We taking notice by the Information of the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, That several Riots have beén committed, and forcible Entries made upon the Possessions of divers of Our Subjects, as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, who have beén setled in the said Possessions by any lawful or pretended Authority, and that without any Order of Parliament or Legal Eviction, to the disturbance of the Pub­lick Peace, whilest these Matters are under the consideration of Our Parliament. We therefore, by the advice of Our Lords and Commons aforesaid, for prevention of the like Riots and forcible Entries, and preservation of the Publick Peace of this Our Realm, Do by this Our Proclamation, command, publish, and declare, That no Person or Persons, Ecclesiastical or Temporal, shall presume forcibly to enter upon, or disturb the said Possessions, or any of them, till Our Parliament shall take order therein, or an Eviction be had by due course of Law.

And all Our Iustices of the Peace, Majors, Sheriffs, and other Ministers of Iustice, and all other Our loving Subjects, are hereby required to be aiding and assisting in the Execution of this Our Proclamation, as often as occasion shall require, as they will avoid Our Royal displeasure.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the First day of Iune, in the Twelfth year of Our Reign, 1660.