By
the
King
,
A
PROCLAMATION
.
WILLIAM
R.
WHereas
We
have
beén
Informed
,
That
a
False
,
Scandalous
and
Traiterous
Libel
,
Intituled
,
An
Inquiry
into
the
Causes
of
the
Miscarriage
of
the
Scotch-Colony
at
Darien
,
or
,
An
Answer
to
a
Libel
,
Intituled
,
A
Defence
of
the
Scots
Abdicating
Darien
,
has
beén
Printed
and
Dispersed
,
the
Design
of
which
Libel
was
to
Create
a
Misunderstanding
betweén
Our
good
Subjects
of
England
and
Scotland
,
and
to
Stir
up
Sedition
and
Rebellion
,
and
is
Injurious
to
,
and
Reflects
on
the
Honour
of
both
Nations
:
And
whereas
the
Knights
,
Citizens
and
Burgesses
in
Parliament
Assembled
,
have
humbly
besought
Vs
,
to
Issue
Our
Royal
Proclamation
for
Discovering
and
Apprehending
of
the
Author
and
Printer
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
and
Apprehend
the
Author
and
Printer
of
the
said
Libel
,
to
the
end
they
may
be
dealt
withal
and
proceéded
against
according
to
Law
.
And
we
do
hereby
Promise
and
Declare
,
That
whosoever
shall
Discover
or
Apprehend
the
Author
of
the
said
Libel
,
so
as
he
may
be
brought
to
Iustice
,
shall
have
and
Receive
,
as
a
Reward
for
such
Discovery
and
Apprehending
,
the
Sum
of
Five
hundred
Pounds
:
And
that
whosoever
shall
Discover
or
Apprehend
the
Printer
thereof
,
so
as
he
may
be
brought
to
Iustice
,
shall
Have
and
Receive
,
as
a
Reward
for
such
Discovery
or
Apprehending
,
the
Sum
of
Two
hundred
Pounds
;
Which
said
respective
Sums
of
Five
hundred
Pounds
and
Two
hundred
Pounds
,
the
Commissioners
of
Our
Treasury
are
hereby
Required
and
Directed
to
Pay
accordingly
.
And
We
do
hereby
further
Promise
and
Declare
,
That
if
any
Person
(
other
than
the
Author
himself
)
who
was
any
ways
Privy
to
,
or
Instrumental
in
the
Printing
and
Dispersing
the
said
Libel
,
shall
Discover
or
Apprehend
the
Author
thereof
,
the
Person
making
such
Discovery
,
or
Apprehending
the
said
Author
,
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
and
Apprehend
the
Author
and
Printer
of
the
said
Libel
,
to
the
end
they
may
be
Proceéded
against
with
the
utmost
Severity
according
to
Law
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Kensington
,
the
Twenty
ninth
Day
of
January
,
1699.
In
the
Eleventh
Year
of
Our
Reign
.
God
save
the
King
.