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<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION AGAINST Vicious, Debauch'd, and Prophane Per&s;ons.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By the King.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_SInce it hath plea&s;ed the Divine Providence in &s;o wonderful a manner, and by ways and means no le&s;s miraculous, then tho&s;e by which he did, heretofore, pre&s;erve and re&s;tore his own cho&s;en people, to re&s;tore Vs, and Our good Subjects to each other, and to &s;hew Vs a very hopeful Pro&s;pect, if not to put Vs already into po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of that Peace, Happine&s;s, and Security with which this Our Kingdom hath been heretofore ble&s;&s;ed; It will become Vs all, in Our &s;everal Stations, to acknowledge this tran&s;cendent goodne&s;s of Almighty God, in &s;o &s;ea&s;onable a conjuncture, with &s;uch a Circum&s;pecti|on, Integrity, and Reformation in Our Lives, that We may not drive away that Mercy which &s;o near approacheth Vs, by making Our &s;elves (wholly) unworthy of it. And in Order hereunto, We think it high time to &s;hew Our di&s;like of tho&s;e (again&s;t whom We have been ever enough offended, though We could not, in this manner declare it) who, under pre|tence of Affection to Vs and Our Service, a&s;&s;ume to them&s;elves the liberty of Reviling, Threatning and Re|proaching others; and as much as in them lies, endeavor to &s;tifle and divert their good Inclinations to Our Service, and &s;o to prevent that Reconciliation and Vnion of Hearts and Affections, which can only, with Gods Ble&s;&s;ing, make Vs rejoyce in each other, and keep Our Enemies from rejoycing.</P>
<P>There are likewi&s;e another &s;ort of Men, of whom we have heard much, and are &s;ufficiently a&s;hamed, who &s;pend their time in Taverns, Tipling-Hou&s;es, and Debauches, giving no other Evidence of their Affection to Vs, but in drinking Our Health, and Inveighing, again&s;t all others, who are not of their own di&s;&s;olute temper; and who, in truth, have more di&s;credited Our Cau&s;e, by the Licence of their Manners and Lives, then they could ever advance it by their Affection or Courage. We hope that this extraordinary way of delivering Vs all, from all We feared, and almo&s;t bringing Vs to all We can rea&s;onably hope, hath and will work upon the Hearts, even of the&s;e Men to that degree, that they will cordially renounce all that Licenciou&s;ne&s;s, Prophanene&s;s, and Impiety, with which they have been corrupted and endeavored to corrupt others, and that they will, hereafter, become examples of Sobriety and Virtue, and make it appear, that what is pa&s;t, was rather the Vice of the Time, then of the Per&s;ons, and &s;o the &s;itter to be forgotten together.</P>
<P>And, becau&s;e the fear of Puni&s;hment, or apprehen&s;ion of Our Di&s;plea&s;ure, may have influence upon many, who will not be re&s;trained by the Con&s;cience of their Duty, We do declare, That We will not exerci&s;e just Seve|rity again&s;t any Malefactors, &s;ooner, then again&s;t Men of di&s;&s;olute, debauch'd, and prophane Lives, with what parts &s;oever they may be otherwi&s;e qualified and endowed; and, We hope, that all Per&s;ons of Honor, or in Place and Authority, will, &s;o far a&s;&s;i&s;t Vs, in di&s;countenancing &s;uch Men, that their Di&s;cretion and Shame will per|&s;wade them to reform what their Con&s;cience would not, and that the di&s;plea&s;ure of good Men towards them, may &s;upply what the Laws have not; and, it may be, cannot well provide again&s;t, there being by the Licence and Corruption of the Times, and the depraved Nature of Men, many Enormities, Scandals, and Impieties, in Practi&s;e and Manners, which Laws cannot well de&s;cribe, and con&s;equently not enough provide again&s;t, which may by the example and &s;everity of Vertuous Men, be ea&s;ily di&s;countenanced, and by degrees &s;uppre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>However, for the more effectual reforming the&s;e Men, who are a di&s;credit to the Nation, and unto any Cau&s;e they pretend to favor, and to wi&s;h well to; We require all Majors, Sheriffs, and Iu&s;tices of Peace, to be very vigilant and &s;trict in the di&s;covery and pro&s;ecution of all Di&s;&s;olute and Prophane Per&s;ons, and &s;uch as Bla&s;pheme the Name of God, by prophane Swearing and Cur&s;ing, or revile or di&s;turbe Mini&s;ters, and de&s;pi&s;e the Publick Wor&s;hip of God; that being fir&s;t bound to the Good behavior, they may be further proceeded again&s;t, and expo&s;ed to &s;hame, in &s;uch a manner, as the Laws of the Land, and the ju&s;t and nece&s;&s;ary Rules of Govern|ment &s;hall direct or permit.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehal,</HI> <DATE>the Thirtieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Christopher Barker</HI> and <HI>John Bill,</HI> Printers to the KINGS mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1660.</P>
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