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A32431 By the King, a proclamation for discovery and apprehension of several traiterous conspiritors herein named England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1664 (1664) Wing C3329; ESTC R36154 1,142 1

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C R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King A PROCLAMATION For Discovery and Apprehension of several Traiterous Conspirators herein named CHARLES R. WHereas George Rumford of Durham Robert Davers alias Danvers Colonel Thomas Wogan John Mason lately escaped out of the Tower of York William Leving late escaped out of the Tower of London Edward Cary alias Carew lately escaped out of the hands of one of Our Messengers Roger Jones and Nathaniel Strange being persons ingaged in the late Horrid and Treasonable Conspiracy in the Northern and other parts of this Our Kingdom and being conscious of their own guilt have fled or withdrawn themselves from Iustice and do privately lurk and obscure in places unknown whereby they cannot be apprehended and brought to a legal Tryal for their Offences We therefore have thought fit by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council to publish the same to all Our loving Subjects not doubting of their care and forwardness in their apprehension And We do by this Our Proclamation Command and Declare That all and every the persons before named within Fourteen days after the publication hereof personally appear and render themselves to some of Our Privy Council or of the Iustices of Peace or Sheriffs of Our Counties of England and Wales under pain of being proceeded against as guilty of High Treason according to Law And We do hereby Require and Command as well all and singular Our Iudges Iustices of Peace Mayors Sheriffs Bayliffs Constables and headboroughs as also all the Officers and Ministers of Our Ports and other Our Subjects whatsoever within Our Realms of England Scotland Ireland or Dominion of Wales and all other Our Dominions and Territories to be diligent in enquiring and searching for the said persons in all places whatsoever as well within Liberties as without whom or any of them if they shall happen to take Our further Will and Pleasure is That they cause them so apprehended to be safely carried before the next Iustice of the Peace to the place where he or they shall be Arrested whom We do hereby straitly Command to Commit them to Prison and presently inform Vs or some of Our Privy council of their said Apprehension And We do hereby straitly Charge and forbid all Our loving Subjects of what degree or quality soever That they do not presume to Entertain or Harbour any of the persons aforesaid but that they use their utmost endeavours to Apprehend them And we do hereby Declare and Publish That if any person or persons after this Our Proclamation published shall directly or indirectly Conceal Harbour Keep Retain or Maintain the said persons or any of them or shall Contrive or Connive at any means whereby they or any of them may escape from being Taken or Arrested or shall not use their best endeavours for their Apprehension as well by giving due Advertisement to Our Officers as by all other good means We will as there is just cause proceed against them that shall so neglect this Our Commandment with all severity according to Iustice and their demerits Given at our court at Whitehall the Seven and twentieth day of July 1664. in the Sixteenth year of our Reign God save the King LONDON Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1664.