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HONI SOIT x MAL Y pennies   royal blazon or coat of arms  
❧ By the King.  
WHereas divers lewd and wicked persons have of late risen in Rebellion in Our Kingdom of Ireland, surprised divers of Our Forts and Castles, possessed themselves thereof, surprised some of Our Garrisons, possessed themselves of some of Our magazines of Arms and Munition, dispossessed many of Our good and loyal Subjects of the British Nation and Protestants of their Houses and Lands, robbed and spoiled many thousands of Our good Subjects of British Nation, and Protestants of their goods, to great values, massacred multitudes of them, imprisoned many others, and some who have the honour to serve us as privy counsellors of that Our Kingdom: We therefore having taken the same into Our royal consideration, and abhorring the wicked disloyalty and horrible acts committed by those persons, do hereby not only declare Our just indignation thereof, but also do declare them and their Adherents, and Abettors, and all those who shall hereafter join with them, or commit the like acts on any of Our good Subjects in that Kingdom, to be Rebels and Traitors against Our royal Person, and enemies to Our royal Crown of England and Ireland.  
And We do hereby strictly charge and command all those persons, who have so presumed to rise in Arms against us and Our royal authority (which We cannot otherwise interpret then Acts of high Rebellion and detestable disloyalty, when therein they spoil and destroy Our good and loyal Subjects of the British nation, and Protestants) That they immediately lay down their Arms, and forbear all further Acts of Hostility; wherein if they fail, We do let them know, That We have authorised Our justices of Ireland, and other Our chief governor or governors, and general, or Lieutenant general of Our army there; And do hereby accordingly require and authorise them, and every of them, to prosecute the said Rebels and traitors with fire and sword, as persons who by their high disloyalty against us their lawful and undoubted King and sovereign, have made themselves unworthy of any mercy or favour, wherein Our said justices, or other chief governor or governors, and general or Lieutenant general of Our said Army, shall be countenanced, and supported by us and by Our powerful succours of Our good Subjects of England and Scotland, that so they may reduce to obedience those wicked disturbers of that Peace, which by the blessing of God that Kingdom hath so long and so happily enjoyed, under the government of Our royal Father and us. And this Our royal pleasure, We do hereby require Our justices, or other chief governor or governors of that Our Kingdom of Ireland, to cause to be published and Proclaimed, in, and throughout Our said Kingdom of Ireland.  
Given under Our Signet at Our Palace at Westminster, the first day of January, in the seventeenth year of Our Reign. 1641. 
 ❧ God save the King.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent majesty: And by the assigns of John Bill, 1641.