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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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<HEAD>BY THE KING: A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>JAMES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHEREAS We have Received certain Infor|mation that the V&s;urper and his Adherents in <HI>England</HI> are making great Preparations to make a fre&s;h Inva&s;ion on this Out Kingdom with a numerous Army as well of <HI>Danes</HI> and o|ther Forraigners as of &s;uch of Our own Sub|jects as they can &s;educe to take up Arms a|gain&s;t Vs, and do threaten no le&s;s then the To|tal Extirpation of all Our Faithful Subjects of this Realm, We do therefore finde Our &s;elfe ob|lidged to make u&s;e of the mo&s;t effectual means We can for Rai&s;eing and Maintaining a &s;uffici|ent Force to Oppo&s;e and repell &s;o unatural and &s;o impious an Attempt and whereas the Experience of all times hath &s;hewed that an Army cannot be Serviceable without good Order and Di&s;cipline, which may not the Kept without making Regular and due Payments, the only meanes to keep them from Oppre&s;&s;ing and Plundering the people; And whereas the late Act of Supply has charged the Sub&s;idy thereby granted towards the Support of Our Army altogether on Lands and Tenements, and &s;uch Lea&s;es only as are &s;et at half value or under, which Sub&s;idy as it can|not be Levyed in &s;ome parts of the Kingdom now Infe&s;ted with the Re|bels,
<PB REF="2"> nor out of &s;ome Lands which are wa&s;te, &s;o it is not in it &s;elf Suffi|cient to Defray the Charges of the War; and &s;ince the Vrgency is &s;o great upon this pre&s;ent Occa&s;ion, where no le&s;s then the &s;afety of the Publique as well as of every man in particular is Concerned as that it cannot admit of any delay; and therefore the Ordinary method of give|ing Supplies in Parliament (alwayes practi&s;ed in &s;ettled times) cannot be at pre&s;ent made u&s;e of without the lo&s;s of too much time; and &s;ince it cannot but &s;e&eacute;m Rea&s;onable that where all E&s;tates and all Degrees are e|qually at &s;take, the Per&s;onal E&s;tates &s;hould contribute to the Common Defence; Wherefore after Mature Deliberation had with Our Privy Coun|cil upon the pre&s;ent State of Affaires, and upon due Examination of what hath been done in the like Extraordinary exigencies in former times, We have thought fit by the Advice of Our &s;aid Privy Council to Order and Declare, and We do hereby Order and Declare that a Contribution of Twenty thou&s;and Pounds per Month for the &s;pace of three Months ending the la&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t &s;hall be forthwith Applotted, Layd in and Levyed upon the Per&s;onal E&s;tates of all &s;orts within this Kingdom (Hou&s;hold goods, Apparrel, and &s;uch Lea&s;es as are already Cha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> by the &s;aid Act of Supply only excepted) and al&s;o upon the benefit of Trade and Traffick wherein each Per&s;on is to be made Lyable in Proportion to his Sub&s;tance and to the Profit or Advantage of his Trade or Traffick, and that all and every the Counties, Cities, and Towns Corporate within this Kingdom &s;hall Bear and Pay &s;o much, and in &s;uch and the like &s;hare and Proportion of the &s;aid Contribution as they and every of them Re|&s;pectively do Bear and Pay of the afore&s;aid Sub&s;idy already granted by the &s;aid Act of Supply, which &s;aid Contribution is to be equally Applotted by Commi&s;&s;ioners to be forthwith by Vs named in each County, City, and Town Corporate, who &s;hall make Bookes thereof, and proceed therein ac|cording to In&s;tructions which We &s;hall forthwith cau&s;e to be Publi&s;hed in that behalf to the end that the &s;ame may be Levyed and Payed with all &s;peed without which it cannot an&s;wer tho&s;e good and Nece&s;&s;ary ends for which it is Intended. And for the better Enabling of all Our Loving Subjects to Pay this Contribution, and for &s;ecuring them for the future a|gain&s;t all free Quarterings and other Oppre&s;&s;ions and Injuries that may be offered them by any of Our Army, We have further thought fit by the Advice afore&s;aid to Declare that We will forthwith Appoint one or more Per&s;ons in each County and City within this Kingdom, who &s;hall have Power to Receive all Complaints Concerning any Exactions or Extortions to be Committed by any Officers or Soldiers of Our Army, and out of Our Revenue to make pre&s;ent Payment to the parties aggrieved for the Damage by them Su&s;tained, and to Return &s;uch Complaints to Our Secretary of War in Order to have the Value of &s;uch Damage deducted for Vs out of the Pay of the Parties Offending, and al&s;o to have them Proceeded again&s;t according to the Articles of War, which have been here|tofore or hereafter &s;hall be by Vs made in that behalf.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at <HI>Dublin</HI> Ca&s;tle</HI> <DATE><HI>the fourth day of <HI>February.</HI></HI> 1689. <HI>And in the Fifth Year of Our Reign.</HI></DATE></DATELINE> <HI>GOD SAVE THE KING.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>D&V;BLIN,</HI> Printed for Alderman <HI>James Malone</HI> Book-&s;eller in <HI>Skinner-Row,</HI> and Printer to the King's Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty; 1689.</P>
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