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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
</FIGURE> King CHARLES II. his DECLARATION To all His Loving SUBJECTS of the KINGDOM of <HI>ENGLAND.</HI> Dated from His Court at <HI>Breda</HI> in <HI>Holland,</HI> the 4/14 of <HI>April</HI> 1660.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">And read in PARLIAMENT, MAY, 1. 1660. Together with His MAJESTIES LETTER of the &s;ame Date, To his EXCELLENCE the LORD GENERAL <HI>MONCK,</HI> to be communicated to the Lord Pre&s;ident of the COUNCIL of STATE, and to the Officers of the ARMY under his Command.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_CHARLES</HI> by the grace of GOD King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith, </SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To all our loving Subjects of what degr&eacute;e or quality &s;oever, gr&eacute;eting. </SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>If the general di&s;traction and confu&s;ion which is &s;pread over the whole Kingdom, doth not awaken all men to a de&s;ire and longing that the&s;e wounds which have &s;o many years together been kept bleeding, may be bound up, all we can &s;ay will be to no purpo&s;e; However, after this long &s;ilence, we have thought it our duty, to declare how much we de&s;ire to contribute therunto: And that as we can never give over hope in good time to obtain the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of that Right which GOD and Nature hath made our due, So we do make it our daily &s;uit to the Divine Pro|vidence, that He will in Compa&s;&s;ion to Vs and our Subjects (after &s;o long mi&s;ery and &s;ufferings) remit us and put us into a quiet and peaceable Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of that Our Right, with as little blood and damage to Our people, as is po&s;&s;ible; Nor do we de&s;ire more to enjoy what is Ours, than that all our Subjects may enjoy what by Law is theirs, by a full and entire Admini&s;tration of Iu&s;tice throughout the Land, and by extending our mercy where it is wanting and de&s;erved.</P>
<P>And to the end That the fear of puni&s;hment may not engage any con&s;cious to them&s;elves of what is pa&s;t, to a per&s;everance in Guilt for the future, by oppo&s;ing the quiet and happine&s;&s;e of their Country, in the re&s;toration both of King, Peers and People, to their ju&s;t ancient and fundamental Rights: We do by the&s;e pre&s;ents Declare, That we do grant a full and generall Pardon, which we are ready to pa&s;s under our great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> to all our Subjects of what degree or quality &s;o|ever, who within fourty dayes after the publication hereof &s;hall lay hold upon this our grace and favour, and &s;hall by any publick Act declare their doing &s;o; And that they return to the Loyalty and Obedience of good Subjects, excepting only &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall hereafter be excepted by <HI>Parliament,</HI> Tho&s;e only excepted. Let our Subjects how faulty &s;oever, relye upon the word of a King, &s;olemnly given by this pre&s;ent <HI>Declaration,</HI> That no Crime what &s;oever committed again&s;t us or our Royal Father before the publication of this, &s;hall ever ri&s;e in judgment, or be brought in que&s;tion again&s;t any of them, to the lea&s;t indamagment, either in their Lives, Li|berties or E&s;tates, or (as far forth lies in our power) &s;o much as to the prejudice of their Reputations, 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 hence forward all Notes of di&s;cord, &s;eparation and difference of Parties, be utterly aboli&s;hed among all our Subjects, whom we invite and conjure to a perfect Vnion among them&s;elves under our Protection, for the re&s;ettlement of our ju&s;t Rights and theirs in a <HI>free Parliament;</HI> By which upon the word of a King we will be advi&s;ed.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e the pa&s;&s;ion and uncharitablne&s;&s;e of the times have produced &s;everal opinions in Religion, by which men are engaged in parties and animo&s;ities again&s;t each other, which when they &s;hall hereafter unite in a freedom of conver&s;ation will be compo&s;ed or better under&s;tood: We do declare a Liberty to Tender Con&s;ciences, and that no man &s;hall be di&s;quieted or called in que&s;tion for differences of opinion in matters of Religion, which do not di&s;turb the Peace of the Kingdom; And that we &s;hall be ready to con&s;ent to &s;uch an Act of Parliament, as upon mature Deliberation &s;hall be offered to us for the full granting that indulgence: And becau&s;e in the continued di&s;tractions of &s;o many years, and &s;o many great Revolutions, many Grants and Purcha&s;es of E&s;tates have b&eacute;en made to and by many Officers and Soldiers, and others, who are now po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of the &s;ame, and who may be liable to Actions at Law upon &s;everal Titles, We are likewi&s;e willing that all &s;uch diffe|rences, &amp; all things relating to &s;uch Grants, Sales and Purcha&s;es &s;hall be determined in Parliament, which can be&s;t provide for the ju&s;t &s;atisfaction of all men who are concerned.</P>
<P>And we, do further declare, That we will be ready to con&s;ent to any Act or Acts of Parliament to the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, and for the full &s;atisfaction of all Arrears due to the Officers and Souldiers of the Army, under the Command of General <HI>MONCK:</HI> And that they &s;hall be received into our Service upon as good pay and conditions as they now enjoy.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under our &s;ign <HI>Manuel</HI> and Privy &s;ignet at our Court at <HI>Breda</HI> <DATE>this fourt&eacute;enth day of <HI>April, 1660.</HI> In the twelveth year of our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Received the fir&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> 1660.</P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>_TRu&s;ty and Wel-beloved, We greet you well: </SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>It cannot be believed but that We have been, are, and ever mu&s;t be, as Solicitous as we can, by all endeavours, to improve the Affections of our good Subjects at home, and to procure the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of our Friends and Allyes abroad, for the Recovery of that Right, which by the Laws of GOD and Man, is unque&s;tionable; and of which we have been &s;o long di&s;-po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by &s;uch force, and with tho&s;e circum&s;tances, as we do not de&s;ire to agravate by any &s;harp expre&s;&s;ions, but rather wi&s;h, That the Memory of what is pa&s;&s;ed, may be buried to the World. That We have more endeavoured to prepare, and to improve the Affections of Our Subjects at home, for Our Re&s;toration, then to procure a&s;&s;i&s;tance from abroad, to invade either of Our Kingdoms, is as manife&s;t to the World: And We cannot give a better evidence that We are &s;till of the &s;ame minde, then in this Conjuncture, when common rea&s;on mu&s;t &s;atisfie all men, that We cannot be without A&s;&s;i&s;tance from abroad, We choo&s;e rather to &s;end to you, who have it in your own power, to prevent that Ruine and De&s;olation which a War would bring upon the Nation, and to make the whole Kingdom owe the Peace, Happine&s;s, Security and Glory it &s;hall enjoy, to your vertue; and to acknowledge that your Armies have complyed with their obligations, for which they were fir&s;t rai&s;ed, for the pre&s;ervation of the Pro|te&s;tant Religion, the Honour and Dignity of the King, the Priviledges of Parliament, the Liberty and Property of the Subject, and the Fundamental Laws of the Land; and that you have vindicated that Tru&s;t, which others mo&s;t perfidiou&s;ly abu&s;ed and betrayed: How much we de&s;ire and re&s;olve to contribute to tho&s;e good Ends, will appear to you by Our enclo|&s;ed <HI>DECLARATION,</HI> which We de&s;ire you to cau&s;e to be Publi&s;hed for the information and &s;atisfaction of all good Subjects, who do not de&s;ire a further effu&s;ion of pre|cious Chri&s;tian Blood, but to have their Peace and Security founded upon that which can only &s;upport it; an Unity of Affections among&s;t our &s;elves, an equal admini&s;tration of Ju&s;tice to Men, re&s;toring Parliaments to a ful capacity of providing for all that is ami&s;s, and the Laws of the Land to their due veneration. You have been your &s;elves Wit|ne&s;&s;es of &s;o many Revolutions, and have had &s;o much experience, how far any power and authority that is onely a&s;&s;umed by pa&s;&s;ion and appetite, and not &s;upported by Ju&s;tice, is from providing for the Happine&s;&s;e and Peace of the People, or from receiving any obedience from them without which no Government can provide for them, that you may very rea&s;onably believe, that GOD hath not been well plea&s;ed with the Attempts that have been made, &s;ince He hath u&s;ually encrea&s;ed the Confu&s;ion, by giving all the &s;ucce&s;&s;e that hath been de&s;ired, and brought that to pa&s;&s;e without effect, which the De&s;igners have propo&s;ed, as the be&s;t means to &s;ettle and com|po&s;e the Nation; And therefore We cannot but hope and believe, that you will concur with Us in the Remedy We have applyed, which, to humane under&s;tanding, is only proper for the Ills we all groan under; And that you will make your &s;elves the ble&s;&s;ed In&s;truments to bring this ble&s;&s;ing of Peace and Reconciliation upon King and People, it being the u&s;ual method <UNCLEAR>in</UNCLEAR> which Divine Providence delighteth it &s;elf, to u&s;e and &s;anctifie tho&s;e very means which ill men de&s;ign, for the &s;atisfaction of private and particualr Ends and Ambition, and other wicked purpo&s;es, to whol&s;ome and publick ends, and to e&s;tabli&s;h that Good which is mo&s;t contrary to the De&s;igners; which is the greate&s;t manife&s;tation of Gods peculiar kindne&s;s to a Nation, that can be given in this world. How far we re&s;olve to pre&s;erve your Intere&s;ts, and reward your Services, we refer to our <HI>Declaration;</HI> and we hope God will in&s;pire you to perform your duty to us, and to your native Country, who&s;e happine&s;s cannot be &s;eparated from each other.</P>
<P>Wee have entru&s;ted our welbeloved Servant, Sir <HI>Iohn Greenvile,</HI> one of the Gentlemen of our Bed-chamber, to deliver this unto you, and to give us an Accompt of your Reception of it, and to de&s;ire you in our Name, that it may be publi&s;hed. And &s;o We bid you farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at our Court at <HI>Breda,</HI> <DATE>this 4/14 of April, 1660. In the twelfth year of our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE> </CLOSER>
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<P>Received the fir&s;t of May, 1660.</P>
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<TRAILER>To our tru&s;ty and Welbeloved General <HI>MONCK,</HI> to be by him communicated to the Pre&s;ident and Council of State, and to the Officers of the Armies under his Command.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Chri&s;topher Higgins</HI> in <HI>Harts</HI> Clo&s;e over again&s;t the Trone-Church, 1660.</P>
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