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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>By the King.</HEAD>
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<P>A Proclamation of His MAJESTIES Grace, Favour, and Pardon to the Inhabitants of His Counties of <HI>Stafford</HI> and <HI>Derby.</HI></P>
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<P>_WHereas we have taken notice, That by the Malice, Indu&s;try, and Importunity of &s;everall ill affected and &s;editious Per&s;ons Our Countries of <HI>Stafford</HI> and <HI>Derby</HI> very many of Our Weak and &s;educed Subjects of tho&s;e our our counties have not onely been drawn to exerci&s;e the <HI>Militia,</HI> under colour of a pretended Ordinance with|out and again&s;t Our con&s;ent,(a crime of a very high nature, if Wee would &s;trictly enquire thereinto) but have made contributi-ons of Plate, Money, and Hor&s;es, towards the maintenance of the Army now in Rebellion again&s;t Us, and have at la&s;t actually them&s;elves taken Arms again&s;t Us; we do hereby publi&s;h and declare, That we are graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to atte&s;bute the Crimes and Offences of Our said Subjects of tho&s;e Our Counties to the power and saction of the their Seducers, who, we beleeve, by Threats, Menaces, and fal&s;e informations, compelled and led them into tho&s;e Actions of Undutifulne&s;&s;e and Di&s;loyalty towards Us; And we do there|fore hereby offer Our free and gracious Pardon to all the Inhabitants of Our &s;aid Coun|ties of <HI>Stafford</HI> and <HI>Derby,</HI> for all offences concerning the premi&s;&s;es committed again&s;t US, be|fore the publi&s;hing of this Our Proclamation, except Sir <HI>John Gell,</HI> and Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> Knights, again&s;t whom We &s;hall proceed according to the Rules of the Law, as again&s;t Traytors and Stirrers of Sedition again&s;t Us , And whom we do hereby require all Our Officers and Ministers of Juctice, and all Our lobing Subjects What&s;oever, to apprehend and cau&s;e to be kept in &s;afe Cu&s;tody, till our plea&s;ure be further known. Provided that this Our grace &s;hall not extend to any per&s;on, who after the publi&s;hing this Our Proclamation, &s;hall pre&s;ume by Loan, or Contibution to a&s;&s;i&s;t the &s;aid Army of Rebells, to a&s;&s;emble and Mu&s;trer them&s;elves in Arms without Authority derived from Us under Our hand, to enter into any Oath of A&s;&s;ociation for appo&s;ing Us and Our Army or to &s;uccour or entertain any of the per&s;ons excepted in this Our Proclamation, or in Our Declaration of the twelfth of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> But we mu&s;t and do declare, That who&s;oever &s;hall henceforward be guilty of the premi&s;&s;es, or of either of them, &s;hall be e&s;teemed by Us, as an Enemy to the publike Peace, a Per&s;on di&s;affected to Us, and to the Religion and Laws of the Kingdom, and guilty of high-Trea&s;on, and &s;hall accordingly recieve their condigne punishment, of which We give them timely notice, that they may proceed accordingly at their perills. And we do hereby require Our high-Sheriffs, Commi&s;&s;ioners of Array, Ju&s;tices of the Peace, and all other Our Officers and loving Subjects to re&s;i&s;t, oppo&s;e, and apprehend all &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall pre|&s;ume to make any Levies in tho&s;e Our Counties, under what pretence &s;oever, Without Au|thority derived from Us under Our hand. And we likewi&s;e will and Require them and every of them to be A&s;&s;i&s;tant to all &s;uch as &s;hall either Command the Train-bands of tho&s;e Our Counties, or make any Levies in the &s;ame by virtue of Commi&s;&s;ion under Our great Seale or Signe Mannuall. And Our Plea&s;ure is, That this Our Counties of <HI>Stafford</HI> and <HI>Derby.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Oxford,</HI> <DATE>this five and twentieth day of March, in the Eighteenth yeer of Our Reign. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
God &s;ave the Kin<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"></CLOSER>
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