arms of James II 
I2 R  HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE dieu ET MON DROIT BY THE KING.  
A PROCLAMATION  
JAMES R.  
WHEREAS it hath been represented to us in Our council, that the Bakers of this Our City of Dublin,( who by virtue of their Charter from us, do pretend to exclude all such as are not free of their Fraternity, from exercising the Trade of a Baker within the said City, or the Liberties thereof) have been lately so negligent in making the necessary provision of Bread, that by their contrivance or neglect, Bread grew on a sudden so scarce in the said City, that Our Souldiers and other Our Subjects therein have not been sufficiently supplied, but at very excessive rates, whereby the said Bakers became justly liable to a forfeiture of their said Charter, if We had thought fit to take advantage thereof. We have therefore thought fit, by the advice of Our said council, to publish and make known, that Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby give licence to all persons whatsoever, whether Inhabitants of the said City, of the Liberties thereof, or of the several Towns and Counties adjacent, that they and every of them( notwithstanding their being not free of the said City, or of the Corporation of Bakers) shall and may make such quantities of all sorts of Bread, as they and every of them shall think fit, either within the said City and the Liberties thereof, or elsewhere, and bring the same to the said City and Liberties thereof, where they may expose the same to sale, either in open Market, Shop, or otherwise; Provided the said Bread be wholesome, and well made. And We do hereby strictly charge and command Our Mayors, Sheriffs, and other Officers of the said City, all the Officers of Our Army, and all other Our Loving Subjects whatsoever, not to molest or hinder any person or persons whatsoever, who shall come with Bread to the said City, nor to press or seize upon their horses, cars, or truckles, upon any pretence whatsoever: but on the contrary, to be aiding and assisting to them as occasion shall require; and this liberty to continue till Our further Pleasure be published to the contrary.  
Given at Our Court at Dublin-Castle the 18●h Day of November 1689. And in the Fifth Year of Our Reign.  
God Save the King.   

DUBLIN, Printed by Andrew Crook the Assign of Benjamin took Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and are to be Sold at His Majesties Printing-House on Ormonde-Key, 1689.