WHereas by an Act of Parliament made in the Firſt Year of Our Reign, Entituled, An Act for the Amoving Papiſts, and Reputed Papiſts from the Cities of London and Weſtminſter, and Ten Miles diſtance from the ſame, It is thereby required that the Lord Mayor of London for the time being, and Iuſtices of the Peace of the Cities of London and Weſtminſter, and Borough of Southwark, and County of Middleſex, ſhould within their reſpective Limits cauſe to be brought before them every Perſon or Perſons not being a Merchant-Stranger within the ſaid Cities, or Ten Miles diſtance of the s;ame, as were, or were Reputed to be Papiſts, and Tender unto him or them the Declaration mentioned in the ſaid Act; and upon Refuſal to Make and Subſcribe the ſaid Declaration, he or they ſhould Suffer as a Popis;h Recuſant Convict. And whereas notwithſtanding the ſaid Act, and s;everal other Acts of Parliament againſt Papiſts Reſorting to the Cities of London and Weſtminſter and Places thereunto adjacent, We are Informed that divers Popiſh Recuſants intending to Diſturb the Peace and Safety of this Our Kingdom, have lately Reſorted to the ſaid Cities and Places in great Numbers, and thereby having the Opportunity to Meét, have taken great Boldneſs to Conſult and Proſecute divers Miſchievous and Treaſonable Deſigns and Practices againſt Vs and Our Government: We have therefore thought fit (by the Advice of Our Privy Council) to Iſſue this Our Royal Proclamation; And We do hereby ſtrictly Charge and Command all Papiſts and Reputed Papiſts Except Merchant-Strangers, and ſuch other Perſons as in the ſaid Act are Excepted) on, or before the Ninth Day of this inſtant May, to Depart out of the ſaid Cities, and from all places within the Diſtance of Ten Miles of the ſame.

And We do hereby ſtraightly Charge and Command the Lord Mayor of London, and all Iuſtices of the Peace of the Cities of London and Weſtminſter, and Borough of Southwark, and all Conſtables, and other Our Officers, and Miniſters of Iuſtice within the ſaid Cities and Places, that they do make ſtrict Search and Enquiry for, and with all Vigour Proceed againſt all and every Perſon or Perſons who ſhall be found within the ſaid Cities of London and Weſtminſter, and within Ten Miles of the ſame, contrary to the Effect of the abovementioned Acts, and the Purport of this Our Proclamatiom. And We further ſtrictly Charge and Command, That immediately after the ſaid Ninth Day of May, the Conſtables, Churchwardens, and other Officers within the ſaid Cities and Places, do go from Houſe to Houſe in their ſeveral Pariſhes, Hamlets, Conſtableries and Diviſions reſpectively, and there take an Account of the Names and Sirnames of all ſuch Perſons as are Popiſh Recuſants, or Reputed ſo to be, as well Houſholders as Lodgers or Servants, and to carry a Liſt of their Names to the two next Iuſtices of the Peace, who are hereby required to Send for, and Proceed againſt them (Excepting always Merchant-Foreigners, Settled Houſekeepers, and other Perſons in the ſaid Acts Excepted) as aforeſaid. And they the ſaid Iuſtices are likewiſe Required, when they ſhall have received ſuch Liſt or Liſts, to Certifie the ſame, together with their Proceédings thereupon, to Our Privy Council.