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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION Di&s;charging the Levying and Tran&s;porting any Men or the Warrs beyond Seas.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>CHARLES</HI> by the Grace of God, King of great <HI>Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defen<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters"> of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>to <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macer or Me&s;&s;engers at Arm, Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and &s;everally &s;pe|cially constitute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as it being repre&s;ented to &V;s th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> a number of Men are l<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">vyed in this Kingdom for the &s;ervice of <HI>France,</HI> whe<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">|of &s;ome are landed there and moe are expected for the &s;ame purpo&s;e; and t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> Men are clapt up in Pri<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">ons, and detained untill there be an opportunity to &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> them away to <HI>France,</HI> And as we are confident that our Privy Council of t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters"> Kingdom have not given the least authority for making Levyes contrair to o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> Treaties, and to that Neu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">rality, which, as Mediator, We are re&s;olved to keep: <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> We have thought fit, upon this occa&s;ion to renew our po&s;itive Commands, T<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> our Council be careful tha<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> no men be levyed or &s;ent out of <HI>Scotland</HI> by any coni|vance what&s;oever. Like<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters"> We, with advice of the Lords of our Privy Cou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">il, do command and charge, That none of our Subjects or others within this King|dom pre&s;ume to levy or tran&s;port any men out of our &s;aid Kingdom upon any pretence what&s;oever, unto the &s;ervice of any beyond the Sea now in war. And we &s;trictly require all the Magi&s;trates and Officers of our Customs in all the Sea-Ports of this Kingdom, to be careful in their &s;everal Juri&s;dictions, that this our Command be punctually obeyed. And further, We, with advice fore&s;aid, do command and require the Magi&s;trates of Burghs immediately to &s;et at liberty any men whom they &s;hall find to be keeped in Pri&s;on in order to their tran&s;portation, and to return to our Co<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters">d the names of any per&s;ons &s;o impri&s;oned, and the names of the&s;e who ap<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">reh<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">ded them. And ordains the&s;e pre&s;ents to be Prin|ted and Publi&s;hed at the mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters">|ful, that none pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under our Signet <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> E<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="8 letters">, <DATE>the <HI>18.</HI> day of <HI>January,</HI> 1677. and of our Reign the twen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <UNCLEAR>eighth</UNCLEAR> y<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
GOD Save the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>Edinburgh, P<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="6 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Andr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> Ander&s;on, Pri<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> to <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 words"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">. 1677.</P>
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