royal blazon or coat of arms C R HONI SOIT x MAL Y PENSE BY THE KING. ΒΆ A Proclamation concerning some illegal Warrants lately issued into several places in Our Counties of Buckingham and Bedford, and other Counties, under the name of the Earl of Essex, or by his pretended Authority. WE have lately seen some Warrants sent abroad under the name of Robert Earl of Essex now in actual and open Rebellion against Us, and under the names of Sir Peter Temple, Sir William Andrews, Thomas Terrell, and others, who aid and assist the said Earl in his Rebellion, commanding diverse Inhabitants of those Counties to send in Horses, arms, Uictualls, and Money, towards the maintenance of the Army raised under the Command of the said Earl against Us, and intimating that if those to whom those Warrants are directed, shall refuse to obey the same, they shall be reputed as Enemies to their Country, and be proceeded against accordingly. We wonder that any should be so bold, as to make such Warrants and publish them, they being utterly illegal and traitorous; We shall wonder if any shall be so weak to be seduced by such Impostures, as to lay aside their Duty and allegiance to their King, for fear to displease those who casting away the fear of God and men, are in Rebellion against their sovereign. But least any should be seduced, and hoping that some may beware of, and so avoid the danger they may suddenly fall into, in yielding to these to illegal Commands, and so become partakers in the Crimes, and run into the danger of the forfeitures which attend them, We have thought it fit to declare, and We do hereby publish and declare, That whosoever shall seduce others, or suffer themselves to be seduced in giving obedience to any such Warrants, Commands, or persuasions, that they do thereby incur the Crime of High Treason, as aiders, and assistants to those rebels, and must expect to undergo the penalties and forfeitures justly due for the same. Given under Our sign manual at Our Court at Oxford, this seventh day of June, in the nineteenth year of Our reign. God Save the KING. Printed at Oxford by LEONARD LICHFIELD, Printer to the University. 1643.