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<HEAD><HI>PROCLAMATION</HI> Prohibiting the Nobility, and others to withdraw from this Kingdom without Licence.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_CHARLES, by the grace of GOD, King of Great <HI>Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith;</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his brethren Heraulds, Macers, Pur&s;evants, Me&s;&s;en|gers at Arms, our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally &s;pecially, constitute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as the Lords of Our Privy Council, having taken to their con&s;ideration, That upon the great Di&s;orders lately committed in &s;ome We&s;tern &amp; other Shires, they did write to them, Requiring them in Our Name, to take &s;uch cour&s;e therein, as might &s;ecure the peace in the&s;e places, With certification to them if they fail&yogh;ied therein, they would imploy Our Authority for doing thereof: Which offer having received no &s;atisfactory An&s;wer, and they having declared. That they were not able to &s;uppre&s;&s; tho&s;e Di&s;orders, nor free the Countrey thereof, We did Command and War|rand Our Privy Council, to arme &s;uch of Our <HI>Militia,</HI> and &s;uch others as &s;hould of|fer to &s;erve Us for redre&s;&s;ing the &s;aids Di&s;orders; and did authorize them to charge all Heretors and others, and if need be, all betwixt &s;ixtie and &s;ixteen, to come and attend Our Ho&s;t under the pain of Trea&s;on, according to the ancient Laws of this Our Kingdom: In obedience to Our Royal Commands, the &s;aids Lords have thought fit to &s;end a Committy of Our Council, to attend Our Forces &s;o to be im|ployed: And therefore, left any per&s;on &s;hould withdraw from the &s;aid Service, by going out of this Kingdom, We, with Advice of the &s;aids Lords of Our Council, do hereby require and command all Noblemen, Heretors, and Magi&s;trates of Burghs Royal (except actual Traffickers within Burghs) to remain and continue within this Kingdom, and not to depart forth thereof upon any pretext what&s;omever, without &s;pecial Licence from Our Council, as they will be an&s;werable at their highe&s;t perill. Our Will is herefore, and We charge you &s;traitly, 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 other places needful, and thereat, in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend ignorance: The which to do, We committ to you conjunctly and &s;everally, Our full power, by the&s;e Our Letters, de|livering them by you duely execute and indor&s;ed again to the Bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the third day of <HI>January,</HI> 1678. and of Our Reign the 29. Year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Thomas Hay</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the <HI>Heir</HI> of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty. <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1678.</P>
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