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<HEAD>By The King A PROCLAMATION</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>VVILLIAM R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas His Maje&s;ty hath received Information upon Oath, That the Per&s;ons here|in after Named have with divers other Wicked and Traiterous Per&s;ons Entred into a Horrid and Dete&s;table Con&s;piracy, to A&s;&s;a&s;&s;inate and Murder His Maje|&s;ties Sacred Per&s;on; for which Cau&s;e &s;everal Warrants for High Trea&s;on, have been I&s;&s;ued out again&s;t them, but they have withdrawen them&s;elves from their u&s;|ual Places of Abode, and are Fled from Ju&s;tice; His Maje&s;ty hath therefore thought fit (by the Advice of His Privy Council) to I&s;&s;ue His Royal Proclamation; And His Maje&s;ty doth hereby Command and Require all His Loving Subjects to Di&s;cover, Take and Apprehend <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>Berwick,</HI> Sir <HI>George Barclay,</HI> Major <HI>Lowick, George Potter,</HI> Captain <HI>Stow,</HI> Captain <HI>Walbank</HI> Captain <HI>James Courtney,</HI> Lieutenant <HI>Sherburne, Brics Blair, Dinant, Chambers, Boi&s;e, George Higgens,</HI> and his Two Brothers, sons to Sir <HI>Thomas Higgens, Davis, Cardell Goodman Cramburne, Keyes, Pendergro&s;s</HI> alias <HI>Prendergras, Bryerly, Trevor,</HI> Sir <HI>George Max|well, Durance, Fleming, Chri&s;topher Knightly,</HI> Lieutenant <HI>King, Holmes,</HI> Sir <HI>William perlins, Rookwood,</HI> wherever they may be found, &amp; to carry them before the next Ju&s;tice of Peace, or Chief Magi&s;t|rat, who is hereby Required to Commit them to the next Goal, there to Remain until they be thence Deli|vered by due Cour&s;e of Law. And His Maje&s;ty doth hereby Require the &s;aid Ju&s;tice or other Magi&s;trat im|mediatly to give Notice thereof to Him or His Privy Council. And for the Prevention of the going of the &s;aid per&s;ons or of any other into <HI>Ireland,</HI> or other Parts beyond the Seas. His Maje&s;ty doth Require &amp; Command all His Officers of the Cu&s;toms, &amp; other His Officers &amp; Subjects of, and in the re&s;pective Ports &amp; Mari|time Towns, and places within his Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> up|on <HI>Tweed,</HI> That they, and every of them, in their re&s;pective Stations &amp; Places, be careful and diligent in the Examination of all per&s;ons who &s;hall pa&s;s, or endeavour to pa&s;s beyond the Seas; and that they do not permit any per&s;on what&s;oever, to go into <HI>Ireland,</HI> or other places beyond the Seas, without a Pa&s;s under His Maje&s;ties Royal Sign Manual, until further Order. And if they &s;hall Di&s;cover the &s;aid per&s;ons above-named, or either of them then to cau&s;e them to be Apprehended &amp; &s;ecured, &amp; to give No|tice, as afore&s;aid. And His Maje&s;ty does hereby Publi&s;h and Declare to all per&s;ons who &s;hall Conceal the per&s;ons above named, or any of them, or be Aiding and A&s;&s;i&s;ting in the Concealing of them, or furthering their E&s;cape, that they &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t for &s;uch their Offence, with the utmo&s;t &s;e|verity according to Law. And for the Encouragement of all per&s;ons to be Diligent and Careful in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ndeavouring to Di&s;cover and Apprehend the &s;aid per&s;ons. VVe do hereby further Declare, That <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ho&s;oever &s;hall Di&s;cover and Apprehend the per&s;oas above named, or any of them, and &s;hall bring <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">hem before &s;ome Ju&s;tice of Peace, or Chief Magi&s;trat, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall Have and Receive as a Reward, the Sum of One Thou&s;and Pounds; which &s;aid Sum of One Thou&s;and Pounds, the Lords Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;tis Trea&s;ury, are hereby Required and Directed to pay accordingly. And if any of the per&s;ons above-named &s;hall Di&s;cover and Apprehend any of their Accomplices, &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">s they may be brought to Ju&s;tice, His Maje&s;ty does hereby Declare, That every per&s;on making &s;uch Di&s;covery, &s;hall have His Maje&s;ties Gracious Pardon for his Offence, and &s;hall receive the Re|gard of a Thou&s;and Pounds, to be payed in &s;uch manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Ken&s;ington</HI> the<DATE> Twenty third day of <HI>February</HI> 1695/6. In the Eighth Year of Our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>Re-printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno DOM,</HI> 1696.</P>
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