WHereas We have been informed that divers of the late Disbanded Officers, and Souldi­ers, and several other persons heretofore Cashiered and turned out of the late Army (ma­ny whereof being persons of desperate fortunes and designs) do now remain in and about Our Cities of London and Westminster, and have their dayly meetings, and are fre­quently Plotting and Contriving wicked Designs and Practises against Our Royal person, and the peace and Government of this Our Kingdom. We taking the same into Our serious Consideration, and for preventing the evil consequences thereof, have thought fit, upon the humble Desire of Our two Houses of Parliament, to publish and Declare, and do hereby publish and Declare Our Will and Pleasure to be, That all and every person and persons being heretofore an Officer or Souldier, serving in any of the Armies of the late Usurped Powers, and have been Disbanded, Cashiered, or Turned out of any of the said Armies (who are not under Imprison­ment, or other legal restraint, or have not their constant habitations and families within Our Cities of Lon­don and Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof, or who shall not procure or obtain a Licence from Us, or any three or more of Our Privy Councel in this behalf) do on or before the Fourth of December next, depart out of the said Cities of London and Westminster, and the Liberties and Suburbs thereof. And We do hereby Charge and Require them and every of them to depart accordingly, and not to return again, or come within Twenty miles of the same Our cities of London and Westminster, or either of them, from this time until after the Twenty fourth day of June next ensuing. And that they, or any of them, do not, or shall not, in the mean time, wear, use, carry, or ride with any Sword, Pistol, or other Arms or Weapons: And herein We do and shall expect, from all persons concerned, a due and punctual Submission and Conformity at their perils, and upon pain of Our high Displeasure. Willing and hereby Commanding the Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieute­nants, and other Our Officers and Ministers, of and in the several Counties, Cities and Places of this Our Kingdom, to apprehend and seize the persons, and take away the Arms and Weapons of all such as shall be found Faulty, or Offenders, in, or contrary to the purport true intent and meaning of this Our Royal Pro­clamation, and them to bring before the Lords of Our Privy Councel, to be further proceeded against for their Contempts, according to Justice.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Twenty eighth day of November, 1661. in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.