By the King, Charles by the grace of God, king of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to all and sundry his lieges and subjects, greeting whereas the Lord hath been pleased in his gracious goodness and tender mercy to discover unto his Maiesty the great evill of the wayes wherein he hath been formerly led by wicked Cromwell ... Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32684 of text R43089 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3638). 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'). 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A32684) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109792) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1713:3) By the King, Charles by the grace of God, king of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to all and sundry his lieges and subjects, greeting whereas the Lord hath been pleased in his gracious goodness and tender mercy to discover unto his Maiesty the great evill of the wayes wherein he hath been formerly led by wicked Cromwell ... Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 broadside. E. Tyler, [Edinburgh : 1650] Imprint supplied by Wing. Imperfect: stained, torn and cropped, with loss of text. "Given at our castle of Sterling, the 27. of Iuly, And of our Reign, the Second year, 1650." Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660. A32684 R43089 (Wing C3638). civilwar no By the King, Charles by the grace of God, king of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to all and sundry his lieges an Charles II, King of England 1650 502 17 0 0 0 0 0 339 F The rate of 339 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion BY THE KING CHARLES By the Grace of God , King of Great Brittain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To all and sundry his Lieges and Subjects , greeting . VVhereas the Lord hath been pleased in his gracious goodnesse and tender mercy , to discover unto his Maiesty the great evill of the wayes wherein he hath been formerly led by wicked Counsell , and hath so far blessed the endeavours of this Kirk and Kingdome , as his Maiesty hath now sworne and subscribed the Solemn League and Covenant , and given satisfaction to their desires : And whereas his Maiesty is most willing and desirous to grant the Propositions of both Kingdoms presented to his Royall Father at New-Castle , and Hampton-Court , with such alterations and additions as shall be thought necessary for the good of King and King 〈…〉 give such farther satisfaction to his people of England , as shall be desired by his two Houses of Parliament of England , sitting in Freedom . And for asmuch as an Army from he Sectarian party in England , under the Command of L.G. Cromwell , after all the evill and wickednesse com 〈…〉 in England , in murthering his Majesties Royall Father , using force against the two Houses of Parliament , and oppressing their fellow Subiects in England and Ireland , hath now also invaded this Kingdom , contrary to the solemn League and Covenant , and the Treaty betwixt the Kingdomes , wherein his Maiesty is perswaded , tha● many of the Officers and Souldiers of the sai● Army have been misled through the craft and subtilty of others , who have contrived and 〈…〉 ed the subversion of all Government , Civill and Ecclesiasticall in all the three Kingdom 〈…〉 subiect all persons to their Tyrannicall usurpation and domination . Therefore his Maie●●●● 〈…〉 the pious and tender care he hath to reclaime his Subiects from such unlawfull and re 〈…〉 courses , doth hereby offer a free Pardon and Indemnity to all Officers and Souldiers of 〈…〉 English Army now within this Kingdom , for any thing done , or acted by them against his 〈…〉 and his Royal Father , during these ●●oubles , who shal immediately upon sight of this his Ma 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gracious offer leave that Army , and come over to the Scottish Army , where they shal be 〈…〉 ously used and entertained ; Provided alwayes that this his Maiesties offer shal not be und 〈…〉 〈◊〉 to comprehend any person or persons , who after the said force used against the Houses of ●●●●●●ment , having sitten in the pretended House of Commons , or in any other Court , pretend●●● power from them , did vote the taking away of his Maiesties Royall fathers life ; Given at 〈…〉 Castle of Sterling , the 27. of Iuly , And of our Reign , the Second year , 1650.