royal blazon or coat of arms J2 R DIEV ET MON DROIT At the Court at WHITEHALL This Sixth day of November 1685. Present, The Kings most Excellent Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince George. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Lord Chancellor. Lord Treasurer. Lord Privy Seal. Duke of Ormond. Duke of Beaufort. Duke of Queensbery. Lord Chamberlain. Earl of Huntingdon. Earl of Peterborough. Earl of Sunderland. Earl of Craven. Earl of Nottingham. Earl of Perth. Earl of Middleton. Lord Viscount Fauconberg. Lord Viscount Preston. Lord Viscount Melfort. Lord Dartmouth. Lord Godolphin. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Chief Justice Herbert. Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy. FOr the preventing Tumultuous Disorders, which may happen hereafter upon pretence of Assembling, to make Bonfires, and Fire-Works, and Disappointing the Evil Designs of Persons Disaffected to the Government, who commonly make use of such Occasions, to turn those Meetings into Riots and Tumults: It is this Day Ordered by His Majesty in Council, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, do presume to make or encourage the making any Bonfires, or other Public Fire-Works, at or upon any Festival Day, or at any other time or times whatsoever, without particular Permission, Leave, or Order First had from His Majesty, or this Board, or signified to them by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London, or by the Justices of the Peace in their respective Limits, upon Pain of His Majesty's Displeasure, and being Prosecuted with the utmost Severity of the Law; Whereof all Persons whom it may concern, are to take notice at their Perils. W. BRIDGEMAN. London, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceased: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1685.