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<HEAD>By the COVNCIL of STATE.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Council of State taking notice of the Tumultuous and Barbarous actings at the <HI>New-Exchange</HI> in the <HI>Strand</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> upon the 21. and 22. of <HI>November</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, The &s;ame being accompanied with the drawing of Swords, di&s;charging of Pi&s;tols, and &s;uch other high Mi&s;|demeanors as are &s;carce to be paralleld by the actings of a|ny per&s;ons living under the protection of a civil Govern|ment, And which, in the effects thereof, produced not only a very great and notorious Violation of the publick Peace, but al&s;o the Murdering of one, and the A&s;&s;aulting, Wounding, and Affrighting of many other of the People of this Nation, pur&s;uing their ordinary Callings and occa&s;ions; And for as much as the &s;aid <HI>Exchange</HI> is a place of publick re&s;ort and Trade, The Council have therefore thought it nece&s;&s;ary hereby to declare their re&s;entment of tho&s;e proceedings, and their ju&s;t Di&s;plea&s;ure again&s;t the &s;ame. And as they intend vigorou&s;ly to pro&s;ecute the Of|fenders, &s;o, to the intent the like evils may be better prevented in time to come, They do hereby &s;trictly require and charge, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, of what quality &s;o|ever, do pre&s;ume, at the &s;aid <HI>Exchange,</HI> or any other like publick place, to Occa&s;ion, Encourage or Abet, any tumultuous Meetings, or hazard a breach of the civil Peace, by Drawing there, or in any other &s;uch place, any Sword or other Weapon, Di&s;|charging, Pre&s;enting or Bearing any Gun, or Pi&s;tol, or Firing of powder in Gra|nados, or in any otherwi&s;e what&s;oever. Of which Command, it will be expected that all Per&s;ons what&s;oever take notice, and demean them&s;elves accordingly, upon peril of being reputed, and dealt withall as di&s;turbers of the publick Peace, Whereof a very &s;trict account &s;hall be taken: And all Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and other publick Mini&s;ters, are required carefully to perform their duties in this Behalf; As al&s;o to u&s;e their utmo&s;t endeavours to prevent and re&s;train all immode&s;t, and unhand&s;ome de|meanors of &s;uch as &s;hall re&s;ort to the &s;aid <HI>Exchange,</HI> That &s;o no ju&s;t cau&s;e of offence may be given to &s;ober mindes, nor any thing there acted di&s;honourable to Religion, or the Nation.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Saturday 10. December 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>At the Council of State at <HI>White-Hall,</HI> Ordered, That this Declaration be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Thurloe <HI>Sec.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> Printer to the Council of State.</P>
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