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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Ordaining all Per&s;ons in Publick Tru&s;t to &s;ign the Certificat and A&s;&s;urance.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of <HI>Great-Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith;</SIGNED> <SALUTE>To Our Lovits,  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;|&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially Con&s;ti|tute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas by an Act of the &s;econd Se&s;&s;ion of Our Current Parliament of this Our Antient Kingdom of <HI>Scotland, We with Advice and Con&s;ent of Our Estates of Parliament, Have Enacted, Statuted and Ordained, That all Per&s;ons, who in Law are obliged to Swear and Take the Oath of Allegiance to &V;s, &s;hall al&s;o Sub&s;cribe the Certifi|cat and A&s;&s;urance mentioned in, and Subjoyned to the &s;aid Act of Parliament, under the Certification therein contained;</HI> And We Judging it Ju&s;t and Rea&s;onable, That the &s;aid Act of Parliament &s;hould be put to Execution, and receive due Obedience, To the effect it may appear, what Per&s;ons are of Integrity, and Dutifully Affected to Us, and Our Government, and that &s;uch as are otherwayes inclined, may be di&s;covered; We therefore, with Advice of Our Privy Council, Ordain and Appoint, all the Sheriffs, Commi&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="indecipherable" EXTENT="6 letters">, Stewarts, Baillies of Royalties, Bailliaries and Regalities, to Sign and Sub&s;cribe the &s;aid Certificat and A&s;|&s;urance hereunto Subjoyned, in pre&s;ence of one of the Lords, or others of Our Privy Council, being within, or near to their Juri&s;diction for the time, and fail&yogh;ying thereof, in pre&s;ence of one of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Our Current Parliament, who have Taken, or &s;hall fir&s;t take the &s;ame them&s;elves, or in pre&s;ence of a meeting of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Supply; and all Magi&s;trats of Burghs within their own Fenced Courts, and the Deputs, Clerks, and Clerk-Deputs, and Fi&s;cals of the whole Courts above-named, and Ju&s;tices of Peace, and all others in Tru&s;t and Office, who by Law are obliged to take the Oath of Allegiance within this Kingdom, in pre&s;ence of any of the per&s;ons above-named, or the Sheriffs, or their Deputs, and that betwixt and the days following, <HI>viz.</HI> The&s;e on this &s;ide of the <HI>Water</HI> of <HI>Tay,</HI> and Shire of <HI>For|far,</HI> betwixt and the twenty day of <HI>August</HI> current; and all be-north the famine, betwixt and the fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI> and the&s;e in <HI>Orknay</HI> and <HI>Zetland,</HI> betwixt and the twenty ninth day of <HI>September</HI> next to come; and to Record the &s;ame in their re&s;pective Books, and to Tran&s;mit to the Clerks of Our Council, Extracts thereof under their Clerks hands, betwixt and the days following, <HI>viz.</HI> The&s;e on this &s;ide of the <HI>Water</HI> of <HI>Tay,</HI> and Shire of <HI>Forfar,</HI> betwixt and the fir&s;t of <HI>September</HI> next; and the&s;e be-north the &s;ame, except <HI>Orknay</HI> and <HI>Zetland,</HI> betwixt and the tenth day of <HI>September,</HI> and the&s;e in <HI>Ork|nay</HI> and <HI>Zetland,</HI> betwixt and the fifth day of <HI>November</HI> next to come, under the Certification contained in the fore&s;aid Act of Parliament. And to the effect Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be known, 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, and in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and at the whole Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-burgs of the Shires and Stewartries, and al&s;o at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the whole Burghs-Royal, of the Bailliaries and Regalities within this Kingdom, that none may pretend ignorance. And appoints the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires, to cau&s;e Publi&s;h the Premi&s;&s;es, at all the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Burghs Royal, Bailliaries and Regalities. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet, at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the fourth day of <HI>Augu&s;t, 1690.</HI> And of Our Reign, the &s;econd Year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per actum Dominorum Sti. Concilii.</HI> D A: MONCREIFF, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilli.</HI></SIGNED>
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<P>Follows the Certificat and A&s;&s;urance.</P>
<P><HI>I</HI>  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  Do in the Sincerity of my Heart, A&s;&s;ert, Acknow|ledge and Declare, That Their Maje&s;ties, King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary,</HI> are the only Lawful &V;ndoubted Soveraigns, King and Queen of <HI>Scotland,</HI> als well <HI>de Jure</HI> as <HI>de facto,</HI> and in the Exerci&s;e of the Government; And therefore I do Sincerely and Faith|fully Promi&s;e and Engage, That I will with Heart and Hand, Life and Goods, Main|tain and Defend Their Maje&s;ties Title and Government, again&s;t the late King <HI>James,</HI> his Adherents, and all others Enemies, who either by open, or &s;ecret Attempts, &s;hall Di&s;turb, or Di&s;quiet Their Maje&s;ties in the Exerci&s;e thereof.</P>
<CLOSER>God Save King William and Queen Mary.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1690.</P>
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