<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2008-06-03</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080511.pdcc.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="A79294">
<STC T="W">C3254</STC>
<STC T="T">669.f.25[47]</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99871060</BIBNO>
<VID>163852</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="proclamation">
<PB REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 7 -->
<HEAD>By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A PROCLAMATION Concerning His Maje&s;ties gracious PARDON, In pur&s;uance of His Maje&s;ties former <HI>DECLARATION.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P><HI>_CHARLES</HI> by the Grace of God, King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Whereas by Our Declaration, Dated at <HI>Breda</HI> the 4/14 day of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, We did Declare, That We did grant a Full and General Pardon, which We were ready to pa&s;s under Our Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> to all Our Subjects, of what Degree or Quality &s;oever, who within Forty days after the Publication there of, &s;hould lay hold upon that Our Grace and Favor, and &s;hould, by any the publick Act, Declare their doing &s;o, and that they returned to the Loyalty and Obedi|ence of good Subjects, excepting only &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hould be excepted by Parliament. And We did further Declare, That (tho&s;e only excepted) all Our subjects, how faulty &s;oever, &s;hould rely upon the Word of a King, &s;olemnly given by that Our Declaration, That no Crime what&s;oever, committed again&s;t Vs, or Our Royal Father, before the publication there|of, &s;hould ever ri&s;e in Iudgment, or be brought in que&s;tion, again&s;t any of them, to the lea&s;t Indammagement, either of their Lives, Liberties, or E&s;tates; Or (as far forth as lay in Our Power) &s;o much as to the prejudice of their Re|putation, by any reproach, or term of di&s;tinction, from the re&s;t of Our be&s;t Subjects. We de&s;iring, and ordaining, That thenceforward all Notes of Di&s;cord, Separation, and difference of Parties, might be utterly aboli&s;hed among&s;t all Our Subjects, whom we invited, and Conjured to a perfect Vnion among&s;t them&s;elves, under Our Protection, for the re|&s;ettlement of Our ju&s;t Rights, and theirs in a Free Parlament; Which Our &s;aid Declaration We &s;ent Inclo&s;ed in Our Letters, to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, and the &s;ame was by them received the fir&s;t Day of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t; And after|wards according to Our Intention and Will was Printed and Publi&s;hed for the &s;atisfaction of Our Subjects.</P>
<P>And whereas, afterwards, (that is to &s;ay) the &s;eaventh day of <HI>June</HI> in&s;tant, Our Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, did Re&s;olve and Declare, That they did by that their publique Act, for, and in behalf of them&s;elves, and every of them, and of all the Commons of <HI>England,</HI> of what Quality or Degree &s;oever they were, Lay hold upon Our Free and Ge|nerall Pardon, according as in Our &s;aid Letters and Declaration it was Granted, Tendred, or Expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>And that Our Hou&s;e, with their Speaker, did attend, and pre&s;ent to Vs their Humble de&s;ire; That it may be as effectuall to all Our Subjects in particular, (Except, as before Excepted) as if every of them, had at any time &s;ince the fir&s;t of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t, per&s;onally layd hold upon Our Grace and Pardon, and by publique Act declared their doing &s;o; And that Wee Would be plea&s;ed to Declare Our acceptance thereof accordingly, and by Our Royall Proclamation to a&s;&s;ure the hearts of Our Subjects of the &s;ame. We being very willing and de&s;irous to admini&s;ter all ju&s;t &s;atisfaction and ea&s;e to the mindes of our people, and to remove all Feares and and Iealou&s;ies which may concern their &s;ecurity; And to ma|nife&s;t to them, and the World, that Our heart is po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed With the &s;ame Clemency and tenderne&s;s towards them, that Wee expre&s;&s;ed in that Our Declaration; Which if it were not, We should not think Our &s;elf worthy of tho&s;e &s;ignal Bel&s;&s;ings Which God Almighty hath powred upon Vs, and the Nation &s;ince; And by the publication of that Our Declaration, in the Cheerfull obedience of Our Subjects, Do hereby publi&s;h and declare; That We do Graciou&s;ly accept the &s;aid Addre&s;s of Our &s;aid Hou&s;e of Commons, to the full Intent and End thereof, and on the behalf of All the Commons of <HI>England,</HI> and that We will very willingly and cheerfully give Our Royall A&s;&s;ent to the &s;aid Act of Free and General pardon, when it &s;hall be pre&s;ented to Vs by Our two Hou&s;es of Parlament, and which We do with &s;ome Impati|ence expect, as the mo&s;t rea&s;onable and &s;olid Foundation of that peace, happine&s;s and &s;ecurity, We hope, and pray for, to Our &s;elf, and all Our Dominions; And for the better manife&s;tation of Our gracious intentions and de&s;ire herein; and in regard that the great Deliverations of Our Hou&s;es of Parliament, upon all the weighty Affairs of the Kingdom, cannot admit that expedition, in the di&s;patch of this Bill, which the general fears and apprehen&s;ions of Our people may long for; and, that the con&s;ideration of excepting Notorious Delinquents, may not &s;top the current of Our Mercy and Grace to|wards the generality of Our Subjects We leave it to them&s;elves to take and &s;ue out, Our particular Pardons, in &s;uch manner as they think fit; And to that purpo&s;e We have appointed Our Secretaries of State to pre&s;ent Warrants to Vs for Our Signature, directing Our Atturney General to prepare Bills, for the pa&s;&s;ing Pardons to &s;uch, who &s;hall de&s;ire the &s;ame; in the i&s;&s;uing whereof, We will take it upon Our Self, and it &s;hall be Our Care, and the Care of tho&s;e Our Mini&s;ters, through who&s;e hands the &s;ame are to pa&s;s, That no Pardon &s;hall pass to any of tho&s;e Notorious Offen|ders, who are in danger, or like to be be Excepted by the Parliament: And We have given order to Our Attorney-General, and Council at Law for preparing as full a Pardon of all Trea&s;ons, Felonies, and other Mi&s;demeanors, for all other per&s;ons, which have happened or been occa&s;ioned by rea&s;on of the late Troubles, as they can wi&s;h.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>the Fifteenth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign, 1660.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Barker,</HI> Printers to the KINGS mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1660.</P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
