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By the King , A PROCLAMATION . WILLIAM R.

WHereas We have been Inform'd , That a False , Scandalous , and Seditious Libel , and Destructive to the Freedom and Liberties of Parliament , Intituled , An Account of the Proceedings of the House of Commons in Relation to the Recoining the Clipp'd Money , and Falling the Price of Guineas , has been Printed and Dispersed ; And whereas the Knights , Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled , have humbly besought Vs to Issue Our Royal Proclamation , for Discovery of the Author of the said Libel : We therefore ( with the Advice of Our Privy Council ) have thought fit to Issue this Our Royal Proclamation , hereby Requiring and Commanding all Our Loving Subjects whatsoever , to Discover the Author of the said Libel , to the end he may be Dealt withal , and Proceeded against according to Law . And We do hereby Promise and Declare that whosoever shall Discover the Author of the said Libel , shall Have and Receive as a Reward , for such Discovery , the Sum of Five hundred Pounds ; which said Sum of Five hundred Pounds the Commissioners of Our Treasury are hereby Required and Directed to Pay accordingly . And We do also further Promise and Declare , That if any Person ( other than the Author himself ) who was any ways privy to , or instrumental in , the Printing or Dispersing the said Libel , shall Discover the Author thereof , the Person making such Discovery , shall not only have the said Sum of Five hundred Pounds , as aforesaid , but also Our gracious Pardon for his Offence . And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Our Loving Subjects ( as they will answer the contrary at their Perils ) that they do not any ways Conceal , but Discover the Author of the said Libel , to the end he may be Proceeded against with the utmost Severity , according to Law .

Given at Our Court at Kensington the Fifth Day of November , 1696. In the Eighth Year of Our Reign . God save the King .

LONDON Printed by Charles Bill , and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb , deceas'd , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1696.