WE minding to secure all Our Loving Subjects in Travelling and going about their Lawful Occasions , Do hereby Publish and Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure to be , And We do hereby Command all Our Officers of Iustice , and other Our Loving Subjects , that they use their utmost Diligence and Endeavour for the Apprehending all Robbers or High-way-men , to the end they may be proceeded against according to Law . And for the Encouragement of such as shall Apprehend any such Offender or Offenders , We are graciously pleased , and do hereby Declare , That such Person or Persons , who shall at any time before the Fifth day of May next , Apprehend any Robber or High-way-man , and cause him to be brought into Custody , shall , within Fifteen days after his Conviction , have a Reward of Ten pounds for every such Offender so Apprehended and Convicted . And all and every Sheriffs and Sheriff of the respective Counties and Sheriffwicks where such Conviction shall be had , are , and is hereby required , upon the Certificate of the Iudge , or Two , or more Iustices of the Peace before whom such Person or Persons shall be Convicted , of such Apprehension and Conviction , to Pay unto the Person or Persons who shall Apprehend such Offender or Offenders , the Reward aforesaid , within the Time aforesaid , for each and every Offender so Apprehended and Convicted as aforesaid , out of Our Moneys received by such Sheriff or Sheriffs in that County where such Conviction shall be , which shall be Allowed unto him or them upon his or their Accompts in the Exchequer : for the Allowance whereof , this Proclamation shall be a sufficient Warrant . And lastly , We do hereby Charge and Command all Lieutenants , Deputy-Lieutenants , Iustices of the Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , and other Officers and Persons whatsoever , to take notice of this Our Royal Proclamation , and give due Obedience thereunto , and also to be aiding and assisting in all things tending to the Execution thereof , as they tender Our Displeasure , and upon pain of being proceeded against as Contemners of Our Royal Authority .