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<FIGDESC>royal coat of arms, circa 1685</FIGDESC>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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<HEAD>By the King, A PROCLAMATION Of Pardon to &s;uch of His Maje&s;ties Subjects in Rebellion, as &s;hall Return to their Obedience.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>JAMES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas divers of Our Subjects contrary to the Allegiance and Duty which both by the Laws of God, and of this Realm they owe unto Vs, have been Enticed and Seduced to joyn them&s;elves in Arms to <HI>James Scot</HI> late Duke of <HI>Monmouth</HI> Attainted of High Trea&s;on, whereby they have incurred the Danger of all Pains and Penalties due by Law for High Trea&s;on: And Con&s;idering that many of Our &s;aid Subjects may through Ignorance and the &s;ubtle Per&s;wa&s;ions of others have been mi&s;led to Take up Arms and Rebell again&s;t Vs, rather than from any Evil Rancour again&s;t Our Royal Per&s;on their Lawful Sovereign, or the Settled Peace of Our Kingdoms: And although We make no doubt through the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of Almighty God, and his Ble&s;&s;ing upon Our Arms, to bring all Ob&s;tinate Rebells &s;peedily to Condign Puni&s;hment; Yet, de&s;iring as much as in Vs lies to prevent the Blood&s;hed and utter Ruine of &s;o many of Our Subjects; We out of Our meer Grace and Princely Compa&s;&s;ion to &s;uch of Our Subjects now in Arms and Rebellion again&s;t Vs, as &s;hall &s;peedily return to their Obedience, and embrace the Mercy hereby tendered to them, do hereby De|clare Our Will and Plea&s;ure to be, And We do hereby, for Vs Our Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, Pardon, Relea&s;e, Acquit and Di&s;charge all Trea&s;ons, Mi&s;pri&s;ions of Trea&s;on, In&s;urrections, Riots, Routs, Contempts and Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es committed or done again&s;t Vs, or Our Dearly Beloved Brother the late King (of ever Ble&s;&s;ed Memory) by any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons now in Actual Arms and Rebellion again&s;t Vs, except &s;uch Per&s;ons who are hereby and hereafter excepted and foreprized, &s;o as the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who is and are willing to receive the Benefit of this Our Gracious Pardon, do lay down his or their Arms, and lay claim to the Benefit of this Our Gracious Pardon before one of Our Iu&s;tices of the Peace or Deputy-Lieutenants of the County where &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall lay down his Arms, or before one of the Officers of Our Army Royal, and &s;hall Receive a Certificate thereof under the Hand of &s;uch Iu&s;tice, Deputy-Lieutenant, or Officer within Four days after Publication or Proclamation of this Our Gracious Pardon be made in Our Camp by <HI>Lewis</HI> Earl of <HI>Fever&s;ham</HI> Lieutenant General of Our Army, to whom We do hereby grant full Power and Authority to Publi&s;h and Proclaim this Gur Gracious Pardon.</P>
<P>And We do hereby Charge and Command all and every Our Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Deputy-Lieutenants and Officers of Our Army, That they do under their Hands give &s;uch Certificate of every of Our &s;aid Subjects laying claim to this Our Pardon, who &s;hall within the time afore&s;aid de&s;ire the &s;ame; And Our Will and Plea&s;ure is, that &s;uch Certificate &s;hall be allowed by all and every of Our Iu&s;tices as &s;ufficient Evidence of Our &s;aid Subjects laying claim to this Our Pardon.</P>
<P>Excepted neverthele&s;s, and always foreprized out of this Our Gracious Pardon the &s;aid <HI>James Scot</HI> late Duke of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> and all and every the Per&s;on and Per&s;ons who Invaded and Entred this Our Kingdom with him the &s;aid <HI>James Scot</HI> from parts beyond the Seas.</P>
<P>And al&s;o Excepted all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons Attainted or Convicted for High Trea&s;on, Felony, or other Notorious Crime by Vtlary or otherwi&s;e how&s;oever.</P>
<P>And al&s;o Excepted all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons mentioned or Required in or by any former Proclamation to Appear or Render them|&s;elves.</P>
<P>And al&s;o Excepted out of this Our Gracious Pardon <HI>John Wildman, John Trenchard, George Speake, Barnard Browne,</HI> and <HI>Francis Charlton</HI> E&s;quires, and al&s;o <HI>Edward Matthews</HI> Gent. and <HI>Thomas Dore</HI> now or late Mayor of <HI>Limmington</HI> in Our County of <HI>Southampton.</HI></P>
<P>And We do hereby Pardon, Relea&s;e, Acquit and Di&s;charge to all and every of Our &s;aid Subjects not before Excepted, who &s;hall lay hold of this Our Gracious Pardon as afore&s;aid, all Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures which they or any of them may have incurred for or by rea&s;on of any of the Crimes or Offences hereby Pardoned and Di&s;charged again&s;t Vs Our Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>White-hall</HI></HI> <DATE><HI>the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI></HI> 1685. <HI>In the Fir&s;t Year of our Reign.</HI></DATE></DATELINE> <HI>GOD SAVE THE KING.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by the A&s;&s;igns of <HI>John Bill</HI> deceas'd: And by <HI>Henry Hills,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Newcomb,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1685.</P>
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<P>Proclamation was made of this Pardon the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the Year 1685. By my Order,</P>
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