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May 1792
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I have the honour to transmit to you by His Majestys
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Command, Six Copies of the said Proclamation, in order that you
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may take proper measures for carrying the same into effect; and for
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encouraging all Officers and Persons to exert themselves in their
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respective Stations, to Discover and bring to Justice the Authors of the
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Offences therein mentioned, and to preserve the public Tranquillity
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I have the honour to be, Sir,
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Your most Obedient Humble Servant.
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Henry Dundas
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Clerk of the peace for
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The
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By the King
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A Proclamation.
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George. R.
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Whereas divers wicked and seditious Writings have
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been printed, published, and industriously dispersed, tending to
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excite Tumult and Disorder by endeavouring to raise groundless
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Jealousies and Discontents in the minds of our faithful and
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Coving Subjects, respecting the Laws, and happy Constitution of
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Government
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, civil and religious, established in this Kingdom and
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endeavouring to vilify and bring into contempt the wise and wholesome
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provisions made at the time of the glorious Resolution: and since
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strengthened and confirmed by subsequent Laws, for the preservation
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and security of the Rights and Liberties of our faithful and loving
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Subjects: And Whereas divers Writing have also been Printed
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Published and industriously dispersed, recommending the said wicked
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and seditious Publications to the Attention of all our faithful and loving
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Subjects: And Whereas we have also reason to believe that
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correspondences have been entered into with sundry Persons in foreign
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parts, with a view to forward the criminal and wicked purposes
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abovementioned: And Whereas the Wealth, Happiness and
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Prosperity of this Kingdom do, under divine Providence, chiefly
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depend upon a due submission to the Laws, a just confidence in the
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