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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> For taking the Oath of Allegiance.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the &s;econd day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred eighty nine years.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Pre&s;ent in Council,
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<ITEM>E. <HI>Crafurd</HI> P.</ITEM>
<ITEM>M. <HI>Douglas.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>E. <HI>Southerland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>E. <HI>Annandale.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. <HI>Ro&s;s.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. <HI>Ruthven.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Hugh Campbel</HI> of <HI>Calder.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Patrick Hume</HI> of <HI>Polwart.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>James Murray</HI> of <HI>Blackbarrony.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James Brodie</HI> of that Iik.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>John Hall</HI> L. Provo&s;t of <HI>Edinburgh.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>_THe Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council Con&s;idering, That Their Maje&s;ti<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary,</HI> with Advice and Con&s;ent of the E&s;tates o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">Parliament, Have Statute and Ordained, that the Oath of Allegiance &s;hould be Sworn and Sub&s;cribed, not only by all the Members and Clerks of Parliament, but al&s;o by all other per&s;ons pre&s;ently in publick Tru&s;t, Civil, or Military, or who &s;hall be hereafter called to any publick Tru&s;t within the Kingdom; Therefore the &s;aids Lords of His Maje&s;tics Privy Council, Do Ordain and Appoint, all Sheriffs, Stewarts, Baillies of Royalties , and Regalities, and their Clerks, Commi&s;&s;ars, their Deputs, Clerks and Fi&s;cals, Ju&s;tices of Peace, all pre&s;ent Magi&s;trats, Deans of Gild, Coun&s;ellors, and Clerks of Burghs Royal, and of Regality, and &s;uch as &s;hall &s;ucceed them in Office, in pre&s;ence of the Sheriffs of the re&s;pective Shires, or Stewarts of the Stewartries, within which the &s;aids Burghs lyes, or their Deputs where any are, and where no Sheriffs, or Stew|arts, or their Deputs are, in pre&s;ence of any Coun&s;ellor, or Member of parliament, the Admiral-Deputs, Judges of the high Court of Admirality, and all particular Admiral-Deputs within the Kingdom, and the Clerks of the re&s;pective Courts, and all other per&s;ons who pre&s;ently are, or hereafter &s;hall happen to be in publick Tru&s;t within this Kingdom, to publickly Swear and Sub&s;cribe the Oath of Allegiance hereunto &s;ubjoyn|ed, betwixt and the twenty fourth day of <HI>September</HI> in&s;tant, which is to be Recorded in the Regi&s;ters of the re&s;pective Courts, and Extracts thereof under the Clerks hands, to be reported to the Clerks of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, betwixt and the fifteenth day of <HI>November</HI> thereafter, with Certification to them if they fail&yogh;ie therein, the former Acts of Parliament made anent &s;wearing the Oath of Allegiance, and penalties therein-con|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="2 letters">ined &s;hall be impartially Execute again&s;t, and in&s;ticted upon the refu&s;ers. And Or|dains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed by Macers, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful, that none pretend ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED>
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<HEAD>Follows the Oath of Allegiance.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Do &s;incerely Promi&s;e and Swear, That I will be Faithful and bear True Allegiance to Their Ma|je&s;ties, King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary,</HI> So help me GOD.</P>
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<HI>God &s;ave King VVilliam and Queen Mary.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> by Order of Secret Council, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1689.</P>
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