A proclamation for quieting the post-master general his deputies and assigns in the execution of his office James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A46566 of text R20412 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing J342). 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 A46566 Wing J342 ESTC R20412 12117292 ocm 12117292 54341 2248548278

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46566) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 54341) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 869:40) A proclamation for quieting the post-master general his deputies and assigns in the execution of his office James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd, and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., London : 1685. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside. At head of title: By the King, a proclamation. At end of text: Given at our court at Windsor the seventh day of September, 1685. eng England and Wales. -- Post Office. Broadsides eebo By the King, a proclamation, for quieting the Post-master General his deputies and assigns in the execution of his office. England and Wales. Sovereign 1685 1 479 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 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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By the King , A PROCLAMATION , For quieting the Post-master General his Deputies and Assigns in the Execution of his Office . JAMES R.

WHereas Our dearly beloved Brother the late King was pleased by His Proclamations to Signifie His Pleasure for exempting from bearing Offices and Quartering of Soldiers His Post-master General and all Inn keepers , Victuallers and other persons , who were actually Post-masters , Masters of the Letter Office or Pacquet Boats , and employed by the Post-master General or his Deputy in the Grand Letter Office in London ; We purposing to continue the said Priviledges and Exemptions , which We conceive to be for Our Service , are graciously pleased , and do accordingly hereby Declare Our Will and Pleasure to be , That no Soldier , Horse , Foot , or Dragoons be Quartered in the House of any Inn-keéper , Victualler , or other person , who is or shall be actually a Post-master , Master of the Letter Office or Pacquet Boats , and employed by Our Post-master General for the time being , or his Deputy , or some other Person or Persons Commissionated by Vs for the Management of the Office or Place of Post-master General , by Vertue of some Deputation or Commission from Our Post-master General or his Deputy , or such other Person , who shall be therein Employed by Vs , And that if any such Soldiers be already Quartered upon any such Person as aforesaid , they be forthwith Removed from his House to some other place . And Our further Will and Pleasure is , That Our Post-master General for the time being , his Deputies , Servants , and Assigns shall be from henceforth Freed and Exempted and Discharged off and from Serving upon all Iuries , Inquests , Musters or any other publick Employments or Attendances , that may any way Impede , Retard , or Prejudice the Execution of his or their Duty and Service in the said Office , and from all Pains and Penalties , which he , they , or any of them might or may Incur for or by reason of his or their Omission or Refusal to perform the said Employments or any of them . And Our further Will and Pleasure is , That all Our Officers both Civil and Military do take Notice hereof and Conform thereunto accordingly .

Given at Our Court at Windsor the Seventh day of September , 1685. In the First Year of Our Reign . God Save the King .

LONDON , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd : And by Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1685.