By the King, a proclamation commanding the due observation of the desires of the commissioners for the contribution of the county of Oxford, and for punishing all stragling souldiers and others, robbing, and plundering the country England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32026 of text R39028 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2555). 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 A32026 Wing C2555 ESTC R39028 18206650 ocm 18206650 107095 2240900370

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BY THE KING . A Proclamation Commanding the due observation of the Desires of the Commissioners for the Contribution of the Country of Oxford , and for punishing all stragling Souldiers and others , Robbing , and Plundering the Country .

WHEREAS the High-Sheriffe , and other the Commissioners for Contribution of this Our County of Oxford , have lately by their humble Petition acquainted Us with the many and frequent Insolencies offered the Inhabitants thereof by the Souldiers , and others pretending themselves to be of Our Army , as in taking away Horses from the plough , robbing by the High-way , wasting and destroying of Corn , and other personall Injuries dayly offered unto them : And likewise that Free-Quarter is frequently taken where the Contribution is paid , We thereupon in tender Commiseration of their sufferings , and being most ready to satisfie their just requests , were gratiously pleased to give Order , That the Desires of the Commissioners for the weekly Loan , for the supply of the Horse of Our Army , from this Our County of Oxford , should be forthwith published in Print , for the better information of the Officers and Souldiers of Our Army , the which We do hereby strictly charge and Command all the said Officers and Souldiers punctually to observe , and not to infringe them , or any of them at their perils . And for prevention of the like violences and outrages hereafter ; We do farther require and authorise the Lord-Lieutenant-Generall of Our Army , to ordain and allow such a fit person as the Commissioners shall make choyce of to be a Provost-Marshall , who with a sufficient Guard of Twenty persons shall constantly scoure the Country , and apprehend and punish by Marshall-Law all stragling and wandring Souldiers , and all such as shall any kind offer any violence to the Inhabitants , according to such directions as he shall from time to time receive ●rom the Lord-Lieutenant-Generall . And to the end Our good Subjects of this County may find the effect of Our Care ●or their preservation ; We do farther require the Lord-Lieutenant-Generall , to name and appoint a Court of War to ●it Constantly every Wednesday and Saturday with the Commissioners , to hear and give redresse to their just Com●laints ; to which Court of Warre the Provost-Marshall is likewise to give a weekly accompt of his proceedings . This ●…ur grace and favour We Command shall be forthwith put in execution , and therefore Our Pleasure is , That it be pub●●shed in all the Hundreds , Townes , and Parishes of this County , and annexed to the late printed Desires of the Commissi●ners , that so it may be hence forward duly observed by all the Officers , and Souldiers of Our Army , at their perills .

Given 〈◊〉 Our Court at Oxford this Fourteenth of February , in the Nineteenth year of Our Raigne . GOD SAVE THE KING .

Printed at Oxford , by Leonard Lichfield , Printer to the Vniversity , 1643.