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<NAME>Simon Charles</NAME>
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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>&para; By the King.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<HEAD>&leaf; A Proclamation for the &s;peedy &s;ending away of the Iri&s;h Beggers out of this Kingdome, into their owne Countrey, and for the &s;uppre&s;sing and ordering of the Engli&s;h Rogues and Vagabonds, according to the Lawes.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas this Realme hath of late been pe&s;tered with a great num|ber of Iri&s;h Beggers, who liue here idlely and dangerou&s;ly, and are of ill example to the Natiues of this Kingdome; And whereas the multitude of Engli&s;h Rogues &amp; Vagabonds doe much more abound then in former times, &s;ome wandring and begging vnder the colour of Souldiers and Mariners, others vnder the pretext of impotent per&s;ons, whereby they become a burden to the good people of the Land: All which hapneth by the neglect of the due execution of the Lawes formerly with great prouidence made, for reliefe of the true poore and indigent, and for the puni&s;hment of the &s;turdy Rogues and Vagabonds: For the reforming therefore of &s;o great a mi&s;chiefe, and to preuent the many dan|gers which will en&s;ue by the neglect thereof, The Kings mo&s;t excellent Maie&s;tie, by the adui&s;e of his Priuie Coun&s;ell, and of his Iudges, doth &s;traitly charge and command, that all the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme heeretofore made, and now &s;tanding in force for the puni&s;hment of Rogues and Vagabonds bee duely put in execution in euery part thereof; And more particu|larly, His Maie&s;tie doth expre&s;ly charge and command, that all Iri&s;h Beggers which now are in any parts of this Kingdome wandring or begging, vnder what pretence &s;oeuer, &s;hall foorth|with depart this Realme, and returne into their owne Countrey, and there abide: And if any Iri&s;h man or woman, &s;hall after the end of &s;ixe weekes, to bee accounted from the date hereof, bee found wandering or begging, that then hee or &s;hee &s;hall bee apprehended, v&s;ed, ordered, and puni&s;hed as Rogues and Vagabonds, by the Lawes of this Realme, and then &s;hall bee con|ueyed from Con&s;table to Con&s;table vnto one of the&s;e Ports following, that is to &s;ay, <HI>Bri&s;toll, Mynhead, Bar&s;table, Che&s;ter, Lirepoole, Milford-Hauen,</HI> and <HI>Workington,</HI> or &s;uch of them as &s;hall bee mo&s;t conuenient for them; And if the number of tho&s;e Iri&s;h in any one company &s;hall growe too great to be &s;o conueyed by Con&s;tables, that then they be conueyed from Sheriffe to Sheriffe vnto one of the Ports afore&s;ayd.</P>
<P>And His Maie&s;tie doeth &s;traitly charge and command, that no per&s;on after the end of the &s;aid &s;ixe weekes, doe in any wi&s;e relieue tho&s;e Iri&s;h Beggars, or any of them, which &s;hall &s;o wander or begge, and &s;hall not apply them&s;elues to be tran&s;ported as afore&s;ayd.</P>
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<P>And His Maie&s;tie doeth further charge and command, that at the &s;ayd Ports they be &s;hip|ped at the charge of that County and Port re&s;pectiuely, tho&s;e Ports hauing beene the cau&s;e of this di&s;order, by permitting them to bee there landed, contrary to the Lawes, and that from thence, with the next winde and conuenient meanes, they bee tran&s;ported and &s;et on land on &s;ome part of that Kingdome of Ireland, there to bee di&s;po&s;ed of according to the Lawes of that Kingdome: And that from henceforth no man be &s;o hardie, as to conuey or bring into this Realme, any Iri&s;h per&s;on from that Kingdome, who is likely to bee a Beggar here, nor that any &s;uch bee &s;uffered to Land in any Port of this Realme, vpon paine of &s;uch forfeitures and pe|nalties, as by the Lawes of this Kingdome, or that Kingdome may bee inflicted vpon them for the &s;ame, and vpon &s;uch further paynes and puni&s;hments, as His Maie&s;tie by his Prerogatiue Royall may inflict or impo&s;e vpon them. And if notwith&s;tanding any &s;uch Iri&s;h &s;hall hereaf|ter bee tran&s;ported from thence hither, that vpon true enquiry made at what Port or place they were Landed, they &s;hall with all &s;peede bee &s;ent backe thither to bee tran&s;ported backe againe, at the charge of that Port and County where they were &s;o Landed.</P>
<P>And His Maie&s;ty doth &s;traitly charge and command all Shiriffes, Maiors, Iu&s;tices of peace, Cu&s;tomers. Comptrollers, Searchers, and all other His Maie&s;ties Officers, Mini&s;ters, and lo|uing Subiects, that they and euery of them in their &s;euerall places doe their be&s;t endeauours to ob&s;erue and performe His Maie&s;ties Command in this behalfe.</P>
<P>And His Maie&s;tie doth further &s;traitly charge and command, that if any borne within this Realme, &s;hall hereafter wander and begge in this Kingdome, as Souldiers or Marmers, that they bee foorthwith apprehended and committed to the common Goale of that County where they &s;hall bee apprehended; and bee proceeded again&s;t as Felons according to the Lawes.</P>
<P>And His Maie&s;tie doeth &s;traitly charge and command all Shiriffes, Maiors, Iu&s;tices of Peace, Con&s;tables, Headborougs, Tithingmen and all other His Maie&s;ties Officers, Mini&s;ters and Subiects whom it may concerne, that they v&s;e all care and diligence to execute the Lawes again&s;t all Rogues and Vagabonds in that behalfe made and prouided, and now &s;tanding in force, as they will an&s;were the neglect thereof at their vttermo&s;t perils, and that the Iu&s;tices of Peace of each County do v&s;e their be&s;t endeauours to enquire out, and puni&s;h all &s;uch neglects and offences, and at euery A&s;&s;izes to be held for that County, doe giue an exact and true account to the Iudges of A&s;&s;ize for that County, how, and in what manner they haue ob&s;erued the &s;ame.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen at Our Court at Greenwich, <DATE>the &s;euenteenth day of May, in the fift yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&leaf; Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. ANNO M.DC.XXIX.</P>
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