WHereas Information was given to His Majesty, That by the Exami­nations upon Oath of several Persons taken before a Committee of both Houses of Parliament, touching the Vnlawful and Indirect Giving, Receiving and Disposing of Great Sums of Money, for Procuring Charters for the East India Company, and otherwise relating to that Company, it appeared that John Robart was not only Concerned in the Receipt, but was also able to give Evidence of the Disposal and Application of Part of the said Money: Yet to avoid Iustice, and the Manifestation of the Truth, he, the said John Robart had withdrawn himself from his usual Place of Habitation, and Absconded, intending to make his Escape into Parts beyond the Seas; and His Majesty did thereupon, and upon the humble Address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, Issue forth His Royal Procla­mation bearing Date the Ninth Day of May last, for Securing the Person of the said John Robart. And whereas Information has beén given upon Oath, That since the said Proclamation Issued, the said John Robart hath been several times of late seén in and about the Cities of London and West­minster. We have therefore thought fit, by the Advice of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council, to Issue this Proclamation, hereby Commanding and Requiring all His Majesties Loving Sub­jects whatsoever, to Discover and Apprehend the said John Robart, who is a Middle Sized Man, of a Swarthy Complexion, Aged about Fourty years, wears a Periwig, and is a Foreigner, as may be discovered by his Speech; and to cause the said John Robart to be Discovered and Apprehended, and to carry him before some of His Majesties Iustices of the Peace, or Chief Magistrate of the County, Town or Place where he shall be Apprehended, who are respectively Required to Secure him, and thereof to give speédy Notice unto His Majesties Privy Council, or one of the Principal Secretaries of State, to the end he may be forthcoming, to be dealt withal and proceéded against according to Law. And for Prevention of the said John Robarts Escape into Parts beyond the Seas, We do Re­quire and Command all His Majesties Officers of the Customs, and other His Officers and Sub­jects of and in the respective Ports, Maritime Towns and Places within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, that they and every of them, in their re­spective Places and Stations, be careful and diligent in the Examination of all Persons that shall [...]ass or endeavour to pass beyond the Seas; and if they shall discover the said John Robart, then to cause [...]im to be Apprehended and Secured, and to give notice thereof, as aforesaid. And for the Encourage­ment of all Persons to be diligent and careful in endeavouring to Discover and Apprehend the said [...]ohn Robart, We do hereby further Declare, That whosoever shall Discover and Apprehend the said [...]ohn Robart, and shall bring him before some Iustice of Peace or Chief Magistrate, as aforesaid, shall [...]ave and Receive as a Reward the Sum of Two hundred Pounds; which said Sum of Two hun­dred Pounds, the Lords Commissioners of His Majesties Treasury are hereby Required and Di­ [...]cted to Pay accordingly. And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all His Majesties Loving [...]ubjects, as they will answer the contrary at their Perils, that they do not any ways Conceal, but [...] Discover the said John Robart, to the end he may be Secured and Proceeded against according to Law.

Given at the Council-Chamber at Whitehall, the Fifteenth Day of August, 1695. In the Seventh Year of His Majesties Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.