WE being sensible that divers Evil Disposed Persons being not Reformed or Wrought upon by Our Grace and Favour, notwithstanding We have ex­tended Our Royal Mercy and Clemency to Our Subjects, as well by Our General as Particular Pardons, since Our Accession to the Crown, do make it their business as well to Write as Print sundry False, Infamous, and Scandalous Libels, endeavouring thereby not only to Traduce and Reproach the Ecclesiastical and Temporal Government of this Kingdom, and the pub­lick Ministers of the same, but also to stir up and dispose the minds of Our Subjects to Sedition and Rebellion: For the discovery of which wicked Of­fenders, and to the intent they may receive such Punishments as the Laws of this Our Realm in such Cases direct, We (with the Advice of Our Privy Council) do by this Our Royal Proclamation Publish and Declare, That if any Person or Persons shall discover or make known to either of Our Prin­cipal Secretaries of State, or to any Iustice of the Peace, the Person or Persons to whom any such Li­bel at any time since Our last General Pardon, hath beén, or shall hereafter be brought, and by him or them received, in order to Print or Transcribe the same, or the place where such Libel shall be Print­ing, or Transcribing, whereby the same shall happen to be Seized, or the Person or Persons by whom any such Libel at any time since Our said General Pardon hath been or shall hereafter be Printed, Transcribed, or otherwise Published, or shall discover and make known to either of Our said Principal Secretaries of State, or to any Iustice of Peace, any Press kept contrary to Law by any Person or Persons wheresoever, he or they making every such Discovery shall have and receive as a Reward from Vs the Sum of Twenty Pounds. And We do further hereby Publish and Declare, That if any Per­son or Persons shall Discover and make known to either of Our said Principal Secretaries of State, or to a Iustice of the Peace, the Author of any such Libel, which at any time since Our said General Par­don has beén or shall hereafter be devised and made, or the Person or Persons who at any time since Our said General Pardon have, or hath handed, or brought, or shall hereafter hand or bring any such Li­bel to the Press, or to any Person or Persons in order to Print the same, so that they may be brought to Punishment, he or they making such Discovery shall receive and have from Vs the Sum of Fifty Pounds. And to the end that the Person or Persons making such Discovery may Without any Charge or Atten­dance immediately after the same made, receive the respective Rewards hereby proposed, We do by this Our Royal Proclamation Require the Commissioners of Our Treasury, or Our High Treasurer of Eng­land for the time being, that upon a Certificate from either of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or any Iustice of the Peace of any such Discovery made, he or they do satisfie and pay the said respective Sums to the Persons or Persons making such Discovery Without any Delay or Abatement whatsoever. And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all and every Our Iustices of the Peace, to whom such Discovery shall be made, that he or they with all possible speed do give Notice thereof to Vs, or to one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, to the end that the said Libels may be Suppressed, and the Parties offending effectually prosecuted.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Thirteenth Day of September, 1692. In the Fourth Year of Our Reign.

God save King William and Queen Mary.