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<HEAD>By the King, A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas We have be&eacute;n Informed, That a Fal&s;e, Scandalous and Trai|terous Libel, Intituled, <HI>An Inquiry into the Cau&s;es of the Mi&s;carriage of the <HI>Scotch</HI>-Colony at <HI>Darien,</HI> or, An An&s;wer to a Libel, Intituled, A Defence of the <HI>Scots</HI> Abdicating <HI>Darien,</HI></HI> has be&eacute;n Printed and Di&s;per&s;ed, the De&s;ign of which Libel was to Create a Mi&s;under&s;tanding betwe&eacute;n Our good Subjects of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> and to Stir up Sedition and Rebellion, and is Injurious to, and Reflects on the Honour of both Nations: And whereas the Knights, Citizens and Burge&s;&s;es in Parliament A&s;&s;em|bled, have humbly be&s;ought Vs, to I&s;&s;ue Our Royal Proclamation for Di&s;covering and Apprehending of the Author and Printer of the &s;aid Libel; We therefore (with the Advice of Our Privy Council) have thought fit to I&s;&s;ue this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby Requi|ring and Commanding all Our Loving Subjects what&s;oever, to Di&s;|cover and Apprehend the Author and Printer of the &s;aid Libel, to the end they may be dealt withal and proce&eacute;ded again&s;t according to Law. And we do hereby Promi&s;e and Declare, That who|&s;oever &s;hall Di&s;cover or Apprehend the Author of the &s;aid Libel, &s;o as he may be brought to Iu|&s;tice, &s;hall have and Receive, as a Reward for &s;uch Di&s;covery and Apprehending, the Sum of Five hundred Pounds: And that who&s;oever &s;hall Di&s;cover or Apprehend the Printer thereof, &s;o as he may be brought to Iu&s;tice, &s;hall Have and Receive, as a Reward for &s;uch Di&s;covery or Apprehending, the Sum of Two hundred Pounds; Which &s;aid re&s;pective Sums of Five hun|dred Pounds and Two hundred Pounds, the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Our Trea&s;ury are hereby Re|quired and Directed to Pay accordingly. And We do hereby further Promi&s;e and Declare, That if any Per&s;on (other than the Author him&s;elf) who was any ways Privy to, or In&s;trumental in the Printing and Di&s;per&s;ing the &s;aid Libel, &s;hall Di&s;cover or Apprehend the Author thereof, the Per&s;on making &s;uch Di&s;covery, or Apprehending the &s;aid Author, &s;hall not only have the &s;aid Sum of Five hundred Pounds, as afore&s;aid, but al&s;o Our Gracious Pardon for his Offence. And We do hereby &s;trictly Charge and Command all Our Loving Subjects (as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their Perils) that they do not any ways Conceal, but Di&s;cover and Apprehend the Author and Printer of the &s;aid Libel, to the end they may be Proce&eacute;ded again&s;t with the ut|mo&s;t Severity according to Law.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Ken&s;ington,</HI></HI> <DATE><HI>the Twenty ninth Day of <HI>January,</HI> 1699. In the Eleventh Year of Our Reign.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</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. 1699.</P>
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