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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, For Payment of His Maje&s;ties Ce&s;s and Exci&s;e.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>_JAMES by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED> <SALUTE>To Our Lovits <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  Macers of Our Privy Council, and Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pe|cially Con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas, We by Our Royal Proclamation of the Third day of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, and by vertue of Our Prerogative-Royal, did Di&s;charge all Per&s;onal Exe|cution of Our Laws again&s;t any who comes out to Our Ho&s;t during their abode therein; And We un|der&s;tanding, that Our &s;aid Royal Favour is &s;o far abu&s;ed as to be Wre&s;ted, to hinder the payment of Our Ce&s;s and Exci&s;e, to the great Prejudice of Our Affairs; Do therefore Declare, that it was not Our mean|ing, that the &s;aid Immunity &s;hould any ways be extended to hinder Execution for Our Ce&s;s and Exci&s;e, but that notwith&s;tanding thereof, all lyable therefore, in ca&s;e they fail of due payment, be proceeded a|gain&s;t per&s;onally, or otherways, according to Our Laws and Acts of Parliament; and withall, We hereby Require all and every Concerned in payment of the &s;aid publick Burden, to pay in the &s;ame to Our Collectors and Receivers, as they would be e&s;teemed dutiful Subjects to Us on the pre&s;ent Occa&s;ion, And to the end Our Royal Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be made known to all Per&s;ons concerned, that Obedience may be given accordingly, Our Will is, and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Com|mand, 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 Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of this Our Kingdom, and there in Our Royal Name and Au|thority, by open Proclamation, make Publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend Ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Ninth day of <HI>November, 1688.</HI> and of Our Reign the Fourth Year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Sti. Concilii.
COL: McKENZIE Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD Save 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 <HI>Maje&s;ty, Anno Dom.</HI> 1688.</P>
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