By
the
Committee
of
Safety
Of
the
Common-wealth
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
&c.
A
PROCLAMATION
Prohibiting
the
contrivance
or
Subscription
of
any
Petitions
or
Papers
for
the
promoting
of
Designs
dangerous
to
the
peace
of
the
Common-wealth
.
FOrasmuch
as
this
Committee
hath
received
certain
Information
of
several
designs
and
endeavours
of
persons
ill-affected
to
the
publique
Peace
and
good
of
this
Common-wealth
,
by
untrue
reports
and
suggestions
,
to
beget
and
foment
distempers
in
the
mindes
of
the
People
,
and
thereby
,
under
specious
pretences
,
to
promote
their
own
private
and
sinister
ends
and
designs
,
to
the
endangering
the
Peace
and
Safety
of
the
Common-wealth
:
And
that
in
order
to
such
attempts
divers
of
the
said
ill-disposed
persons
,
have
set
on
foot
Papers
under
colour
of
Petitions
,
of
their
own
framing
,
and
labour
to
get
subscriptions
thereunto
in
and
about
the
City
of
London
and
other
parts
,
the
better
to
countenance
their
own
mischievous
intentions
against
the
Peace
of
the
Nation
;
The
Committee
of
Safety
knowing
of
how
dangerous
consequence
it
may
be
to
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Cities
of
London
and
Westminster
,
as
well
as
the
whole
Common-wealth
,
if
the
same
be
not
prevented
:
And
least
any
may
,
by
the
plausible
pretences
of
such
men
,
be
seduced
and
drawn
in
to
write
their
names
to
such
Papers
for
the
carrying
on
of
designs
tending
to
the
ruine
of
themselves
and
these
Nations
,
The
said
Committee
of
Safety
have
thought
fit
to
Publish
and
declare
their
resentments
of
such
undue
and
dangerous
practises
;
And
do
hereby
prohibite
and
forbid
all
and
every
person
and
persons
whatsoever
,
to
contrive
,
promote
or
subscribe
any
such
Papers
,
as
are
now
,
or
shall
be
on
foot
in
and
about
the
Cities
of
London
and
Westminster
,
for
the
ends
and
designs
aforesaid
,
or
to
endeavour
or
sollicite
the
getting
hands
or
subscriptions
unto
any
such
Papers
:
And
that
if
any
such
Paper
be
offered
to
any
person
or
persons
to
be
by
them
subscribed
,
that
such
person
to
whom
the
same
shall
be
tendered
do
suppress
the
same
,
or
give
information
thereof
to
the
Lord
Mayor
of
the
City
of
London
,
the
Alderman
of
the
Ward
,
or
next
Iustice
of
the
Peace
,
who
are
hereby
enjoyned
and
required
,
to
cause
the
person
so
endeavouring
to
get
hands
thereunto
,
to
be
apprehended
,
and
kept
in
safe
custody
,
and
such
Papers
suppressed
.
And
this
Committee
do
require
and
enjoyn
,
that
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
do
after
the
Publication
hereof
,
promote
such
Papers
or
Subscriptions
,
or
endeavour
to
get
hands
or
subscriptions
thereunto
,
as
they
tender
the
good
and
peace
of
the
said
Cities
and
this
Common-wealth
,
and
as
they
desire
to
avoid
being
accounted
disturbers
and
enemies
thereof
.
Given
at
the
Committee
of
Safety
at
Whitehall
,
the
first
day
of
December
,
1659.