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<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>By the Lords Ju&s;tices, A PROCLAMATION For Apprehending and Securing the Per&s;on of <HI>John Robart.</HI></HEAD>
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<ITEM>Tho. Cantuar.</ITEM>
<ITEM>J. Sommers <HI>C. S.</HI> </ITEM>
<ITEM>Pembroke <HI>C. P. S.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shrewsbury,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dor&s;et,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Godolphin.</ITEM>
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<P>_WHereas Information was given to His Maje&s;ty, That by the Exami|nations upon Oath of &s;everal Per&s;ons taken before a Committee of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, touching the Vnlawful and Indirect Giving, Receiving and Di&s;po&s;ing of Great Sums of Money, for Procuring Charters for the <HI>Ea&s;t India</HI> Company, and otherwi&s;e relating to that Company, it appeared that <HI>John Robart</HI> was not only Concerned in the Receipt, but was al&s;o able to give Evidence of the Di&s;po&s;al and Application of Part of the &s;aid Money: Yet to avoid Iu&s;tice, and the Manife&s;tation of the Truth, he, the &s;aid <HI>John Robart</HI> had withdrawn him&s;elf from his u&s;ual Place of Habitation, and Ab&s;conded, intending to make his E&s;cape into Parts beyond the Seas; and His Maje&s;ty did thereupon, and upon the humble Addre&s;s of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, I&s;&s;ue forth His Royal Procla|mation bearing Date the Ninth Day of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t, for Securing the Per&s;on of the &s;aid <HI>John Robart.</HI> And whereas Information has be&eacute;n given upon Oath, That &s;ince the &s;aid Proclamation I&s;&s;ued, the &s;aid <HI>John Robart</HI> hath been &s;everal times of late &s;e&eacute;n in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter.</HI> We have therefore thought fit, by the Advice of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council, to I&s;&s;ue this Proclamation, hereby Commanding and Requiring all His Maje&s;ties Loving Sub|jects what&s;oever, to Di&s;cover and Apprehend the &s;aid <HI>John Robart,</HI> who is a Middle Sized Man, of a Swarthy Complexion, Aged about Fourty years, wears a Periwig, and is a Foreigner, as may be di&s;covered by his Speech; and to cau&s;e the &s;aid <HI>John Robart</HI> to be Di&s;covered and Apprehended, and to carry him before &s;ome of His Maje&s;ties Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or Chief Magi&s;trate of the County, Town or Place where he &s;hall be Apprehended, who are re&s;pectively Required to Secure him, and thereof to give &s;pe&eacute;dy Notice unto His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, or one of the Principal Secretaries of State, to the end he may be forthcoming, to be dealt withal and proce&eacute;ded again&s;t according to Law. And for Prevention of the &s;aid <HI>John Robarts</HI> E&s;cape into Parts beyond the Seas, We do Re|quire and Command all His Maje&s;ties Officers of the Cu&s;toms, and other His Officers and Sub|jects of and in the re&s;pective Ports, Maritime Towns and Places within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> that they and every of them, in their re|&s;pective Places and Stations, be careful and diligent in the Examination of all Per&s;ons that &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;s or endeavour to pa&s;s beyond the Seas; and if they &s;hall di&s;cover the &s;aid <HI>John Robart,</HI> then to cau&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">im to be Apprehended and Secured, and to give notice thereof, as afore&s;aid. And for the Encourage|ment of all Per&s;ons to be diligent and careful in endeavouring to Di&s;cover and Apprehend the &s;aid <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ohn Robart,</HI> We do hereby further Declare, That who&s;oever &s;hall Di&s;cover and Apprehend the &s;aid <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ohn Robart,</HI> and &s;hall bring him before &s;ome Iu&s;tice of Peace or Chief Magi&s;trate, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ave and Receive as a Reward the Sum of Two hundred Pounds; which &s;aid Sum of Two hun|dred Pounds, the Lords Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;ties Trea&s;ury are hereby Required and Di|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">cted to Pay accordingly. And We do hereby &s;trictly Charge and Command all His Maje&s;ties Loving <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ubjects, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their Perils, that they do not any ways Conceal, but <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Di&s;cover the &s;aid <HI>John Robart,</HI> to the end he may be Secured and Proceeded again&s;t according to Law.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at the Council-Chamber at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>the Fifteenth Day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1695. In the Seventh Year of His Maje&s;ties Reign.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
GOD SAVE THE KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Charles Bill,</HI> and the Executrix of <HI>Thomas Newcomb,</HI> deceas'd; Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1695.</P>
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