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<HEAD>By the Council of State.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by an Act of the la&s;t Parliament, Intituled, <HI>An Act for Di&s;&s;olving the Par|liament begun the Third of November 1640, and for the calling and holding of a Parliament at</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter <HI>the 25 of April 1660.</HI> It is expre&s;ly Declared and Enacted, That all Per&s;ons Engaged in the late Rebellion in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and all who profe&s;s the Popi&s;h Religion, and all and every other Per&s;on and Per&s;ons who have Ad|vi&s;ed, or Voluntarily Ayded, Abetted, or A&s;si&s;ted in any War again&s;t the Par|liament, &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>January 1641.</HI> and his or their Sons (unle&s;s he or they have &s;ince manife&s;ted their good affection to the &s;aid Parliament) &s;hall be incapable to be elected to &s;erve as Members in the next Parliament. And whereas the Council of State is given to under&s;tand, That notwith&s;tanding the good provi&s;ion that is therein made, and albeit the happine&s;s and &s;ettlement of the Nation is &s;o much concerned in the ob&s;ervance thereof, yet divers Per&s;ons more re&s;pecting private Intere&s;ts, and Per&s;onal Satisfactions, then Publique Safety, do intend, and endeavor to promote the Elections of Per&s;ons not qualified, as by that Act is di|rected, to the violating of that Law, and the perverting of tho&s;e good Ends of Peace and E&s;ta|bli&s;hment which are thereby aimed at; Therefore, according to the Tru&s;t repo&s;ed in them for the due Execution of the Laws, and to the intent, tho&s;e who have not been hitherto acquainted with the Tenor and purport of that Act, may be the better informed how far they are thereby obliged, and that they may avoid the penalty impo&s;ed upon the Infringers thereof, The Coun|cil have thought fit hereby &s;trictly to enioyn, and require all Per&s;ons any waies concerned in the Election of Members to &s;erve in Parliament, to take notice of the &s;aid Act, and of the Qualifi|cations thereby pre&s;cribed as afore&s;aid, and not to do, or attempt any thing to the contrary there|of. To which purpo&s;e, the Sheriffs and Chief Magi&s;trates of the re&s;pective Counties, Cities, and Borroughs of this Nation, are required, at the times and places appointed for Electing their Knights, Citizens, and Burge&s;&s;es, and before they do actually proceed to &s;uch Elections, to cau&s;e this Proclamation to be publickly read, and Proclaimed in their &s;everal Counties, Cities, and Borroughs, that none may have colour to pretend ignorance thereof; In which behalf, the Council &s;hall expect a punctual Compliance, and call tho&s;e to a &s;trict Accompt who &s;hall neg|lect the &s;ame.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Wedne&s;day March 28. 1660.</DATE></DATELINE>
By the Council of State at <HI>VVhitehal.</HI></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered,</HI> That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>W. JESSOP,</SIGNED>
Clerk of the Council.</CLOSER>
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<P>Printed by <HI>Abel Roper,</HI> and <HI>Tho: Collins,</HI> Printers to the Council of State.</P>
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