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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Containing His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Gracious Pardon and Indemnity to the Commoners within the the Shires of <HI>Argile</HI> and <HI>Tarbat.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_JAMES</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of Great <HI>Britain, Fance</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank"> Macers of Our Privy Council, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;e|verally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P> Fora&s;much as We being now Re&s;olved for the ea&s;e of Our good Subjects, and quieting the Shires of <HI>Argile</HI> and <HI>Tarbat,</HI> out of Our Royal Clemency and Princely Compa&s;&s;ion, to Indemnifie the Commoners there|in, for their acce&s;&s;ion to the Late <HI>Argiles</HI> Rebellion, with the exception after-men|tioned: Do therefore with Advice of Our Privy Council hereby Give and Grant Our full, free, and ample Pardon and Indemnity to all the Commoners within the &s;aids Shires of <HI>Argile</HI> and <HI>Tarbat,</HI> for their Lives only; Excepting &s;uch as &s;hall be found by Our Commi&s;&s;ioner now &s;ent thither, during his &s;tay there, to have been ei|ther Ring-leaders, or Officers in the &s;aid Rebellion, (who are hereby excluded.) And We hereby Declare, that this Our Pardon and Indemnity &s;hall be to the &s;aids Com|moners (not excepted as &s;aid is) as valid and &s;ufficient, for any acce&s;&s;ion they had to the &s;aid late Rebellion, or for Harbouring, Re&s;etting, Conver&s;ing, or Corre&s;ponding with the&s;e Rebels, as if they and every of them had a particular Remi&s;&s;ion for the &s;aids Crimes pa&s;t under Our Great Seal. And further, We hereby Declare, That it is and &s;hall be free to all Our Liedges, from the Date hereof, to Conver&s;e, Corre&s;pond, and Intercommune with, Re&s;et, Harbour, and En|tertain the Commoners Indemnified, as &s;aid is, without incurring any Hazard, or Action, Civil or Criminal, upon that Account, in all time coming: And that this Our Gracious and Ample Indemnity may be Publi&s;hed and known, 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 other places needful, and there, in Our Royal Name and Authority, by open Proclamation make Publication of Our Gracious Pardon and Indemnity above-written, that all per&s;ons concerned may have notice thereof.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the &s;ixteenth day of</HI> September, 1686. <HI>And of Our Reign the &s;econd Year.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> COL. M^cKENZIE, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>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 <HI>Maje&s;ty, Anno DOM,</HI> 1686.</P>
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