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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</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" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, Conjunctly and Severally, Specially Con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Forasmuch as the Lords of our Privy Council, by their Act of the Day and Date hereof have Ap|pointed their Clerks to Rai&s;e and Give out Letters at the In&s;tance of Sir <HI>James Stuart</HI> Our Advocat, for our Intere&s;t, in the Matter under-written, again&s;t all Sheriffs of Shires, Magi&s;trats of Burghs, and others, who (<HI>by the Act of Parliament, anent Sea&s;ing of Hor&s;e and Arms from the Per&s;ons not Qualified, and the Proclamation of Our Privy Council follow|ing thereon</HI>) are Appointed to Sea&s;e the &s;aids Hor&s;es and Arms, and to make their Report to the Council, and have fail|zied, for Citing of the &s;aids Sheriffs, Magi&s;trats and others fore&s;aids, to Give in their Reports, and make payment of their Penalties, in manner and to the Effect under-written; as al&s;o for Charging all Sheriffs, Magi&s;trats and others, who conform to the &s;aid Act of Parliament, for Sea&s;ing of Hor&s;es and Arms, and Proclamation of Council following thereon, have Sea|&s;ed any Arms so cau&s;e Tran&s;port them to the Garri&s;ons after-named, to the Effect after-mentioned, as the &s;aid Act of the Date fore&s;aid, Ordaining thir Our Letters to be Direct thereon in manner after-&s;pecified, at more length bears. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that Incontinent thir our Letters &s;ecn, ye pa&s;s, and in our Name and Authority, Command and charge all and &s;undry the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires of this Kingdom, Stewarts of Stewartries, Baillies of Regalities, and their Re&s;pective Deputs, and the Magi&s;trats of Burghs, within their &s;e|veral Juri&s;dictions, to make up, and Give in to the &s;aids Lords of our Privy Council, or their Clerks, the Reports of the Hor&s;es and Arms Sea&s;ed by them as &s;aid is, within their Re&s;pective Bounds and Juri&s;dictions, and that betwixt and <ADD><GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"></ADD> and al&s;o Command and Charge the &s;aids Sheriffs, Stewarts and Baillies of Regalities, and their Deputs, and Migi&s;trats of Burghs, to make payment to <HI>George Baillie</HI> of <HI>Fari&s;wood</HI> our General Receiver of the Sum of Five hundred Merks a piece, and that upon the &s;aid <ADD><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></ADD> in ca&s;e they failzie to give in the &s;aids Reports for the Bounds within their Juri&s;dictions, betwixt and the &s;aid Day, under the pain of Rebellion and Putting them to our Horn; and immediatly in ca&s;e they failzie after the &s;aid <ADD><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></ADD> That ye in Our Name and Authority, duely, lawfully and orderly Denunce the forenamed Per&s;ons Failziers, our Rebels, and put them to Our Horn, E&s;cheat and Inbring all their Movable Goods and Gear to our u&s;c for their Contempt and Di&s;obedience, and if need beis, that ye Fence, Arre&s;t, Compry&s;e, Compell, Poind and Di&s;trenzie the forenamed Per&s;ons, their readie&s;t Movables, Goods and Gear, ay while compleat Payment be made of the Sums or Penal|ties above written; and al&s;o that ye Cau&s;e Regi&s;trat thir our Letters, with the Executions thereof, conform to the Act of Parliament; and &s;icklike that ye Command and Charge all and &s;undrie the &s;aids Sheriffs, Stewarts, Baillies of Regalities, and their Deputs, and Magi&s;trats of Burghs within their &s;everal Juri&s;dictions, who conform to the Act of Parliament for Sea|&s;ing of Hor&s;es and Arms of Per&s;ons not Qualified, and Proclamation of Council following thereon, have Sea&s;ed any Arms, to cau&s;e Tran&s;port the Arms Sea&s;ed by them, to any of the Garri&s;ons of <HI>Edinburgh, Striviling, Dumbarton, Blackne&s;s, In|verne&s;s,</HI> or <HI>Dunnotter,</HI> which do ly neare&s;t to the place where the Sea&s;ed Arms are lying, betwixt and the &s;aid <ADD><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></ADD> day of <ADD><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></ADD> and to Report to the Clerks of Our Privy Council Certificats thereof, that the &s;aids Arms may be made furth-coming for the Service of Us and the Government, when&s;oever the &s;ame &s;hall be called for.  <ADD><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></ADD></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Sixteenth Day of <HI>April,</HI> and of Our Reign the Eight Year, <HI>1696</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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