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<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown</FIGDESC>
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<Q>DIEV ET MON DROIT</Q>
<Q>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, For Levying of Sea-men.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>_WILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith; 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 &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas, We have &s;een a Letter directed to Our Secretaries, from the Lords of Our Pri|vy Council, Complaining, That the Sea-men of this Our Ancient Kingdom, are Pre&s;&s;ed, contrair to the Free|dom, and to the great hurt and prejudice of the Trade thereof; We are re&s;olved to give &s;trict Orders, that no &s;uch thing be done for the future; But We do expect in Return to Our Care and Concern, for the welfare of this Our Antient Kingdom, That being Ingaged in a War, which not only concerns Our Kingdoms of <HI>Britain</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> but almo&s;t all <HI>Chri&s;ten|dom;</HI> The Subjects of this Our Antient Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> will heartily Contribute what they can, for Our A&s;&s;i&s;tance, in providing to Our Navy, a thou&s;and Sea-men or more, and for their Incouragement, We will pay to each Sea-man who voluntar|ly Engages, fourty &s;hillings Sterling, before they &s;hall march from their re&s;pective Places, where they &s;hall ingage and take on for our Service to <HI>Leith,</HI> in order to be Shipped Aboard Our Fleet, and full Pay thereafter, as Our <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Sea-men do receive. And to the effect, the &s;aids Sea-men may be timou&s;ly taken on, and ingaged for Our Service, and Rai&s;ed orderly, with als much Ea&s;e and Conveniency to Our Subjects as po&s;&s;ible; Therefore We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, &s;trictly Require and Command, all the Magi&s;trats of the &s;everal <HI>Maritim</HI> Burghs Royal, and other Sea-Towns, To cau&s;e beat Drums, and make Intimation upon a Mercat-Day, for Levying Sea-Men, to &s;erve in Our Fleet, within their own Juri&s;diction, and the next adjacent Sea-Towns, expre&s;t in the &s;everal Letters, &s;ent to them for that effect, and to ingage, and take on for the &s;aid Service, &s;uch as voluntarly offer them&s;elves; And We, with Advice fore&s;aid, Require and Command, the &s;aids Magi&s;trats of <HI>Maritim</HI> Burghs Royal, and other Sea-Towns, to give in a Report to the Council, what number of Sea-men they have &s;o taken on, and in|gaged, with an exact &s;ub&s;cribed Li&s;t of the whole other Sea-men, and Fi&s;her-men within their Juri&s;diction, and other Sea-Towns and Bounds expre&s;t in their re&s;pective Mi&s;&s;ive Letters, upon Oath, betwixt and the days following, <HI>viz.</HI> All on this &s;ide of <HI>Tay,</HI> and this &s;ide of the <HI>Largs,</HI> upon the Mouth of <HI>Clyde,</HI> betwixt and the twenty Day of <HI>Feruary</HI> next; And all to <HI>Aberdene inclu&s;iv&egrave;,</HI> and be-we&s;t the River of <HI>Clyde,</HI> and the <HI>Largs,</HI> betwixt and the fir&s;t Day of <HI>March</HI> thereafter; And all the re&s;t of the Kingdom betwixt and the tenth Day of the &s;ame Moneth; with power to the &s;aids Magi&s;trats to take the Oaths of Ma&s;ters of Ships, Boats, Barks, or others, and u&s;e all other effectual Means, for making up the &s;aids Li&s;ts, that the Lords of Our Privy Council may con&s;ider how far the number of Sea-men to be Levied for Our Fleet, falls &s;hort, that &s;o they may compleat the &s;aid number of a Thou&s;and Sea-men for Our Service by Lot, out of the &s;aids Li&s;ts of Sea-men, and have them in readine&s;s before Our Fleet &s;hall go to Sea: And We, with Advice fore&s;aid, Do Certifie and give A&s;&s;urance to all and every one of the Magi&s;trats and others, who &s;hall take on any of the &s;aids Sea-men, who Li&s;t them&s;elves voluntarly for Our Service, that how &s;oon, and when&s;oever the Li&s;ts of the &s;aid voluntar Sea-men &s;hall be returned to Our Privy Council; fourty &s;hillings &s;terling Money, &s;hall be immediatly &s;ent to the &s;aids Magi&s;trats, for each Sea-man of the&s;e who voluntarly Li&s;t them&s;elves, to be payed and delivered to them, before they &s;hall march from their own homes to <HI>Leith,</HI> where they are to be Shipped; and &s;ufficient Provi&s;ions &s;hall be made, or Pay advanced to them from that time to their being Shipped for Our Fleet; With Certification to &s;uch of the &s;aids Magi&s;trats who &s;hall fail or delay in the exact ob&s;ervance hereof, they &s;hall be reputed negligent in their Duty, and di&s;affected to Our Government, and proceeded again&s;t accordingly. And to the effect Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be known, OUR WILL IS and We Charge you &s;traitly 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 whole other Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Burghs-Royal, and of Regalities, Stewartries and Bailliaries within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, make intimation and publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none may pretend ignorance, as ye will an&s;wer to Us thereupon. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty ninth day of <HI>January,</HI> And of Our Reign, the third Year, 1692.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In &s;upplementum Signeti. <HI>DA. MONCRIEFF,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB> GOD Save King <HI>VVilliam</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1692.</P>
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