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A
PROCLAMATION
For '_
G E 0R
G E,R.’] .. .
we em, HEREAS many of but Subje&5~.iti divers Parts of Our C010-
1 nies and Plantations in North Ame/742m, milled by dangerous
and ill-de■gning Men, and forgetting the Alle ianCe which they
owe to the Power that has protected andfu■ained
them, after
,various diforderly Acts committed in Difturbance of the Public
WPeace, to. the Ob■ruétion of lawful Commerce, and to the OP-
" pre■ion of Our loyal Subjects carrying on the fame, have at
length proceeded to an open and avowed Rebellion, by array-
ing themfelves in hoftile Manner to withf’tand the Execution of the Law, and
traitorou■yepreparing, ordering, and levying War againft Us.
AND whereas there is Reafon to apprehend that lhcerebellion hath been much
promoted and encouraged by the traitorous Correfp‘ondenceg Counfels, and Comfort
of divers Wicked and defperate Perfons within this Realm :‘ To the End therefore,
that none of Our Subjects may. ne ’leét or violate their-Duty through Ignorance
thereof, or through any Doubt of the Protection which the Law will afford to,
their Loyalty and Zeal; We have thought, ■t, by and with the Advice of Our
Privy Council, to ilfue this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby declaring that not only
all Our Officers, Civil and Military, are obliged to exert their utmo■ Endeaq
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