ANNE Queen of Great Britain By the Queen a Proclamation Br

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(ANNE, Queen of Great Britain.) By the Queen, a Proclamation. Anne R. We being informed, that the Streets and Passages leading through Our Cities of London and Westminster, and Suburbs thereof, have been filled of late with great Numbers of Loose, Idle, and Disorderly Persons [etc.]. Woodcut royal arms at top; woodcut historiated initial. Mostly printed in black letter. Broadside, approximately 438x353 mm; paper toned, with horizontal and vertical creases, top edge ragged, small piece missing from bottom slightly affecting imprint. London: Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1710

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One of at least 2 variants of a proclamation dated 2 March 1710 announcing measures for the suppression of public disorder and the apprehension and prosecution of those responsible. This was apparently prompted by rioting over the trial of the demagogic Anglican clergyman Henry Sacheverell for seditious libel, following his inflammatory sermons attacking the policy of religious toleration espoused by the Whig government. Although the rioters supported Sacheverell, the proclamation singles out "Papists, Nonjurors, and other Enemies to our Title and Government" as culprits. ESTC T19677 locates only the copies at the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.