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<HEAD>&leaf; By His Highne&s;s: A PROCLAMATION PROHIBITING HORSE-RACES FOR SIX MONETHS.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas notwith&s;tanding the many Eminent Te&s;timonies the Lord in his Providence hath given again&s;t the Secret and Mi&s;chievous Plots, which have been laid and contrived by per&s;ons di&s;-affected to the Peace and Welfare of this Commonwealth, in the timely Di&s;covery of them, whereby the &s;ame have been hitherto hindered from being brought to effect; Yet fora&s;much as due Care ought to be taken for preventing what&s;oever may mini&s;ter an Opportunity to give any Di&s;turbance to the Publique Peace, His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector being informed that &s;everal Hor&s;e-Races are appointed in divers parts of this Common|wealth, and con&s;idering how great a Concour&s;e of People do u&s;ually frequent &s;uch Meetings, and the evil V&s;e made thereof by &s;uch ill-di&s;po&s;ed Per&s;ons as watch for opportunities to rai&s;e New Troubles; For the better preventing of the Evils which may ari&s;e thereby to the People of this Commonwealth, His Highne&s;s by the advice of His Council, Doth hereby prohibit and forbid all Hor&s;e-races, and all meetings of any per&s;ons what&s;oever upon pretence or colour of any Hor&s;e-races&punc; in any Place within <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> for the &s;pace of &s;ix Moneths, from the &s;ix and twentieth day of <HI>February,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and four. And doth hereby &s;traightly charge and command, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever, during the &s;pace of the &s;aid &s;ix Moneths, from the &s;aid &s;ix and twentieth day of <HI>February,</HI> do appoint any Hor&s;e-race, or do a&s;|&s;emble or meet together upon, or by colour of any appointment of any Hor&s;e-race, or be pre&s;ent at &s;uch Hor&s;e|race, as they would avoid being guilty of the Danger that may en&s;ue thereupon, and as they tender the Peace and Security of this Nation. And His Highne&s;s doth likewi&s;e charge and enjoin all Mayors, She|riffs, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, and all other Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice, to u&s;e their utmo&s;t diligence and care, That all meetings upon Pretence or colour of any Hor&s;e-race or Hor&s;e-races, during the time afore&s;aid, be prevented and hindred, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their perils. And all Of|ficers and Soldiers of the Army, quartered or lying in or neer &s;uch Place and Places, are hereby authori|zed and required, upon notice, to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the &s;aid Mayors, Sheriffs, Iu&s;tices, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, and other Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice herein.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at <HI>White-Hall</HI> <DATE>the 24. day of <HI>February</HI> 1654.</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, MDCLIV.</P>
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