By the Committee of Safety. A proclamation Forasmuch as this Committee hath received certain information of several designs and endeavours of persons ill-affected to the publique peace and good of this Common-wealth, ... England and Wales. Committee of Safety. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84448 of text R211351 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.22[13]). 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 A84448 Wing E744 Thomason 669.f.22[13] ESTC R211351 99870081 99870081 163596 2240947990

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84448) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163596) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f22[13]) By the Committee of Safety. A proclamation Forasmuch as this Committee hath received certain information of several designs and endeavours of persons ill-affected to the publique peace and good of this Common-wealth, ... England and Wales. Committee of Safety. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to the Committee of Safety, London : [1659] Title from caption and first lines of text. Dated at end: Given at the Committee of Safety at Whitehall, the first day of December, 1659. Prohibits "the contrivance or subscription of any petitions or papers for the promoting of designs dangerous to the peace of the Commonwealth." Annotation on Thomason copy: "xber [i.e. December]. 3.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Censorship -- England -- Early works to 1800. Dissenters -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A84448 R211351 (Thomason 669.f.22[13]). civilwar no By the Committee of Safety. A proclamation Forasmuch as this Committee hath received certain information of several designs and endeavours o England and Wales. Committee of Safety. 1659 1 519 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. 2007-09 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
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By the Committee of Safety . A PROCLAMATION

FOrasmuch as this Committee hath received certain Information of several designs and endeavours of persons ill-affected to the publique Peace and good of this Common-wealth , by untrue reports and suggestions , to beget and foment distempers in the mindes of the People , and thereby , under specious pretences , to promote their own private and sinister ends and designs , to the endangering the Peace and Safety of the Common-wealth : And that in order to such attempts divers of the said ill-disposed persons , have set on foot Papers under colour of Petitions , of their own framing , and labour to get subscriptions thereunto in and about the City of London and other parts , the better to countenance their own mischievous intentions against the Peace of the Nation ; The Committee of Safety knowing of how dangerous consequence it may be to the Inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westminster , as well as the whole Common-wealth , if the same be not prevented : And least any may , by the plausible pretences of such men , be seduced and drawn in to write their names to such Papers for the carrying on of designs tending to the ruine of themselves and these Nations , The said Committee of Safety have thought fit to Publish and declare their resentments of such undue and dangerous practises ; And do hereby prohibite and forbid all and every person and persons whatsoever , to contrive , promote or subscribe any such Papers , as are now , or shall be on foot in and about the Cities of London and Westminster , for the ends and designs aforesaid , or to endeavour or sollicite the getting hands or subscriptions unto any such Papers : And that if any such Paper be offered to any person or persons to be by them subscribed , that such person to whom the same shall be tendered do suppress the same , or give information thereof to the Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Alderman of the Ward , or next Iustice of the Peace , who are hereby enjoyned and required , to cause the person so endeavouring to get hands thereunto , to be apprehended , and kept in safe custody , and such Papers suppressed . And this Committee do require and enjoyn , that no person or persons whatsoever , do after the Publication hereof , promote such Papers or Subscriptions , or endeavour to get hands or subscriptions thereunto , as they tender the good and peace of the said Cities and this Common-wealth , and as they desire to avoid being accounted disturbers and enemies thereof .

Given at the Committee of Safety at Whitehall , the first day of December , 1659.

ORdered , That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Published .

William Robinson , Clerk to the Committee of Safety .

London , Printed by Henry Hills and John Field , Printers to the Committee of Safety .