By the King, a proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to enter into the service of foreign princes and states

By the King, a proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to enter into the service of foreign princes and states

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DIEV ET MON DROIT

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE

By the King, A PROCLAMATION, Prohibiting His Majeſties Subjects to Enter into the Service of Foreign Princes and States.

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WILLIAM R.

WHereas the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty hath beén Inform'd That divers of His Majeſties Natural born Subjects, as well Mariners as others, have, and daily do depart this Kingdom, and betake themſelves to the Service of Foreign Princes and States, without Licence had and obtain'd in that behalf from His Majeſty, in manifeſt Contempt of His Royal Authority, tending to the Diſſervice of His Majeſty, and Prejudice of His Kingdoms, Dominions and Countries; for Redreſs whereof for the preſent, and for Preventing the like Miſchief for the future, the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty, by this His Royal Proclamation, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, doth ſtrictly Prohibit and Forbid all and every Perſon and Perſons of what Quality, Degreé, or Condition ſoever, being His Majeſties Natural born Subjects, from Entring into, or Liſting themſelves in the Service or Pay of any Foreign Prince or State; And doth hereby ſtrictly Charge and Command them and every of them, upon their bounden and known Duty and Allegiance, that they or any of them, do not from henceforth withdraw him or themſelves or depart from this His Majeſties Kingdom of England, or any other His Majeſties Realms or Dominions, for, or in order to the Entring or Liſting him or themſelves into Pay, or otherwiſe betake him or themſelves to the Service of any Foreign Prince or State, either by Sea or Land, without due Licence firſt had and obtain'd in that behalf: To all which His Majeſty will Expect, and doth Require due Obedience and Conformity, and doth hereby Publiſh and Declare, That all Offenders to the contrary, ſhall not only Incur His Majeſties Iuſt Diſpleaſure, but be Proceeded againſt, according to the utmoſt Severity of the Law.

Given at Our Court at Kenſington the Twenty eighth Day of January, 1697. In the Ninth Year of Our Reign.

God ſave the King.

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London, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, Printers to the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty. 1697.

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By the King, a proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to enter into the service of foreign princes and states

England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III)

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1698

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2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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A66218

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Wing W2476

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ESTC R37240

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16273438

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ocm 16273438

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105236

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— By the King, a proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to enter into the service of foreign princes and states, England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III), William III, King of England, 1650-1702..

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Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ...,. London :: 1697 [i.e. 1698]. ("Given at our court at Kensington the twenty eighth day of January, 1697 in the ninth year of our reign.") (Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.)

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