English coat of arms, William III, circa 1690 HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ye MEIN TIENDRAY BY THE LORDS-JUSTICES of IRELAND, A PROCLAMATION. sidney. THO. CONINGSBY. WHereas we are daily informed of the constant Correspondence, Commerce and Intercourse, that is between the Rebels, and several Papists pretending to live under Their Majesties Protection, whose Habitations are adjoining to the Rebels, whereby they receive not only Assistance, but constant Intelligence of all Matters transacted within that part of this Kingdom under Their Majesties Obedience: For Remedy whereof, We think fit hereby to Order, that no Papist whatsoever shall, from or after the Fourteenth day of October next ensuing, inhabit or dwell within Ten Miles of any of Their Majesties Frontier garrisons, nor within Ten Miles of the River Shannon, but that all such Papists shall forthwith, with their Families, remove to some other parts of this Kingdom, under Their Majesties Obedience, great part thereof being now wast. And We hereby command all Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace, Mayors, and all other Civil Officers whatsoever, and We desire all Officers and others of Their Majesties Army, to be Aiding and Assisting to convey all such Papists, with their Families, Goods, and Stock, to such other place, within Their Majesties Obedience, they shall think fit to remove unto; And We hereby declare, that as soon as the War shall be ended, they may again return to their former Habitations. And as We shall take Care that all such Papists, that shall, in compliance with this Our Proclamation, remove, shall be civilly treated as other Their Majesties Subjects, and have the Countenance and Protection of the Government, whilst they behave themselves as becometh; So We hereby declare, that all such Papists, that from and after the said Fourteenth day of October next shall presume to dwell, or shall at any time afterwards be found within Ten Miles of any of Their Majesties Frontier garrisons as aforesaid, or within Ten Miles of the River Shannon, that they and every of them shall be looked upon as Spies, and Persons Corresponding with Their Majesties Enemies, and shall be prosecuted accordingly. Given at Their Majesties Castle of Dublin the Twenty Sixth day of September, 1690. In the Second Year of Their Majesties Reign. GOD Save the KING and QUEEN. JON. DAVIS. Printed by Edw. Jones at the King's Hospital in Oxman-Town, Dublin, for the King and Queen's most Excellent Majesties. 1690.