monogram of 'W' (William) superimposed on' M' (Mary) RR   royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion on one side and the Scottish unicorn on the other 〈◇〉 ●OIT QVI MA● Y 〈◇〉 ye MEINTIENDRAY  
BY THE Lords-Justices OF IRELAND, A PROCLAMATION.  


CHARLES PORTER,  
THO: CONINGESBY.    
WHereas the safe and speedy Conveyance of Letters and packets by Post in this Their Majesties Kingdom of Ireland is of great Importance to Their Majesties Service, and of general use and benefit to Their Majesties Subjects, for the Countenancing and encouraging whereof, the Post-Master General, his Deputy and Deputies, and all and every Person or Persons employed in that service, have been from time to time exempted, not only from Quartering of Soldiers, and from serving upon Iuries, Inquests, Musters, or any other public employments or Attendances, but from having any their Horses Pressed, stopped or detained, or their Hay, Oats or Grass taken from them on any pretence whatsoever: Notwithstanding which, frequent Complaints are made, that several Post Horses have been Pressed, and forced from those employed by the said Post-Master, his Deputy or Deputies, and their Hay and Oats forced from them, and Officers and Soldiers daily Quartered on them, to the great hindrance of Their Majesties Service, and the prejudice of the public Correspondence which is so useful to all Their Majesties good Subjects: For remedy whereof, and prevention of the like Inconveniences for the future, and that the Post-Master of this Kingdom, his Deputy or Deputies, and all and every Person or Persons employed in the said Service under him or them, may enjoy all the Rights, privileges and Immunities heretofore used and accustomend, We do hereby Publish and Declare, that no Officer or Soldier either of Horse, Foot or Dragoons, or any other whatsoever be Quartered in the House or Houses of the said Post-Master General of this Kingdom, his Deputy or Deputies, the Master of the Pacquet-Boats, or any Person or Persons actually employed in the Service of the said Post-Office, or the Pacquet-Boats; but that his and their Houses and Stables be Protected and exempted from Quartering Soldiers as aforesaid: And for the better carrying on the said Service, We do hereby strictly Charge and Require all Persons whatsoever, that they do not on any pretence presume to Press, stop, or detain any Horse or Horses provided by the Post-Master for that Service, nor Seize or take away any the Oats, Hay, or other forage belonging to them or any of them; but on the contrary, all Officers as well Military as Civil are upon occasion and application made unto them by the respective Post-Masters, to aid and assur them to Press and provide upon special occasion such Horses as may be necessary for the dispatch of Their Majesties Service, and likewise that they be furnished, if their occasions so require, with Hay and Oats for their Post-Horses at the same Rates as the Army is to be furnished therewith. And We do hereby further Publish and Declare, that Their Majesties said Post-Master, his Deputy and Deputies, and all others actually employed under him or them in the said Services, shall be from henceforth freed exempted and discharged from serving upon any jury, Inquests, Musters, or any other public employments or Attendances whether Military or Civil, that may any way impede, retard or prejudice the Execution of his or their Duty or Service in the said Office, and from all Pains and Penalties which he, they or any of them might or may incur for or by reason of his or their Omission or Refusal to perform the said Employments or any of them.  
Given at Their Majesties Castle of Dublin, the 28th of February, 1690. And in the Third Year of their Majesties Reign. 
 God Save the KING and QUEEN. 
 By the Lords Justices Command. Jon Davis.   

Dublin, Printed by Andrew Crook Assignee of Benjamin Took Printer to the King and Queen at their Majesties printing-house on Ormonde-Key.