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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Protector: AN ORDER AND DECLARATION Of His Highne&s;s, by the Advice of His Council, COMMANDING All Per&s;ons who have been of the late KINGS Party, or his Sons, to depart out of the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and late Lines of Communication, on or before <DATE>Monday the Fifth day of <HI>November,</HI> 1655.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>_FOra&s;much as His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, by the Advice of the Council, Hath found it nece&s;|&s;ary to make and &s;et down &s;everal Orders for the Securing the Peace of this Commonwealth, The Care of the Execution whereof is particularly committed to the Major-Generals of the re|&s;pective Counties, and to whom all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons within the re&s;pective Counties, who have born Arms again&s;t the Commonwealth, are to give Security for the peacable behaving them&s;elves, that the People of this Nation may be pre&s;erved and &s;ecured again&s;t future Troub&s;es, by them who have &s;o lately and often attempted their Ruine; And taking notice of the great Confluence and Re&s;ort of di|vers Ill-affected per&s;ons, who have born Arms again&s;t the Commonwealth, or otherwi&s;e Adhered to, or A&s;|&s;i&s;ted the Enemy in the late Wars, to the Cities of <HI>LONDON</HI> and <HI>WESTMINSTER,</HI> upon the Expiration of the late Proclamation.</P>
<P>To the end the Orders afore&s;aid may be ob&s;erved, His Highne&s;s, by, and with the Advice of His Council doth think fit, and doth hereby Publi&s;h, Declare and Enjoin, That all per&s;ons, who have been, at any time, in Armes again&s;t the Commonwealth, or have adhered unto, or willingly a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Enemies thereof in the time of the late Wars, being within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or the late Lines of Communication, and not under re&s;traint, nor hereafter excepted, &s;hall, on or before the Fifth day of <HI>November</HI> next, or, if then under re&s;traint, within five daies after their re&s;pective enlargement, depart out of the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> and late lines of Communication, and all other places within Twenty miles of the &s;aid late lines, unle&s;s it be their places of habitation for them&s;elves and Families, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their perils. And His Highne&s;s doth Command the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and Iu&s;tices of the Peace within the &s;aid City and late lines of Communication, and of the &s;everall Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex, Hertford, E&s;&s;ex, Kent</HI> and <HI>Surry,</HI> and the re&s;pective Officers of the Militia within the &s;aid City and Liberties, the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> Hamlets of the Tower, and Suburbs, or any two or more of them, in their re&s;pective Liberties and Iuri&s;dictions, to cau&s;e &s;trict Wards and Watches to be kept, and to make frequent Searches for, and apprehend, or cau&s;e to be apprehended, all &s;uch per&s;ons as afore&s;aid, which &s;hall be found within the di&s;tance afore&s;aid, after the &s;aid Fifth day of <HI>November</HI> next; And of their doings therein, under their hands and Seals, forthwith to certifie His Highne&s;s Council; To the end the &s;aid Offenders may be dealt with|all, and proceeded again&s;t as di&s;turbers of the Peace, and contemners of Authority. And all Sheriffs, Bay|liffs, Con&s;tables, and all Captains of Guards, Officers and Souldiers, and other the good People of this Commonwealth, are required to be aiding to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Officers and Mini&s;ters, in the due execution of the premi&s;es. And for the better di&s;covery, preventing and avoiding of Plots and Di&s;turbances dangerous to the Peace of the Commonwealth, His Highne&s;s doth &s;traightly charge and command all the &s;aid Per&s;ons appointed to depart as afore&s;aid, and not re&s;trained or &s;tayed either by impri&s;onment, or &s;uch &s;ickne&s;s or infirmity of body as they &s;hall not be able to travell without imminent danger of life, or that having Law-&s;uites nece&s;&s;arily requiring their per&s;onall attendance, to repair to their place of dwelling, or where they u&s;ually made their common abode, or (not having any certain abode) to the place of their Birth, or where their Parents &s;hall be then dwelling, and not to return untill the ninth day of <HI>February,</HI> or before &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall have given &s;uch Security unto the Major Generall of the County whether &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall go, as by the Orders afore&s;aid is required.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day the 25. of <HI>October,</HI> 1655.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by His Highne&s;s the LORD PROTECTOR and His COUNCIL, That this Order and Declaration be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Henry Scobell</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> and <HI>John Field,</HI> Printers to His HIGHNES, 1655.</P>
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