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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, Indemnifying &s;uch Rebels as &s;hall lay dovvn their Arms.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>At</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the</HI> 14 <HI>day of</HI> Augu&s;t 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas Their Maje&s;ties, King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary,</HI> being mo&s;t de&s;irous to Re|&s;tore the Peace of this their Antient Kingdom, and to Vnite all their Subjects in a Chearful Obedience to Their Government, They are Graciou&s;ly Plea&s;ed to ex|tend Their Mercy, even to tho&s;e who have been Mi&s;led and Seduced to Ri&s;e in open Arms and Rebellion again&s;t Their Authority; HIS Maje&s;ty by His Royal Letter, dated at <HI>Hampton Court</HI> the Eight In&s;tant, Direct to His Privy Council, Did Au|thorize and Impower them to I&s;&s;ue forth a Proclamation of Indemnity, to all tho&s;e who are now in Rebellion again&s;t Their Maje&s;ties Authority, in the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> who &s;hall lay down their Arms betwixt and the days after-&s;pecified, and &s;hall &s;ubmit them|&s;elves to, and acknowledge Their Maje&s;ties Authority, take the Oath of Allegiance, and give Se|curity for their future Good Behaviour: And to the effect that Their Maje&s;ties Gracious Intentions may be made Effectual, that the Minds of the&s;e Per&s;ons may be Quieted from the Fears and Appre|hensions that the ju&s;t Puni&s;hments may be Inflicted upon them, which their Crimes de&s;erve: There|fore the Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, by His Maje&s;ties &s;pecial Warrand, and in Their Ma|je&s;ties Name and Authority, Do Indemnifie, Secure and Pardon all &s;uch Per&s;ons as are in open Arms and Rebellion within this Kingdom, or have been acce&s;&s;ory thereto, by Conver&s;e, Re&s;ett, In|tercommuning with, or any way a&s;&s;i&s;ting the Rebels; Providing always the per&s;ons fore&s;aid &s;hall lay down their Arms within eight dayes after the Proclamation of this Indemnity, at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of the Shires where they dwell, or &s;tay for the time; and that in te&s;timo|ny of their Submi&s;&s;ion to, and Acknowledgment of His Maje&s;ties Authority, all Noblemen, Gentle|men, Chiftains of Clanns, Heretors and Officers &s;hall apply to Major-General <HI>Mackay,</HI> Comman|der in Chief of His Maje&s;ties Forces, and before him Swear and Sign the Oath of Allegiance to Their Maje&s;ties, betwixt and the third day of <HI>September,</HI> in this in&s;tant Year of God 1689, or before the Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> betwixt and the tenth day of the fore&s;aid Month of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> and find &s;uch Security as they are able for their future Good Behaviour; And that all other Yeomans, and &s;uch as are below the degree of Heretors, or Officers, &s;hall Repair to the Sheriffs of the re&s;pective Shires where they dwell, or their Deputs, or to &s;uch other Per&s;ons as may be ap|pointed by the Council, and before them acknowledge Their Maje&s;ties Authority, and Swear and Sign the Oath of Allegiance: And the Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council Do A&s;&s;ure and Declare, all &s;uch Per&s;ons who &s;hal lay down their Arms, and fulfil the Conditions fore&s;aid, that they &s;hal be alto|gether Free, Safe and Secure from all manner of Puni&s;hment, Pains and Penalties that can be inflicted upon them for open Rebellion, Acts of Ho&s;tility, or any manner of acce&s;&s;ion to Rebellion again&s;t Their Maje&s;ties: And that &s;uch as continue Ob&s;tinat and Incorrigible, after the Offer of &s;o great Mer|cy and Favour, &s;hall be Puni&s;hed as Traitors and Rebels to the utmo&s;t extremity of Law; And Requires and Commands all Iudges and Mini&s;ters of the Law, to interpret this pre&s;ent Indemnity in the mo&s;t favourable manner; Declaring always, Likeas it is hereby expre&s;ly Declared, that this pre|sent Indemnity &s;hall not be Extended or Beneficial to any per&s;ons in Pri&s;on, who have been under His now Maje&s;ties Pay, and guilty of any of the Crimes above-mentioned. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;e of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and all the other Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of the Kingdom, by Heraulds, Macers, Pur&s;evants, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms. Extracted by me</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>GILB. ELIOT, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></HI></SIGNED>
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<P>Follows the Oath of Allegiance.</P>
<P><HI>I</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Do &s;incerely Promi&s;e and Swear, that I will be Faithful, and bear True Allegiance to their Maje&s;ties, King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI> So help me GOD.</P>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave King William and Queen Mary.</CLOSER>
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