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C R  DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  
At the Court at Whitehall, the Eleventh of December, 1672.  


Present,  
The Kings most Excellent Majesty.  
His Royal Highness  
Prince Rupert  
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury  
Lord Chancellor  
Lord Treasurer  
Lord Duke of Bucks.  
Duke of Lauderdaill  
Lord Marquis of Worcester  
Lord Marquis Dorchester  
Earl of Ogle  
Earl of Ossory  
Earl of Bridgwater  
Earl of   
Earl of Anglesey  
Earl of Craven  
Earl of Arlington  
Earl of Carbury  
Viscount Fauconberge  
Viscount Halifax  
Lord Bishop of London  
Lord Newport  
Lord Holles  
Lord Berkley  
Mr. Secretary Coventry  
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer  
Sir Robert Long  
Master of the Ordnance  
Sir Thomas Osborne.    
HIS Majesty is pleased to Declare in Council, That being mindful of his former Declaration, bearing Date January the Second 1671/2 by which His Majesty caused a Stop to be made of the Payment of any Moneys then being, or to be brought into the Exchequer, for the space of One whole Year, ending the Last Day of December instant; And did then also Require and Command Sir Heneage Finch Knight and Baronet, His Attorney General, to prepare a Bill for His Royal Signature to Pass the Great Seal, in pursuance of the said Declaration: Which was accordingly done.  
And His Majesty having also considered, that the said Last Day of December is near approaching, longer than which time His Majesty did by His said Declaration Declare the said Stop of Payments should not continue,  
But notwithstanding His Majesty hath not been wanting on His part to comply with all honourable ways and means that might operate such happy Effects; Yet the Continuance of those inevitable Necessities which first inforc'd His Majesty (contrary to His own Inclinations) to cause a Stop to be made of Payment of Moneys, compels him at this present to continue the same Stop of Payments of any Moneys now being, or to be brought into the Exchequer, until the First Day of May next ensuing; with such Directions to the Lord High Treasurer, and other Officers and Persons concerned, and with such Limitations and Distinctions, as by His said Declaration abovementioned was directed and enjoined.  
And that this His Majesty's Pleasure and Declaration may be speedily and effectually put in Execution, His Majesty is pleased to Order, and doth hereby Require and Command Sir Heneage Finch Knight and Baronet, His Attorney General, forthwith to prepare a Bill for His Royal Signature to Pass the Great Seal; Thereby commanding the Lord High Treasurer of England immediately to Order and Direct all and every the Officers of His Majesty's Exchequer, to Post-pone all Warrants and Orders, whether Registered or not Registered; And other Securities and Payments whatsoever, except such as are excepted in the above mentioned Declaration and Letters Patents, until the First Day of May next ensuing, with such other Directions and Clauses as shall be necessary for the pursuance of this His Majesty's Declaration.  
And His Majesty doubts not but that all His Loving Subjects have such Trust and Confidence in His Justice, that it will take away all apprehensions of their being in the least defrauded of any thing that is justly due to them.  
And His Majesty is graciously pleased farther to Declare, That He continued this Stop of Payments to so short a time as the First of May next; to show His intentions of taking the first opportunity that any way or means shall offer to him; to restore to His good Subjects all that is justly due to them, and render them under His Government both safe and happy.  
Joseph Williamson.   

LONDON, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1672.