Resolves of Parliament, touching the Lord Generals taking and subscribing the engagement. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83469 of text R211341 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[16]). 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 A83469 Wing E2278 Thomason 669.f.15[16] ESTC R211341 99870071 99870071 163091 2240948098

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83469) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163091) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f15[16]) Resolves of Parliament, touching the Lord Generals taking and subscribing the engagement. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Edward Husband and Iohn Field, Printers to the Parliament of England, London : 1649. [i.e. 1650] The Lord General = Thomas Fairfax, Baron Fairfax. Order to print dated: Die Mercurii, 20 Februarii, 1649. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, -- Baron, 1612-1671 -- Early works to 1800. Loyalty oaths -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A83469 R211341 (Thomason 669.f.15[16]). civilwar no Resolves of Parliament, touching the Lord Generals taking and subscribing the engagement. England and Wales. Parliament. 1649 1 354 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. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
RESOLVES of PARLIAMENT , Touching the LORD GENERALS taking and Subscribing the ENGAGEMENT . Resolved upon the Question by the Parliament ,

THat the Parliament doth Declare , That Thomas Lord Fairfax , General of the Parliament Forces , having taken and Subscribed the Engagement appointed for the Members of the Councel of State ; viz.

I A. B. being nominated a Member of the Councel of State by this present Parliament , Do testifie , That I do adhere to this present Parliament , in the Maintenance and Defence of the publique Liberty and Freedom of this Nation , as it is now Declared by this Parliament , by whose Authority I am constituted a Member of the said Councel , and in the Maintenance and Defence of their Resolutions concerning the setling the Government of this Nation for future , in the way of a Republique , without a King or House of Peers : And I do promise in the sight of God , That through his Grace , I will be faithful in performance of the Trust committed to me as aforesaid , and therein faithfully pursue the Instructions given to the said Councel by this present Parliament . In confirmation of the premises , I have hereunto Subscribed my Name .

His said taking and subscribing , is a taking of the Engagement within the Act of Parliament , entituled , An Act for Subscribing the Engagement .

Resolved , &c.

That Mr. Speaker do send this Vote to the General in a Letter , and to return unto him the hearty thanks of this House , for his great care in causing the Orders to be put in Execution touching the taking the Engagement by the Army and Garisons , and the returns of these Subscriptions .

Die Mercurii , 20 Februarii , 1649.

ORdered by the Parliament , That these Votes be forthwith Printed and Published .

Hen: Scobell , Cleric . Parliamenti .

London , Printed by Edward Husband and Iohn Field , Printers to the Parliament of England , 1649.