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<FIGDESC>monogram of 'W' (William) superimposed on 'M' (Mary)</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion on one side and the Scottish unicorn on the other</FIGDESC>
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<Q LANG="frm">JE MEINTIENDRAY</Q>
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<HEAD>BY THE Lords-Ju&s;tices OF IRELAND, A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>CHARLES PORTER,</ITEM>
<ITEM>THO: CONINGESBY.</ITEM>
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<P>_WHereas the &s;afe and &s;peedy Conveyance of Letters and Pacquets by Po&s;t in this Their Maje&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>Ireland</HI> is of great Importance to Their Maje&s;ties Service, and of general u&s;e and benefit to Their Maje&s;ties Subjects, for the Countenancing and encouraging whereof, the Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General, his Deputy and Deputies, and all and every Per&s;on or Per&s;ons imployed in that &s;ervice, have been from time to time exempted, not only from Quartering of Soldiers, and from &s;erving upon Iuries, Inque&s;ts, Mu&s;ters, or a|ny other publick Imployments or Attendances, but from having any their Hor&s;es Pre&s;&s;ed, &s;topt or detained, or their Hay, Oats or Gra&s;s taken from them on any pretence what&s;oever: Notwith|&s;tanding which, frequent Complaints are made, that &s;everal Po&s;t Hor&s;es have been Pre&s;&s;ed, and forced from tho&s;e imployed by the &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter, his Deputy or Deputies, and their Hay and Oats forced from them, and Officers and Soldiers daily Quartered on them, to the great hindrance of Their Maje&s;ties Service, and the prejudice of the publick Corre&s;pondence which is &s;o u&s;efull to all Their Maje&s;ties good Subjects: For remedy where|of, and prevention of the like Inconveniences for the future, and that the Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter of this Kingdom, his Deputy or Deputies, and all and every Per&s;on or Per&s;ons imployed in the &s;aid Service under him or them, may en|joy all the Rights, Priviledges and Immunities heretofore u&s;ed and ac|cu&s;tomed,
<PB REF="2"> We do hereby Publi&s;h and Declare, that no Officer or Soldier either of Hor&s;e, Foot or Dragoons, or any other what&s;oever be Quartered in the Hou&s;e or Hou&s;es of the &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General of this Kingdom, his Deputy or Deputies, the Ma&s;ter of the Pacquet-Boats, or any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons actually imployed in the Service of the &s;aid Po&s;t-Office, or the Pacquet-Boats; but that his and their Hou&s;es and Stables be Protected and exempted from Quartering Soldiers as afore&s;aid: And for the better carrying on the &s;aid Service, We do hereby &s;trictly Charge and Require all Per&s;ons what&s;oever, that they do not on any pretence pre&s;ume to Pre&s;s, &s;top, or detain any Hor&s;e or Hor&s;es provided by the Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter for that Service, nor Seize or take away any the Oats, Hay, or other Forrage belonging to them or any of them; but on the contrary, all Officers as well Military as Civil are upon occa&s;ion and application made unto them by the re&s;pective Po&s;t-Ma&s;ters, to aid and a&s;sur them to Pre&s;s and provide upon &s;pecial occa|&s;ion &s;uch Hor&s;es as may be nece&s;&s;ary for the di&s;patch of Their Maje&s;ties Service, and likewi&s;e that they be furni&s;hed, if their occa&s;ions &s;o require, with Hay and Oats for their Po&s;t-Hor&s;es at the &s;ame Rates as the Army is to be furni&s;hed therewith. And We do hereby further Publi&s;h and Declare, that Their Maje&s;ties &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter, his Deputy and Deputies, and all others actually imployed under him or them in the &s;aid Services, &s;hall be from henceforth freed exempted and di&s;charged from &s;erving upon any Iury, Inque&s;ts, Mu&s;ters, or any other Publick Imployments or Atten|dances whether Military or Civil, that may any way impede, retard or pre|judice the Execution of his or their Duty or Service in the &s;aid Office, and from all Pains and Penalties which he, they or any of them might or may incurr for or by rea&s;on of his or their Omi&s;sion or Refu&s;al to perform the &s;aid Employments or any of them.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Their Maje&s;ties Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin,</HI> <DATE>the 28th of <HI>February,</HI> 1690. And in the Third Year of their Maje&s;ties Reign.</DATE></DATELINE><LB> God Save the KING and QUEEN.<LB>
<SIGNED>By the Lords Ju&s;tices Command. Jo^n Davis.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Dublin,</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Crook</HI> A&s;&s;ignee of <HI>Benjamin Took</HI> Printer to the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Queen</HI> at their <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> printing-hou&s;e on <HI>Ormonde-Key.</HI></P>
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