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A46514 By the King a proclamation England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1687 (1687) Wing J251; ESTC R26817 4,201 1

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I shall never so rise in Arms nor assist any who shall do so and that I shall nover resist bit Power or Authority nor ever Oppose His Authority to His Person as I shall answer to God but shall to the utmost of my power Assist Defend and Maintain Him his Heirs and Lawful Successours in the Exercise of Their absolute Power and Authority against all Deadly So help me God. And seeing many of our good Subjects have before Our Pleasure in these matters was made publick incurred the Guilt appointed by the Acts of Parliament above-mentioned or others We by Our Authority and absolute Power and Prerogative-Royal above-mentioned of our certain Knowledge and innate Mercy Give Our ample and full Indemnity to those of the Roman-Catholick or Popish Religion for all things by them done contrary to Our Laws of Acts of Parliament made in any time past relating to their Religion the Worship and Exercise thereof or for being Papists Jesuites or Traffickers for hearing or saying of Mass Concealing of Priests or Jesuites or breeding their Children Catholicks at home or abroad or any other thing Rite or Doctrine said performed or maintained by them or any of them And likewise for holding or taking of Places Employments or Offices contrary to any Law or Constitution Advices given to Us or our Council Actions done or generally any thing performed or said against the known Laws of that Our Ancient Kingdom Excepting always from this Our Royal Indemnity all Murders Assassinations Thefts and such like other Crimes which never used to be comprehend in Our General Acts of Indemnity And We Command and Require all Our Judges or others concerned to explain this in the most ample sense and meaning Acts of Indemnity at any time have contained Declaring this shall be as good to every one concerned as if they had Our Royal Pardon and Remission under our Great Seal of that Kingdom And likewise for Indemnifying our Protestant Subjects from all Pains and Penalties due for hearing or preaching in Houses provided there be no Treasonable Speeches uttered in the said Conventicles by them in which Case the Law is only to take place against the Guilty and none other present Providing also that they Reveal to any of our Council the Guilt so committed As also excepting all Fines or effects of Sentences already given and likwise indemnifying fully and freely all Quakers for their Meetings and Worships in all time past Preceeding the pubilcation of these Presents and we doubt not but Protestant Subjects will give their Assistance and concourse hereunto on all occasions in their respective Capacities In consideration whereof and the Ease those of Our Religion and others may have hereby and for the Encouragement of Our Protestant Bishop and the regular Clergy and such as have hitherto lived orderly We think fit to declare that it never was Our Principles nor will we ever suffer Violence to be offered to any Mans Conscience nor will we use force or invicible necessity against any Man on the account of his Perswasion nor the Protestant Religion but will protect Our Bishops and other Ministers in their Functions Rights and Properties and all Our Protestant Subjects in the free exercise of their Protestant Religion in the Churches and that we will and hereby promise on Our Royal Word to maintain the Possessors of Church-Lands formerly belonging to Abbeys or other Churches of the Catholik Religion in their full and free poslession and Rights according to Our Laws and Acts of Parliament in that behalf in all time coming and we will employ indifferently all our Subjects of all Perswasions so as more shall meet with any Discouragement on the account of his Religion but be advanced and esteemed by Us according to their several Capacities and Quallifications so long as we find Charity and Unity maintained and if any Animosities shall arise as we hope in God there will not We will show the severest effects Our Royal Displeasure against the Beginners or Fomenters thereof Seeing thereby Our Subjects may be derpive of this general Ease and Satisfaction we intend to all of them Whose Happiness Prospirity Wealth and Safety is so much Our Royal Care that we will leave nothing undone which may procure these Blessings for them And lastly to the end all Our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleasure we do hereby command Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pursevants and Messensters at Arms to make timeous Proclamation thereof at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and besides the Printing and publishing of this our Royal Proclamation it is Our express Will and Pleasure that the same be past under the great Seal of that Our Kingdom per saltum without passing any other Seal or Register In order whereunto this shall be to the Directers of Our Chancellary and their Deputies for Writing the same and to our Chancellor for causing our Great Seal aforesaid to be Appended thereunto a sufficient Warrand Given at Our Conrt at White-hall the Twelfth of February 1686 / 7 And of Our Reign the Third Year By His Majesties Command MELFORT GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1687. This may be Reprinted Februrary 28th R.L.S. By George Croom at the Blue Ball in Thames-street near Baynards-Castle 1687.