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A79149 By the King. Whereas divers lewd and wicked persons have of late risen in rebellion in our kingdom of Ireland, ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1642 (1642) Wing C2876; Thomason 669.f.3[30]; ESTC R209728 1,022 1

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C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ❧ By the King WHereas divers lewd and wicked persons have of late risen in Rebellion in Our Kingdom of Ireland surprised divers of Our Forts and Castles possessed themselves thereof surprised some of Our Garrisons possessed themselves of some of Our Magazins of Arms and Munition dispossessed many of Our good and loyall Subjects of the Brittish Nation and Protestants of their Houses and Lands robbed and spoiled many thousands of Our good Subjects of Brittish Nation and Protestants of their goods to great values massacred multitudes of them imprisoned many others and some who have the honour to serve Vs as Privie Councellours of that Our Kingdom We therefore having taken the same into Our Royall consideration and abhorring the wicked disloyaltie and horrible acts committed by those persons do hereby not onely declare Our just indignation thereof but also do declare them and their Adherents and Abettors and all those who shall hereafter joyn with them or commit the like acts on any of Our good Subjects in that Kingdom to be Rebels and Traitors against Our Royall Person and enemies to Our Royall Crown of England and Ireland And We do hereby strictly charge and command all those persons who have so presumed to rise in Arms against Vs and Our Royall authority which We cannot otherwise interpret then Acts of high Rebellion and detestable disloyaltie when therein they spoil and destroy Our good and Loyall Subjects of the Brittish nation and Protestants That they immediately lay down their Arms and forbear all further Acts of Hostility wherein if they fail We do let them know That We have authorised Our Iustices of Ireland and other Our chief Governour or Governours and Generall or Lieutenant Generall of Our Armie there And do hereby accordingly require and authorise them and every of them to prosecute the said Rebels and Traitours with fire and sword as persons who by their high disloyalty against Vs their lawfull and undoubted King and Soveraign have made themselves unworthy of any mercy or favour wherein Our said Iustices or other chief Governour or Governours and Generall or Lieutenant Generall of Our said Army shall be countenanced and supported by Vs and by Our powerfull succours of Our good Subjects of England and Scotland that so they may reduce to obedience those wicked disturbers of that Peace which by the blessing of God that Kingdom hath so long and so happily injoyed under the government of Our Royall Father and Vs And this Our Royall pleasure We do hereby require Our Iustices or other chief Governour or Governours of that Our Kingdom of Ireland to cause to be published and Proclaimed in and thorowout Our said Kingdom of Ireland Given under Our Signet at Our Palace at Westminster the first day of January in the seventeenth yeer of Our Reign 1641. ❧ God save the King Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of John Bill 1641.