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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> For putting the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> in a Po&s;ture of Defence against the Enemies of the King and Government.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_JAMES,</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; </SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Ly|on King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Macers of Our Privy Council, Pur&s;evants, and Me&s;&s;engers, at Arms, our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as the&s;e Traiterous Con&s;pirators, who de&s;igned the horrid and Sacrilegious Murder of Our Deare&s;t Brother, the late King, of Renown|ed and Eternal Memory, and the De&s;truction of our ancient Monarchy, continuing &s;till in the &s;ame Helli&s;h Project and Fury again&s;t Us, and Our Royal Government; Are now again &s;etting their De&s;igns on Work, to rai&s;e Com|motions in this Our ancient Kingdom, as being the la&s;t Struglings of them, and their Execrable Party, and the out|mo&s;t Effects of their ab&s;olute De&s;pair: For preventing whereof, and bringing the&s;e De&s;perat and Execrable Trai|tors to ju&s;t and condign puni&s;hment; We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, Do hereby &s;trictly Re|quire and Command, all and every of the Subjects of this Our Realm, That they be in a readine&s;s in their be&s;t Arms concur and a&s;&s;i&s;t Us again&s;t any the afore&s;aid Commotions, or In&s;urrections, as they &s;hall be adverti&s;ed; And particularly, We hereby Re|quire and Command, all and every the Collonels of Our Militia Regiments of Foot, and Captains of Hor&s;e, and the inferiour Officers and Souldiers under their Command, in the Shires re&s;pective under-written, <HI>viz.</HI> The <HI>Mer&s;e Teviotdale, Peebles, Selkirk,</HI> Ea&s;t, Mid, and We&s;t <HI>Lothians,</HI> Town <HI>Edinburgh, Stirling</HI> Shire, <HI>Fife</HI> and <HI>Kinro&s;s</HI> Shires; The four Companies of the Low-countrey, of the Earl of <HI>Perth</HI> Our Chancellors Regi|ment; and the three Companies of the Low-countrey, of the Marque&s;s of <HI>Athol,</HI> Lord Privy Seal, his Regiment; The Sheriffs of <HI>Forfar</HI> and <HI>Kincardin</HI>; and all the Heretors, Liferenters, Feuars and Wod&s;etters in the Shires of <HI>Air, Renfrew, Clid&s;dale, Wigtoun, Dumfreis,</HI> and Stew|artries and Bailliaries within the &s;ame, to be in readine&s;s with fourteen Dayes Provi&s;ion, to March when, and whether Our Privy Council &s;hall give them Orders; And to that end, to have their Arms fixed, and their &s;everal Companies of Our Militia, pre&s;ently Mu&s;tered, and the He|retors and others afore&s;aid, Li&s;ted Modelled in Companies, and Mu&s;tered for the putting them in a condition of a greater readine&s;s. And further, We hereby Require and Command all per&s;ons, Fenciblesmen, betwixt &s;ixty and &s;ixteen, within the Shires of <HI>Aberdene, Bamff, Elgin, Nairn, Inverne&s;s, Ro&s;s, Sutherland</HI> and <HI>Caithne&s;s,</HI> to be in readine&s;s in manner fore&s;aid. As likewi&s;e, We hereby Require and Com|mand all Our Liedges on the Sea-coa&s;ts of this Kingdom, or near to them, or to any of the I&s;lands thereunto belonging, &s;o &s;oon as they hear, or get notice of any Ve&s;&s;els arriving at any place from abroad, or at home into any Coa&s;ts, Ports, Creiks, or Harbours, with Men, Arms, or Am|munition, forthwith to Convocat, and ri&s;e in their be&s;t Arms, and to Beat them off, or &s;eize upon, and &s;ecure the Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, and the Men, Arms, and Ammunition, and give immediate Adverti&s;ement to Our Privy Council, And for their Security in obeying the&s;e Our Royal Com|mands, We hereby fully Pardon and Indemnifie them forever, of all Slaughter, Blood, Mutilation, Fire-rai&s;ing, burning of Ships, or &s;uchlike Warlike Inconveniencies as may follow, in ca&s;e they meet with Ho&s;tile-Oppo&s;ition: And We hereby Require and Command all Our Col|lectors, Cu&s;tomers, or Waiters, to make &s;trict and Diligent Search and Inquiry in all Ships, arriving in any part of this Kingdom, for Traitors, Rebels, Fugitives, or Di&s;affected Per&s;ons, and for Arms and Ammunition, and to &s;eize upon the Ships, Men, Arms, and Ammunition, until they acquaint Our Privy Council, and receive their Directions thereanent: And to the effect they may the better be able to perform this Service, We do Require all Our Subjects neare&s;t to them, as they &s;hall be by them Adverti&s;ed to Ri&s;e, Concur with, Fortifie and A&s;&s;i&s;t them, who, and the&s;e &s;o a&s;&s;i&s;ting, are hereby Declared to be fully Indemnified in manner fore&s;aid. And that all the per&s;ons afore&s;aid may know their hazard, if they fail in any of the Premi&s;&s;es. We hereby Declare, That they &s;hall not only incur Our high Di&s;plea&s;ure, but al&s;o &s;hall be pu|ni&s;hed with the outmo&s;t of &s;everity, conform to their Demerit, and the Laws and Practice of this Kingdom, and that the Heretors which &s;hall be Deficient in &s;ending out their Tennents, and other Fen&s;ible Men, or &s;hall not give adverti&s;ement as &s;aid is, and of any Rebels and Traitors appearing on their Lands, that they &s;hall be puni&s;hed accordingly. And to the end the &s;aids. De&s;perat Trai|tors and Rebels may have no Re&s;et, Harbour, Comfort or Refuge from any of the Subjects of this Our Realm. We hereby &s;trictly Pro|hibite and Di&s;charge all and every of Our Subjects therein, fo furnish Hou&s;e, Meat, Drinks or any other thing comfortable to them, or to keep Intelligence, or Corre&s;pondence with them, by Word, Writ, or Me&s;&s;age, or to Tran&s;port them to, or from Ferries, or any wayes to be aiding, abating or a&s;&s;i&s;ting to them, under the pain of being Repute and e&s;teemed Art and Part with them in all their wicked Deeds and Practices, and proceed|ed again&s;t, Demeaned and Puni&s;hed accordingly. And that Our Ple&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be fully known to all Our Leidges, OUR WILL is, 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 all the other Mer|cat Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom (and all places el&s;e needful) and there by open Proclamation, in Our Name and Authority, make Publication of Our Royal Will and plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Haly-rude-hou&s;e,</HI> <DATE>the <HI>28.</HI> day of <HI>April</HI> 1685. And of Our Reign the fir&s;t Year</DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij. <HI>WILL. PATERSON,</HI> Cl. Sti. Concilij.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1685.</P>
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