WHereas His Majesty hath Received Information, That Robert Fielding did on the El [...]ven [...]h [...]ay of this Instant January Challenge, and in a violent manner Assault and dangerously Wound Sir Henry Dutton Colt, One of His Majesties Insti [...]es of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, for doing his [...]uty, in the Execution of his said Office of Iustice of Peace, and that he the said Robert Fielding hath since withdraw [...] himself from his usual Place of Above, and is [...]led from Iustice; His Majesty therefore being Re­solved to Protect all His Officers and Ministers in the Execution of Pub­lick Iustice, from all Insolencies and A [...]fronts that shall be Offered to them by any Ill Disposed Persons, and that all such Offenders should be punished according to their Demerits, and the utmost Severity of the Law, Hath thought [...]it, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, to Issue this His Royal Proclamation, hereby Commanding and Requiring all His Loving Subjects to Discover and Apprehend the said Robert Fielding where ever he may be found, and to Carry him before some Iustice of the Peace, or Chief Magistrate of the County, Town or Place where he shall be Apprehended, who is hereby Required to Secure him, and thereof give Speedy No­tice to His Majesties Privy Council, or One of His Principal Secretaries of State. And for the En­couragement of all Persons to be Diligent and Careful in Endeavouring to Discover and Apprehend the said Robert Fielding, His Majesty doth hereby Declare, That whosoever shall Discover and Appre­hend the said Robert Fielding, and shall bring him before some Iustice of the Peace, or Chief Magistrate, as aforesaid, shall Have and Receive, as a Reward, the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, which said Sum of Two hundred Pounds shall be forthwith Paid to him or them by the Commissioners of Our Treasury for the time being, who are hereby Authorized and Required to pay the same accordingly. And His Majesty doth hereby strictly Charge and Command all His Loving Subjects, as they will Answer the contrary at their Perils, that they do not any ways Conceal, but do Discover the [...] Robert Fielding, to the end he may be Secured and Proceéded against according to Law.

Given at Our Court at Kensington the Sixteenth Day of January, 1695/6. In the Seventh Year of Our Reign.

God save the King.