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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32049	By the King. A proclamation for the further restraint of prophane swearing and cursing, and the better observing of prayer and preaching in His Majesties armies, and the City of Oxford, and in all other parts of the kingdome.; Proclamations. 1644-04-08.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1644 (1644)	Wing C2616; ESTC R213850	1,408	1

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE BY THE KING A Proclamation for the further restraint of Prophane Swearing and Cursing and the better observing of Prayer and Preaching in His Majesties Armies and the City of Oxford and in all other part of the Kingdome WHEREAS by Our Proclamation dated the 13th day of Iune last past We did strictly Charge and Command all the respective Officers of Our Army to cause all Our Military Orders against Blasphemy Oathes and other Scandalous Actions against the Honour and Service of God to be duly and severely put in execution which Our Command if it had been well observed and the Lawes of Our Realm touching those offences duly executed as in duty to God and Us they ought to have been there had not been that Liberty taken by those of Our Army and other persons in the Kingdome of dishonouring the Sacred Majesty of God by horrible Oathes and Execrations to the high provocation of God's wrath against themselves and this whole Nation We therefore out of Our tender care of the honour of God to whose glory we shall ever devote Our Crown and in token of Our hatred and detestation of this monstrous impiety do by this Our Proclamation strictly Charge all Commanders and Officers of Our Armies and of all Our Garrison Townes to see that all Our Military Orders for the repressing of Prophane Swearing and Cursing by Souldiers be duly and severely executed for the time to come and Exemplary punishment done upon offenders therein to the terror of others Which that they may know is by Us expected at their hands We do hereby require all Commanders and Officers in Our Armies and Garrison Townes and all who do or shall attend Us in Our Court to be vertuous examples in their own persons to all Souldiers and others by abstaining from all such prophanations as they desire the blessing of God upon Us upon themselves and the whole Land which if they shall neglect to perform We do hereby Declares That all such persons in Our Court Armies or Garrison Towns as shall appear to Us to be notorious offenders in this kind We will in some publique way set a Character of disgrace upon them that they may appear to the whole world to be offensive both to God and Us And We do further hereby strictly charge and Command all Justices of Peace in the severall Counties of this Kingdome and all Majors Justices of Peace Bayliffs and head-officers in all Cities and Townes Corporate within the same that they cause the Statute made in the 21. yeare of the Raign of Our late Father of blessed memory for the prevention and Reformation of Prophane Swearing and Cursing to be put in due execution and that the forfeiture of Twelve-pence for every offence belevied according to that Statute and particularly in our City of OXFORD where Our Court now is wherein We strictly charge and require the Major and Justices of Peace of Our said City of whom We will require a strict account to take especiall care of the punishment of all offenders in that kind and that children and others of whom the penalty of Twelve-pence cannot be Levied or had be whipped or set three houres in the Stocks according to the form of that Statute And for the future prevention of these and the like offences so opposite to the glory of God by planting his true fear in the hearts of all men We do lastly charge and Command That Divine Service and Sermons according to the Doctrine and Liturgie of the Church of England Established by Law be duly and constantly used in all Our Armies and Garrison Townes and in all Churches and Chappells throughout this Realm All these Our Commands We require forthwith to be printed and published at the head of every Regiment of Our Army and in all Garrison Townes and in all parish Churches within this Our Realm Given at Our Court at Oxford the Eighth of April 1644. GOD SAVE THE KING Printed at Oxford by Leonard Lichfield Printer to the University 1644.