HIS majesties LAST general PARDON, GRANTED To all His loving SUBJECTS: As it was truly taken out of the Rolls, wherein the said general Pardon is enrolled.  
London, Printed for Henry Watson, Febr. 7. Anno Dom. 1642.   

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C R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  
CHARLES by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of Faith, &c. TO all Our loving Subjects, not onely of Our kingdom of England, but also of Our native kingdom of Scotland, and realm of Ireland, greeting:  
Whereas by the providence of Almighty God Wee have succeeded Our royal father of blessed memory( as was Our hereditary right) in all his Dominons and Signearies, We thought it fit to divulge Our thankfulness to God, by extending Our royal Grace to Our people, which are by him committed to Our charge. And because no one Act can so well beseem the natural magnificence of a Christian King, as the expression of that divine attribute mercy, Wee by the testimony of that, and free grant of Our Grace to all Our Subjects, shall endeavour to gratify all Our loving Subjects.  
Wee do therefore hereby, out of Our royal Grace and Benignity, by these presents, give and grant a free and general pardon to all Our Subjects in Our said kingdoms, of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Our Principality of Wales; for all and all manner of crimes and offences, which to this present day have by them, or any of them, either by neglect or mis-understanding of Our laws, been committed against Vs. And this Act of Our royal Grace and Mercy, shall not be extended onely to all Our Subjects within Our three kingdoms aforesaid, but likewise to such of Oun Subjects as are absent in foreign parts, provided always, that this Our clemency extend not to such malefactors, as have been banished Our said kingdoms for any Treason or Treasons against Our royal father of blessed memory, or his excellent predecessor, Queen Elizabeth, nor to any person or persons that have of their own accord, and to save themselves from the justice of Our laws relinquished and abandoned any of Our said kingdoms: for any of these capital and heinous crimes of high Treason to Our own Person, of sodomy, wilful murder, or rape: and We do likewise hereby declare, that this Our said Act of Grace and general pardon, is not extensive to any of Our Subjects now resident within any of Our said kingdoms or Signearies, that are by due order of Law convicted and found guilty of all or any of the crimes aforesaid of high Treason to Our Person, sodomy, wilful murder, or rape, nay, also of Burglary. For, as We would willingly afford a testimony of Our mercy, so We would thereby no way injure the Dignity of Our Iustice, or harm any of Our good Subjects by retracting and extenuating the severity of Our laws against such capital malefactors.  
And that there may be no mis-understanding of this Our Act of Grace and general pardon in any of Our good Subjects, Wee do declare and express to whom and what offenders Our said pardon reaches; We do therefore by these presents, acquit and assoil all, and all manner of persons that by neglect, or any other accident, have run themselves into a Premunirie, which extends to the forfeiture of their Estates, and imprisonment of their persons: all, and all manner of persons that are guilty of the breach of Our peace; and therefore bound to answer at Our assizes: all offenders whatsoever that have run themselves into the danger of punishment by Our laws; for simplo felonies, petty larcenaries; chance-medleys, or man-flaughters: We do by this Act of Our Grace, fully and freely acquit and assoil of all such penalties and mulcts, as by the Constitutions and Ordinances of this kingdom are provided for such offences and offenders.  
And We do moreover signify to all Our loving Subjects, that it shall be lawful for them or any of them that have so offended, and are thereby liable to the danger of Our laws, within the space of three moneths after the publishing this Our Act of Grace and general pardon, to sue forth his or their pardon, either at Ourt Cour of Kings-bench, or before any of our Iudges at the assizes for the county wherein the offender liveth in their circuits; And if any of Our good Subjects be by any impediment hindered from appearing in person to sue out the said pardon, it shall be lawful for him to sue out the same by his attorney, and his said pardon so sued out, to be of as much validity as if it had been sued out by himself in person: this Our said pardon shall release and acquit any of Our said Subjects from any punishment of their bodies, or forfeitures of their Estates, which by the laws may be required, either in Our reign, or in the reigns of Our successors.  
But if Our said Subject so pardonned shall with the like hope of impunity, by reason of Our royal Grace and Favour, presume to commit again any of the said offences for which he before was pardonned upon his being lawfully convict; therefore this Our pardon shall be voided and of none effect, and his former crime require and be liable to the same penalty or punishment from the Laws that it was before this Our Act of mercy.  
Given at Our Court at Greenwich, APRIL the 7th.  
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