By the King, a proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to enter into the service of foreign princes and states..
England and Wales.Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
JamesII,King of England,1633-1701.
London, : Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the King's most excellent Majesty.,
1687/8. [i.e. 1688]
"No subject is to enter or list themselves into the service of any foreign prince without licence, on pain of confiscation, &c. All customs officers and mariners, &c., are to arrest any recruiting agent." -- Steele.
At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall the second day of March 1687/8 in the fourth year of Our reign.
Printer's dates accroding to Lady Day dating.
Steele notation: Arms 102a  of clamation Offi-.
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