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By the King.
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A PROCLAMATION.
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GEORGE R.
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WHEREAS it hath been represented to Us, That a great Number of Persons, in Consequence of
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Advertisements or Hand Bills inciting them thereto did, on Friday last the Second of this instant
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June, assemble in a Riotous and Tumultuous Manner in
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Saint George's Fields
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County of Surry
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from whence they proceeded in several Bodies to
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, surrounded both
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Houses of
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, and possessed themselves of the Avenues to the same, (the said Houses of Parliament being
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then sitting), where they continued in a Riotous and Tumultuous Manner, committing great Outrages
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and Violence against several of Our Subjects, and feloniously taking Money from them; after which,
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in the Evening of the same Day, they insulted and attacked the Houses of some of the publick Ministers of Foreign
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Princes and States, residing at Our Court, and broke into, spoiled, and set Fire to Chapels, which in every civilized
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Country are allowed to such publick Minister for the free Exercise of the Religion of their Country, to the great Scandal
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and Offence of all truly pious and good Protestants; We therefore, in Order that the Reproach of so frantick and atro-
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cious an Outrage against the Precepts of Religion, as well as the Obligations of all Laws, may not remain a Disgrace to
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Our Kingdom, but may be confined to the Authors, A bettors, and Perpetrators of the said Outrage, and that they may
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be brought to speedy and condign Punishment, and that such dangerous and wicked Practices may hereafter be pre-
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vented, have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, to publish and declare Our Resolution to
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put the Laws in Force against such Offences: And We do hereby enjoin and require all
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Justices of the Peace
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, Sheriffs,
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Mayors, Bailiffs, Constables, and all other Our loving Subjects, to be aiding and assisting to the utmost of thir Power
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in suppressing such illegal and tumultuous Assemblies, and in detecting, apprehending, and Justice the Persons
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