By the King and Queen, A PROCLAMATION For the Discovery and Apprehension of Robert Brent, Gentleman. WILLIAM R. WHereas Robert Brent late of the Middle-Temple Gentleman, being Charged with High Treason, and Committed for the same, hath been unduly Bailed, and since hath withdrawn himself from justice; and the Commons now Assembled in Parliament, have applied to Us to Issue out Our Proclamation for Apprehending the said Robert Brent, and taking him into safe Custody: We do hereby Command and Require all Our Loving Subjects to take and Apprehend the said Robert Brent, wherever he may be found, and to Carry him before the next justice of the Peace, or Chief Magistrate of City or Town-Corporate, whom We do hereby Require to Commit him to the next Goal, there to remain until he be thence Delivered by due Course of Law. And We do hereby Require the said justice or other Magistrate, immediately to give Notice thereof to Us or Our Council, and We do promise him or them that shall Discover or Apprehend the said Robert Brent, for a Reward, the sum of Two hundred pounds; And We do also hereby give Notice to all Persons that shall Conceal the said Robert Brent, or be Aiding or Assisting in the Concealing of him, or furthering his Escape, that they shall be Proceeded against for such their Offence, with the utmost Severity, according to Law. Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 28th Day of February, 1688/9. In the First Year of Our Reign. God save the King and Queen. LONDON, Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King and Queen's most Excellent Majesties. 1688/9.