By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas the Council of State is informed, that Livewel Chapman of London, Stationer, having from a wicked design to engage the nation in blood and confusion, caused several seditious and treasonable books, to be printed and published, doth now hide and obscure himself, for avoiding the hand of justice, ... England and Wales. Council of State. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74178 of text R211783 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.24[47]). 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 2017 A74178 Wing E784 Thomason 669.f.24[47] ESTC R211783 99870482 99870482 163778 2240951102

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74178) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163778) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f24[47]) By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas the Council of State is informed, that Livewel Chapman of London, Stationer, having from a wicked design to engage the nation in blood and confusion, caused several seditious and treasonable books, to be printed and published, doth now hide and obscure himself, for avoiding the hand of justice, ... England and Wales. Council of State. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Abel Roper and Thomas Collins, Printers to the Council of State, London : [1660] Title from caption and opening lines of text. Dated at end: Wednesday, 28 March, 1660. At the Council of State at VVhitehal. "Livewel Chapman of London, Stationer, having caused some seditious books and pamphlets to be published is now in hiding. He is to surrender before Monday [2 April]. No one is to harbour him, and all are to discover and arrest him" -- Cf. Steele. Date of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March. 29". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Chapman, Livewel Early works to 1800. Censorship -- England -- Early works to 1800. A74178 R211783 (Thomason 669.f.24[47]). civilwar no By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas the Council of State is informed, that Livewel Chapman of London, stationer, having from a England and Wales. Council of State. 1660 1 308 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. 2008-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the Council of State . A PROCLAMATION .

VVHereas the Council of State is informed , That Livewel Chapman of London , Stationer , having from a wicked Design to engage the Nation in Blood , and Confusion , caused several Seditious and Treasonable Books , to be Printed and Published , doth now hide and obscure himself , for avoiding the Hand of Justice , The Council do hereby charge and require the said Livewel Chapman ( at his uttermost peril ) to appear and render himself to the Council at Whitehal , on or before Monday next , to answer such things as shall be objected against him . And they do further enjoyn and require , That no Person or Persons whatsoever , within the Cities of London or Westminster , or the late Lines of Communication , or elswhere , do conceal or harbor the said Livewel Chapman , but that he and they , do discover and use their best endeavors , to produce him before the Council : And if any Person or Persons shall after publication hereof , harbor or conceal the said Livewel Chapman , every such Person shall be esteemed and exemplarily proceeded against , as an Enemy to this Commonwealth , and the peace thereof : And all Officers , both Civil and Military , are required and authorised , upon discovery of the said Livewel Chapman , forthwith to seize and secure him , and to bring him in custody before the Council .

Wednesday , 28 March , 1660. At the Council of State at VVhitehal .

ORdered , That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Published .

VVIL . JESS OF Clerk of the Council .

London , Printed by Abel Roper and Thomas Collins , Printers to the Council of State .