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<FIGDESC>arms of Charles II</FIGDESC>
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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
</FIGURE> By the King. A PROCLAMATION For the better Di&s;covery of Seditious Libellers.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas divers malicious and di&s;affected per&s;ons do daily devi&s;e and publi&s;h, as well by Writing, as Printing, &s;undry fal&s;e, infamous, and &s;candalous Libells, endeavouring thereby, not only to traduce and reproach the Eccle&s;ia&s;tical and Temporal Government of this Kingdom, and the publick Mini&s;ters of the &s;ame, but al&s;o to &s;tir up and di&s;po&s;e the minds of His Maje&s;ties Subjects to Sedition and Rebellion; For the di&s;covery of &s;uch wicked Offenders, and to the intent that they may receive the &s;evere&s;t Puni&s;hments which by the Laws of this Kingdom may be inflicted upon them, His Maje&s;ty (with the advice of His Privy Council) doth by this His Royal Proclamation Publi&s;h and Declare, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall di&s;cover and make known to either of His Maje&s;ties Princi|pal Secretaries of State, or to any Iu&s;tice of Peace, the per&s;on or per|&s;ons to whom any &s;uch Libell, at any time &s;ince the la&s;t Act of General Pardon, hath been, or &s;hall hereafter be brought, and by him or them received, in order to Print or tran&s;cribe the &s;ame; Or the Place where &s;uch Libell &s;hall be printing or tran&s;cribing, whereby the &s;ame &s;hall happen to be &s;eized; Or the per&s;on or per&s;ons by whom any &s;uch Libell at any time &s;ince the &s;aid Act hath been, or &s;hall hereafter be printed or tran&s;cribed; Or &s;hall di&s;cover and make known to either of the &s;aid Principal Secretaries, or to any Iu&s;tice of Peace, any private Printing-Pre&s;s kept and u&s;ed for imprinting unli|cen&s;ed Pamphlets or Books by any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever; He or they making every &s;uch di&s;|covery, &s;hall have and receive, as a reward from His Maje&s;ty, the &s;um of Twenty pounds. And His Maje&s;ty doth further hereby Publi&s;h and Declare, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall di&s;cover and make known to either of the &s;aid Principal Secretaries, or to a Iu&s;tice of the Peace, the Author of any &s;uch Libell, which at any time &s;ince the &s;aid Act of General Pardon hath been, or &s;hall hereafter be devi&s;ed and made; Or the per&s;ons or per&s;on who at any time &s;ince the &s;aid Act have, or hath handed or brought, or &s;hall hereafter hand or bring any &s;uch Libell to the Pre&s;s, or to any per&s;on or per&s;ons in order to print the &s;ame; He or they making &s;uch di&s;covery, &s;hall receive and have from His Maje&s;ty, the &s;um of Fifty pounds: And to the end that the per&s;on or per&s;ons making &s;uch di&s;covery, may without any charge or attendance, immediately after the &s;ame made, receive the re&s;pective rewards hereby propo&s;ed, His Maje&s;ty doth by this His Royal Proclamation require the Lord High Trea|&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> or the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time being, that he or they do &s;atisfy and pay the &s;aid re&s;pective &s;ums to the per&s;on or per&s;ons making &s;uch di&s;covery, without any delay or abatement what&s;oever. And His Maje&s;ty doth hereby &s;trictly charge and command all and every His Iu&s;tices of the Peace, to whom &s;uch di&s;covery &s;hall be made, that he or they with all po&s;&s;ible &s;peed do give notice thereof to His Maje&s;ty, or to one of His &s;aid Principal Secretaries, to the end that the &s;aid Libells may be &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, and the parties offending may be effectually pro&s;ecuted.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall</HI></HI>
<DATE><HI>this Seventh day of <HI>January</HI> 1675. In the Seven and twentieth 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 the A&s;&s;igns of <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1675.</P>
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