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HONI SOIT x MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  BY THE KING. 
¶ A Proclamation offering His majesty's gracious Pardon to all Officers, Gunners, Armourers, Gunsmiths, Carpenters, wheelwrights, and other Artificers belonging to the Office of the Ordinance, and requiring their attendance at Oxford, before the Eighteenth day of this instant March.  
WHEREAS diverse Officers, Gunners, Armourers, Gunsmiths, Carpenter, wheelwrights and other artificers 〈…〉 in Our service, and entertained in several conditions and employments in Our Office of the Ordinance, and for the use of Our Train of Artillery, have contrary to their duties, not only absented themselves from Our service, and their several employments therein, but many of them contrary to their Allegiance have put themselves under and Entertained themselves with those now in actual Rebellion against Us, and thereby have fallen into the heinous Crime of high Treason against Us, Our crown and Dignity, Notwithstanding which; out of Our tender Compassion, We desiring by all fair and merciful ways and means to reduce Our Subjects to their duty and obedience, are graciously pleased, and do hereby offer Our free and gracious pardon, to all Officers, Gunners, Armourers, wheelwrights, Carpenters, and all other Artificers and Ministers of, and belonging to Our Office of the Ordinance, who shall within ten days after the publication hereof, leave the service of the rebels, and return to their allegiance to Us, and repair to their service in Our Army, in the said Office of the Ordinance; And We do hereby farther publish and declare, That if any officer or officers above mentioned, either in service against Us, or such who absents themselves, and thereby neglect their duties, shall continue therein, and not give their personal attendance upon Us at Our City of Oxford, in the said office, before the Eighteenth day of this instant March, they shall not only lose all Wages, Fees, and other Allowances due unto them by their offices and places, but be put forth, and excluded Our service, and other persons settled in the same, and such farther punishments be inflicted on them, so refusing Our Grace, or disobeying Our Commands, as the greatness of their Crimes shall deserve, of which We intend to take a speedy, and straight account.  
Given at Our Court at OXFORD, this seventh of March, in the Eighteenth year of Our reign. 
 God Save the KING.   

Printed at Oxford by LEONARD LICHFIELD, Printer to the University. 1642.