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<HEAD>ACT For publi&s;hing His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t gra|cious Letter.</HEAD>
<P>_HIS Maje&s;ties high Commi&s;&s;ioner, a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, having received from His Maje&s;ty, the graci|ous Letter &s;ubjoyned, with the Order therein contained; Appointing the &s;ame to be Publi&s;hed, for the Satisfaction of all His Maje&s;ties good Subjects, do hereby Ordain the &s;ame to be publi&s;hed accordingly: And do therefore grant War|rand, and Ordain His Maje&s;ties Heraulds, Macers of Privy Council, Pur&s;e|vants, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, to pa&s;s to the Mercat-cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and there make due Publication of the &s;aid Letter with &s;ound of Trumpet, and all other Solemnities. And Further, Ordains the &s;ame to be Printed, and His Maje&s;ties Solicitor to tran&s;mit Copies thereof, and of this Act, to the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires, and Stewarts of the Stewartries, their Deputs or Clerks, who are hereby&punc; required to cau&s;e publi&s;h the &s;ame at the Head burghs of their re&s;pective J<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">i&s;dictions, after the Manner and Form of publick Proclamations, as they will be an&s;werable.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT.</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>Follows the Tenor of His Maje&s;ties Letter.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties MOST GRACIOUS LETTER: Directed to His Grace <HI>JAMES</HI> Duke of <HI>Queensberry,</HI> His Maje&s;ties High Commi&s;&s;ioner, and the Privy Council of <HI>SCOTLAND.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED><LB>
<SALUTE>RIght Tru&s;ty and Intirely Beloved Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellor, Right <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ru&s;ty and Right well Beloved Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellor, Right Tru&s;ty and well Beloved Cou&s;ins &amp; Coun&s;ellors, Right Tru&s;ty and well Beloved Coun&s;ellors, and Tru&s;ty and well Beloved Coun&s;ellors, We Greet you well.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>We heartily wi&s;h that the la&s;t Meeting of Parliament had proceeded, &s;o as that the Kingdom might have been made Partakers of the&s;e Advantages for which Our Commi&s;&s;ioner was &s;o fully In&s;tructed: If it had been po&s;&s;ible for Us to have agreed to the <HI>Re&s;olve</HI> offered to A&s;&s;ert the Right of the <HI>African-Companies</HI> Colony in <HI>Ame|rica,</HI> tho' that Method had appeared to Us more unnece&s;&s;ary, yet We had from the beginning readily done it, at the earne&s;t De&s;ire of Our Mini&s;ters, and for Our Peoples Satisfaction, all other Con&s;iderations &s;et apart. But now that Things are much changed, (wherein We are truely Sorry for the Na|tions Lo&s;s) And We being mo&s;t willing to Grant what may be needful for the Releif and Ea&s;e of the Kingdom, and the Advancement of its Welfare in all its Concerns: We have thought fit to Declare this Our good Mind to be made Known to all Our loving Subjects. And for the <HI>Companies</HI> Concerns, We A&s;&s;ure you, that We will be &s;o ready to concur with Our Parliament, in every thing that can be rea&s;onably expected of Us, for Aiding &amp; Supporting their Intere&s;ts, and Repairing their Lo&s;&s;es, that Our good Subjects &s;hall have ju&s;t Grounds to be &s;en&s;ible of our heartie Inclinations to advance the Wealth and Pro&s;perity of that our Antient Kingdom. And as for Captain <HI>Pinkerton</HI> and the other Pri&s;oners in <HI>Spain,</HI> We have alreadie, and We hope E&s;&s;ectual|ly Interpo&s;ed for their Liberation. In the next place, As We did fully In|&s;truct our Commi&s;&s;ioner, So We are &s;till Re&s;olved, to pa&s;s all &s;uch Laws as
<PB REF="3"> &s;hall be offered for the better E&s;tabli&s;hing the true Prote&s;tant Religion, and the Presbyterian Government of the Church, which you at pre&s;ent Enjoy; For the more effectual preventing the Growth of Popery ju&s;tly feared, for the Repre&s;&s;ing of Vice &amp; Immorality, for the Pre&s;erving &amp; Securing the Liberty of Mens Per&s;ons, for the Encouraging &amp; Advancement of Trade &amp; Manufacturies, and generally, to give Our A&s;&s;ent to &s;uch other Laws as &s;hall be brought in for further clearing and &s;ecuring Mens civil Rights and Properties, promoting the Admini&s;tration of Ju&s;tice, and &s;etling the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom, demanding nothing on Our part, &s;ave what &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary to Maintain that Our antient Kingdom in &s;o happy a Settlement again&s;t Our and Their Ene|mies. And this Declaration, We are confident will be &s;atisfying to all good Men, who will certainly be careful both of their own Pre&s;ervation, and of the Intere&s;t and Honour of the Government, and not to &s;uffer them&s;elves to be Mi&s;ted, nor to give any Advantage to Enemies &amp; ill de&s;igning Per&s;ons, ready to catch hold of every Opportunity, as their Practices do too manife&s;tly wit|ne&s;s.</P>
<P>Our nece&s;&s;ary Ab&s;ence hath occa&s;ioned the late Adjournments, but as &s;oon as God &s;hall bring Us back, We are firmly Re&s;olved Our Parliament &s;hall Meet, where We do again A&s;&s;ure all Our good Subjects, nothing &s;hall be Wanting on Our part, that may contribute to their Welfare and Happine&s;s. And this Our Re&s;olution and Declaration, We Allow you to Publi&s;h for the Satisfaction of all concerned. So We bid you heartily Farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Loo,</HI> <DATE>the 26th day of <HI>July</HI> 1700. And of Our Reign the 12th year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>By His Maje&s;ties Command, RO. PRINGLE.</SIGNED></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>Anno Dom.</HI> 1700.</P>
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