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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79286	A proclamation against vicious, debauch'd, and prophane persons	England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1660 (1660)	Wing C3227; Thomason 669.f.25[36]; ESTC R211945; ESTC R212389	1,507	1

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION AGAINST Vicious Debauch'd and Prophane Persons By the King CHARLES R. SInce it hath pleased the Divine Providence in so wonderful a manner and by ways and means no less miraculous then those by which he did heretofore preserve and restore his own chosen people to restore Vs and Our good Subjects to each other and to shew Vs a very hopeful Prospect if not to put Vs already into possession of that Peace Happiness and Security with which this Our Kingdom hath been heretofore blessed It will become Vs all in Our several Stations to acknowledge this transcendent goodness of Almighty God in so seasonable a conjuncture with such a Circumspection Integrity and Reformation in Our Lives that We may not drive away that Mercy which so near approacheth Vs by making Our selves wholly unworthy of it And in Order hereunto We think it high time to shew Our dislike of those against whom We have been ever enough offended though We could not in this manner declare it who under pretence of Affection to Vs and Our Service assume to themselves the liberty of Reviling Threatning and Reproaching others and as much as in them lies endeavor to stifle and divert their good Inclinations to Our Service and so to prevent that Reconciliation and Vnion of Hearts and Affections which can only with Gods Blessing make Vs rejoyce in each other and keep Our Enemies from rejoycing There are likewise another sort of Men of whom we have heard much and are sufficiently ashamed who spend their time in Taverns Tipling-Houses and Debauches giving no other Evidence of their Affection to Vs but in drinking Our Health and Inveighing against all others who are not of their own dissolute temper and who in truth have more discredited Our Cause by the Licence of their Manners and Lives then they could ever advance it by their Affection or Courage We hope that this extraordinary way of delivering Vs all from all We feared and almost bringing Vs to all We can reasonably hope hath and will work upon the Hearts even of these Men to that degree that they will cordially renounce all that Licenciousness Prophaneness and Impiety with which they have been corrupted and endeavored to corrupt others and that they will hereafter become examples of Sobriety and Virtue and make it appear that what is past was rather the Vice of the Time then of the Persons and so the sitter to be forgotten together And because the fear of Punishment or apprehension of Our Displeasure may have influence upon many who will not be restrained by the Conscience of their Duty We do declare That We will not exercise just Severity against any Malefactors sooner then against Men of dissolute debauch'd and prophane Lives with what parts soever they may be otherwise qualified and endowed and We hope that all Persons of Honor or in Place and Authority will so far assist Vs in discountenancing such Men that their Discretion and Shame will perswade them to reform what their Conscience would not and that the displeasure of good Men towards them may supply what the Laws have not and it may be cannot well provide against there being by the Licence and Corruption of the Times and the depraved Nature of Men many Enormities Scandals and Impieties in Practise and Manners which Laws cannot well describe and consequently not enough provide against which may by the example and severity of Vertuous Men be easily discountenanced and by degrees suppressed However for the more effectual reforming these Men who are a discredit to the Nation and unto any Cause they pretend to favor and to wish well to We require all Majors Sheriffs and Iustices of Peace to be very vigilant and strict in the discovery and prosecution of all Dissolute and Prophane Persons and such as Blaspheme the Name of God by prophane Swearing and Cursing or revile or disturbe Ministers and despise the Publick Worship of God that being first bound to the Good behavior they may be further proceeded against and exposed to shame in such a manner as the Laws of the Land and the just and necessary Rules of Government shall direct or permit Given at Our Court at Whitehal the Thirtieth day of May in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign London Printed by Christopher Barker and John Bill Printers to the KINGS most Excellent Majesty 1660.