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A80984	Orders of His Highnes the Lord Protector, made and published by and with the advice and consent of his council, for putting in speedy and due execution the laws, statutes and ordinances, made and provided against printing unlicensed and scandalous books and panphlets, and for the further regulating of printing. Published by His Highness special command.	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); England and Wales. Council of State.	1655 (1655)	Wing C7151; Thomason E1064_58; ESTC R210551	3,351	10

ORDERS OF HIS HIGHNES The Lord Protector Made and published by and with the Advice and Consent of His COUNCIL FOR Putting in speedy and due Execution the Laws Statutes and Ordinances made and provided against Printing Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for the further Regulating of PRINTING Published by His. Highness special Command LONDON Printed by HENRY HILLS and JOHN FIELD Printers to His Highness MDCLV Orders of His Highness the Lord Protector made and published by and with the Advice and Consent of His Council for putting in speedy and due Execution the Laws Statutes and Ordinances made and provided against Printing Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for the further Regulating of Printing WHereas in default of the speedy due and effectual execution of the many good Laws Statutes and Ordinances heretofore made and published against Vnlicensed Seditious and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets divers evil-minded persons and of malicious insolent and restless Spirits have assumed to themselves and do continually take upon them a licencious boldness to Write Print Publish and Disperse several Dangerous Vnwarrantable Seditious Blasphemous and Scandalous Pamphlets Books and Papers to the high Dishonor of Almighty God the endangering of the Peace of this Commonwealth the violation of all good Order and Government and in manifest Contempt and Scorn of the Government and Laws of the Land Which We having taken into Our Consideration do hold Our selves obliged to provide Remedy to the aforesaid Evils And therefore having Confidence of the Care Diligence Discretion and good Affection of you John Barkstead Esq Lieutenant of Our Tower of London John Dethick Alderman of Our City of London and George Foxcroft to Vs the present Government and Peace and Welfare of this Commonwealth We have thought fit as We hereby do to intrust and commit unto you joyntly and severally the Execution of these Orders and Directions touching the Premises with the several Powers and Authorities hereafter mentioned as well for the punishment of such Offenders as the timely preventing and suppressing of all Seditious Blasphemous and other Libellous Pamphlets Books and Papers whatsoever And for your better and more effectual proceeding therein Our Will and Pleasure is And We do hereby Authorise and straitly Charge and Command you carefully to observe these Orders Rules and Directions following I. That without delay you diligently search and inquire concerning the Printing-houses Presses and Master-Printers as well for the certain number of them as also for the names of the Master-Printers and of the names and number of Servants Work-men and Apprentices each Master Printer hath or shall hereafter retain and how many Presses each Master-Printer hath within Our Cities of London and Westminster and Borrough of Southwark or the Liberties Suburbs or the Precincts thereof and of what fame quality conversation or condition every such Master-Printer is and how he and his Servants and Work-men stand affected to the present Government And that you make Certificate of all the premises unto Vs or Our Council within eight and twenty daies after your Receipt hereof II. That you carefully inform your selves what person or persons not having a lawful license in that bealf do take upon them to print or use or put in practice or cause to be used or put in practise the Art or Mystery of Printing or do use or employ by themselves or others any Printing-Press Rolling-Press or other Instrument for Printing in any and what place or part of this Common-wealth And where any such shall be found That you cause all their Printing-Letters and Materials for Printing to be immediatly defaced and the Offendors prosecuted for recovery of the forfeitures summes of money and penalties by them incurred in this behalf and cause them to be otherwise punished according to the Laws and Statutes of the Land in such cases made and provided III. That you also inform your selves whether the Printers and other persons in Our City of London and Liberties therof or elsewhere who keep Printing-Houses or are owners of Printing-Presses Rolling-Presses or other Instruments for Printing have entred into Bonds respectively with two sufficient sureties according to the purport and direction of the Act of Parliament Intituled An Act against unlicensed and scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for better regulating of Printing And in case they have entred into such Bonds accordingly Then whether they have since that time offended or shall hereafter offend in any of the premises or particulars mentioned in the said Act of Parliament or broken the conditions of those respective Bonds to the end you may in like manner prosecute them and their sureties in Our name for recovery of the penalties in the several obligations mentioned and by them forfeited by the said conditions broken and otherwise according to Law and their respective demerits IV. That you take especial Care and see That no person or persons presume to Print Reprint or Publish or cause to be Printed Reprinted or Published any Pamphlets Books of News Occurrences or other such like Papers whatsoever unless he or they shall be hereafter thereunto lawfully Authorized by Command from Vs or Our Council or unless such Newes Occurrences or such like Papers be Licenced by such as shall be appointed thereto by Vs or Our Council And whosoever shall offend in the premises shall be proceeded against by you according to the Laws established against unlicensed and scandalous Pamphlets for such their contempt and disobedience in the premisses V. And further Our will and pleasure is And more particularly We do hereby require Authorise and Command you for the better execution of the premises That you put in speedy and effectual execution in all things not hereby altered or otherwise directed the Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament of Septem 1647. Intituled An Ordinance against unlicensed or scandalous Pamphlets and for the better Regulating of Printing As also one other Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament of the 14. of June 1643. for Regulating of Printing and suppressing the great abuses and frequent disorders therein and the Act of the Common-Council of Our City of London bearing date the ninth of October 1643. prohibiting all persons whatsoever from crying or putting to sale about the streets within the said City of London and Liberties thereof any Pamphlets Books or Papers whatsoever by way of hawking and for punishment of the Offendours therein And if any person or persons hath or have heretofore offended or hereafter shall offend in the premises or shall abet and countenance the same contrary to the said Acts or Ordinances or any other Act or Ordinance now in force We do hereby Will Authorise and Command you that immediately you repair to the place or places where they are or shall be abiding aswel within Liberties as without and to apprehend and arrest or cause to be arested the bodies of them and every of them so ofrending and their Complices and Abettors and to cause them to be sent in safe and secure Custody unto Bride-well And to cause all such corporal and pecuniary punishments to be speedily and impartially inflicted on such of the Offendors in the premises and the penalties duly levied for their several offences as therein and thereby are mentioned and provided And We will they shall not be thence discharged until they shall have made full payment and satisfaction and received the said punishment accordingly And the Governors of Bride-well are hereby required to see such Offendors as shall be sent to them punished according to the Law And you are hereby also Authorised and required from time to time to make diligent search in all places where you shall think meet for all Printing Presses any way employed in Printing such scandalous seditious and unlicensed Papers Pamphlets Books or Ballads whatsoever and to seise and carry away such Printing-Presses and Letters with the Nut Spindle and other Materials of every such irregular Printer which you shall finde so mis-employed unto the Stationers Hall in our said City of London there to be defaced and made unserviceable according to the said Acts and Ordinances of Parliament in that behalf As also to make diligent search and inquiry in all suspected Printing-Houses Ware-houses Shops and other places whatsoever for such unlicensed Books Papers Sheet or Sheets of News whatsoever as is herein before directed And the same to detein and keep to be disposed of as We or Our Council shall think fit And in case of any opposition or resistance in the premises We hereby Authorise and require you to break open all or any locks or doors and to apprehend all and every person and persons whom you shall finde so opposing or resisting to convent or cause to be brought before the Lord Mayor of Our City of London or any other of Our Iustices of Peace to be examined and proceeded against according to the Law And all Our Iustices of Peace Mayors Sheriffs Bailiffs Constables Head-Boroughs and all and every other Our Officers and Ministers of Iustice both Civil and Military and other persons whatsoever are hereby required and commanded to be aiding and assisting unto you or your Deputies in the execution of the premisses as they and every of them will answer the contrary at their utmost perils And We do hereby give you full power and authority to assign depute and employ any fit and discreet persons under you by writing under your hands and seals for the better execution of these Orders and Directions and to reward prosecutors allowance whereof shall be made unto you by the Council and do all and every such other thing and things as are meet and requisite to the effectual performance of this Our service so much conducing to the preservation of the publique peace For all which these presents shall be a sufficient Warrant and discharge in this behalf Given at White-Hall the eight and twentieth day of August 1655.