A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Lincolne, and of his citty of Lincolne, and county of the same citty England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32068 of text R40800 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2673). 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. 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A32068) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108611) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1683:22) A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Lincolne, and of his citty of Lincolne, and county of the same citty England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 broadside. By L. Lichfield ..., [Oxford : 1642 or 1643] At head of title: By the King. "Given at our court at Oxford, the twelfth day Ianuary, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne." Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Proclamations -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A32068 R40800 (Wing C2673). civilwar no A proclamation of His Majesties grace, favour, and pardon to the inhabitants of his county of Lincolne, and of his citty of Lincolne, and co England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 854 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 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 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 Pardon to the Inhabitants of His County of Lincolne , and of His Citty of Lincolne , and County of the same Citty . WHEREAS We have taken notice , that by the Malice , Industry , and Importunity of severall ill-affected and seditious Persons in Our County of Lincolne , and Citty of Lincolne , and County of the same , very many of Our weake & seduced Subjects of those Our Counties and Citty , have not only beene drawne to exercise the Militia . under colour of 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 ; And also have raised and gathered together armed Men in those our Counties and Citty , and doe Muster and Train them without Warrant or authority from Vs . We doe hereby publish and declare , That We are gratiously pleased to attribute the said Crimes and Offences of Our said Subjects of those places , 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 therefore We doe hereby offer Our Free and gracious Pardon to all the Inhabitants of our said County of Lincolne , and Citty of Lincolne , and County of the same , for all offences concerning the Premisses committed against Vs , before the publishing of this Our Proclamation , except Sir Edward Ascough , Sir Christopher Wray , Sir Anthony Irby , Knights , Thomas Hatcher , and Thomas Grantham , Esquires , against all which We shall proceed according to the Rules of Law , as against Traitors and stirrers of sedition against Vs , and whom we doe hereby require all Our Officers and Ministers of Iustice , and all Our loving Subjects to apprehend and keep , or cause to be kept in safe custody till Our plesure be farther known . Provided , that this Our Grace shall not extend to any Person who after the publishing of 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 12th of August last . But We do declare , That whosoever shall henceforth be guilty of the Premisses , or of either of them , or shall give obedience to any warrants concerning any Musters , Levies , or Contributions for Levies whatsoever , under any pretence of authority whatsoever , either from the said Sir Edward Ascough , Sir Christopher Wray , Sir Anthony Irby , Thomas Hatcher , Thomas Grantham , or from any other Person or Persons whatsoever , without Our expresse consent declared under Our great Seale or Signe Manuall , shall be esteemed by Vs as an Enemy to the publike Peace , a Person dis-affected 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 Wee doe hereby will and require Our high Sheriffe of Our said County of Lincolne , the Sheriffes of Our said Citty , all 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 Lincolne , Citty of Lincolne , or County of the same 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 of Lincolne , Citty of Lincolne , or County of the same Citty , or make any Levies in the same by vertue of Commission under Our Great Seale or Signe Manuall . And lastly our expresse pleasure and Command is , That this Our Proclamation be published and Read in all the Churches and Chappells within Our said County of city of Lincolne , Citty of Lincolne , and County of the same , by the Parsons , Vicars , or Curates of the same . ¶ Given at Our Court at Oxford , the Twelfth day of Ianuary , in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Reigne . God save the King .