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<Q>HONI SO<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">T QVI MAL Y PENS<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></Q>
<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
</FIGURE> By the King. A PROCLAMATION For Bani&s;hing all Popi&s;h Prie&s;ts and Je&s;uites, and putting the Laws in &s;peedy and due Execution again&s;t POPISH RECUSANTS.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas Our Loyal Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, in order to the Suppre&s;&s;ing the In&s;olencies of the Papi&s;ts, have humbly de&s;ired Vs forthwith to I&s;&s;ue out Our Royal Proclamation for the Bani&s;hment of all Prie&s;ts and Ie&s;uites out of this Kingdom within Thirty days, to be therein limited, other then &s;uch (not being Our natural born Subjects) who are obliged to attend upon Our Royal Con&s;ort the Que&eacute;n, or the Que&eacute;n Our Dear Mother. And that if any Prie&s;t or Ie&s;uite &s;hall happen to be taken in <HI>England</HI> after the &s;aid days, That the Laws be put in due execution again&s;t them; And have further humbly de&s;ired Vs, That in the &s;aid Proclamation, &s;trict Order be given to the Iudges, and Barons of the Exchequer, and to all Our Iu&s;tices of Peace, and to all other Mini&s;ters of Iu|&s;tice, for the putting the Laws in due execution again&s;t all Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, and &s;uch as are &s;u&s;pected &s;o to be, in order to their &s;pe&eacute;dy Conviction; and that the &s;aid Iudges, Barons and Iu&s;tices, be required at their re&s;pective A&s;&s;izes, and Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, to give the Laws in Charge again&s;t Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants.</P>
<P>And We having &s;eriou&s;ly con&s;idered thereof, and accepting with much contentment the great care of Our &s;aid Loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, for the pre&s;ervation of the true Religion E&s;tabli&s;hed in this Kingdom; Do therefore by this Our Proclamation Re|quire, Charge and Command all Ie&s;uites, and al&s;o all Prie&s;ts who have taken Orders from the Sea of <HI>Rome,</HI> or by the Authority, or pretended Authority thereof, and are not &s;ince, and &s;o continue, reconciled to the Church of <HI>England;</HI> That they and every of them do before the Tenth day of <HI>December</HI> next en&s;uing, De|part out of this Our Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> upon pain of having the Penalties of the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm inflicted upon them. And for their better means to depart accord|ingly, We do hereby Declare and Publi&s;h Our further Plea&s;ure, That if at any time before the &s;aid Tenth day of <HI>December</HI> next, they or any of them, &s;hall re&s;ort to any Port-Town of Our &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and there declare him or them&s;elves to the Magi&s;trate of the Town, or other Officers of any Port, to be Prie&s;ts or Ie&s;uites, and that he or they are there to take Shipping for his or their pa&s;&s;age, &s;uch Magi&s;trate and Officers &s;hall &s;uffer him or them quietly to depart, and &s;hall &s;e&eacute; them Ship|ped and &s;ent away for Foreign parts, and give them their furtherance for their departure. And to the end that this Our Proclamation may be the better ob&s;erved and obeyed, We do hereby &s;trictly Charge and Com|mand all Our Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, Commi&s;&s;ioners, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, She|riffs, Bayliffs, and all other Our Officers what&s;oevever, That they be circum&s;pect and vigilant, each of them in their &s;everal Charges, from and after the &s;aid Tenth day of <HI>December,</HI> in Searching for, Di&s;cover|ing, and Apprehending all &s;uch Ie&s;uites and Prie&s;ts (as afore&s;aid) as &s;hall pre&s;ume to remain within this Our Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> contrary to Our Laws, and Our Royal Plea&s;ure and Com|mand herein Declared, to the end that the Laws may be put in due execution again&s;t them.</P>
<P>Provided always, and Our intention is (which We do hereby Declare) That this Our Proclamation &s;hall not extend to Prie&s;ts (not being Our natural born Subjects) that do or &s;hall from time to time attend upon the Per&s;ons of Our deare&s;t Con&s;ort the Que&eacute;n, or of the Que&eacute;n Our dear Mother, according to the Treaties of their &s;everal Marriages, (the names of which Prie&s;ts &s;hall be &s;et down and &s;ignified by them un|der their Great Seals re&s;pectively, and &s;uch Signification Enrolled in Our Court of <HI>Kings Bench.</HI>)</P>
<P>And We do al&s;o further Require, Charge and Command, That all Our Iudges, Barons of our Exche|quer, Iu&s;tices of Peace, and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice in their &s;everal places, do not onely ob&s;erve Our Will and Plea&s;ure herein before expre&s;&s;ed, in all and every the Premi&s;&s;es; but al&s;o do forthwith put all other Our Laws in due execution again&s;t all Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, and &s;uch as are &s;u&s;pected &s;o to be, in order to their &s;pe&eacute;dy Conviction. And We do further Will and Command, That all Our &s;aid Iudges, Barons of Our Exchequer, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice to whom the &s;ame &s;hall appertain, at and in thier re&s;pective Courts, A&s;&s;izes, Goal-Deliveries, and Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, do publickly give the Laws in Charge again&s;t Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, and take order that they be &s;pe&eacute;dily Pre&s;ented, Indicted, and Convicted according to Law. And that all Our Iudges of A&s;&s;ize, at their returns out of their re&s;pective Circuits, do from time to time hereafter, give a true and &s;trict account of their proce&eacute;dings therein, unto Our Chancellour for the time being: And that he do pre&s;ent the &s;ame to Vs.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at the Court at Whitehall</HI>
<DATE><HI>the Tenth day of November, in the Eighteenth year of Our Reign, 1666.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>In the <HI>SAVOY,</HI> Printed by the A&s;signs of <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;topher Barker,</HI> His Maje&s;ties Printers, 1666.</P>
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