By the lords justices and councell. Jo. Borlase. Hen. Tichborne. Whereas we have lately seen a printed paper, intituled, a solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion the honour and happinesse of the king, and he peace and safety of the three kingdoms, of England, Scotland, and Ireland, which seems to have been printed at London, on the ninth day of October 1643. ... Proceedings. 1643-12-18. Ireland. Lords Justices and Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A46216 of text R217457 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing I991). 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 2017 A46216 Wing I991 ESTC R217457 99829122 99829122 33558 2240859273

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46216) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 33558) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1869:5) By the lords justices and councell. Jo. Borlase. Hen. Tichborne. Whereas we have lately seen a printed paper, intituled, a solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion the honour and happinesse of the king, and he peace and safety of the three kingdoms, of England, Scotland, and Ireland, which seems to have been printed at London, on the ninth day of October 1643. ... Proceedings. 1643-12-18. Ireland. Lords Justices and Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by VVilliam Bladen, printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, Imprinted at Dublin : Anno Dom. 1643. [i.e. 1644] Dated at end of text: Given at His Majesties castle of Dublin, the 18. day of December, 1643. At foot of title: Reprinted by commandment of the Lord Lieutenant at the request of the Commons House of Parliament, 1644. Title from caption and opening lines of text. "The Solemn League and Covenant, printed at London 9 Oct. 1643, is contrary to Irish municipal law and destructive to church goventment. All taking of oaths is illegal except before a judge. No one is to enter into this league." -- Cf. Steele. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Solemn League and Covenant (1643). -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1749 -- Early works to 1800. A46216 R217457 (Wing I991). civilwar no By the lords justices and councell. Jo. Borlase. Hen. Tichborne. Whereas we have lately seen a printed paper, intituled, a solemn League and Ireland. Lords Justices and Council 1644 1 528 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. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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ΒΆ By the Lords Iustices and Councell . Jo. Borlase . Hen. Tichborne .

WHereas We have lately seen a Printed Paper , intitled , a solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of Religion , the Honour and happinesse of the King , and the Peace and safety of the three Kingdoms , of England , Scotland , and Ireland , which seems to have been Printed at London , on the ninth day of October 1643.

And forasmuch as in the said League or Covenant , there are divers things conteined not only tending to a seditious combination against His Majesty but alsoe contrary to the municipall Lawes of this Kingdome of Ireland , and destructive to the Church Government established by Law in this Kingdom , And for that by the Lawes of this Kingdom , no Oath ought to be tendred to , or taken by any person or persons whatsoever in this Kingdom , but before a Iudge or other person thereunto Lawfully Authorized by His Majesty , and for that the said League or Covenant , is now endeavoured to be set on foot in this Kingdom , without His Majesties Privity , Direction or Alowance . And in regard it is directly contrary to the Liberty and freedom of the Subject , to be by any such Oath or Covenant pre-engaged , And for that the setting on foot at this time in this Kingdom the said League or Covenant , without His Majesties Alowance , may not only beget much distraction and unquietnesse amongst His Majesties good Subjects , but also may prove very penall to all those who shall presume to tender or take the same : We therfore for prevention of such mischiefs , doe in His Majesties name strictly charge and Command , all His Majesties good Subjects of what degree or quality soever , within this Kingdom upon their Allegiance to His Majesty , that they presume not to enter into or take the said League Covenant or Oath . And We doe hereby likewise inhibit and forbid all His Majesties Subjects in this Kingdom , to impose , administer , or tender the said League Oath or Covenant . And if notwithstanding this Our Proclamation , any person shall presume to impose tender or take the said League Oath or Covenant , We shall proceed against him or them with all severity according to the known Lawes of the Land .

Given at His Majesties Castle of Dublin , the 18. day of December , 1643. Ri. Bolton . Canc. La. Dublin . Ormonde . Roscomon . Edw. Brabazon . Ant. Midensis . Cha. Lambart . Geo. Shurley . Gerrard Lowther . Tho. Rotherham . Fr. Willoughby . Tho. Lucas . Ia. Ware . G. Wentworth . GOD SAVE THE KING .

Jmprinted at DUBLIN , by WILLIAM BLADEN , Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie , Anno Dom. 1643.

Reprinted by commandment of the Lord Lieutenant at the request of the Commons House of Parliament . 1644.