Whereas it hath pleased the most wise God, in his providence, to take out of this world the most serene and renowned, Oliver late Lord Protector of this Commonwealth; ... England and Wales. Privy Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83935 of text R211095 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[9]). 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 A83935 Wing E2924 Thomason 669.f.21[9] ESTC R211095 99869833 99869833 163504 2264185115

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83935) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163504) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f21[9]) Whereas it hath pleased the most wise God, in his providence, to take out of this world the most serene and renowned, Oliver late Lord Protector of this Commonwealth; ... England and Wales. Privy Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills and Iohn Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, London : 1658. Title from first lines of text. A proclamation by the Privy Council, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, declaring Richard Cromwell Lord Protector. Annotation on Thomason copy: "4th 7ber [i.e. September] 1658". Reproductions of the originals in the British Library (Thomason Tracts) and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (Early English Books). eng Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712 -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell) -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A83935 R211095 (Thomason 669.f.21[9]). civilwar no Whereas it hath pleased the most wise God, in his providence, to take out of this world the most serene and renowned, Oliver late Lord Prote England and Wales. Privy Council. 1658 1 353 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. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 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

WHereas it hath pleased the most Wise God , in his Providence , to take out of this world the most Serene and Renowned , Oliver late Lord Protector of this Commonwealth ; And His said Highness having in His life-time , according to the Humble Petition and Advice , declared , and appointed the most Noble , and Illustrious , the Lord RICHARD , Eldest Son of His said late Highness , to succeed Him in the Government of these Nations ; We therefore of the Privy Council , together with the Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and Citizens of London , the Officers of the Army , and numbers of other principal Gentlemen , Do now hereby , with one full voice , and consent of tongue , and heart , publish , and declare the said Noble , and Illustrious Lord RICHARD to be rightfully Protector of this Commonwealth of England , Scotland and Ireland , and the Dominions and Territories thereto belonging ; to whom we do acknowledge all Fidelity , and constant obedience , according to Law , and the said Humble Petition and Advice , with all hearty and humble affections ; Beseeching the Lord , by whom Princes Rule , to bless Him with long life , and these Nations with Peace , and happiness , under His Government .

Richard Chiverton , Mayor . He. Lawrence , President . Nathaniel Fiennes , C. S. John Lisle , C. S. C. Fleetwood . P. Lisle . Jo. Disbrowe . E. Montagu . Gil. Pickering . Cha. Wolseley . Philip Skippon . Wm. Sydenham . Wal. Strickland . Phi. Jones . Jo. Thurloe . Fauconberg . Edw. Whalley . W. Goffe . Tho. Cooper . Oliver Flemming . John Clerk . Tho. Pride . Edm. Prideaux . Tobias Bridge . Ed. Salmon . J. Biscoe . Waldin● Lagoe . John Mill . E. Grosvenor , &c. God save His Highness RICHARD , Lord Protector .

London Printed by Henry Hills and Iohn Field , Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector , 1658.