C2R  
DIEV ET MON DROIT  
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
BY THE Lord Lieutenant AND COUNCIL.  
ORMOND.  
WHEREAS a most barbarous and outrageous Murder and Robbery was committed, on Sunday the seventh day of this instant October in the Evening, in the Town of Radr●m in the County of Wicklow, by several Traitorous and Rebellious persons then assembled together in Arms to the great terror of his Majesty's good Subjects, and the disturbance of the Peace of this Kingdom, & whereas some of the said Offenders, being since apprehended, & committed to his Majesty's Goal at Wicklow, We have caused a special Commission of Oyer and Terminer to be issued, for the speedy Trial, & bringing to just punishment, the said persons so apprehended, & such others who shall be found to have been guilty of the said Crimes, but divers of the persons who were Actors therein having not as yet been discovered or taken; We think fit hereby, in his Majesty's name straightly to charge & command, all his Majesty's loyal Subjects, upon their duty & allegiance to his Majesty, not only to forbear to receive, or relieve, any the persons who were Actors in the sai● Murder or Robbery, but also to make diligent search and Enquiry after the said persons, and by all means possible, to apprehend and take the bodies of them, and them to bring or cause to be brought, under safe custody, to the High Sherriffs of the respective Counties, where they shall be apprehended to be by such Sheriffs, safely conveyed to the said Goal of Wicklow, to the end they may be there legally proceeded against, and tried for their said offences.  
And we do hereby further declare, that whatsoever person or persons shall knowingly comfort, relieve or abet, the said Offenders, or any of them, they are and shall be reputed, deemed and adjudged Traitors, in like degree, with the Offenders themselves, and to be proceeded against according to Law; And we do hereby also declare, that whosoever shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be apprehended, any of the persons, who were Actors in the said Murder or Robbery, and are not yet in custody, shall upon conviction of any such persons, have for a reward for his said discovery and apprehension of any such Malefactors, for each Person so discovered and brought in, Ten pounds, for payment whereof, we will give Warrant as occasion shall require.  
And whosoever of the said Offenders, not yet seized upon, shall first discover, ●ither to us the Lord Lieutenant, or any of his Majesty's Privy Council, or judges in this Kingdom, the whole plot and Conspiracy entered into, for Committing the said Robbery, and the several persons engaged therein, or shall at any time hereafter, bring unto the High Sheriff of any Country in this Kingdom, any of the said other persons, who were guilty of the said Crimes, and are not yet in Custody, he shall upon such his discovery, or the Conviction of such person so brought in by him, together with his said reward, receive his Pardon, and towards the speedy effecting of this service, all Commanders of Horse, and Foot, and all other his Majesty's Officers and loving Subjects are to be Aiding and Assisting as they and every of them will Answer the contrary at their Perils. Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin the 19th. day of October 1677.  


Ja: Armachanus.  
Mich: Dublin. Cance.  
Blesinton.  
Lanesborough.  
Hen: Midensis  
R: Coot.  
Ro: Booth:  
I: Temple  
John Cole.  
Ja: Hayes.  
Tho: Radcliffe.