By the King, a proclamation. James R. Whereas complaint hath been made to us by the postmaster general of this our kingdom of Ireland that divers abuses have been lately committed by several curriers, and others ryding post in this kingdom, ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B25077 of text R225961 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B25077 Wing J291 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.21.f.12[83] Interim Tract Supplement Guide G.6022[93] ESTC R225961 ocm99886403

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 eng Postal service -- Ireland -- Early works to 1800. Ireland -- History -- War of 1689-1691 -- Early works to 1800. eebo By the King, a proclamation. James R. : Whereas complaint hath been made to us by the postmaster general of this our kingdom of Ireland that divers ab England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1689 1 747 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-09 Sampled and proofread 2014-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT
By The KING , A PROCLAMATION . JAMES R

WHEREAS Complaint hath been made to vs by the Postmaster General of this Our Kingdom of Ireland that divers abuses have been lately Committed by several Curriers , and others Ryding Post in this Kingdom , and by some other persons who presume to open the Post-mails and Letters , and that several Post-masters have been disabled from keeping Horses and Servants sufficient for their purpose , by reason of their being burthen'd with Quartering of Soldiers , which if not remedied may prove a great hinderance to Our Service , and a great lestening of the profits of the Post Office ; To prevent therefore the like mischiefs for the future , We have thought fit by the advice of Our Privy Council to Publish and Declare that Our Will and Pleasure is , that no Post-master shall be oblidged to furnish any Horses for any person or persons whatsoever going from this Our City of Dublin to any other place of this Kingdom , unless such person or persons have a Warrant for that purpose sign'd by the Duke of Tyrconnell Captain General of Our Army , or by one of Our Secretaryes , or to furnish any Horses for any person or persons whatsoever coming from any other part of this Kingdom to Our said City of Dublin , unless such person or persons have a Certificate from the Governor or other Commander in chief of such Town or Port as he or they do come from , that They are imployed in carrying some Dispatches that relate to Our immediate Scrvice . And Our further Will and pleasure is , that all persons whatsoever who shall Ride Post within this Our Kingdom , shall pay at the rate of three pence sterling per Mile for every Horse they shall make use off , which sum they shall pay down at every Stage , before they take Horse , and that they and every of them ( without the consent of the Owner ) shall not Ride the Horses they take at one Stage any further then to the next Post Town where they shall leave them and their Bridles and Saddles with the Post master there , nor shall they nor any of them Ride any other way but the usual and accustomed Post Rode . And Our further will and pleasure is , that no person or persons whatsoever shall presume to open any of the Post-mails or any Post-letters but such as shall be to them directed and delivered out by the several Post-masters appointed for that Service . And Our further Will and Pleasure is , that no Officer or Soldier , Horse , Foot , or Dragoone , shall be Quarter'd in the House of any Post-master who doth not keep a publick Inn or House of Entertainment ; And that no person whatsoever do take or seize upon pretence of paying for it or otherwise , any Hay , Corn , or Straw , that such Post-masters shall keep for the use of any of their Post-horses ; And where any such Post-masters do keep any publick Inns , and Stables , they or any of them shall not be over Burthened with the Quartering of Horse , or Dragoones , but every one of them shall be always left sufficient stable Roome and Forrage for the number of six Horses to be by them kept for the use of the Post . And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Our Officers Military and Civil , and all other Our loving Subjects whatsoever that they and every of them be Ayding and Assisting to the several Host-masters in the due execution of these presents , and do seize and apprehend all such persons as they shall finde Transgressing in the premisses , in Order to bring them to Iustice as disturbers of Our peace and Contemners of Our Royall Commands .

Given at Our Court at Our Castle of Dublin the 30th day of November . 1689. And in the Fifth Year of Our Reign . GOD SAVE THE KING ,

DUBLIN , Printed by Andrew Crook the assign of Benjamin Took Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty and are to be Sold at his Majesties Printing-House on Ormond Key . 1689.