By the King. A proclamation for publishing a former proclamation of the 30th of May last (entituled, A proclamation against vitious, debauch'd and prophane persons) in all churches and chappels throughout England and Wales. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79316 of text R212585 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.25[73]). 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 2017 A79316 Wing C3385 Thomason 669.f.25[73] ESTC R212585 99871189 99871189 163878 2240929199

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79316) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163878) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f25[73]) By the King. A proclamation for publishing a former proclamation of the 30th of May last (entituled, A proclamation against vitious, debauch'd and prophane persons) in all churches and chappels throughout England and Wales. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, London : 1660. Dated: Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the Thirteenth day of August, in the Twelfth year of Our Reign, 1660. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug. 15". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) -- Proclamation against vitious, debauch'd and prophane persons. -- Early works to 1800. Vice -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Early works to 1800. A79316 R212585 (Thomason 669.f.25[73]). civilwar no By the King· A proclamation for publishing a former proclamation of the 30th of May last (entituled, A proclamation against vitious, debauch England and Wales. Sovereign 1660 1 411 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. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

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By the King . A PROCLAMATION For Publishing a former Proclamation of the 30th of May last ( Entituled , A Proclamation against Vitious , Debauch'd and Prophane persons ) in all Churches and Chappels throughout England and Wales . CHARLES R.

WHereas We finde , to Our exceeding great joy and comfort , that the Proclamation lately published by Vs against Vitious , Debauchd and Prophane persons , hath been well received and resented , and in some measure hath had , and will We hope yet more have Our wish'd effect amongst Our People : And We continuing Our ardent desire to prosecute all means which tend to the Suppressing of Vice , and the Advancement of Vertue , And also to acknowledge the transcendent goodness of Almighty God for the great progress in this short time made towards Our full Establishment , no less then His Wonderful Providence in Our Miraculous Restauration to Our People , and them to Vs , with the Advice of the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled , do by this Our Proclamation , streightly Charge and Command , That each Minister in his respective Parish or Chappel , within this Our Realm of England , Dominion of Wales , and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed , shall once in every Moneth , for the space of Six Moneths together , next ensuing , read in their respective Congregations , the aforesaid Proclamation , and incite and stir up their respective Auditories to observe the Duties therein enjoyned , and avoid the Vices therein forbidden .

And We do hereby also strictly Charge and Command , That every of the respective Ministers aforesaid , do carefully and effectually observe Our Will and Pleasure herein , as they tender Our Favour , and would avoid Our Displeasure .

And lastly , We do hereby renew Our Command , and again require all Mayors , Sheriffs , and Iustices of the Peace , to be very vigilant and strict in Discovering and Punishing of such persons according to Law , as shall offend contrary to the said Proclamation .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall , the Thirteenth day of August , in the Twelfth year of Our Reign , 1660

LONDON , Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty , 1660.