By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas by an act of the last Parliament, intituled, An act for dissolving the Parliament begun the third of November 1640, and for the calling and holding of a Parliament at Westminster the 25 of April 1660. ... England and Wales. Council of State. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84476 of text R211784 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.24[48]). 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. 3 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 A84476 Wing E785 Thomason 669.f.24[48] ESTC R211784 99870483 99870483 163779 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. A84476) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163779) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f24[48]) By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas by an act of the last Parliament, intituled, An act for dissolving the Parliament begun the third of November 1640, and for the calling and holding of a Parliament at Westminster the 25 of April 1660. ... England and Wales. Council of State. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Abel Roper, and Tho: Collins, Printers to the Council of State, [London] : [1660] Title from caption and opening lines of text. Date and place of publication from Wing. "Recites provisions of Act for summoning Parliament. No rebel in Ireland, nor any one who has made war on Parliament, nor their sons, may be elected. This to be proclaimed at the time and place of electing, before the elections." -- Cf. Steele. Dated at end: Wednesday March 28. 1660. By the Council of State at VVhitehal. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March. 29". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Qualifications -- Early works to 1800. Catholics -- England -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A84476 R211784 (Thomason 669.f.24[48]). civilwar no By the Council of State. A proclamation· Whereas by an act of the last Parliament, intituled, An act for dissolving the Parliament begun the England and Wales. Council of State. 1660 523 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. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion By the Council of State . A PROCLAMATION . WHereas by an Act of the last Parliament , Intituled , An Act for Dissolving the Parliament begun the Third of November 1640 , and for the calling and holding of a Parliament at Westminster the 25 of April 1660. It is expresly Declared and Enacted , That all Persons Engaged in the late Rebellion in Ireland , and all who profess the Popish Religion , and all and every other Person and Persons who have Advised , or Voluntarily Ayded , Abetted , or Assisted in any War against the Parliament , since the first day of January 1641. and his or their Sons ( unless he or they have since manifested their good affection to the said Parliament ) shall be incapable to be elected to serve as Members in the next Parliament . And whereas the Council of State is given to understand , That notwithstanding the good provision that is therein made , and albeit the happiness and settlement of the Nation is so much concerned in the observance thereof , yet divers Persons more respecting private Interests , and Personal Satisfactions , then Publique Safety , do intend , and endeavor to promote the Elections of Persons not qualified , as by that Act is directed , to the violating of that Law , and the perverting of those good Ends of Peace and Establishment which are thereby aimed at ; Therefore , according to the Trust reposed in them for the due Execution of the Laws , and to the intent , those who have not been hitherto acquainted with the Tenor and purport of that Act , may be the better informed how far they are thereby obliged , and that they may avoid the penalty imposed upon the Infringers thereof , The Council have thought fit hereby strictly to enioyn , and require all Persons any waies concerned in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament , to take notice of the said Act , and of the Qualifications thereby prescribed as aforesaid , and not to do , or attempt any thing to the contrary thereof . To which purpose , the Sheriffs and Chief Magistrates of the respective Counties , Cities , and Borroughs of this Nation , are required , at the times and places appointed for Electing their Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses , and before they do actually proceed to such Elections , to cause this Proclamation to be publickly read , and Proclaimed in their several Counties , Cities , and Borroughs , that none may have colour to pretend ignorance thereof ; In which behalf , the Council shall expect a punctual Compliance , and call those to a strict Accompt who shall neglect the same . Wednesday March 28. 1660. By the Council of State at VVhitehal . ORdered , That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Published . W. JESSOP , Clerk of the Council . Printed by Abel Roper , and Tho : Collins , Printers to the Council of State .