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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Protector. A DECLARATION Of His HIGHNES with the Advice of the Council, in order to the Securing the PEACE of this COMMONWEALTH.</HEAD>
<P>_HIs Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, upon advice with His Council, finding it ne|ce&s;&s;ary for the Rea&s;ons and upon the Grounds expre&s;&s;ed in His late Declara|tion, to u&s;e all good means to &s;ecure the Peace of the Nation, and prevent fu|ture troubles within the &s;ame, Hath thought fit to Publi&s;h and Declare, and by and with the Con&s;ent of His Council, doth Publi&s;h, Order and Declare, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> who&s;e E&s;tates have been Seque&s;tred for Delinquency, or who were actually in Armes for the late King again&s;t the then Parlament, or for <HI>harles Stuart</HI> his Son, or have adhered to, abetted, or a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Forces rai&s;ed again&s;t the &s;aid Parliament, do, from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>December</HI> 1655. buy, u&s;e, or keep in his or their hou&s;e, or hou&s;es, or el&s;ewhere, any Arms offen|&s;ive or defen&s;ive, upon payn that every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e &s;uch Arms, and be otherwi&s;e proceeded again&s;t according to the Orders of His Highne&s;s and the Council, for &s;ecuring the peace of the Commonwealth. And His Highne&s;s by the advice of his Council, doth al&s;o Publi&s;h, Declare and Order that no per&s;on or per&s;ons afore&s;aid do&punc; from &amp; after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> 1655. keep in their hou|&s;es or Families, as Chaplains or School-Ma&s;ters, for the education of their children, any &s;eque&s;tred or ejected M<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ni&s;ter, Fellow of a Colledge, or School-ma&s;ter, nor per|mit any of their children to be taught by &s;uch, upon pain of being proceeded again&s;t in &s;uch &s;ort as the &s;aid Orders do direct in &s;uch ca&s;es. And that no per&s;on, who hath been &s;eque&s;tred or ejected out of any Benefice, Colledge, or School for Delinquency, or &s;can|dall, &s;hall, from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> keep any School, either publick or private, nor any per&s;on who after that time &s;hall be ejected for the cau&s;es afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And that no per&s;on, who for Delinquency or Scandall hath been Seque&s;tred, or Eje|ted, &s;hall, from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> afore&s;aid, Preach in any publick place, or at any private meeting of any other per&s;ons then tho&s;e of his own family, nor &s;hall admini&s;ter Bapti&s;m, or the Lords Supper, or Marry any per&s;ons, or u&s;e the Book of Common-prayer, or the forms of prayer therein contained, upon pain that every per|&s;on, &s;o offending in any the premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t as by the &s;aid Orders is provided and directed. And to the end all per&s;ons concerned may take notice hereof, and avoid the danger of any the &s;aid penalties, His Highne&s;s doth Charge and Com|mand all Sheriffs within their re&s;pective Counties, Cities and Towns, to cau&s;e this Declaration to be Proclaimed and Publi&s;hed. Neverthele&s;s His Highne&s;s doth De|clare, That towards &s;uch of the &s;aid per&s;ons as have, &s;ince their Ejection or Seque|&s;tration, given, or &s;hall hereafter give, a reall te&s;timony of their Godline&s;s&punc; &amp; good affecti|on to the pre&s;ent Government, &s;o much tenderne&s;s &s;hall be u&s;ed as may con&s;i&s;t with the &s;afety and good of this Nation.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at <HI>Whitehall</HI> <DATE>this 24. of <HI>November,</HI> 1655.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Printed and Publi&s;hed by His Highne&s;s &s;peciall Commandment.</HI></P>
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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, 1655.</P>
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