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<FIGDESC>royal arms of England, circa 1663</FIGDESC>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">NI &middot; SOIT &middot; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">VI &middot; MAL &middot; Y <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ENSE &middot;</P>
<P>D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">V &middot; ET MON &middot; DROIT</P>
</FIGURE> By the King. A PROCLAMATION Requiring all Officers or Souldiers that &s;erved in the Armies of any the late U&s;urped Powers, and have been Disbanded, Ca&s;hiered or Turned out, to depart the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> before the la&s;t day of this in&s;tant <HI>March.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_THe Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, for prevention of ill Con&s;equences which may en&s;ue by the frequent re&s;ort and abode of Di&s;contented Officers and Souldiers of the late Army, in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the Suburbs thereof, and places adjacent, hath thought fit (by and with the Advice of His Privy Council) to Publi&s;h and Declare, and doth by this His Royal Proclamation Publi&s;h and Declare, and al&s;o &s;traitly Charge and Command, That all and every per&s;on and per|&s;ons, being heretofore an Officer or Souldier &s;erving in any the Armies of the late V&s;urped Powers, and have been Disbanded, Ca&s;hiered, or turned out of the &s;ame, (who are not under Impri&s;onment, or other Legal Re&s;traint, or have not their con&s;tant Habi|tations and Families within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or the Suburbs thereof, or who cannot procure or obtain a Licence from His Maje&s;ty, the Lord General, or one of His Maje&s;ties Principal Secretaries of State, or any Three or more of His Privy Council in that behalf) do on or before the la&s;t day of this in&s;tant <HI>March,</HI> depart out of the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Liberties and Suburbs thereof, and not return again, or come within Twenty Miles of the &s;ame Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or either of them, until after the la&s;t day of <HI>September</HI> next en&s;uing: And that they or any of them do not, or &s;hall not in the mean time wear, u&s;e, carry, or ride with any Sword, Pi&s;tol, or other Arms or Weapons. And herein His Maje&s;ty doth expect from all per&s;ons concerned, a due and punctual &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion and conformity, at their perils, and upon pain of His high Di&s;plea&s;ure: Willing and hereby Commanding the Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Con&s;tables, and other Officers and Mini&s;ters of and in the &s;everal Counties, Ca&s;tles and Places of this Kingdom, and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> to Apprehend and Sei&s;e the per&s;ons, and take away the Arms and Weapons of all &s;uch as &s;hall be found faulty, or Offenders in or contrary to the purport, true intent and meaning of this His Maje&s;ties Royal Proclamation, and them to &s;end to the Goal of the City or County where they are apprehended, &s;ending the Lords of His Maje&s;ties Pri|vy Council a Note of their Names, and of their particular Offences, that &s;o they may be proceeded again&s;t for their Contempts, according to Iu&s;tice.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall</HI></HI>
<DATE><HI>the 25^t^h day of <HI>March,</HI> 1663/4. in the Sixteenth 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>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Christopher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1663/4.</P>
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