C R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  royal blazon or coat of arms  
BY THE KING.  
¶ A Proclamation requiring all such as have any Office or Command in Ireland, to make their speedy repair thither to attend their Employments.  
WHEREAS divers of Our Subjects that have Commands in Our Armies or Garrisons in Our Kingdom of Ireland, and which have Offices or Places of trust or public employment in that Kingdom from Us, and by Our Grant or appointment touching the administration of Justice, and Government or Our Revenue there, have of late years withdrawn themselves from their said Commands, Offices, Places, and employments, and make their residence here in several parts of this Our Kingdom of England or elsewhere, which We find at this time to be prejudicial in a very extraordinary manner to the State of that Our Kingdom of Jreland, and Our present Affairs there; Our Will and Pleasure therefore is, and We do by this Our Proclamation, straight charge and command, That all persons of what estate, degree, or quality soever they be, that have any Place, Office, or Command in Our Armies or Garrisons in Our said Kingdom 〈…〉 ●●●land, and all Our Officers and 〈◊〉 whatsoever that have any place or Office of Inheritance for life, or at Our pleasure, or for any other estate or term, or that have any public trust or employment, touching or concerning the government or administration of Justice, or Our Revenues in that Kingdom, (other than such as are hereafter mentioned to be excepted in this Our Proclamation) shall within forty days, next after the publishing of this Our Proclamation, repair thither, and make their abode and residence there, and diligently attend and apply themselves to their several Commands, Charges, Places, Offices and employments, as they will answer the contrary at their peril, letting them hereby know, that for their default or neglect herein, We shall proceed against them to the forfeiture and disposal of their Commands, Places, Offices and employments, and otherwise to their punishment as far forth as We may in Justice, and according to the Laws of that Kingdom. Nevertheless Our pleasure is, and We do hereby Declare, That this Our Proclamation shall not be construed to extend to such persons as are now under imprisonment in this Our Kingdom of England, for so long time as they shall continue prisoners, nor to such as are now actually in Our service in this Kingdom, or in any of Our Armies or Garrisons, so long as they shall so continue, nor to such to whom for Our especial and immediate service We shall give licence or dispensation to the contrary under Our Royal Sign Manual; but that such persons shall be understood to be excepted out of this Our Proclamation.  
Given at Our Court at OXFORD, this 17th of March, in the Twentieth year of Our Reign. 1644. 
 GOD SAVE THE KING.   

Printed at Oxford, by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University. 1644.