THe Council of State being intruſted, in this Interval of Parliament, with Preſervation of the Publick Peace; and being well informed, That ſome Perſons, from miſtaken Apprehenſions of the temper of the Army, do ſecretly attempt the debauching▪ and alienating the Affections of ſome in the Army, from that Obedience and Duty which they owe, and (as upon good Grounds is hoped, and believed) bear to the preſent Authority, eſtabliſhed by Parliament, and to their Superior Officers in the Army; HAVE therefore thought fit, hereby to declare, and make known, their great diſlike of ſuch Proceedings, as tending, and ayming at the diſturbance of the Peace of this Commonwealth, and engaging it into new Diſtractions and Blood (now that ſuch a Door of Hope is opened of Deliverance and Settlement.) And do hereby charge and require, all and every Perſon and Perſons, of what ſort or degree ſoever, whether belonging to any the Armies of this Commonwealth, or others, to forbear, at their uttermoſt perils, all Applications, of what kinde ſoever, to any the Officers or Soldiers of the Armies of this Commonwealth, by way of Agitating, or otherwiſe, with deſign or endeavor, by word or act, to beget Diſſatisfactions in any ſuch Officer or Soldier, towards the preſent Government; or to withdraw them from their Obedience to their Superiors; or to make Combinations or Factions in the Army, to the diſturbance thereof, or endangering the Peace of the Nation.

And the Council do hereby Impower, and Require all Officers, both Military and Civil, and all Soldiers, and others, upon certain Information given them of any Perſon or Perſons, contriving, adviſing, or proſecuting any deſign, or endeavor to the purpoſes aforeſaid, forthwith to ſeize and ſecure every ſuch Perſon and Perſons, and him, and them, to bring or ſend in cuſtody to the Council of State, to anſwer the ſame: And albeit, the Council have reaſon to hope, That every Perſon concerned in the Safety and Publick Intereſt of the Nation, will be thereby ſufficiently obliged to diſcover and bring to condign puniſhment all Offenders in this kinde; yet for the better encouragement of all whom this may concern, to be faithful to that Duty which they owe to their Countries Peace, the Council doth hereby Declare and Promiſe, That for every Perſon, who upon due proof to be made, ſhall appear to have acted under the name of an AGITATOR, or otherwiſe, for the miſchievous ends and purpoſes aforeſaid, there ſhall be allowed, and paid out of the Publick Treaſure of this Commonwealth, the ſum of Ten Pounds, to the Officer or Officers, Soldier or Soldiers, who ſhall diſcover, ſecure, and bring or ſend in cuſtody, to the Council, any ſuch Perſon as aforeſaid. And all Officers, Military and Civil, are required upon requeſt made in that behalf, to be aiding and aſſiſting in the apprehending, ſecuring, and bringing in cuſtody, to the Council, all and every Perſon and Perſons who may be juſtly charged with the Crimes aforeſaid. And the Chief Officers of the reſpective Regiments, Troops, and Companies of the Army, are required forthwith, after it ſhall come to their Hands, to cauſe this Proclamation to be publiſhed in the Head of their Regiments, Troops, and Companies, to the intent the ſame may be better taken notice of, and put into the more effectual Execution.