By the Protector. A proclamation commanding all papists and all other persons, who have been of the late Kings party or his sons, to depart out of the cities of London and Westminster, and late lines of communication, on or before Munday the 8. of March, one thousand six hundred fifty seven. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A80970 of text R212149 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.20[72]). 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. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A80970 Wing C7139 Thomason 669.f.20[72] ESTC R212149 99870796 99870796 163488 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A80970) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163488) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f20[72]) By the Protector. A proclamation commanding all papists and all other persons, who have been of the late Kings party or his sons, to depart out of the cities of London and Westminster, and late lines of communication, on or before Munday the 8. of March, one thousand six hundred fifty seven. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness, London : 1657 [i.e. 1658] Dated at end: Given at our palace of Westminster the 27th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, 1657. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Exile (Punishment) -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Catholics -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Royalists -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A80970 R212149 (Thomason 669.f.20[72]). civilwar no By the Protector. A proclamation commanding all papists and all other persons, who have been of the late Kings party or his sons, to depart England and Wales. Lord Protector 1658 1008 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. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Commonwealth blazon or coat of arms OLIVARIVS DEI GRA : REIPVB : ANGLIAE , SCOTIAE , ET HIBERNIAE , &c PROTECTOR PAX QVAERITVR BELLO . ❧ By the Protector . A PROCLAMATION Commanding all Papists and all other persons , who have been of the late Kings Party or his Sons , to depart out of the Cities of London and Westminster , and late Lines of Communication , on or before Munday the 8. of March , One thousand six hundred fifty seven . HIs Highness the Lord Protector being informed of the frequent meeting of divers Papists and other ill-affected persons ( who have born Arms against this Common-wealth , or otherwise adhered to the Enemies in the late Wars ) in , and about the Cities of London and Westminster , and the places adjacent , and having received of late certain intelligence of designes now on Foot , and endeavoured to be carried on by correspondencies with the King of Spain , and with Charls Stuart , and their Agents and Complices , and judging it necessary to use all means for preserving of the Peace of the Nation , and to prevent the mischiefs which may arise by such designes , Doth ( by , and with the advice of his Privy Council ) straitly Charge and Command all Papists , and all other persons , who have been at any time in Arms against the Commonwealth , or have adhered unto , or willingly assisted the Enemies thereof in the time of the late War , being within the Cities of London and Westminster , or the late Lines of Communication , and not under restraint , on or before the Eighth day of March now next coming , ( or if under restraint , then within three daies after their respective enlargement ) to depart out of the said Cities of London and Westminster , and late lines of Communication , and all other places within Twenty miles of the said late Lines , unless it be their places of habitation for themselves and their Families , and not to return until the First day of Easter Term next : And His Highness doth Require and Command the Lord Mayor of the City of London , and the Aldermen of the said City , and likewise the Iustices of the Peace within the said Cities , and of the several Counties of Middlesex , Surrey , Hertford , Kent and Essex , within their Limits and Iurisdictions , to cause strict Wards and Watches to be kept , and to make frequent and diligent searches for , and to apprehend , or cause to be apprehended , all such persons aforesaid , which shall be found within the said Cities , Places , or Distance aforesaid , after the time or times before Limited for their departure , and them and every of them to commit to Prison , and from time to time to certifie their proceedings therein , to His Highness Council , under their Hands and Seals . And all Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Constables , all Captains of Guards , Officers and Souldiers , and all other the good People of this Commonwealth , are Required to be aiding and assisting to the said Iustices of the Peace , and other Officers aforesaid , in the due execution of the Premisses , as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perils . And for the better discovery of all Papists , and ill affected persons which now are , or during the time aforesaid , shall resort unto the said Cities of London and Westminster , or Places within the late Lines of Communication , His Highness , by , and with the advice of His said Privy Council , doth Charge and Require all and every Housholder and Housholders , within the said Cities and Places aforesaid , on or before the Tenth day of March now next coming , to deliver in writing under their Hands unto the Alderman of the Ward , if such Housholder live within the City of London , or to the next Iustice of the Peace , a perfect List of the Names of all persons now lodging within the House of such Housholder , together with their Additions ; and if they are Papists , to mention the same in such List , and so from time to time within Four and twenty hours after the receiving of any person to Lodge in his or their House and Houses , to deliver in the Names of such person and persons in manner aforesaid , to such Alderman or next Iustice of the Peace : And the Aldermen of the respective Wards within the said City of London , and the Iustices of Peace within the said City of Westminster , and places within the late Lines of Communication , are Required to take care that Lists be accordingly sent in unto them from all and every Housholder aforesaid , and to make enquiry of the truth of such Lists : And all Constables and other Officers are enjoyned and required to observe the Orders and Directions of such Alderman and Iustice of Peace respectively herein , and to yield obedience thereunto . And the said Aldermen and Iustices of the Peace respectively , are hereby likewise required to transmit true Copies of such Lists unto the Clerks of his Highness Council , or one of them : And his Highness doth hereby declare , that all and every such Housholder as shall make default of sending in such Lists as aforesaid , or shall send in a false List , shall be taken and deemed an Enemy to the Peace and Security of the Commonwealth . Given at Our Palace of Westminster the 27th day of February , in the year of Our Lord , 1657. London , Printed by Henry Hills and John Field , Printers to his Highness , 1657.