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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> Again&s;t Per&s;ons returning from <HI>France</HI> without Pa&s;&s;es.</HEAD>
<P><HI>WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; To  <GAP DESC="blank">  Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially Con&s;titute, Greeting: FORSOMUCH|AS, &s;everal Per&s;ons denounced Rebels for High Trea&s;on, and others dan|gerous and di&s;&s;affected, who have pre&s;umed contrary to the Act of Parlia|ment, either to &s;tay in, or go to the Kingdom of <HI>France,</HI> or one or other of the Dominions &s;ubject to the French King, during the time of the late War, have &s;ince returned, or may be de&s;igned to return to this Kingdom without Our Permi&s;&s;ion, which if not prevented may tend to di&s;turb the Peace and Quiet thereof. <HI>Therefore,</HI> We with the Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, have thought fit not only to prohibit; <HI>Likeas,</HI> We hereby expre&s;ly prohibit and di&s;charge all &s;uch Per&s;ons, either Denounced, or who contrary tothe &s;aid Act of Parliament have &s;tayed in, or gone to the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>France</HI> or any of the Dominions &s;ubject to the <HI>French</HI> King, to return to this Kingdom, unle&s;s they fir&s;t obtain Our Pa&s;&s;e and Liberty for &s;o doing, un|der the Certification contained in the &s;aid Act; But al&s;o have appoint|ed, and hereby Appoint and Command all Sheriffs of Shires, Lords and Baillies of Regalities, and other Baillies, Stewarts of Stewartries and their De|puts, and all Magi&s;trats of Burrows and ether Magi&s;trats and Officers what&s;omever, furthwith to Search for, Seize and Apprehend within their re&s;|pective Bounds, &s;uch of the fore&s;aids Per&s;ons as have already pre&s;umed toreturn, or &s;hall hereafter return from <HI>France</HI> or the Dominions fore&s;aid, without our Pa&s;s &amp; Liberty, fir&s;t obtained for that effect, &amp; to commit them Pri&s;oners, in their re&s;pective pri&s;on, &amp; immediatly acquaint the Lords of Our Privy Council there|with, and detain them in &s;ure Firmance till furder Order, as the &s;aid Shi|riffs and other Magi&s;trats and Officers will be an&s;werable on their Highe&s;t Per|ill; And farder We with Advice fore&s;aid, Do hereby peremptorly enjoyn and Charge all Collectors, Survevers, Waiters and other Officers at Sea ports or upon the Borders, that they take careful Nottice of the fore&s;aids Per&s;ons lyable as &s;aid is their coming in to this Kingdom and that they u&s;e their utmo&s;t Diligence to di&s;cover, and cau&s;e Sea&s;e and Apprehend them, as is above ap|pointed. OUR WILL IS HERFORE, And We Charge you &s;trictly and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the remanent Mercat Cro&s;&s;es of the Head Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make Intimation hereof, that none may pretend Ignorance; And ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ent to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh <DATE><HI>the Ninth Day of</HI> December, <HI>And of Our Reign the ninth Year,</HI> 1697.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> GILB ELIOT. <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1697.</P>
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