By the Council of State. A proclamation. The council of state being intrusted, in this interval of Parliament, with preservation of the publick peace; and being well informed, that some persons, from mistaken apprehensions of the temper of the army, ... England and Wales. Council of State. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84475 of text R211751 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.24[40]). 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 A84475 Wing E783A Thomason 669.f.24[40] ESTC R211751 99870455 99870455 163771 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. A84475) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163771) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f24[40]) By the Council of State. A proclamation. The council of state being intrusted, in this interval of Parliament, with preservation of the publick peace; and being well informed, that some persons, from mistaken apprehensions of the temper of the army, ... 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] Title from caption and opening lines of text. Date and place of publication from Wing. Dated at end: Saturday March 24. 1659. At the Council of State at VVhitehal. "A proclamation ordering the arrest of such persons as 'do attempt the debauching and alienating the affections of some in the army'" -- cf. Thomason Catalogue. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 26. 1660". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800. Soldiers -- England -- Early works to 1800. Sedition -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A84475 R211751 (Thomason 669.f.24[40]). civilwar no By the Council of State. A proclamation. The council of state being intrusted, in this interval of Parliament, with preservation of the publ England and Wales. Council of State. 1660 715 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 C The rate of 14 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion By the Council of State . A PROCLAMATION . THe Council of State being intrusted , in this Interval of Parliament , with Preservation of the Publick Peace ; and being well informed , That some Persons , from mistaken Apprehensions of the temper of the Army , do secretly attempt the debauching ▪ and alienating the Affections of some in the Army , from that Obedience and Duty which they owe , and ( as upon good Grounds is hoped , and believed ) bear to the present Authority , established by Parliament , and to their Superior Officers in the Army ; HAVE therefore thought fit , hereby to declare , and make known , their great dislike of such Proceedings , as tending , and ayming at the disturbance of the Peace of this Commonwealth , and engaging it into new Distractions and Blood ( now that such a Door of Hope is opened of Deliverance and Settlement . ) And do hereby charge and require , all and every Person and Persons , of what sort or degree soever , whether belonging to any the Armies of this Commonwealth , or others , to forbear , at their uttermost perils , all Applications , of what kinde soever , to any the Officers or Soldiers of the Armies of this Commonwealth , by way of Agitating , or otherwise , with design or endeavor , by word or act , to beget Dissatisfactions in any such Officer or Soldier , towards the present Government ; or to withdraw them from their Obedience to their Superiors ; or to make Combinations or Factions in the Army , to the disturbance thereof , or endangering the Peace of the Nation . And the Council do hereby Impower , and Require all Officers , both Military and Civil , and all Soldiers , and others , upon certain Information given them of any Person or Persons , contriving , advising , or prosecuting any design , or endeavor to the purposes aforesaid , forthwith to seize and secure every such Person and Persons , and him , and them , to bring or send in custody to the Council of State , to answer the same : And albeit , the Council have reason to hope , That every Person concerned in the Safety and Publick Interest of the Nation , will be thereby sufficiently obliged to discover and bring to condign punishment all Offenders in this kinde ; yet for the better encouragement of all whom this may concern , to be faithful to that Duty which they owe to their Countries Peace , the Council doth hereby Declare and Promise , That for every Person , who upon due proof to be made , shall appear to have acted under the name of an AGITATOR , or otherwise , for the mischievous ends and purposes aforesaid , there shall be allowed , and paid out of the Publick Treasure of this Commonwealth , the sum of Ten Pounds , to the Officer or Officers , Soldier or Soldiers , who shall discover , secure , and bring or send in custody , to the Council , any such Person as aforesaid . And all Officers , Military and Civil , are required upon request made in that behalf , to be aiding and assisting in the apprehending , securing , and bringing in custody , to the Council , all and every Person and Persons who may be justly charged with the Crimes aforesaid . And the Chief Officers of the respective Regiments , Troops , and Companies of the Army , are required forthwith , after it shall come to their Hands , to cause this Proclamation to be published in the Head of their Regiments , Troops , and Companies , to the intent the same may be better taken notice of , and put into the more effectual Execution . Saturday March 24. 1659. At the Council of State at VVhitehal . ORdered , That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Published . W. JESSOP , Clerk of the Council . Printed by Abel Roper , and Tho : Collins , Printers to the Council of State .