CR  
DIEU·ET·MON DROIT.  
HONI·SOIT·QVI·MAL·Y·PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
By the King. A PROCLAMATION For the Discovery and Apprehension of Captain Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald.  
CHARLES R.  
WHereas it hath been represented unto Us by the humble Petition of Martin Stamp, and due proof made by the Testimony of credible Witnesses, That Timothy Stamp, Brother of the said Martin, being a Merchant, was in December▪ 1672. taken by a Spanish Man of War, and his Ship, called the Humility of London, and the Goods therein, to the value of Five thousand pounds, carried into the Port of Havana; But the Governor of the place not finding cause for the Detainer of the said Ship, restored the same, with promise of Satisfaction for the Damage sustained, and a Protection against all Spanish Ships; Yet during the restraint of the said Ship, a Man of War was fitted out under the Command of Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald (Our Natural born Subject) who retook the said Ship within Musket shot of the Castle of Havana, and after Tortured and Murdered the said Timothy Stamp, and most of his men; some they hanged until they were half dead, and then cut them with their swords, afterwards hung them up again until they were almost dead, then cut them in pieces with an Axe; others had their Arms cut off, and were cleft down with Axes; And afterwards the said Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald, and his Company shared the said Ship and Goods; And the like Barbarous cruelty the said Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald hath since exercised upon other Our Subjects: We have therefore thought fit (with the advice of Our Privy Council) to publish the same to all Our loving Subjects, and doubt not of their care and forwardness in the discovery and apprehension of the said Fitzgerald: And We do by this Our Proclamation (whereof he ought and shall be presumed to take notice) Enjoin and Command the said Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald, within Six Months after the publication hereof, to render himself to one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or to the chief Governor of the Island of Jamaica, or to the chief Governor of some other of Our Foreign Plantations, to receive and undergo such Order as shall be gi●● concerning him. And We do hereby further publish and declare, That if the said Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald, shall not within the time aforesaid, render himself accordingly, than if any person or persons whatsoever shall at any time after apprehend and bring him dead or alive to one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or to the Governor of Our Island of Jamaica, or to the chief Governor of any other of Our Foreign Plantations, he or they so apprehending and bringing him, shall have a reward of One thousand Pieces of Eight. And We do also strictly Charge and Command all Our Officers and Ministers, as well Military as Civil, and other Our Subjects whatsoever, to be diligent, and use their best endeavours to search for and apprehend the said Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald, in all places whatsoever, as they will answer the neglect thereof at their perils. And We do hereby further publish and declare, That if any of Our Subjects shall after the publication of this Our Proclamation, directly or indirectly conceal or harbour the said Don Philip Helen, alias Fitzgerald, or shall not use his or their best endeavours for his discovery and apprehension, as well by giving due advertisement to Our Officers, as by all other good ●eans, We will (as there is just cause) proceed against them that shall so neglect this Our Command, with all severity.  
Given at Our Court at Whitehall the First day of October 1675. In the Seven and twentieth year of Our Reign. God save the King.   

LONDON, Printed by the Assigns of john Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1675.