JAMES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom theſe Preſents ſhall come Greeting. It hath always been Our earneſt Deſire ſince Our Acceſſion to the Crown, that all Our People ſhould live at Eaſe, and in full Enjoyment of Peace and Happineſs under Our Government; and nothing can be more agreeable unto Us, than that Offenders ſhould be Reformed by Acts of Mercy extended towards them, rather than Puniſhment; Our open Enemies upon Repentance have found Our Favour. And although beſides Our particular Pardons which have been Granted to many Perſons, it be not long ſince We iſſued forth Our Royal Proclamation of General Pardon to all Our People; yet inaſmuch as they even who live moſt peaceably, do often fall within the reach of ſome of Our Laws, and may be liable in their perſons of Eſtats (ſhould We be ſevere) to Proſecutions in Our Courts Eccleſiaſtical or Temporal; We therefore out of Our ſpecial Grace and Tenderneſs to our People (from whom we expect a ſutable return of Duty and Obedience) do hereby Grant, Publiſh and Declare this Our Royal and Gracious Pardon; And We do hereby for Us, Our Heirs and Succeſſors, Pardon, Acquit, Releaſe and Diſcharge all and every Our Subjects (except Bodies Politick and Incorporate, and ſuch other Perſons who ſhall be herein or hereby excepted, of this Our Realm of England, Dominion of Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, their Heirs, Executors and Adminiſtrators, them and every of them, againſt Us, Our Heirs and Succeſſors, of and from all and all manner of Treaſons, Felonies, Miſpriſions of Treaſon or Felony, Treaſonable or Seditious Words or Libels, Seditious and unlawful Meetings and • onventicles, all offences whereby any Perſon may be charged with the Penalty and Danger of Premunire, all Riots, Routs, Offences, Contempts, Treſpaſſes and Miſdemeanors, and all Judgments and Convictions for not coming to Church, and of and from the Forfeitures and penalties for the ſame, or any of them heretofore had, committed or done, except as herein or hereby after is excepted. And Our Will and Pleaſure is, that neither Our ſaid Subjects nor any of them, nor the Heirs • xecutors or Adminiſtrators of any of them, be or ſhall be Sued, Vexed, or Diſquieted in their Bodies, Goods or Chattels, Lands or Tenements, for any manner of Matter, Cauſe Contempt, Miſdemeanor, Forfeiture, Offence, or any other thing heretofore ſuffered, done or committed, or •• mitted, againſt 〈◊〉 Our Crown, Dignity, Prerogative, Laws or Statuts, and not herein or hereby after excepted; And that this Our Grant of General 〈◊〉 by the 〈…〉 Clauſes and Sentences before rehearſed, ſhall be reputed, deemed, adjudged, expounded, allowed and taken in all manner of Our 〈…〉 •• neficially and liberally for Our ſaid Subjects thereby pardoned, in all things not hereafter excepted, as if their particular perſons and 〈…〉 and fully expreſt. Excepted and always Foreprized out of this Our Pardon, all Treaſons committed or done in the parts beyond the 〈…〉 of this Our Realm; And alſo excepted all Offences in forging or falſe Counterfeiting the Great or privy Seal, Sign, Manual or Privy 〈…〉 rent within this Our Realm, or of unlawful Diminution of any of the ſaid Moneys by any Ways or Means whatsoever, and all Abetting 〈…〉 ing the ſaid Offences or any of them, and alſo all voluntary Murders, petty Treaſons, Wilful poyſonings, and all Offences of being 〈…〉 or any of them before the Fact committed, and alſo all Piracies and Robberies committed upon the Sea, Robberies upon the Highways, Burglaries in Houſes, and all Offences of being acceſſory to the ſaid Offences or any of them, And alſo excepted the deteſtable and abominable Vice of Buggery committed with Man or Beaſt, all Rape and carnal Raviſhments of Women, all Raviſhments and wilful taking away or Marrying of any Maid, Widow or Damſel againſt her will, or without the Conſent or agrement of her parents, or of ſuch as then had her in Cuſtody, and all Offences of Ading, Comforting, Abetting, or procuring the ſaid Offences or any of them; And alſo excepted all Offences of perjury, Subbornation of Witneſſes, Razing, Forging or Counterfeiting any Deeds, Eſcrips Inquiſitions, Indentures of Appraiſment, or other Writings, or publiſhing the ſame, Forging or Counterfeiting any Examinations or Teſtimonies of any Witneſs or Witneſſes tending to bring any perſon or perſons into danger of his Life, and all procuring and counſelling of any of the ſaid Offences; And alſo except all Treaſons, Offences, Miſdemeanours and Contempts of and for which any Jndictments, Actions, Bill, Plaint or Information, or other Proceſs at any time hath been Commenced, Sued or Depended, or is now Depending in any of Our Courts of Record, whereupon any Verdict, Judgment, Conviction, Outlawry or Decree is already given, Awarded, Entred or had, or Confeſſion thereof Recorded, or whereupon any Fine is already ſet, and all Fines, Forfeitures and Penalties thereupon now due or accrued, or which ſhall or may be due, 〈…〉 and all Executions for the ſame; And also Except all Informations, and all proceedings concerning Highways and Bridges, or repairing countrey Goals, and all Fines, and Iſſues ſet and returned thereupon ſince the Year One thousand ſix hundred ſeventy nine. And alſo Except all Offences in taking away, Imbezeling, or purloining any Goods, Moneys, Chattels, Jewels, Armour, Munition, Stores, Naval proviſions, Shipping, Ordnance, or other Habiliments of War, belonging to Us or Our late Brother; And all Offences committed or done within the ſpace of one year laſt, within Our Forreſt of Windſor; And alſo Except all Offences of Inceſt, Dilapidations, or Simony, and alſo Except all Contempts and proceſs thereupon iſſuing in or out of any Court of Equity; And olſo Except all Recognizances, Conditions and Covenants, and all penalties, Titles, and Forfeitures of Offices, Conditions or Covenants forfeited, accrued or grown to Us or Our late Brother by reaſon of the Breach, or not performing of any Office, Covenant or condition whatſoever; Alſo Excepted all Concealments, Frauds, corruptions, Miſdemeanours and Offences, whereby We or Our late Brother have been deceived in the Collection, payments or Anſwering of Our Revenues, or any part thereof, or any other Mony due, or to be due to Us, or received for Us or him; And all Forfeitures, penalties and Nomine Paene's thereupon ariſing; And all Indictments, Informations, or other Proceſs, proceedings now depending or to be depending thereupon.

Provided always that nothing in this Our Pardon contained ſhall extend or be conſtrued to Diſcharge any Fines, Sums of Money recovered by Judgment, Fines, • ro licentia Concordandi, Poſt-Fines, Iſſues or Amerciaments, loſt, Impoſed, aſſeſſed, ſet or entred in any Court of Record whatſoever; And alſo Except all perſons who are as to any pains, penalties or diſabilities whatſoever excepted out of the ſeveral Acts of Free and General pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion made in the Reign of Our late Royal Brother, Excepted alſo all perſons who after Conviction or Attainder of or for any manner of Treaſon or Miſpriſions of Treaſons have been Tranſported, and ſuch Attainted of other notorious Crimes or Felonies as have been ordered or directed to be Tranſported into any of our Foreign plantations; Except alſo all Fugitives and perſons fled from Our Juſtice into parts beyond the Seas, or out of this Realm, who ſhall not return and render themſelves to Our Chief Juſtice, or ſome Juſtice of the peace before the Firſt day of January next enſuing; And alſo Excepted out of this Our pardon the perſons hereafter particularly mentioned, Viz. Robert Parſons, Edward Mathews, Samuel Venner, Andrew Flether, Colonel John Rumſey, Major John Manly, Iſaac Manly, Francis Chareton, Eſq; John Wildman, Eſq; Titus Oates, Robert Ferguſon, Gilbert Burnet and Sir Robert Pyton; provided that no proceſs of Outlawry at the Suit of perſon plaintiff ſhall be by vertue of this Our pardon ſtayed or avoided, unleſs the Defendant appear and put in Bail where by Law Bail is neceſſary, and take forth a Writ of Scire Facias againſt the party at whoſe Suit he was Outlawed; and that this Our pardon be not allowed to Diſcharge any Outlawry after Judgment till Satisfaction • r Agreement be made to or with the party at whoſe Suit the Outlawry was obtained: And Our Will and pleaſure is, That this preſent pardon ſhall be of as good • orce and effect to Pardon and Diſcharge all and ſingular the Premiſſes above mentioned, and intended to be pardoned and Diſcharged, as if We ſhould by Letters pa • ents under the Great Seal have granted particular pardons to every one of Our Subjects: And for the better manifeſtation of Our Gracious Intentions and Deſire • erein. We do give leave that any of Our Subjects not herein excepted may Sue and take out Our particular pardon purſuant to the Tenor hereof, and for that pur • oſe We ſhall direct Our Secretaries of State to preſent Warrants to Us for Our Signature, and give order to Our Attorney-General or Solicitor to prepare Bills for paſ • ing pardons for ſuch as ſhall deſire the ſame. In Witneſs whereof We have cauſed theſe Our Letters to be made patents, Witneſs Our ſelf at Westminſter the Se • en and Twentieth day of September, in the Fourth Year of Our Reign.