Proclamation issued at Finglas, 7 July 1690

To all the people of our kingdom of Ireland, whom it may concern William R.

As it hath pleased almighty God to bless our arms in this kingdom, with a late victory over our enemies at the Boyne, and with the possession of our capital city of Dublin, and with a general dispersion of all that did oppose us: we are now in so happy a prospect of our affairs, and of extinguishing the rebellion of this kingdom: that we hold it reasonable to think of mercy, and to have compassion upon those whom we judged to have been seduced. Wherefore we do hereby declare, we shall take into our royal protection all poor labourers, common soldiers, country farmers, ploughmen and cottiers whatsoever, as also all citizens, townsmen, tradesmen, and artificers who either remained at home, or having fled from their dwellings, shall by the first day of August next repair to their usual places of abode; surrendering up what arms they have, to such justices of the peace as are, or shall be appointed by us, not only to receive the same, but also to register the appearance of such of the said persons as shall come and submit unto our authority. For our royal intention is, and we do hereby declare, that we will not only pardon all those poor seduced people as to their lives and liberties, who shall come in by the time aforesaid, for all violences they have done or committed by the command of their leaders during the war; but we do also promise to secure them in their goods, their stocks of cattle, and all their chattels personal whatsoever; willing and requiring them to coming in, and where they were tenants, there to preserve the harvest of grass and corn for the supply of winter.