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</FIGURE> A PROCLAMATION, Again&s;t keeping of CONVENTICLES.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE><HI>the third day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty nine.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>_CHARLES,</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith;</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To  <GAP DESC="blank">  Macers or Me&s;&s;engers at Armes, Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and &s;everally &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P> Fora&s;much, as from Our tender care and great zeal for pre&s;erving the peace and quiet of this Church and Kingdom, by Our former Proclamations We have prohibited and di&s;charged all private Meetings and Conventicles, under the pretext of religious Exerci&s;e and Wor&s;hip: And yet neverthele&s;s, in divers places of this Kingdom, &s;ome outed Mini&s;ters and others take upon them to preach and exerci&s;e the functions of the Mini&s;tery, in meet|ings of Our Subjects not warranted by Law, to the high contempt of Our Authority and Government, and di&s;quiet of the peace of this Church and Kingdom. Therefore, We, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, (but derogation in any &s;ort from Our &s;aid former Proclamations or pains therein contained) Do command all Heretors timeou&s;ly to delate any, who within there bounds &s;hall take upon them to preach or carry on Wor&s;hip in &s;uch unwarranted Meetings and A&s;&s;emblies, and make their names known to Sheriffs, Stewarts, Lords and Ba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">s of Regalities and their Deputes, Barons, Magi&s;trates of Burghs, Ju&s;tices of Peace, and Officers and Commi&s;sioners of the Militia within who&s;e bounds and juri&s;dictions they may be apprehended. And do hereby authorize and command the Sheriffs and others fore&s;aids, that (after intimation made to them that the per&s;ons fore&s;aids are within their re&s;pective bounds) they make exact &s;earch and enquiry after them, and if they be found, that they apprehend and incarcerate their per&s;ons, and acquaint the Lords of Our Privy Council of their impri&s;onment; and requires the Magi&s;trates of Burghs to receive and detain them pri&s;oners until further order; and that this they do, as they wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> an&s;werable under all highe&s;t pain. Likeas We will, that all Our good Subjects be hereby adverti&s;ed, that We are re&s;olved in the future to put Our Laws, Acts, Statutes and Proclamations, vigorou&s;ly in execution, again&s;t with-drawers from the publick Wor&s;hip in their own Paroch Churches. 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 other head Burghs of Shires within this Kingdom, that none pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Al. Gib&s;on, Cls.</HI> S^t^i Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1669.</P>
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