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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  By the King. 
A PROCLAMATION For the Discovery and Apprehension of George Duke ● ●ckingham.  
CHARLES R.  
FOrasmuch as it appears to Us that George Duke 〈◊〉 ●●●●ingham, who was of Our Privy Council, and otherways employed 〈…〉 great Trusts relating to Our Person and the Public, and not 〈…〉 ●ound by common Duty and Allegiance, but further obliged by espec 〈…〉 〈…〉 extraordinary ties of Gratitude and Fidelity to Our Crown, hath notwithstanding held and maintained Secret Correspondences by Letters, 〈◊〉 other Transactions tending to raise Mutinies in some of Our Forc 〈…〉 〈◊〉 stir up Seditions amongst Our People, and other Traitorous Designs and Practices; And whereas for prevention of the mischievous consequences that might thereon ensue, especially as the present state of Affairs now are; and intending the matter might be 〈…〉 ined, and the said Duke be brought to answer what should be objected against him, We did give order to one of Our Sergeants at Arms to use all diligence to Apprehend him; in the execution of which Command, Our Minister was ill treated, and Contemptuously resisted, not without the knowledge and direction of the said Duke himself, as We have just cause to believe, and he (as conscious of his demerits) secretly escaped, and hath withdrawn himself, and doth hide and obscure in places unknown: We therefore (by the Advice of Our Privy Council) do by this Our Proclamation (whereof he ought and shall be presumed to take notice) Enjoin and Command the said Duke with all speéd, after the Publication hereof, to render himself ●o one of Our Secretaries of State, or to Our Lieutenant of the Tower. And We do hereby straight Charge and Command all justices of the Peace, Mayor, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constables, and other Officers and Subjects whatsoever, to be diligent, and use their best endeavours to Search for, and Apprehend the said Duke, in all places whatsoever, and that they safely Convey him to one of Our Secretaries of State, or to Our Lieutenant of Our Tower, that he may be brought to answer such things as shall be objected against him, and for such further course to be taken with him, as shall be agreéable to Law and justice. And We do further Declare, That if any person or persons after the publication hereof, shall directly or indirectly conceal or harbour the said Duke, or shall not use their best endeavour for his Discovery and Apprehension, We will (as there is just cause) proceéd against them with all severity.  
Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 8th day of March, In the Nineteenth year of Our Reign, 1666/7. 
 God save the King.   

In the SAVOY, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, His Majesty's Printers, 1666/7.