By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas Colonel John Lambert was, in order to the publique safety, and for reasons of high concernment to the peace of the nation, committed prisoner to the Tower of London ... Proclamations. 1660-04-11 England and Wales. Council of State. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84479 of text R211805 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.24[60]). 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 A84479 Wing E786 Thomason 669.f.24[60] ESTC R211805 99897152 99897152 135090 2240925960

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84479) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 135090) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2484:4) By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas Colonel John Lambert was, in order to the publique safety, and for reasons of high concernment to the peace of the nation, committed prisoner to the Tower of London ... Proclamations. 1660-04-11 England and Wales. Council of State. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by Abel Roper and Tho. Collins, printers to the Council of State, London : [1660] At end: "Wednesday 11 Aprill. 1660. At the Council of State at VVhitehall. Ordered, that this proclamation be forthwith printed and published. William Jessop, Clerk of the Council.". "Col. John Lambert, committed prisoner to the Tower by the late Parliament, has escaped. He is to surrender within 24 hours. £100 reward for his discovery."--Steele. Steele notation: Safe- Colonel safe. Title from caption and opening lines of text. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England A84479 R211805 (Thomason 669.f.24[60]). civilwar no By the Council of State. A proclamation. Whereas Colonel John Lambert was, in order to the publique safety, and for reasons of high concernm England and Wales. Council of State 1660 1 307 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
❧ By the Council of State . A PROCLAMATION .

WHereas Colonel John Lambert was , in Order to the Publique Safety , and for Reasons of High Concernment to the Peace of the Nation , Committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , and there continued under Restraint by Order of the Late Parliament : And whereas the Council of State is Informed , That the said Colonel John Lambert hath broke Prison , and made his Escape out of the Tower . The Council do hereby Charge , and Require the said Colonel John Lambert , at his uttermost Peril , to Render himself to the Council at Whitehall , within twenty four Hours after the Publishing of this Proclamation ; And they do strictly Prohibit all and every Person and Persons from Harbouring , Sheltering , or in any kind Concealing of the said Colonel John Lambert upon such paines and penalties as the said Colonel John Lambert is himself lyable to , for the high crimes whereof he stands guilty . And the Council do hereby declare , That whosoever shall discover , and bring into them , the said Colonel John Lambert , shall have One hundred pounds given him as a gratuity , and reward for such his service . And all Officers Civil and Military are required to give their best Assistance to any person that shall make discovery of the said Colonel John Lambert , for the securing and bringing of him in safe custody to the Council .

Wednesday 11 Aprill . 1660. At the Council of State at Whitehall .

ORdered , That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Published .

WILLIAM JESSOP , Clerk of the Council .

LONDON , Printed by Abel Roper and Tho. Collins , Printers to the Council of State .