By the King, a proclamation for the apprehending of Aron Smith England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32518 of text R35888 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3437). 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 2018 A32518 Wing C3437 ESTC R35888 15566169 ocm 15566169 103854 2248504260

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32518) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 103854) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1588:90) By the King, a proclamation for the apprehending of Aron Smith England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 broadside. Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, ..., London : 1677. "Given at our court at Whitehall, the first day of June, 1677, in the nine and twentieth year of our reign." Reproduction of the original in the Huntington Library. eng Smith, Aaron, d. 1697? Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. eebo By the King. A proclamation for the apprehending of Aron Smith. England and Wales. Sovereign 1677 1 489 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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By the King . A PROCLAMATION For the apprehending of Aron Smith . CHARLES R.

WHereas by an Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled , made the Twenty first day of May last , it was Ordered , That the Serjeant at Arms attending the House of Peérs , should take into his custody Aron Smith , and him bring to the Bar of the said House , there to answer for Speaking certain dangerous and seditious words against the Being of this present Parliament ; But he the said Aron Smith absconding himself in secret and unknown places , could not be apprehended , notwithstanding the utmost endeavours of the said Serjeant and his Deputies used for that purpose ; whereupon the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal have humbly besought His Majesty , to issue out His Royal Proclamation for seizing and apprehending the person of the said Aron Smith , when and wheresoever he shall be found , and bringing him before the said House of Peers ( if the Parliament shall be then sitting , ) or otherwise that he be kept in safe custody , till he shall appear before the said House to answer for his said Offence , His Majesty is graciously pleased ( in compliance with the said humble desires of His House of Peers ) by this His Royal Proclamation , strictly to charge and command all Mayors , Iustices of Peace , and other His Majesties Officers and loving Subjects whatsoever , that they and every of them do within their several and respective Precincts and Places , use their utmost and most effectual endeavours for the apprehending the person of the said Aron Smith ; and that such of them as shall happen to apprehend and take the said Aron Smith , do him bring , or cause to be brought before the said House of Peérs ( if the Parliament at the time of such his apprehension shall be sitting ) or ( in case the Parliament shall nor then be sitting ) before one of His Majesties Principal Secretaries of State , to the intent the said Aron Smith may be secured in order to his appearance before the said House of Peérs to answer for his said Offence ; And hereunto His Majesty doth require His said Officers , and other His loving Subjects , to yield their ready obedience , as they will answer the contrary at their peril .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the First day of June 1677 , in the Nine and twentieth year of Our Reign . God save the King .

LONDON , Printed by John Bill , Christopher Barker , Thomas Newcomb , and Henry Hills , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1677.