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<p n="42"> By the King.</p>
<p n="43">A PROCLAMATION.</p>
<p n="44">GEORGE R.<lb></lb>
WHEREAS it hath been represented to Us, That a great Number of Persons, in Consequence of<lb></lb>
Advertisements or Hand Bills inciting them thereto did, on Friday last the Second of this instant<lb></lb>
June, assemble in a Riotous and Tumultuous Manner in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo86"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo87">Saint George's Fields</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo88">County of Surry</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
from whence they proceeded in several Bodies to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo89"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo90">Palace Yard</rs>
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, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo91">Westminster</rs>
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, surrounded both <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50726_geo92">Houses of<lb></lb>
Parliament</rs>
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, and possessed themselves of the Avenues to the same, (the said Houses of Parliament being<lb></lb>
then sitting), where they continued in a Riotous and Tumultuous Manner, committing great Outrages<lb></lb>
and Violence against several of Our Subjects, and feloniously taking Money from them; after which,<lb></lb>
in the Evening of the same Day, they insulted and attacked the Houses of some of the publick Ministers of Foreign<lb></lb>
Princes and States, residing at Our Court, and broke into, spoiled, and set Fire to Chapels, which in every civilized<lb></lb>
Country are allowed to such publick Minister for the free Exercise of the Religion of their Country, to the great Scandal<lb></lb>
and Offence of all truly pious and good Protestants; We therefore, in Order that the Reproach of so frantick and atro-<lb></lb>
cious an Outrage against the Precepts of Religion, as well as the Obligations of all Laws, may not remain a Disgrace to<lb></lb>
Our Kingdom, but may be confined to the Authors, A bettors, and Perpetrators of the said Outrage, and that they may<lb></lb>
be brought to speedy and condign Punishment, and that such dangerous and wicked Practices may hereafter be pre-<lb></lb>
vented, have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, to publish and declare Our Resolution to<lb></lb>
put the Laws in Force against such Offences: And We do hereby enjoin and require all <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50726_occ24">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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, Sheriffs,<lb></lb>
Mayors, Bailiffs, Constables, and all other Our loving Subjects, to be aiding and assisting to the utmost of thir Power<lb></lb>
in suppressing such illegal and tumultuous Assemblies, and in detecting, apprehending, and Justice the Persons</p>
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