A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Die Veneris, 15. Decemb. 1648. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82623 of text R211101 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.13[56]). 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 A82623 Wing E1353 Thomason 669.f.13[56] ESTC R211101 99869839 99869839 162952 2248523723

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82623) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162952) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f13[56]) A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Die Veneris, 15. Decemb. 1648. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for John Wright, at the Kings-Head in the Old-Bayley, London : 1648. Taking into consideration a printed paper, 'A solemne protestation of the imprisoned and secluded members, &c.' wherein amongst other things is declared that all acts, ordinances, etc. made since the first of this instant December, and made during their restraint, are no way obligatory, the Lords and Commons declare that the said printed paper is false, scandalous, and seditious, and tending to destroy the visible and fundamental government of this kingdome; and do order the said paper to be suppressed -- Cf. Steele. Order to print signed: Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. A solemn protestation of the imprisoned and secluded members of the Commons House -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A82623 R211101 (Thomason 669.f.13[56]). civilwar no A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Die Veneris, 15. Decemb. 1648. England and Wales. Parliament. 1648 1 363 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 C The rate of 28 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A DECLARATION OF The Lords and Commons assembled in PARLIAMENT . Die Veneris , 15. Decemb. 1648.

THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , Taking into their consideration , a Printed Paper , Intituled , ( A Solemne Protestation of the imprisoned and secluded Members , &c. ) Wherein amongst other things it is declared ( That all Acts , Ordinances , Votes ▪ and proceedings of the House of Commons , made since the sixt of this instant December , or hereafter to be made during their restraint , and forceable seclusion from the House , and the continuance of the Armies force upon it , are no way obligatory , but Void , and Null , to all intents and purposes . ) The said Lords and Commons doe thereupon Judge and Declare the said Printed Paper to be false , scandalous , and seditious , and tending to destroy the visible and fundamentall Government of this Kindome ; And doe therefore Order and Ordaine the said Printed Paper to be supressed : And that all Persons whatsoever , that have had any hand in , or given consent unto the Contriving , Framing , Printing , or Publishing thereof , shall be adjudged , and hereby are adjudged uncapable to beare any Office , or have any place of trust , or authority in this Kingdome , or to sit as Members of either House of Parliament . And doe further Order and Ordaine , That every Member of either House respectively now absent , upon his first comming to sit in that House whereof he is a Member , for the manifestation of his Innocency , shall disavow and disclaime his having had any hand in , or given consent unto the Contriving , Framing , Printing , or Publishing of the said Paper , or the matter therein contained .

Die Veneris , 15. Decemb. 1648.

ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament , That this Declaration be forthwith Printed , and published .

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum .

London Printed for John Wright , at the Kings Head in the Old-Bayley , 1648.