The association We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, who have now joined with the Prince of Orange, for the defence of the Protestant religion, and for maintaining the ancient government, and the laws and liberties of England, ... Association. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A75744 of text R223590 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A4057). 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 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A75744 Wing A4057 ESTC R223590 99897178 99897178 135614 2240931068

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A75744) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 135614) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2469:9) The association We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, who have now joined with the Prince of Orange, for the defence of the Protestant religion, and for maintaining the ancient government, and the laws and liberties of England, ... Association. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed for William Churchill, London : 1688. Regards protecting the Prince of Orange against "desperate and cursed attempts of Papists and other bloody men". "The Association" was also printed under the titles "The general Association of the gentlemen of Devon" and "The copy of the Association signed at Exeter" with slight textual variations. Title taken from caption title and first lines of text. At foot of text: Advertisement. Such as have not signed this Association, may do it at St. James's (in the room formerly called, The Duke of Yord's Council Chamber) ... . Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 2469 cropped at bottom, lacks imprint. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library. eng William -- III, -- King of England, 1650-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century -- rbgenr eebo The association. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, who have now joined with the Prince of Orange, for the defence of the Protestant religion, a [no entry] 1688 2 336 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. 2012-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-08 Sampled and proofread 2012-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE ASSOCIATION .

WE , whose Names are hereunto subscribed , who have now joined with the Prince of Orange , for the Defence of the Protestant Religion , and for maintaining the Ancient Government , and the Laws and Liberties of England , Scotland , and Ireland , do engage to Almighty God , to His Highness the Prince of Orange , and to one another , to stick firm to this Cause , and to one another in the Defence of it , and never to depart from it until our Religion , our Laws and Liberties are so far secured to us in a Free-Parliament , that we shall be no more in Danger of Falling under Popery and Slavery : And whereas we are engaged in this Common Cause , under the Protection of the Prince of Orange , by which means his Person may be exposed to Dangers , and to the desperate and cursed Attempts of Papists , and other Bloody Men : We do therefore solemnly engage both to God and to one another , That if any such Attempts are made upon him , we will pursue not only those who make them , but all their Adherents , and all that we find in Arms against us , with the utmost Severities of a just Revenge , to their Ruine and Destruction ; and that the Execution of any such Attempt , which God of his Mercy forbid , shall not divert us from Prosecuting this Cause which we do now undertake , but that it shall engage us to carry it on with all the Vigour that so Barbarous a Practice shall deserve .

ADVERTISEMENT .

SVCH as have not Signed this Association , may do it at St. James's ( in the Room formerly called , The Duke of York 's Council Chamber ) every day between the Hours of Ten and One in the Forenoon , and Five and Seven in the Afternoon .