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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION Prohibiting Delinquents to bear Office, or to have any Voice or Vote in Election of any Publique Officer.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by Act of Parliament made, and publi&s;hed the eighth day of <HI>Octo|ber,</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and two; It is (among&s;t other things) Enacted and Ordained, That no per&s;on or per|&s;ons what&s;oever that had his E&s;tate &s;eque&s;tred, or his per&s;on impri&s;oned for Delinquency, or did Sub&s;cribe, or Abet the Trea&s;onable Engage|ment in the year one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty and &s;even, or had been aiding, or a&s;si&s;ting to the late King, or any other Enemies of the Parli|ament, &s;hould be capable to elect, or be elected, to any Office, or Place of Tru&s;t, or Power within this Commonwealth; or to hold, or execute any Office or Place of Tru&s;t, or Power within the &s;ame; His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector in His great Care and Wi&s;dom, con&s;idering the premi&s;&s;es, and fore&s;eeing the Dangers this Commonwealth mu&s;t nece&s;&s;arily be ex|po&s;ed unto, if &s;uch Malignant and di&s;affected per&s;ons &s;hould be in Offices of Tru&s;t and Power in the Commonwealth; And calling to mind the late horrid Trea&s;on and Rebellion, contrived and carried on by the inveterate and re&s;tle&s;s malice of that Party to involve the&s;e Nations in blood and confu&s;ion; who have avowedly, and with open face profe&s;&s;ed their end was, and &s;till is (though in the utter ruin and de&s;olation of the&s;e Nations) to &s;et up that Power and Intere&s;t which Al|mighty God hath &s;o eminently appeared again&s;t; His Highne&s;s therefore, in order to the Peace and Welfare of the&s;e Nations, committed to His Charge, and to prevent the dangerous con&s;e|quence of permitting &s;uch per&s;ons to hold, or exerci&s;e any place or Office of Tru&s;t or Power in this Commonwealth, hath, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of His Council, thought fit to Publi&s;h and Declare, and doth hereby &s;ignify His Will and Plea&s;ure to be, That e&s;peciall Care be taken, That the Magi&s;trates, Officers, and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice elected and cho&s;en within the &s;everal Places of this Commonwealth, &s;hall be &s;uch as are of pious and good conver&s;ation, and well qualified with Di&s;cretion, Fitne&s;s and Ability to di&s;charge the Tru&s;t committed to them. And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons of what quality or condition &s;oever, who&s;e E&s;tates have at any time heretofore been duly &s;eque&s;tred, or their per&s;ons impri&s;oned for their Delinquency, or who did &s;ub|&s;cribe, or abet the &s;aid Trea&s;onable Engagement, or have been in any wi&s;e aiding, a&s;si&s;ting, or abetting the late King, or his Family, or Allies, or any other the Enemies of this State and Commonwealth, &s;hall be elected, or give his or their voice or vote, in the election of any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons to any Office or Offices, Place or Places of Tru&s;t, Power or Government, within this Commonwealth; or &s;hall hold, exerci&s;e, or execute by him, or them&s;elves, or his or their Deputies or A&s;&s;igns, any &s;uch Office or Offices, Place or Places within the &s;ame, untill his Highne&s;s Command be further known, on pain of his Highne&s;s Di&s;plea&s;ure, and &s;uch penalties, and puni&s;hments as may and &s;hall be &s;everely inflicted on them as di&s;turbers of the publique Peace, and Contemners of His Highne&s;&s;e ju&s;t Commands herein: And for the better and more effectual execution of the Premi&s;&s;es, His Highne&s;s doth hereby &s;traightly charge and command all She|riffs, Mayors, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, Head-boroughs, and other Officers and Mini&s;ters both Ci|vil and Military in their &s;everal Places, to take e&s;pecial care, That this His Highne&s;s Plea&s;ure, and expre&s;s Commandment, be from time to time in every thing duly performed, as they and eve|ry of them will an&s;wer the neglect of their duties herein, whereof His Highne&s;s will expect a &s;trict and due accompt from them.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at White-Hall</HI> <DATE><HI>the one and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> in the year of Our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and five.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> and <HI>John Field,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s, MDCLV.</P>
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