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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION Di&s;charging Bonfires and Illuminations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; To <GAP DESC="blank"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunct|ly and &s;everally, &s;pecially Con&s;titute, Greeting: <HI>Fora&s;muchas</HI> it is found, that on the occa&s;ion of Illuminations, and other Expre&s;&s;ions of publick Joy, by Bonfires or otherways, &s;everal Inconveniences and Abu&s;es happen, no ways to be &s;uffered or tollerat under any civil Government: <HI>Therefore,</HI> We with Advice of the Lords, of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to Prohibit and Di&s;charge; Likeas, We hereby prohibit and Di&s;charge all Illuminations or Bonfires u&s;ed for Expre&s;&s;ions of publick Joy to be made in any Burgh within this Realm, or any pretence what&s;oever; Certifying all &s;uch as &s;hall do on the contrair, or be acce&s;&s;ory thereto, that they &s;hall be re|pute and puni&s;hed as guilty of a Ryot, and Breakers of the publick Peace; And farther, we with con&s;ent fore&s;aid, do hereby impower, and &s;trictly Re|quire all Magi&s;trats of Burghs, and other Officers of the Law that may be con|cerned, to do their outmo&s;t diligence, and if need beis, to call for, and u&s;e the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of &s;uch of Our Forces as &s;hall be found within their Bounds, for preventing and repre&s;&s;ing thereof, and Seizing and Apprehending the Con|traveeners, as they will be an&s;werable on their highe&s;t perril. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that inconti|nent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the haill Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make Intimation of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend ig|norance, and Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh <DATE><HI>the twenty &s;econd day of</HI> June, <HI>and of Our Reign the Twelfth year</HI> 1700.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per actum Dominorum &s;ecreti Con&s;ilii.</HI> GILB. ELIOT <HI>Cls. &s;ti. Con&s;ilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anne Dom.</HI> 1700.</P>
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