WHereas Wee are informed that diuers of the Souldiers Billeted, and prouided for in seuerall Countyes of this Our Realme, (doe not­withstanding Our Princely care of them, and Our Royall directions giuen for keeping them there in good order) wilfully continue, lurke and remaine in Our Citie of London, or the Suburbs of the same, and strag­gle vp and down in the high wayes, and other places, to the ill example of the rest, the offence of Our peple, and contempt of Our Comman­dement in that behalfe: Wee haue thought fit, with the aduice of Our Priuy Counsell, hereby to publish and declare Our Royall pleasure, and expresse Commandement, That all Souldiers remaining and lurking in or neere Our said Citie of London, or the Suburbs therof, or elswhere, and which were or are in Our pay, doe foorthwith repaire into that Countie where the body of that Regiment, to which they respectiuely belong, is Billetted, and there re­maine with their fellowes, and demeane themselues in orderly manner, vpon paine of Our Indignation and high displeasure: And that all such Souldiers as shall be so found in or about Our sayd Citie, and the Suburbs thereof, or elswhere, contrary to this Our Proclamation, and shall not presently, after the publication hereof, repaire to the Companies of those Regi­ments whereunto they respectiuely belong, to be there Billeted and remaine with their fellowes, shall be reputed and taken as Vagrants: And such as shall doe any violence or outrage, or other­wise carie themselues then becommeth Souldiers in orderly discipline, shall be proceeded against by the course of Marshall law, or otherwise; straitly charging and commanding all Maiors, She­riffes, Iustices of Peace, Bayliffes, Constables, and other Our Officers and Ministers, from time to time, to make diligent search and searches for all such Souldiers, as now are, or hereafter shall be found offending against the tru [...] meaning of this Our Proclamation within their seue­rall Limits and Iurisdictions respecti [...]ly, and them to apprehend, and cause to be imprisoned in the next Gaole to the place where they [...]ll bee found, to be proceeded against, and punished accor­ding to the tenour of these presents, as Our said Officers, and euery of them, tender Our Royall pleasure and Command, and will answ [...]e for the contrary at their perils.

Giuen at Our Court at Whitehall, the fi [...] and twentieth day of Ianuary, in the third yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.

God saue the King.