By the King, a proclamation of general pardon to all seamen, mariners and others imployed at sea England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32595 of text R37627 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3522). 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. 2 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 A32595 Wing C3522 ESTC R37627 16991790 ocm 16991790 105641 2240884929

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32595) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105641) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1611:49) By the King, a proclamation of general pardon to all seamen, mariners and others imployed at sea 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 ..., London : 1672. "Given at our court at Whitehall the 23rd day of December, in the 24th year of our reign." Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Stuarts, 1603-1714. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. eebo By the King. A proclamation of general pardon to all seamen, mariners and others imployed at sea. England and Wales. Sovereign 1672 1 328 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 2008-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the King . A PROCLAMATION Of General Pardon to all Seamen , Mariners and others Imployed at Sea . CHARLES R.

WHereas diverse Seamen , Mariners and others employed in His Majesties service at the Sea , and Listed on Board several Ships under His Majesties Pay , Have deserted that Service , and withdrawn themselves into Places obscure , whereof some that were lately apprehended , have suffered Death according to their demerits . His Majesty being Graciously pleased to extend His Mercy to the rest of the Offenders , doth by this His Royal Proclamation freely pardon , release , and remit all and every the said Seamen , Mariners and others , all offences and crimes of this nature , and all pains of Death , and pains Corporal , and doth hereby discharge them and every of them of and from all further Prosecutions and Enquiries in order thereunto . And His Majesty doth expresly command all and every His Magistrates , Officers , and Ministers Civil and Military , that they presume not in any sort to call into question any Seaman , Mariner , or others , for any matter or thing hereby pardoned or discharged . And His Majesty expects that all Seamen , Mariners and others , who have now seen the Examples both of His Iustice and Mercy , should so demean themselves for the future in His Majesties Service , as not to fall into any the like offences again ; Which if any shall presume to commit , they shall hereafter be proceéded against with all Rigour and Severity .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 23d day of December , in the 24th year of Our Reign . 1672. God save the King .

LONDON , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1672.