WHereas Alexander Leighton, a Scottish-man borne; who was lately Sentenced by the Honourable Court of Star-chamber, to pay a great Fine to His Majesty, and to undergo corporal punishment, for Writing, Printing and publishing a very Libellous and Scandalous Book against the King and his government, hath this 11 th'. day of November, escaped out of the Prison of the Fleet, where he was a prisoner: These are in His Majesty's name to require and command all justices of Peace, Mayor, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Customers, Searchers, and Officers of the Ports, and all others His Majesty's loving Subjects, to use all diligence for the Apprehending of the said Alexander Leighton, and being Apprehended, safely to keep him in custody, until His Majesty shall receive notice thereof, and shall give further direction concerning him: He is a man of a low stature, fair complexion; he hath a yellowish Beard, a high Forehead, between forty and fifty years of age.  
Dated this eleventh of November. 1630.