OUt of Our tender Compassion to our City of Glocester , and that it may not receive prejudice by Our Army , which We cannot prevent , if We be compelled to assault it , We are personally come before it to require the same , and are gratiously pleased to let all the Inhabitants of , and all other persons , within that City , as well Souldiers as others , know , That if they shall immediately submit themselves , and deliver this Our City to Us , We are contented freely & absolutely to pardon every one of them without exception ; And doe assure them in the word of a KING , that they nor any of them shal receive the least ; Dammage or Prejudice by Our Army in their Persons , or Estates ; But that We will appoint such a Governor , and a moderate Garrison to reside there , as shal be both for the ease and security of that City and that whole County . But if they shall neglect this Profer of Grace and Favour , and compell Us by the Power of Our Army to reduce that place ( which by the help of God We doubt not We shall be easily and shortly able to doe ) they must thank themselves for all the calamities and Miseries must befall them . To this Message We expect a cleere and positive Answer within two houres after the publishing hereof , And by these presents doe give leave to any Persons safely to repaire to , and returne from Us whom that City shall desire to imploy unto Us in that businesse . And doe require all the Officers and Souldiers of Our Army , quietly to suffer them to passe accordingly . August , 1643. WE the Inhabitants , Magistrates , Officers and Souldiers within this Garrison of Glocester : unto His Majesties Gratious Message returne this humble Answer . That We doe Keep this City according to Our Oathes and Alleagiance to and for the use of His Majesty and His Royall Posterity ; And doe accordingly conceive Our selves wholly bound to obey the Commands of His Majesty signified by both Houses of Parliament ; And are resolved by Gods helpe to keep this City accordingly . De. Wise Major . John Brewster . William Luggo . My. Singleton . Thomas Hill . Thomas Pury . John Scriven . Nich. Webb . Jo. Dorney . Anth. Edwards . John Halford . Toby Jordan . G. Dawidssone . Robert Maxwell . Edw. Massie . Con. Ferrer . Hum. Mathews . Isaack Dobson . Edward Gray . Charles Blount . Peter Crispe . Rob. Backhouse . Ja. Harcus . Tho. Pury Iun. Rob. Stevenson . Tho. Blayney . LEt the World now judge if His Majesty could have sent a more Gratious Message to His most loyall Subjects , and whether these desperate Rebels deserve any Mercy , who after so many offers doe stil refuse a Pardon . But since their returning this Rebellious Answer , they have set their own Suburbs on fire , which surely is not to keepe the City either for the KING or Parliament . Printed at Oxford , by Leonard Litchfield , Printer to the Vniversity . 1643.