BY THE KING. 
His majesty's gracious Proclamation to the Cities of London and Westminster.  
WHEREAS amongst other Arts used by the Promoters of this horrid and desperate Rebellion against us, great Industry and subtlety hath been applied to corrupt Our Subjects of Our Cities of London and Westminster, first by engaging them in Factions and Tumults to awe the members of both Our Houses of parliament who would not consent to their seditious designs; then by persuading them to loans and Contributions for the maintenance of the Army now in Rebellion against us, upon pretence that the same was raised for the defence of Our Person, the Protestant Religion, the Laws of the Land, and privilege of Parliament (WHEREAS in truth it is for the destruction of them all) by their yielding obedience to, and executing the pretended Ordinance of the Militia: and lastly by infusing into them a desperate sense of their own Condition, and that We are so much incensed against them for the premises, that We intend to plunder, and give up the wealth of those Our Cities, as a prey to Our soldiers: We do hereby declare, That We are yet far from being so much incensed against those Our Cities, as these men desire to be believed, and in truth have endeavoured to make us: but We believe that those Tumults were contrived by the Persons whom We have formerly accused of that practice, and raised out of the meanest and poorest People of those Our Cities and Suburbs, without the privity and consent of the best and substantial Gi. izens and Inhabitants, and that the loans and Contributions which have been since raised (though they have passed more generally than We expected from the duty and sobriety of men of fortunes and understanding) have been wrested and extorted from them by threats and menaces, and fear of plundering and violence. And therefore We do hereby offer Our free and gracious Pardon to all the Citizens and Inhabitants of Our said Cities of London and Westminster, for all Offences concerning the premises committed against us before the publishing of this Our Proclamation (except all those Persons whom We have excepted in Our Declaration of the 12 of August, and except Alderman Fulke and captain Manwaring, against all which We shall proceed according to the Rules of Law, as against traitors and Stirrers of sedition against us) and We do assure them in the word of a King, that no violence shall be offered by Our Army, or any part of it to any of them, not doubting but their demeanour will henceforward be such, that we shall not be compelled to bring Our Army against them. Provided that this Our Grace shall not extend to any Person, who after the publishing this Our Proclamation shall presume by Loane or Contribution to assist the said Army of Rebels to assemble and muster themselves in arms without Authority derived from us under Our hand, or to enter into any Oath of Association for the assistance of the Earl of Essex, how spetiously soever the same be pretended for Our safety, for since the encounter on Sunday 23. of this month, where they used all possible means and malice to have destroyed us, and where it pleased God to give us so great a Victory over them (though with the loss of many worthy men) no man can be satisfied in the mischief and malice of their Rebellion, shall take arms by virtue of any pretended Ordinance, or shall enter into any Oath of association against us, or without Our Consent, shall be esteemed by us as an Enemy to the public Peace, a Person disaffected to us, the Religion and Law of the kingdom, and shall accordingly receive condign punishment; of which We give them timely notice, that they may proceed accordingly at their perils. And to the end that they may receive all possible and particular assurance from us of Our gracious Intentions towards them, We shall be willing that such a number of grave and substantial Citizens be employed from Our said City to us, as shall by them be thought fit, who may propose such things to us on their behalf as shall be desired, to which We shall give a gracious and just Answer. And we do assure them and all the world, that as the Scandals and Imputations upon us concerning Our favouring of Papists have been groundless, and maliciously contrived by the Authors of this Rebellion to beget a misunderstanding between us and Our Subjects, so all the professions We have made in Our several Declarations for the suppression of Popery, and the maintenance of the true Reformed Protestant Religion established in the Church of England, and for the defence of the Laws of the Land, and the just privileges of Parliament shall be as inviolably observed by us, as We expect blessing from the Almighty God, and obedience from Our Subjects.  
Given at Our Court at Ayno this 27 of October, in the Eighteenth year of Our reign.