By the King, a proclamation for the discovery and apprehension of John Lockier, Timothy Butler, Thomas Blood, commonly called Captain Blood, John Mason, and others England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32547 of text R39184 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3470). 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. 4 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 A32547 Wing C3470 ESTC R39184 18241463 ocm 18241463 107253 2240869221

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32547) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107253) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1629:95) By the King, a proclamation for the discovery and apprehension of John Lockier, Timothy Butler, Thomas Blood, commonly called Captain Blood, John Mason, and others England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 broadside. Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., In the Savoy [i.e. London] : 1677. "Given at our court at Whitehall the eighth day of August 1667. In the nineteenth year of our reign." Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Blood, Thomas, 1618?-1680. Butler, Timothy. Lockier, John. Mason, John. Fugitives from justice -- England. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. eebo By the King. A proclamation for the discovery and apprehension of John Lockier, Timothy Butler, Thomas Blood, commonly called Captain Blood, John Maso England and Wales. Sovereign 1667 1 556 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 Discovery and Apprehension of John Lockier , Timothy Butler , Thomas Blood , commonly called Captain Blood , John Mason , and others . CHARLES R.

WHereas We have been informed , That the said John Lockier , Timothy Butler , and Captain Blood , with several other persons did lately in a most riotous and Rebellious manner , at Darrington near Went-Bridge in the County of York , violently set upon and assault the Guard intrusted with the care of Conducting one John Mason , a Prisoner for Treason , from Our Tower of London to Our City of York , in order to his Tryal there ; and they having killed and desperately wounded several of the said Guard , and others , did Rescue and carry away the said Mason , and do lurk in secret places , and not submit themselves to Iustice ; We therefore have thought fit ( with the advice of Our Privy Council ) to publish this Our Royal Proclamation , And do hereby straitly Charge and Command all and singular Lords Lieutenants , Deputy-Lieutenants , Iustices of the Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , and other Our Officers , Ministers , and Subjects whatsoever , to be diligent , and use their best endeavours to Search for and Apprehend the said Lockier , Butler , Blood , and Mason , and all others who were any way instrumental in the said Rescue or Escape , in all places whatsoever ; and upon the Apprehension of all or any the said persons , to cause them to be safely conveyed to the Goal of the City or County where they shall be so Apprehended , and forthwith to give notice thereof to one of Our Principal Secretaries of State ; that such further course may be taken , as We with the advice of Our Council shall direct . And We do hereby further Declare , That One hundred pounds Sterling shall be given and paid by Vs to any person or persons , as a recompence for their good Service , who shall Apprehend and bring in the said Lockier , Butler , Blood , and Mason , or any of them , or any other who were their accomplices in the said Rescue . And We do further Declare and Publish , That if any person or persons willingly or knowingly , shall directly or indirectly conceal or harbour the said Offenders , or any of them , or shall not upon all lawful and just occasions , use his or their best endeavours for their discovery and apprehension , aswell by giving due advertisement thereof to Our Officers , as by all other good means , We will ( as there is just cause ) proceed against them that shall so neglect this Our Command , with all severity .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Eighth day of August 1667. In the Nineteenth year of Our Reign . GOD SAVE THE KING .

In the SAVOY , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1667.