By the King. A proclamation for a generall fast thorowout [sic] this realme of England
         Proclamations. 1642-01-08
         England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
      
       
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             By the King. A proclamation for a generall fast thorowout [sic] this realme of England
             Proclamations. 1642-01-08
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill,
             Imprinted at London :
             1641 [i.e. 1642]
          
           
             Dated at end: Given at the Court at VVhitehall the eighth day of January, in the seventeenth yeer of His Majesties reign ... .
             Arms 30; Steele notation: consideration and so.
             The dates are given according to Lady Day dating.
             Reproduction of original in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Forster Collection, London, England.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Fasting -- Law and legislation -- Early works to 1800.
           Fasts and feasts -- Law and legislation -- England -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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               C
               R
            
             
               DIEV
               ET
               MON
               DROIT
            
             
               HONI
               SOIT
               QVI
               MAL
               Y
               PENSE
            
             royal blazon or coat of arms
          
        
         
           ❧
           By
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           ❧
           A
           Proclamation
           for
           a
           generall
           fast
           thorowout
           this
           Realm
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           HIs
           Majestie
           taking
           into
           His
           Princely
           and
           Pious
           consideration
           the
           lamentable
           and
           distressed
           estate
           of
           His
           good
           Subjects
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           conceiving
           it
           to
           be
           a
           just
           and
           great
           occasion
           calling
           upon
           Him
           ,
           and
           His
           people
           of
           this
           His
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
          
           for
           a
           generall
           humiliation
           of
           all
           estates
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           before
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           in
           Prayer
           and
           Fasting
           ,
           for
           drawing
           down
           His
           Mercy
           and
           Blessing
           upon
           that
           Kingdom
           :
           His
           Majestie
           doth
           therefore
           by
           this
           His
           Proclamation
           straitly
           charge
           and
           command
           ,
           that
           a
           Generall
           ,
           Publike
           ,
           and
           Solemn
           Fast
           be
           kept
           ,
           and
           holden
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           abstinence
           from
           Food
           ,
           as
           by
           publike
           Prayers
           ,
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Hearing
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           other
           Sacred
           duties
           ,
           in
           all
           Cathedrall
           ,
           Collegiate
           ,
           and
           Parish
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           within
           this
           His
           Majesties
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
          
           (
           His
           Majesties
           Cities
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
          
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           where
           it
           hath
           already
           been
           observed
           )
           on
           the
           twentieth
           day
           of
           this
           present
           moneth
           of
           Ianuarie
           .
        
         
           And
           His
           Majestie
           doth
           further
           by
           this
           His
           Proclamation
           straitly
           charge
           and
           command
           ,
           that
           a
           Generall
           ,
           Publike
           ,
           and
           Solemn
           Fast
           be
           kept
           and
           holden
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           abstinence
           from
           Food
           ,
           as
           by
           publike
           Prayers
           ,
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Hearing
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           other
           sacred
           Duties
           ,
           in
           all
           Cathedrall
           ,
           Collegiate
           ,
           and
           Parish
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
          
           (
           without
           any
           exception
           )
           on
           the
           last
           Wednesday
           of
           the
           moneth
           of
           February
           next
           following
           the
           date
           hereof
           ,
           and
           from
           thenceforth
           to
           continue
           on
           the
           last
           Wednesday
           of
           every
           moneth
           during
           the
           Troubles
           in
           the
           said
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           All
           which
           His
           Majestie
           doth
           expresly
           charge
           and
           command
           shall
           be
           reverently
           and
           devoutly
           performed
           by
           all
           His
           loving
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           they
           tender
           the
           favour
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           would
           avoid
           His
           just
           indignation
           against
           this
           Land
           ,
           and
           upon
           pain
           of
           such
           punishments
           as
           His
           Majestie
           can
           justly
           inflict
           upon
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           contemn
           or
           neglect
           so
           religious
           a
           Work
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             the
             Court
             at
             VVhitehall
             
               the
               eighth
               day
               of
               January
               ,
               in
               the
               seventeenth
               yeer
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Reign
               of
               great
               Britain
               ,
               France
               ,
               and
               Ireland
               .
            
          
           
           ❧
           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.