royal blazon or coat of arms HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT BY THE Lord Lieutenant AND COUNCIL  
ORMONDE,  
WHEREAS by occasion of the backwardness of many of His Majesty's Tenants farmers and debtors in payment of the Rents, and other debts, due and payable by them to His Majesty, there have been of late assignments issued out for payment of some of his Majesty's Rents, and other debts due and payable to him; And whereas it is observed that the way and manner of Raising the moneys upon those assignments hath been the occasion of divers inconveniences to the people; We therefore being desirous as far as possible we may, to prevent for the future all such inconveniences, do to that end intent, that His Majesty's Rents and other debts due and to be due and payable to him, shall be duly paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, as in former times before the late Rebellion was accustomed, that so the civil and military lists may be duly paid. And we do hereby declare that if any person or persons shall hereafter fail in payment of their Michaelmas Rents, Quit Rents, with all arrears of Rents and other moneys then due and payable by them, at the Receipt of the Exchequer, at or before the last day of Michaelmas term yearly: or shall hereafter fail in payment of their Easter Rents, Quit Rents, with all arrears of Rents and other moneys then due and payable by them, at the Receipt of the Exchequer, at or before the last day of Easter term yearly, or if any Farmer of the Inland Excize or any person accountable for any part of the duty of Excize or new Impost, Customs, Subsidies, Compositions, the money due for fire hearths, places used for firing and stoves: or other sums of money, shall fail to make due payment of what they are or shall be respectively chargeable with, at the days and times whereon the same are or shall be due and payable, they must expect the strictest and most coercive course to be taken with such from time to time by sending Pursuivants for them taking distresses and otherwise; And we do hereby further declare that we shall require from time to time from the Vice-Treasurer or his deputy Receiver General an account of the vigorous execution of this our proclamation, to whom we shall also give assistance, by the authority of this Board, from time to time as we shall find there is or shall be occasion, and take order for the displacing and punishing such Officers and others, as shall be found to fail in their duty. And to the end all His Majesty's Subjects whom it may concern may take notice hereof, and yield due and undelayed obedience thereunto; We do require the principal Officers of every City and Town Corporat, and the high Sheriff of every County, to cause this Proclamation to be published and fixed up publicly in the principal their Towns, and also at the said Sheriff's County Courts, and in all Cities and market Towns and other public places and parts of their Counties, immediately after Receipt thereof and to give an Account to this Board of their so doing, as they will Answer the contrary at their perils.  
Given at the Castle of Kilkenny the 11th day of September 1667. Ja. Armachanus. Mich. Dublin. Canc. Charlemont. Kingston. Edw. Smythe. Jo. Bysse. J. Temple. Rob. Byron. Paul Davys. Fra. Hamilton. Art. Forbess. Edw. massy. 
 GOD SAVE THE KING.   

Dublin, printed by John Crook, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, and are to be sold by Samuel Dancer, Bookseller in Castle-street, 1667.