WHereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Ci­tizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, Having taken into their serious Consideration, the great Mischiefs which this Our Kingdom lies under, by reason that the Coin, which Pas­ses in Payment, is generally Clipped; And they being of Opi­nion, that the most Effectual way to put a Stop to this Evil, is to Prevent the Currency thereof, as soon as We in Our Wis­dom should think fit, have severally, by their humble Addresses, besought Vs to Issue Our Royal Proclamation in that behalf: And We being deeply Sensible of the great Prejudice which Our good Subjects undergo by such Diminution of the Current Coins, and being very desirous to Apply a Speedy and Suitable Remedy thereto, Have thought fit to Declare and Command, and by and with the Advice of Out Privy Council, We do by this Our Royal Proclamati­on Declare and Command, That from and after the First Day of January next Ensuing, no Clipped Crowns or Half-Crowns shall pass in any Payment, except only to the Collectors and Receivers of Our Revenues and Taxes, or upon Loans or Payments into Our Ex­chequer; And that from and after the Third Day of February next Ensuing, no Clipped Crowns or Half-Crowns shall Pass in any Payment whatsoever, within Our City of London, or within Forty Miles Distance of the same; And that from and after the Two and twenti­eth Day of the said Month of February, no Clipped Crowns or Half-Crowns shall Pass or be Current in any Payment whatsoever, within Our Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed. And We do hereby Declare and Command, That from and after the Thirteenth Day of February next, no Piece of Money, called Shillings, Clipped within the Ring, shall Pass in any Payment, except only to the Collectors and Re­ceivers of Our Revenues and Taxes, or upon Loans or Payments into Our Exchequer; And that from and after the Second Day of March next, no such Shillings, Clipped within the Ring, shall Pass in any Payment whatsoever. And We do also hereby Declare and Command, That from and after the said Second Day of March next, no other Money what­soever, Clipped within the Ring, shall Pass in any Payment, except only to the Collectors and Receivers of Our Revenues and Taxes, or upon Loans or Payments into Our Ex­chequer; And that from and after the Second Day of April next, no such Money, Clipped with­in the Ring, shall Pass in any Payment whatsoever.

Given at Our Court at Kensington the Nineteenth Day of December, 1695. In the Seventh Year of Our Reign.

God save the King.