By the Lord deputy and Council.  
❧ A Proclamation for the Banishment of Jesuits and Priests, etc.  
HENRY FALKLAND.  
IT is well known, by daily experience, what intolerable mischiefs and inconveniences have grown upon this Realm, through the extraordinary resort of such persons hither as are commonly called titulary popish Archbishops, Bishops, Vicar's general, Abbots, Priors, Deans, Jesuits, Friars, Seminary priests, and others of that Sect, who seeking to set up and maintain a foreign power and authority within this his Majesty's Dominion, The said Bishops, by pretence thereof, have usurped and exercised Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction within this Kingdom in all spiritual and Ecclesiastical causes, to the great derogation of his Majesty's imperial Crown. And the said inferior Secular Priests have likewise exercised all spiritual and Sacerdotal functions, as christening, marrying, and such like, and by colour there of have taken and exacted sundry spiritual duties, from such as are seduced by them, to the intolerable grievance and impoverishing of this poor nation, And they all seeking and daily endeavouring to pervert the hearts of his Majesty's subjects, and to draw them from the true Religion here established, to blindness and superstition, & to alienate their affections from their Sovereign liege Lord the King's Majesty, and to subject them to the said foreign authority, to the general disturbance of the common peace and tranquillity of this Kingdom. For reformation of which abuses, and avoiding of such seditious persons, sundry Proclamations have been issued and published in this Kingdom: some by immediate warrant from his Majesty out of England, and others by authority of the Lord deputy and Council of this Kingdom for the time being, thereby strictly charging and commanding them forthwith, or within some short time then after (and now long sithence expired) to depart out of this Kingdom, and never to return hither again, unless they should conform themselves to the Religion here established, and repair to the Church duly and orderly: upon pain of his Majesty's high indignation, and such punishments as might justly be inflicted upon the wilful contemners of his Majesty's Royal command. All which notwithstanding, his Majesty is informed that the said popish titulary Bishops, Vicar's general, Priests, Jesuits, and other persons before mentioned, have of late flocked hither in greater numbers then at any time heretofore, And that such Jesuits, Seminary Priests, and other Priests, Friars, Vicar's general, Abbots, Priors, and Bishops so ordained by foreign authority, which did before time secretly lurk in sundry parts of this Kingdom, have of late time mo●e boldly and presumptuously showed and declared themselves in the use and exercise of their functions in open Assemblies, whereby his Majesty's subjects have been generally more seduced and confirmed in their disobedience and obstinacy against his Highness' Laws and Royal commandments (in contempt of his Majesty and the said former Proclamations) and are like to breed more and greater mifchiefes, if they be suffered to abide and continue here any longer: Of which increase and insolence of the said popish Bishops, Priests, and others as aforesaid, his Majesty having taken special notice, hath signified his high displeasure thereat, and hath thereupon commanded Us to put all Laws in execution (that are in force in this Kingdom) that inflict any punishment upon such as exercise any thing to extol or maintain the power or jurisdiction Spiritual or Ecclesiastical of any foreign Prince or Prelate, within this Kingdom, and to revive the Proclamation to remove and exclude all popish Bishops, Priefts, Vicar's general, and others as aforesaid, out of the same, as the principal supporters and maintainers of the said usurped Authority.  
Know ye therefore, that We in obedience unto his Majesty's Royal command, and for absolute warning to be given in this kind, do denounce, and in his Majesty's name strictly charge and command, That they shall all of them, that is to say, all titulary popish Archbishops, Bishops, Vicar's general, Abbots, Pryors, Deans, Jesuits, Friars, Seminary Priests, and other Priests whatsoever, regular or secular (being made or ordained by any authority, derived or pretended to be derived from the See of Rome, or by any other foreign authority whatsoever) depart out of this Kingdom of Ireland forthwith, or within forty days next ensuing, at the farthest, after the date hereof. And that no such titulary Bishops, Vicar's general, Abbots, Pryors, Deans, Jesuits, Seminary priests, or other priests or Friars, ordained by foreign authority as aforesaid, shall from and after the said forty days, repair, come or return into this Kingdom, upon pain of his Majesty's high displeasure and indignation, and upon such further pain and penalty as may be justly inflicted upon them by the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom. And upon the like pain, We do in his Majesty's Name expressly forbid all, and all manner of persons whatsoever within this Kingdom, to receive, relieve, or converse with, be ordered by, or receive instruction from any such popish titulary Archbishop, Bishop, Vicar general, Abbot, Pryor, Deane, Friar, Seminary priest, or other priest which after the said forty days shall remain and abide in this Kingdom, or come into the same or any part thereof, contrary to the intent of this Proclamation. And We do further in his Majesty's name declare, publish, and command, that if any such popish titulary Archbishop, Bishop, Vicar general, Abbot, Pryor, Deane, Jesuit, Friar, Seminary priest, or other priest, shall wilfully abide and continue in this Kingdom after the said forty days, or shall voluntarily repair or return into this Kingdom, or any part thereof: or if any person or persons shall receive, relieve, converse with, be ordered by, or receive instruction from any such popish titulary Archbishop, Bishop, Vicar general, Abbot, Pryor, Deane, Jesuit, Friar, Seminary priest, or other priest, That then all and every Provincial Governors, Sheriffs, Justices of peace, Mayors, Sovereigns, Portrieffs, Constables, and all others his Majesty's officers and loyal subjects in this Kingdom, shall use their best diligence and endeavours, to apprehend all and every such popish titulary Archbishop, Bishop, Vicar general, Abbot, Prior, Deane, Jesuit, Friar, Seminary priest▪ and other priest ordained by foreign Authority as aforesaid, and all and every of their receivers, relievers, and followers▪ and them and every of them to commit to some safe and strict prison, to the end such further order may be taken for their punishment, as to Us the Lord deputy and Council shall be thought fit. And We require them and every of them, to be severe to put this his Majesty's commandment in full execution, as they and every of them will answer the contrary to his Majesty, who will call them and every of them to a strict account touching the performance of their duties in this behalf.  
Provided always, That if any of the said titulary Archbishops, Bishops, Vicar's general, Abbots, Pryors, Deans, Jesuits, Friars, Seminary priests, or other such priests whatsoever shall before the said forty days, or within ten days next after his or their repair or return into this kingdom, submit themselves before Us the now Lo: Deputy, or to the Lo: Deputy or other chief Governor of this kingdom for the time being, or other the Governor of any Province, or before any of his Majesty's privy Council in this kingdom, and shall thereupon conform themselves, and repair to the Church duly and orderly, according to the intent of his Majesty's Laws, That then it shall and may be lawful for all and every such popish titulary Archbishop, Bishop, Vicar general, Abbot, Pryor, Deane, Jesuit, Friar, Seminary priest, or other priest that shall so submit and conform themselves, to abide and continue in this kingdom, and to repair and return into the same, and to have and enjoy the benefit of his Majesty's Laws and Royal protection, in as free and ample manner as any other loyal subject, so long as they or any of them shall continue in such conformity.  
Given at his Majesty's Castle of Dublin, the one and twentieth day of January. 1623. 

Adam Loftus Canc.  
Hen: Valentia.  
Fra: Aungier.  
Fra: blundel.  
Geo: Shurley.  
I. Blener Hayset.  
Dudley Norton.  
Fra: Annesley.  
William Parsons.  
Roger jones.  
I. King.  
Adam Loftus.   God save the King.   

Imprinted at Dublin by the Society of Stationers. Anno Domini M. D. c. XXIII.