ARTHVR Lord CAPELL Lieutenant general under the Prince His highness of His majesty's Forces, in the Counties of Worcester, Salop, and Chester, and the sixt Northern Counties of Wales.  
To all Commanders, Officers, and soldiers, and to all other His majesty's Subjects whatsoever, whom these presents shall or may in anywise concern.  
WHereas the Kings most Excellent majesty, having a tender Regard and gracious Care of the preservation of the Goods and Estates of his loving and well-affected Subjects, hath, by two several Proclamations, the one of the fift of November last, the other of the seventeenth of March last, inhibited all His majesty's Commanders, Officers, and soldiers of His Armies to commit any spoil, Robbery, Plunder or Pillage upon any His majesty's Subjects, or their Goods, with direction for a strict and severe proceeding against the Offenders by the Law martial, Notwithstanding which His majesty's gracious and tender Provision for His People, complaints have been made to me of some Outrages, and Plunders committed by some soldiers in His majesty's Service since the said Proclamations, and before my coming into these Counties and Parts within the Command abovesaid, which occasioneth much Fear and Doubt in His majesty's well-affected People in these Counties and Parts, and may become exceedingly disadvantageous to the present Service: I hereby signify and Declare, That if any Officer, of what Degree or Quality soever, or any soldier under their Commands, within the Counties abovesaid, shall at any time hereafter wilfully do, or permit, or countenance to be done any spoil, robbery, Plunder or Pillage upon any the Persons, Goods, Horses, cattle, or Provisions of Corn, Hay, or victual of His majesty's Subjects in the said Counties, contrary to His majesty's said Proclamations, That I shall undoubtedly, upon Complaint exhibited, and due proof thereof to me made, proceed strictly, according to the exact Tenor of His majesty's said Proclamations, and according to the latitude of my own Commission from His majesty, agreeable with the Discipline of war, severely to punish the Offenders, and every of them.  
And whereas there are divers Persons within the Counties and Parts abovesaid, notoriously known to be disaffected to His majesty, his righteous Cause, and his present Service, whose Estates are obnoxious and liable to Seizure and Confiscation; These are to signify and declare, That when and as often as any such seizure shall be made, the same shall not otherwise be done but by particular Warrant and Direction of His majesty, or such who shall have the immediate Command in Chief of the Forces of these Counties and Parts: And that due care shall be had and taken for the punctual Inventorying and valuable Apprizing of such Moneys, Goods, cattle, or other Estate which shall be so seized, to the end that account may be given thereof to His majesty; And that the Party and Parties, Owners thereof, in case they shall acquit themselves of the Crimes to their Charges laid, may have a fitting recompense and Restorement.  
And I do hereby further signify and declare, That all such ready Moneys, and Moneys to be raised by disposal of any Goods or cattle so at any time from such known Disaffected Persons to be seized, shall be disposed wholly and as thriftily as may be in His majesty's present Service, for defence of the said Counties and Parts, and as much as in me lieth, for the ease of the burden and Charge which may otherwise fall upon those His majesty's good Subjects, who have readily, and in good proportion expressed their affections to the Cause and Service. Hereby Willing, and straightly Charging and Commanding, That no Officers or soldiers presume to intermeddle with any estate of any man under the Notion or Reputation of a Malignant, without my special Warrant and Authority, him or them thereunto enabling.  
And I do further direct and require all Officers under my Command, That this my Command be published in all the Quarters within the said Counties and Parts wherein His majesty's Commanders and soldiers are, or hereafter shall happen to be Quartered, by the sounding of Trumpets and beating of drums for the monition of Officers and soldiers in their duties. And that care be taken that the same may be likewise published in all Churches and chapels within these Counties and Parts abovesaid, for the satisfaction of His majesty's good and well-affected Subjects.  
Given under my Hand and seal at Arms this Third day of April. 1643. ARTHVR CAPELL.   

❧ Imprinted at Shrewsbury by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Ma●●stie▪ And by the assigns of ●OHN BILL. 1643.