We taking notice by the Information of the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, That several Riots have been committed, and forcible Entries made upon the Possessions of divers of Our Subjects, as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, who have been 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 disturbe 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 Justices of the Peace, Majors, Sheriffs, and other Ministers of Justice, 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 Whitehal the First day of June, 1660. and in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.