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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Council of State. A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Council of State having received Information, That &s;ince the e&s;cape made out of the Tower of <HI>London,</HI> by Colonel <HI>John Lambert,</HI> a Per&s;on of loo&s;e prin|ciples, and reduced, by his own mi&s;carriages, into a de&s;perate Fortune, he doth endeavour without any colour of Authority, to Rendevouz &s;uch of the Soul|diers, and others, as, by fal&s;hood and mi&s;-information he can with-draw from their obedience, and to engage them to a conjunction with him, in order to the rai&s;ing of a New War, the Embroiling the Nation in Blood, and Di&s;tractions, the making of di&s;turbances in oppo&s;ition to the pre&s;ent Government, as the &s;ame is e&s;tabli&s;hed, and the hindering of the Members from Meeting in the next Parlia|ment, on who&s;e Free Coun&s;els, under God, the hopes of &s;etling the&s;e Nations do principally depend: They do therefore hereby Declare the Actions and Proceedings of the &s;aid Colonel <HI>John Lambert,</HI> to be High Trea&s;on, and him&s;elf, for the &s;ame, a Traytor. And do &s;trictly Charge, Require, and Command all, and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, adhering to, and joyning with him, in &s;uch his Trea&s;onable At|tempts and Endeavours, forthwith to withdraw and &s;eparate from him at his, and their uttermo&s;t perils: And the Council do further Declare, That what&s;oever per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what condition or quality &s;oever he or they be, whether Souldiers, or others, &s;hall pre&s;ume after the Publication hereof, to joyn with, or A&s;&s;i&s;t him therein, All, and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, &s;hall be reputed guilty of High Trea|&s;on, and incur the Pains and Penalties, which by Law, are to be inflicted on Traytors; And his, and their E&s;tates &s;hall be forthwith Seized and Seque&s;tred to the u&s;e of the Commonwealth. And that every per&s;on&punc; who hath been &s;o far deluded, as to adhere to, and joyn with him therein, and &s;hall not within twen|ty four hours after the Publication hereof, in the County or Place where &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons are or &s;hall be, wholly de&s;ert and withdraw from Him, and his Party, &s;ubmit to the Pre&s;ent Authority, and render him&s;elf to the Governour of the next Garri&s;on, or Commander in Chief of the next Forces of this Commonwealth, under the obedience of the pre&s;ent Government, Quartering in the Countrey where &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall at that time be, All, and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, &s;hall incur the &s;ame Pains, Penalties, and Seque&s;tration, and be proceeded again&s;t, as afore&s;aid. And all the Militia Forces of this Commonwealth, and all other well-affected Per&s;ons what&s;oever, are re|quired to be Aiding and A&s;&s;i&s;ting in the &s;urprizing and &s;ubduing of the &s;aid <HI>John Lambert,</HI> and all &s;uch as &s;hall be Accomplices with, or Adhere to, and A&s;&s;i&s;t him in his &s;aid Trea&s;onable Practi&s;es, or any others that &s;hall in any part appear in Arms, without Authority from the Parliament, the Council of State, or General.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at the Council of State at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>this one and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> 1660.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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