By the King. A proclamation for the better government of His Majesties army and for the preventing the plundring, spoyling, and robbing of His Majesties subjects, under any pretense whatsoever, upon pain of the punishments herein declared. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79003 of text R211465 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[109]). 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. 4 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 A79003 Wing C2606 Thomason 669.f.5[109] ESTC R211465 99870189 99870189 160821 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79003) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160821) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[109]) By the King. A proclamation for the better government of His Majesties army and for the preventing the plundring, spoyling, and robbing of His Majesties subjects, under any pretense whatsoever, upon pain of the punishments herein declared. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1642] In this edition the 7th line of text begins with: "that". At foot of page: "Given at Our court at Reading, the 25 day of November, in the eighteenth yeer of Our raign. God save the King." Imprint from Wing. With engraving including royal seal at head of document. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Early works to 1800. A79003 R211465 (Thomason 669.f.5[109]). civilwar no By the King. A proclamation for the better government of His Majesties army, and for the preventing the plundring, spoyling, and robbing of England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 753 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. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms ❧ By the King . ❧ A Proclamation for the better Government of His Majesties Army , and for the preventing the Plundring , Spoyling , and Robbing of His Majesties subjects , under any Pretence whatsoever , upon pain of the Punishments herein declared . WE having taken into Our Princely and serious Consideration the great misery and ruine falling , and likely to fall upon Our good Subjects ( if not timely prevented ) by the Plundring , Robbing , and Spoyling of their houses , and taking from them their Money , Plate , Houshold-stuff Cattle , and other goods , under pretence of their being disaffected to Us and Our Service ; And these unjust and unlawfull Actions done by divers Souldiers of Our Army , and others sheltring themselves in the same , under that Title ; Have , of Our tender commiseration of such their sufferings , as detesting all such horrid and barbarous proceedings , and for their future defence and preservation , thought fit to publish and declare Our Royall Pleasure to be ; That from henceforth no Officer , Souldier , of Horse or Foot , or Party sent from Our Army , presume to search for , or seize upon any Money , Plate , Goods , or Houshold-stuff belonging to any of Our Subjects , of what Condition soever , without Our expresse Warrant for the same , under Our Sign Manuall , declaring the cause of such seizure : And if any , either Officer or Souldier of Our Army of Horse or Foot , presume from henceforth , to Plunder , Spoyl , or Rob any of Our People , or take from them any their Money , Plate , Houshold-stuff , or any Oxen , Sheep or other Cattle , or any Victualls , Corn , Hay , or other Commodities or Provisions going to , or from any Our Markets or otherwise , Being in the Grounds , Houses , or Possession of any Our Subjects , without giving full satisfaction for the same : Upon complaint made thereof , We will and command the Officer in chief of the Quarter within which such fact shall be committed , to proceed against such Offendor or Offendors by the Law Martiall , without Favour or Connivence , and cause him or them to be executed accordingly without mercy . And if any Officer in chief of such Quarter , shall either neglect or refuse to do Justice upon any person whatsoever , offending against any particular herein mentioned , Our Will is , and We do require the party grieved to repair unto Us , wheresoever We shall remain , and appeal to Our Justice , which We shall be ever most ready to afford any of Our Subjects for redresse of their suffering , in any the least kinde whatsoever . Likewise for the better Order in Our Army and for the preservation of the due Government thereof , We do farther strictly Charge and Command all Officers and Souldiers , both of Horse and Foot of the same , as also all Parties sent out , That they , nor any of them , presume to depart or be absent from their Quarter , without a Passe or License under the Hand of the Officer commanding in chief in such Quarter of Our Army , upon pain of death ; nor that any other , but such Our Officer in chief , presume to give any Passe or other License to any Officer or Souldier to be absent , upon pain of cashiering . And that Our Pleasure herein declared , may be fully observed , and produce the effects We intend , for the good and securitie of Our Subjects , We do hereby further require all the Officers commanding in chief , in any the Quarters of Our Army , to cause this Our Proclamation to be published and made known to all the officers and souldiers under their Command , and to see that severe and due punishment be inflicted upon such as shall henceforth offend against any the least Particulars herein before mentioned , as they and every of them expect to avoid our high displeasure for the neglect thereof . Given at Our Court at Reading , the 25 day of November , in the eighteenth Year of Our Raign . God save the King .