A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, fully pardoning divers officers and souldiers of horse who have lately been and still are in mutiny if they shall returne to their duty before the fifteenth day of this moneth. But if they shall continue in their mutiny, they shall be proceeded against as traytors, and enemies to the Common-wealth, and are to expect severe punishment: Die Mercurii, 5 Martii. 1644. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82692 of text R212213 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[23]). 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. 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A82692) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161121) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[23]) A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, fully pardoning divers officers and souldiers of horse who have lately been and still are in mutiny if they shall returne to their duty before the fifteenth day of this moneth. But if they shall continue in their mutiny, they shall be proceeded against as traytors, and enemies to the Common-wealth, and are to expect severe punishment: Die Mercurii, 5 Martii. 1644. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for J. Wright in the Old-baily, London : March 6. 1644. [i.e. 1645] Order to print signed: John Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Pardon -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. A82692 R212213 (Thomason 669.f.9[23]). civilwar no A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, fully pardoning divers officers and souldiers of horse who have lately been England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 443 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 C The rate of 23 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A DECLARATION OF The LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT , Fully pardoning divers Officers and Souldiers of Horse who have lately been and still are in mutiny , if they shall returne to their duty before the fifteenth day of this moneth . But if they shall continue in their mutiny , they shal be proceeded against as Traytors , and enemies to the Common-wealth , and are to expect severe punishment : Die Mercurii , 5 Martii . 1644. THe Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled taking notice that divers inferiour Officers and Souldiers of Horse raised by their Authority have lately beene and still are in disorder and mutiny , refusing to obey commands , which in the example to others may be of great danger to the publique , and by the discipline and rules of warre published is to be punished with death : Neverthelesse the Lords and Commons having had experience of the dutifulnesse and good service heretofore performed by those Officers and Souldiers , of the fruit and reward whereof they are most unwilling those Officers and Souldiers should make themselves uncapable , do therefore hereby declare , That if those Officers and Souldiers , or any of them , doe before the fifteenth day of this instant March returne to their duty , and shall obey the commands of their Officers according to the discipline of warre , and observe such orders and directions as they shall receive from the two Houses of Parliament , or the Committee of both Kingdomes , and from the time of their having notice of this Declaration shall forbeare any plundering or violence upon the Countrey under the protection of the Parliament , That then they shall be and they are hereby fully pardoned and acquitted of this mutiny and disorder . And the Lords and Commons doe further declare their pleasure to be , That they shall forthwith be taken into the like care for pay and all fitting accommodations with the other Officers and Souldiers in their service . But if after the day herein appointed for their returne to their duty they shall still continue in mutiny and disorder , and not submit to the mercy hereby offered , they shall then be proceeded against as Traitors , and enemies to the Common-wealth , and are to expect the seveare punishment due to their demerits . ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament , that this Declaration be forthwith printed and published . John Brown , Cler. Parliamentorum . London , Printed for J. Wright in the Old ▪ baily , March 6. 1644.