By the Protector. A proclamation signifying His Highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most dear father, Oliver late Lord Protector, shall so continue till His Highness further direction. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A81034 of text R211140 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[14]). 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 A81034 Wing C7190 Thomason 669.f.21[14] ESTC R211140 99869873 99869873 163509 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. A81034) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163509) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f21[14]) By the Protector. A proclamation signifying His Highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most dear father, Oliver late Lord Protector, shall so continue till His Highness further direction. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell) Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, London : 1658. Dated at end: Given at White-Hall this fourth of September, in the year of our Lord God, one thousand six hundred fifty and eight. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Sept. 24". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A81034 R211140 (Thomason 669.f.21[14]). civilwar no By the Protector. A proclamation signifying His Highness pleasure, that all men being in office of government, at the decease of his most de England and Wales. Lord Protector 1658 694 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 C The rate of 14 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion PAX QVAERITVR BELLO OLIVARIVS DEI ◆ GRA ◆ REIPVB ◆ ANGLIAE ◆ SCOTIAE ◆ ET HIBERNIAE , &c PROTECTOR ◆ blazon or coat of arms By the Protector . A PROCLAMATION Signifying His HIGHNESS Pleasure , That all men being in Office of Government , at the decease of his most dear Father , OLIVER late Lord Protector , shall so continue till His HIGHNESS further Direction . WHereas it hath pleased the most wise God in his providence to take out of this world the most Serene and Renowned Oliver late Lord Protector of this Commonwealth , the most dear and beloved Father of His Highness Richard now Lord Protector , by whose decease the Authority and Power of the most part of the Offices and Places of Iurisdiction and Government within these Nations did cease and fail , the Soveraign Person failing from whom the same was derived : And thereupon through doubtfulness or want of Authority in such persons as were Invested in the said Offices and Places , the setled and ordinary course of Iustice , and of the Affairs of State ( if remedy be not provided ) might receive disturbance and prejudice by discontinuance and interruption ; His Highness the Lord Protector in his Princely Wisdom and Care of the State ( reserving to his own Iudgement hereafter , the Reformation and Redress of any Abuses in Mis-government , upon due knowledge and Examination thereof ) is pleased , and hath so expresly signified by and with the Advice of the Council , That all Persons that at the time of the decease of His late Highness his dearly beloved Father were duely and lawfully Possessed of , or Invested in any Office or Place of Authority or Government either Civil or Martial w●thin these Nations or any other the Dominions or Territories thereunto belonging , And namely , all Iudges , Iustices , Sheriffs , Iustices of Peace , and all others in Place of Government , either Meaner or Superior as aforesaid ; And all other Officers and Ministers whose Interests and Estates in their Offices are determined or ceased by the means aforementioned , shall be , and shall hold themselves continued in the said Places and Offices as formerly they held and enjoyed the same , until His Highness pleasure be further known . And that in the mean while , for the preservation of the Peace and necessary Proceedings in matters of Iustice , and for the safety and service of the State , all the said Persons of whatsoever degree or condition , every one severally according to his Place , Office or Charge , do proceed in the performance and execution of all Duties thereunto belonging as formerly appertained unto them and every of them while His late Highness was living . And further His Highness doth hereby Will and Command all and singular the good People of this Commonwealth , of what Estate , Dignity or Degree they or any of them be , to be aiding , helping , assisting , and at the Commandment of the said Officers and Ministers , in the performance and execution of the said Offices and Places , as they and every of them tender His Highness pleasure , and will answer for the contrary at their utmost perils . And further His Highness Will and Pleasure and express Commandment is , That all Orders and Directions made or given by the Lords of the Privy Council in the life-time of His late Highness , shall be obeyed and performed by all and every Person and Persons , and all and every thing and things to be done thereupon , shall proceed as fully and amply , as the same should have been obeyed or done in the life of the late Lord Protector , His Highnesses most dear and entirely beloved Father . Given at White-Hall this Fourth of September , in the year of our Lord God , One thousand six hundred fifty and eight . LONDON : Printed by Henry Hills and John Field , Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector , 1658.