By the King. His Maiesties proclamation forbidding the tendring or taking of the late vow or covenant, devised by some members of both Houses to engage His Maiesties good subjects in the maintenance of this odious rebellion.
         England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
      
       
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             By the King. His Maiesties proclamation forbidding the tendring or taking of the late vow or covenant, devised by some members of both Houses to engage His Maiesties good subjects in the maintenance of this odious rebellion.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the University,
             Printed at Oxford [i.e. London] :
             1643.
          
           
             Actual place of publication from Wing.
             Dated at end: Given at Our Court at Oxford the one and twentieth day of Iune, in the nineteenth year of Our Raigne.
             With engraving of royal seal at head of document.
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           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
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             royal blazon or coat of arms
          
        
         
           ¶
           BY
           THE
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             His
             Maiesties
             Proclamation
             forbidding
             the
             Tendring
             or
             Taking
             of
             the
             late
             Vow
             or
             Covenant
             ,
             devised
             by
             some
             Members
             of
             both
             Houses
             to
             engage
             His
             Maiesties
             good
             Subiects
             in
             the
             maintenance
             of
             this
             odious
             Rebellion
             .
          
        
         
           VVHereas
           We
           have
           lately
           seen
           a
           Vow
           or
           Covenant
           pretended
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           some
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           whereby
           after
           the
           taking
           notice
           of
           a
           Popish
           and
           Traiterous
           Plot
           for
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           true
           Reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           to
           surprize
           the
           Cities
           of
           London
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           They
           doe
           promise
           and
           covenant
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           utmost
           power
           ,
           to
           assist
           the
           Forces
           pretended
           to
           be
           raised
           and
           continued
           by
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           against
           the
           Forces
           raised
           by
           Us
           ,
           and
           to
           assist
           all
           other
           Persons
           that
           shall
           take
           the
           said
           Oath
           ,
           in
           what
           they
           shall
           doe
           in
           pursuance
           thereof
           ;
           Which
           Oath
           as
           the
           same
           hath
           been
           taken
           without
           the
           least
           colour
           or
           ground
           ,
           the
           contrivers
           thereof
           well
           knowing
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Popish
           Army
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           We
           are
           so
           far
           from
           giving
           countenance
           to
           that
           Religion
           ,
           that
           We
           have
           alwayes
           given
           ,
           and
           always
           offered
           Our
           consent
           to
           any
           Act
           for
           the
           suppression
           of
           Popery
           and
           the
           growth
           thereof
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Army
           raised
           by
           Us
           is
           in
           truth
           for
           the
           necessary
           defence
           of
           the
           true
           Reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           Our
           own
           just
           Rights
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           all
           which
           being
           setled
           and
           submitted
           to
           ,
           or
           such
           a
           free
           and
           peaceable
           convention
           in
           Parliament
           being
           provided
           for
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           might
           be
           setled
           ,
           We
           have
           offered
           and
           are
           still
           ready
           to
           disband
           Our
           Armies
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           said
           Oath
           was
           devised
           only
           to
           prevent
           Peace
           ,
           and
           to
           preengage
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           (
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Freedom
           and
           Liberty
           of
           Parliament
           )
           &
           to
           engage
           them
           and
           Our
           good
           Subjects
           in
           the
           maintenance
           of
           this
           horrid
           and
           odious
           Rebellion
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           directly
           contrary
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           their
           naturall
           Duty
           as
           to
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           &
           Supremacie
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           which
           obliges
           them
           to
           bear
           to
           Vs
           Truth
           and
           Faith
           of
           Life
           ,
           Members
           and
           Earthly
           Honour
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           Us
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           powers
           against
           all
           conspiracies
           and
           attempts
           whatsoever
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           made
           against
           Our
           Person
           ,
           Our
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           their
           best
           endeavours
           to
           disclose
           and
           make
           known
           to
           Us
           all
           Treasons
           and
           Traiterous
           Conspiracies
           which
           shall
           be
           against
           Us
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           power
           to
           assist
           and
           defend
           all
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Priviledges
           ,
           Preheminences
           ,
           and
           Authority
           belonging
           to
           Us
           ,
           or
           united
           and
           annexed
           to
           the
           Imperiall
           Crowne
           of
           this
           Realme
           .
           And
           whereas
           We
           are
           informed
           that
           some
           desperate
           seditious
           Persons
           doe
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           and
           seduce
           others
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           to
           take
           the
           said
           Oath
           ,
           thereby
           to
           engage
           them
           &
           this
           Kingdom
           into
           a
           continuance
           of
           these
           miserable
           and
           bloody
           distempers
           ,
           We
           doe
           therefore
           out
           of
           Grace
           and
           Compassion
           to
           Our
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           may
           not
           by
           any
           craft
           or
           violence
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           seduced
           against
           their
           Duty
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           warne
           them
           of
           their
           naturall
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           their
           Obligations
           by
           Oathes
           lawfully
           administred
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           to
           remember
           the
           great
           blessings
           of
           God
           in
           peace
           and
           plenty
           which
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           hath
           received
           ,
           whilst
           that
           Duty
           and
           these
           Oathes
           were
           carefully
           observed
           ,
           and
           the
           unspeakable
           miseries
           and
           calamities
           they
           have
           suffered
           in
           the
           breaking
           and
           violation
           thereof
           .
           And
           We
           doe
           straitly
           Charge
           and
           Command
           Our
           loving
           Subjects
           of
           what
           degree
           and
           quality
           soever
           ,
           upon
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           that
           they
           presume
           not
           to
           take
           the
           said
           seditious
           and
           traiterous
           Vow
           or
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           endeavours
           to
           withdraw
           them
           from
           their
           naturall
           Allegiance
           which
           they
           owe
           unto
           Us
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           they
           are
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           sworn
           ,
           and
           are
           bound
           by
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           albeit
           they
           are
           not
           sworn
           ,
           and
           engages
           them
           in
           Acts
           of
           High
           Treason
           by
           the
           expresse
           letter
           of
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           25.
           year
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           .
           And
           We
           doe
           likewise
           hereby
           forbid
           and
           inhibit
           all
           our
           Subjects
           to
           impose
           ,
           administer
           ,
           or
           tender
           the
           said
           Oath
           or
           Covenant
           :
           And
           if
           not
           withstanding
           this
           Our
           gracious
           Proclamation
           any
           person
           s
           ;
           hall
           presume
           to
           impose
           ,
           tender
           ,
           or
           take
           the
           said
           Vow
           or
           Covenant
           ,
           We
           shall
           proceed
           against
           him
           or
           them
           with
           all
           severit
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             our
             Court
             at
             Oxford
             the
             one
             and
             
               Twentieth
               day
               of
               Iune
               ,
               in
               the
               nineteenth
               year
               of
               our
               Raigne
               .
            
          
           
           God
           save
           the
           KING
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           at
           Oxford
           by
           
             Leonard
             Lichfield
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           University
           .
           1643.