By the King, a proclamation for apprehending Grascomb England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A66210 of text R37230 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2464). 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 A66210 Wing W2464 ESTC R37230 16272896 ocm 16272896 105226 2248510612

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A66210) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105226) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1602:28) By the King, a proclamation for apprehending Grascomb England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III) William III, King of England, 1650-1702. 1 broadside. Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ..., London : 1696. "Given at our court at Kensington the tenth day of December, 1696, in the eighth year of our reign." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708? -- Account of the proceedings of the House of Commons in relation to the recoining the clipped money. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702. eebo By the King, a proclamation for apprehending Grascomb. England and Wales. Sovereign 1696 1 472 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. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2009-07 Sampled and proofread 2009-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
W R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms
By the King , A PROCLAMATION For Apprehending _____ GRASCOMB . WILLIAM R.

WHereas upon Examination taken before a Committee of the House of Commons , touching the Printing , Publishing and Dispersing of a False , Scandalous and Seditious Pamphlet , Destructive to the Freedom and Liberties of Parliament , Intituled , An Account of the Proceedings of the House of Commons in Relation to the Recoining the Clipped Money , and Falling the Price of Guineas , It appeared that one _____ Grascomb was the Person that brought the Manuscript of the said Pamphlet to the Printer to be Printed : And whereas the said _____ Grascomb hath Absconded from his usual Place of Abode , and is fled from Iustice : And whereas the Knights , Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled , have humbly besought Vs to Issue Our Royal Proclamation , for Apprehending of the ssaid _____ Grascomb ; We therefore ( with the Advice of Our Privy Council ) have thought fit to Issue this Our Royal Proclamation , hereby Commanding all Our Loving Subjects to Discover , Take and Apprehend the said _____ Grascomb where ever he may be found , and to Carry him before the next Iustice of the Peace , or Chief Magistrate , who is hereby Required to Commit him to the next Goal , there to Remain until he shall be thence Delivered by due Course of Law . And We do hereby Require the said Iustice or other Chief Magistrate immediately to give Notice thereof to Our Privy Council ; or to one of Our Principal Secretaries of State . And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Our Loving Subjects ( as they will answer the contrary at their Perils ) that they do not any ways Conceal , but Discover , Take and Apprehend the said _____ Grascomb , to the end he may be Proceéded against according to Law . And We do hereby Promise and Declare that whosoever shall Discover and Apprehend the said Grascomb , and bring him before such Iustice of the Peace , or Chief Magistrate , shall Receive , as a Reward , the Sum of Five hundred Pounds mentioned in Our late Proclamation , bearing Date the Fifth Day of November last ; which said Sum of Five hundred Pounds the Commissioners of Our Treasury are hereby Directed to Pay accordingly .

Given at Our Court at Kensington the Tenth Day of December , 1696. In the Eighth Year of Our Reign . God save the King .

LONODN ; Printed by Charles Bill , and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb , deceas'd , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1696. ;