THE CHARGE AND IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED Against the Bloody JUDGES of our late Royal-Martyred KING CHARLES.  
WITH 

His Majesty's Proclamation, touching the horrid Murderers of His Royal Father of blessed memory; and the most horrid and Execrable Treason committed upon the Royal Diadem, Crown, Sceptre, and Dignity, contrary to the known Laws of the Land, and the People's Liberty.  
With the Resolves of Parliament, touching Hugh Peter's, and Cornet Joyce, and the rest of the Wicked Actors that committed the most Barbarous and horrid Murder in cutting off the precious Head of our late Gracious Lord and Sovereign King CHARLES.    
London, Printed for G. Horton, living near the Three Crowns in Barbican, 1660.   

The Royal Summons.  
THe positive judicial Law of God, is; That whosoever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Gen. 9.6. And the reason is there rendered, because such destroy God's Image wherein man is made: And the cry of blood (if not punished by man) is so great. Gen. 4.10. That the Lord comes down from heaven to call the murderer to account, and by some visible, and remarkable judgements or other, to stigmatize this sin, as these following examples will more fully manifest, viz. Murderers ought to be punished with death. Gen. 9.6. Exod. 21.12. Prov. 28.17. Rev. 13.10. No recompense is to be taken for it, Num. 35.32, etc. For it defiles the Land. Hos. 4.2 3. It's diligently to be sought out. Deut. 21.1, etc. God punisheth it head. Psal. 55.23. It excludes from heaven. Gal. 5.1. Rev. 21.8. Sundry other Scriptural Examples might we here instance; As in the case of Pharaob, Abimelech, Absalon, Manasseh, Ahab, and Jezabel, Zimri, Herod, Shallum, Manahem, Baanah, Rechab, and Cain, the latter being cursed by God for murdering his Brother, Gen. 4. The other two preceding, were slain by the command of David, for killing their Lord Ishbosheth.  
And shall not such who are guilty of Innocent Blood, nay Royal Blood, be called to an account? yes, otherwise God forbidden. In order whereunto, the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, taking into their serious and Christian consideration, the most horrid and execrable Treason and Murder committed upon the Person and against the Life of our late Lord and Sovereign King Charles the First, of Blessed Memory, Declared their absolute detestation against so abhorred an Act; And having made a large progress upon the Act for a General Pardon and Oblivion, It was the Result of both Houses; That Colonel Harrison, Colonel Barkstead, Thomas Scot, Cornelius Holland, John Lisle, William Say, and John Jones, be exempted from the benefit of the Act for a General Pardon, and Oblivion, for murdering of His Royal Majesty, of blessed memory.  
As also, that Andrew Broughton, one of the Clerks to the pretended High Court of Justice, and Edward Dendy, Sergeant at Arms to the said pretended High Court, be likewise excepted from the benefit of the Act for a General Pardon; and the other persons also who were concerned in the cutting off the head of His late Majesty of ever glorious memory, to be also excepted: Hereupon the Honourable Houses of Parliament Ordered, That George Joyce (that son of Perdition) commonly known by the name of Cornet Joyce, and Hugh Peter's (one of Baal's Butcherly Priests) be taken into Custody, and that the Sergeant at Arms attending the Parliament, do take the said George Joyce, and Hugh Peter, in safe custody, which was accordingly performed.  
And whereas there are divers other persons who sat, gave judgement, and assisted in that horrid and detestable Murder of our late Lord and Sovereign King Charles, of never dying memory, being deeply guilty thereof, and of that most horrid and bloody Treason, have out of the sense of their own guilt, lately fled and obscured themselves, whereby they cannot be apprehended and brought to a personal and legel Trial for their said Treasons according to Law: His Majesty therefore by the Advice of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, hath commanded a Proclamation to be published, summoning all such persons therein specified, to appear and render themselves within fourteen days, under pain of being exempted from Pardon.  
These are those, that Ambitiously aspired to that excess of Dominion, as if themselves should never be brought to Judgement; whereas, indeed, the Dignity of the Throne, and the Sovereignty of the Sceptre, is no Boon of Fortune, or thing of chance; for Promotion cometh neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South; neither by confederacy of Designs, nor fortuitousness of Events: But, Government is God's Ordinance, and Governors are all accountable to Him as Supreme; the highest Empire, it is sub Jove Emperium, God is the Judge, he pulleth down one, and setteth up another; And when he does it by Divine Ordination, it is a Regular Providence, putting a period to the Royal Line of one Family, and by transferring the right of Power to another. And whom GOD sets up by a Divine Ordination let them look to't, who resist his lawful Dominion: For, in the hand of the Lord there is a Cup, a Cup of Wrath, whose Wine is red and full of mixture; That is, whose Judgements are grievous and full of horror. And where He finds a Disobedience to just Authority, there he powers forth of his Cup of Fury; The top whereof, the simple and seduced shall drink to their Chastisement and Correction, but the maliciously wicked shall drink up all, nay, suck out the dregs thereof to their temporal ruin and eternal destruction. But, as for the Execution of this Wrath, we must leave it unto God; for our most Gracious Sovereign Charles the Second, by Inheritance and Divine Providence, King of Great Britain, etc. is full of Clemency and Meekness, and may truly be styled The Mirror of Princes; as appears by his late gracious Pardon: But many being deeply guilty of that most detestable and bloody Treason, in passing Judgement and Sentence of Death upon our late Martyred King Charles the First of happy memory; and endeavouring to escape the hand of Justice by flight; His most Sacred and inimitable Majesty Charles the Second, by the advice of His Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, commanded the ensuing Proclamation to be forthwith published, viz.   

By the King.  
A Proclamation to summon the Persons therein named, who sat, gave Judgement, and assisted in that horrid and detestable murder of his Majesty's Royal Father of blessed memory, to appear and render themselves within Fourteen days, under pain of being exempted from Pardon.  
CHARLES R.  
CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. To all Our loving Subjects of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Greeting.  
We taking notice by the information of Dane Lords and Commons now Assembled in Parliament, of the most horrid and execrable Treason and Marder committed upon the Person, and against the Life, Crown and Dignity of Our late Royal Father Charles the first of blessed Memory: And that John Lisle, William Say, Esquires, Sir Hardress Waller, Valentine Wauton, Edward whaley, Esquires, Sir John Bourchier Knight, William Heveningham Esquire, Isaac Pennington Alderman of London, Henry Martin, John Barkstead, Gilbert Millington, Edmund Ludlow, John Hutchinson Esquires, Sir Michael Livesay Barenet, Robert Tichborne, Owen Roe, Robert Lilburn, Adrian Scroop, John Okey, John Hewson, William Goffe., Cornelius Holland, John Carew, Miles Corbet, Henry Smith, Thomas Wogam, Edmund Harvey, Thomas Scot, William Cawley, John Downs, Nicholas Love, Vincent Potter, Augustine Garland, John Dixwel, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyne, James; Temple, Peter Temple, Daniel Blagrave and Thomas Weight Esquires, being deeply Guilty of that most detestable and Bloody Treason, in sitting upon, and giving Judgement against the Life of Our Royal Father; And also John Cook, who was employed therein as Solicitor, Andrew Broughton and John Phelps, who were employed under the said persons as Clerks, and Edward Denby who attended them as Sergeant at Arms, have out of the sense of their own Gild lately stead and obscured themselves, whereby they cannot be apprehended and brought to a personal and legal Trial for their said Treasons according to Law. We do therefore by the Advice of Our said Lords and Commons, Command, Publish, and Declare by this Our Proclamation, That all and every the persons before named shall within Fourteen days next after the publishing of this Our Royal Proclamation, personally appear and render themselves to the Speaker or Speakers of Our House of Péers or Comnions, or unto Our Lord Mayor of Our City of London, or to the Sheriffs of Our respective Counties of England and Wales, under pain of being excepted from any Pardon or Indemnity both for their respectius Lives and Estates: And that no person or persons shall presume to harbour or conceal any of the persons aforesaid, under pain of Misprision of High Treason.  
Given at Our Court at White-Hall the 6th. day of June 1660. in the Twelfth year of Our Reign.  
FINIS.