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DIEV ET MON DROIT  
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  By the King, 
A PROCLAMATION.  
JAMES R.  
WHereas We have received Certain Information, That James Duke of Monmouth, Ford late Lord Grace Outlawed for High Treason, with divers other Traitors and Outlaws, are lately Landed in an Hostile manner at Lyme, in Our County of Dorset, And have Possessed themselves of Our said Town of Lyme. And have sent and dispersed some of their Traitorous Complices into the Neighbouring Countries, to Incite them to join in open Rebellion against Us.  
We do hereby, with the Advice of Our Privy Council, Declare and Publish the said James Duke of Monmouth, and all his Complices, Adherents, Abettors, and Advisers, Traitors and Rebels; And do Command and Require all Our Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, Sheriffs, justices of the Peace, Mayor, Bailiffs, and all other Our Offices, Civil and Military, to use their utmost endeavours to Seize and Apprehend the said James Duke of Monmouth, Ford late Lord Grace, and all their said Confederates and Adherents; And all and every other Person and Persons that shall be Aiding or Abetting the aforesaid Traitors and Rebels; And the said Persons, and every of them to Secure until Our further Pleasure be known, as they will Answer the contrary at their utmost Peril.  
Given at Our Court at Whitehall this Thirteenth day of June 1685. And in the First Year of Our Reign. 
 God save the King.   

London, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceased: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1685.