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A31854 The Kings declaration for a pacification and peace between His Majestie and the Parliament with his protestation to defend the Protestant religion, his offer of pardon to all his loving subjects desiring them to lay down arms for the avoiding effusion of bloud : and lastly his offer of choosing counsellors on both sides to make a peaceable agreement between His Majesty and all his subjects. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1642 (1642) Wing C2200; ESTC R25990 2,239 9

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