Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A25661
|
An Antidote against the present fears and jealousies of the nation by an impartial hand.
|
Impartial hand.
|
1679
(1679)
|
Wing A3496; ESTC R23120
|
22,145
|
28
|
the Indulgence and favour of his Majesties Officers he is pleas'd to command all such as shall be reputed Popish Recusants though not Convicted if they obey not his Royal Orders that they shall be punished by tendring to them the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and in case of a refusal that they shall be treated according to the severity of the Laws in such cases provided And further if they refuse obedience to this his Majesties Royal Commands the Justices are order'd to signifie their Contempt to my Lord Chancellour who is appointed to take that severe course which is agreeable with the Laws and the Publick Safety Only his Majesty out of his Royal goodness is pleas'd to except such as are hinder'd by sickness weakness of body imprisonment and such as are banish'd ten miles from the Cities of London and Westminster By this Proclamation his Majesty provides for the safety of his Subjects all over the Kingdom and prevents the mallice of the Papists from breaking out in the Country at a distance as it intended to break out in the Bowels of the City Therefore they are hereby confin'd within certain limits and such circumspection is used that those who are willing to disturb the Nation shall not have the least power to effect their desires and designs Though the Papists of Note and Credit are generally accused for being accessary to and acquainted with this Conspiracy his Majesties Wisdom Christian moderation and Justice have endeavoured to secure none but those who are apparently guilty and against whom there are evident proofs On the rest he lays such Injunctious and Commands as may keep them in peace but those he hath laboured to find out and bring to their deserved punishments And because some of them were fled his Majesty by his Proclamation of the 20th of Novemb charges them to come in to their Tryals before the 10th of Decemb. and justifie themselves from the Crime laid to their Charge of designing to destroy the Kings Royal Person subvert his Government and root out the true Protestant Religion establish'd by Law His Majesty declares if they will not surrender themselves that they shall be declar'd guilty of High-Treason by Law commanding all his Officers and Loyal Subjects to endeavour to find out and apprehend them and for their incouragement his Majesty promiseth them 100 l. as a Reward And for the better discovery of these Offenders all Officers are commanded within their Parishes and Precincts to take the Names of all Popish Recusants above to years of age and to deliver a List of them to the Justices of the Peace who are thereby ordered to send for them and tender to them the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and in case of a refusal to bind them over to appear at the next Sessions of the Peace where they are to be treated according to law In the same Proclamation his Majesty gives an Express Command to all his Officers in the Country to proceed without delay to disarm all such persons as shall refuse to take the oaths and promiseth also ten pounds to every one who shall find any considerable quantity of Arms in the houses of any Popish Recusant to be paid to them by the Sheriff of that County Order is there likewise given to all Officers upon the Sea-coasts to use diligence in the taking of Popish Priests and of other English Papists coming in or going out of the Realm and to carry them before a Justice of the peace to take the Oaths which if they refuse they are to be sent to Goal and their names to be signified to his Majesties Privy Council that such further course may be taken for the safety of his Majesty and of his Government as to his Majesties Royal Wisdom shall be thought fit The same day his majesty having taken notice of the numbers and wicked actings of Popish Priests and Jesuits disguised within the Realm with an intent not only to draw his Subjects from the true Protestant Religion to the Romish Idolatries but also to set on foot divers trayterous Plots and Designs against his Majesties Government and the Protestant Religion was pleased by another Proclamation to charge all Magistrates and other Officers to use their utmost endeavour to discovery apprehend and commit to safe Custody in order to their Tryals all Popish Priests and Jesuits and for the incouragement of every such Discoverer his Majesty promiseth twenty pounds for every Priest or Jesuit apprehended to be paid at the time of the Apprehension The Jesuits and Popish Priests have always been the Popes Emissaries in England and have had a hand in all the Wars and Disturbances in the Land since the Reformation They have been the Spies upon our Publick Peace Tranquility Government Church and State therefore our own preservation calls upon us to secure and treat them according to the Ancient Laws of the Realm as our sworn Enemies and the Disturbers of the Nations Peace By this last Proclamation therefore every one may see how careful his Majesty hath been to secure such wicked persons and deliver them over to Justice to hinder all their evil designs and purposes and defend his Subjects Lives Religion and Estates from this and all other damnable Conspiracies And because in all Plots of this nature when the chief Actors are either silent or not apprehended there remains something secret which cannot easily come to light for the better discovering of such things and the whole Design with all its hainous and criminal circumstances his Majesty was pleas'd on the 27th of Novemb. by another Proclamation to declare and promise That if any person would come in and make any further discovery of the late horrid Design against his Majesties Sacred Person Government before the fifth day of December he should have as a Reward a full Pardon either for being guilty thereof or for the concealment and two hundred pounds in Money for such a discovery Here are Rewards and Punishments Promises and Threatnings much vigilancy circumspection and care imployed by his most Excellent Majesty to secure us and our Religion from the wicked designs of our Popish Enemies Nothing that Wisdom or Prudence can suggest hath been omitted for the Publick safety And because the Jesuits Policy hath always invited over into their Schools and Seminaries several Gentlemens Children under a pretence of a better and a more speedy Education and a greater Proficiency in Learning but purposely to infect them with their Popish Principles and Religion to the great prejudice of the Nation as well as to the ruine of such poor Souls his Majesty hath been pleased strictly to forbid such Transportation for the time to come because these Persons when they are grown up to years of understanding and have learn'd their Lesson perfectly they are sent back into England as Sapho's Parrots and Birds were amongst the Woods and Caves of Africa upon the same Errand to proclaim that the Pope he is God These Persons are dangerous