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December laſt paſt; For the better preſervation of the Peace and common Safety, did Require, That all Papiſts (except as in the ſaid Order is Excepted) ſhould within Five Days after the Date of the ſaid Order, depart from the ſaid Cities to their reſpective Habitations, from which not to remove above Five Miles diſtant, as in and by the ſaid Order Printed and Publiſhed more at large appears. And, whereas, notwithſtanding the ſaid Order, and the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, great Numbers of the ſaid Papiſts (not Excepted in the ſaid Order) are ſtill remaining in the ſaid Cities of London and Weſtminſter, and places within Ten Miles Adjacent, raiſing and fomenting Jealouſies and Diſcontents, by falſe rumours and ſuggeſtions, deluding and ſeducing the unwary, and conſpiring Civil Diſſentions and Inſurrections to deſtroy the Peace and Quiet of this Kingdom.
IN purſuance of the good intents in the ſaid Order mentioned, We do hereby Declare and Require, all Papiſts, and reputed Papiſts, not Excepted in the ſaid Order, within Three Days after the Date hereof, to depart from the ſaid Cities, and Ten Miles compaſs of the ſame; or otherwiſe, to be taken and proceeded againſt, and expect the utmoſt ſeverity that the Law, for their Offences, can inflict upon them.
AND for the better making this Our DECLARATION effectual, We do hereby Require the Lord Mayor of London, and the Aldermen of the ſaid City, and all Sheriffs, Juſtices of the Peace, Conſtables, and other Officers within their reſpective Counties, Cities, Pariſhes, and Places, to cauſe diligent ſearch to be made, and ſuch as they find abiding or lurking, contrary to the ſaid Order, to Apprehend, and as Papiſts, and perſons ſuſpected to be Conſpiring and Plotting againſt the Peace and Good of the Kingdom, to Commit and Impriſon, to detain till diſcharged by due courſe of Law.
AND for the better finding out, and diſcovering all ſuch Papiſts, and reputed Papiſts, We hereby Require the Conſtables and Beadles of every Pariſh, within the ſaid Cities and Limits, to go through their reſpective Pariſhes and Precincts, and to take Accounts in Writing, from the reſpective Houſe-keepers, of the Names, Qualities and Additions of all Lodgers within their reſpective Houſes, and whether they are Proteſtants or reputed Papiſts; and their Accounts ſo taken, under their hands, to deliver to the next reſpective Juſtice or Juſtices of the Peace, by them to be returned and certified to Us, under their Hands and Seals: And that the ſaid reſpective Juſtices of the Peace, cauſe alſo the Names of the ſaid Conſtables of the reſpective Pariſhes to be certified to Us, that thereby We may ſee how this Our DECLARATION is obſerved.
AND, whereas We have granted Paſſes to ſeveral perſons to Tranſport themſelves beyond the Seas; We do hereby farther Declare, That if they do not depart from the ſaid Cities of London and Weſtminſter, according to the Tenor of this our Declaration, then all ſuch Paſſes ſhall be void, and of no effect.
LONDON, Printed by J. Starkey, and A. and W. Churchill, MDCLXXXIX.