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<HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Anent the Militia.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith; To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Pur&s;evants, 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: Fora&s;much as by the thirty &s;econd <HI>Act, Parliament</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and eighty five, The ordinary Rendezvouze of Our E&s;tabli&s;hed Militia, was Di&s;charged for the Ea&s;e of Our People, during Our Plea&s;ure; And now We having thought fit for the good of Our Service, and for the better pre&s;erving the Peace and Security of this Our Antient Kingdom, and preventing the further progre&s;s of the Unnatural Rebellion, which has of late been maintained within the &s;ame; and Defending Our good Subjects and Government, from all unju&s;t Attempts that may be made thereon by the Barbarous-<HI>Iri&s;h</HI>-Papi&s;ts, or any other Our Enemies, That three parts of four of the E&s;tabli&s;hed Militia re&s;pective after-mentioned, &s;hould be in readine&s;s for Our Service, conform to the Laws made thereanent, And for the better Ordering, and more timely &s;ending out, and furni&s;hing the &s;aid Militia, We, with Advice of Our Privy Council, Do hereby Nominat, and Appoint &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, Impo&s;ed by Our Act of Par|liament of the Date the &s;eventh day of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t by-pa&s;t, who have, or &s;hall qualifie them&s;elves for, and accept of the &s;aid Tru&s;t, by taking the <HI>Oath of Allegiance and A&s;surance,</HI> conform to the Acts of Parliament made there|anent, betwixt and the re&s;pective Dayes hereby appointed for their Meet|ing, <HI>inclu&s;iv&egrave;,</HI> with the Collonels, Lieutenant-Collonels, Majors, Cap|tains, and Lieutenants of the &s;aid Militia, to be Commi&s;&s;ioners of Our &s;aid Militia; And hereby require and Command them to meet at the Head-Burghs of the re&s;pective Shires within this Kingdom, in manner,
<PB N="2" REF="2">and upon the Dayes following, <HI>viz.</HI> The Shires of <HI>Elgine, Bamff, Nairn, Ro&s;s, Inverne&s;s,</HI> and all be north the &s;ame, upon the eleventh Day of <HI>June next,</HI> at ten a Clock in the forenoon; and the re&s;t of the Shires within this Kingdom, upon the fourth Day of the &s;aid Moneth of <HI>June,</HI> and hour fore&s;aid, There to Deliberat upon, and follow forth, &s;uch Me|thods as they &s;hall judge mo&s;t conduceable for timely Out-reik of the &s;aid Militia, &s;ufficiently provided for Our Service, &s;pecified in the Acts of Parliament, made thereanent. And We, with Advice fore&s;aid, No|minat and Appoint, the Per&s;ons following, to be Conveeners of the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners, in the Shires re&s;pective after-mentioned, Declaring the plurality of the&s;e, who &s;hall Conveen in each Shire, to be a Quorum, to wit, For the Shire of <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> Sir <HI>Robert Sinclar</HI> of <HI>Stevin&s;on,</HI> Sheriff thereof; For the Shire of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Sir <HI>John Maitland</HI> of <HI>Ravelrig,</HI> one of the Senators of the Colledge of Ju&s;tice; For the Shire of <HI>Ber|wick,</HI> Sir <HI>John Hume</HI> of <HI>Blackader;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Roxburgh,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Tarras;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Selkirk, John Scot</HI> of <HI>Well;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Peebles</HI> the Larid of <HI>Blackbarony</HI> elder, and in his ab&s;ence <HI>Richard Murray</HI> of <HI>Spittlehaugh</HI> his Brother. For the Shire of <HI>Lanerk William Baillie</HI> of <HI>Lammingtoun;</HI> For the Shires of <HI>Nithi&s;dale</HI> and <HI>Drumfreis,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Kilpatrick</HI> of <HI>Clo&s;eburn:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Wigtoun,</HI> Sir <HI>Andrew Agnew</HI> of <HI>Lochnaw:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Air,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Ca&s;sils,</HI> and in his ab&s;ence the Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cathcart;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Dumbartoun, John Campbel</HI> Captain of <HI>Carrick:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Argile,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Argile,</HI> and in his ab&s;ence Sir <HI>Colin Campbel</HI> of <HI>Ardkinles;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Bute</HI>  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Boyd</HI> of <HI>Kelburn:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Renfrew</HI> the Lord <HI>Blantire;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Stirling,</HI> Sir <HI>Alexander Hope</HI> of <HI>Ker&s;e,</HI> and in his ab&s;ence <HI>William Cun|ninghame</HI> younger of <HI>Buquhan:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Linlithgow</HI>  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Dunda&s;s</HI> of that Ilk; For the Shire of <HI>Perth, Adam Drummond</HI> of <HI>Magin&s;ch;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Kincardin,</HI> the Vi&s;count of <HI>Arbuthnet:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Aberdene</HI> the Earl of <HI>Kintore,</HI> and in his ab&s;ence Sir <HI>John Forbes</HI> of <HI>Cragi|var</HI>&punc; For the Shire of <HI>Inverne&s;s, Lodowick Grant</HI> of that Ilk, and in his ab|&s;ence  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Cuthbert</HI> of <HI>Ca&s;tlehill,</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Nairn,</HI> Sir <HI>Hugh Campbel</HI> of <HI>Calder:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Cromarty William Urquhart</HI> of <HI>Brae|langwell:</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Fife,</HI> Mr. <HI>James Melvil</HI> of <HI>Ca&s;singray;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Kinro&s;s. Robert Douglas</HI> of <HI>Kirkne&s;s;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Forfar</HI>  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Er&s;kin</HI> of <HI>Dunn;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Bamff,</HI> Sir <HI>James Baird</HI> of <HI>Achmedden:</HI> For the Stewartry of <HI>Kirkcudbright,</HI> the Vi&s;count of <HI>Kenmure;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Southerland</HI>  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Gordon</HI> younger of <HI>Embor;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Caith|ne&s;s,</HI> Sir <HI>James Sinclar</HI> of <HI>May;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Elgine</HI>  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Dumbar</HI> Sheriff of <HI>Murray;</HI> For the Shire of <HI>Clackmannan, John Keiry</HI> of <HI>Gogar;</HI> and for the Shire of <HI>Ro&s;s,</HI> the Laird of <HI>Balnagoun:</HI> Requiring and Com|manding the &s;aids re&s;pective Conveeners, to cau&s;e the Clerks to the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Supply, who are hereby al&s;o Appointed Clerks to the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Militia, to cau&s;e due and punctual Intimation to be made of thir Pre&s;ents at the Doors of the &s;everal Kirks and Meeting-Hou&s;es with|in the re&s;pective Shires, before the Dayes of Rendezvouze afternamed, upon a Sunday in the Forenoon, after Divine Service, and that the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners Do and Perform every other thing requi&s;it and nece&s;&s;ary, for the &s;peedy and effectual &s;ending out of the &s;aids three fourth parts of the &s;aid Militia, conform to the Laws and Acts of Parliament made thereanent; and that all per&s;ons lyable in the Out-reik of the Hor&s;e Mi|litia within the Shires afternamed, Do peremptorly &s;end out their re&s;pe|ctive
<PB N="3" REF="3">proportions of the &s;aid three fourth Parts of their Militia Hor&s;e, with their be&s;t Arms and Furniture to be Rendezvouzed, upon the Dayes, at the places, and under the Command of the Per&s;ons after expre&s;&s;ed, To wit, The Shire of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> their proportion of Hor&s;e, to be Rendezvouzed at the Links of <HI>Leith,</HI> the &s;ixteenth day of <HI>June</HI> next to come, at ten hours in the forenoon, under the Command of  <GAP DESC="blank">  Earl of <HI>Lothian</HI> as Captain, Sir <HI>John Clerk</HI> of <HI>Pennicook</HI> as Lieutenant, with power to the &s;aid Earl to make choice of one to &s;erve as Coronet, and report his Name to the Council: The Shire of <HI>Roxburgh,</HI> their proportion of Hor&s;e to be Rendezvouzed at <HI>Ancrum-Bridge,</HI> the &s;ixteenth day of <HI>June</HI> next to come, at ten hours in in the forenoon, under the Command of <HI>Walter</HI> Earl of <HI>Tarras,</HI> as Cap|tain  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Ker</HI> of <HI>Cherritrees</HI> as Lieutenant, with power to the &s;aid Earl to make choice of one to &s;erve as Coronet, and report his Name to the Council, to be approven of by them; The Shires of <HI>Peebles</HI> and <HI>Sel|kirk</HI> their proportion of Hor&s;e, to be Rendezvouzed at <HI>Selkir</HI> the &s;aid &s;ixteenth day, and hour fore&s;aid, under the Command of Sir <HI>Archibald Murray</HI> of <HI>Blackbarrony</HI> as Captain, and <HI>James Pringl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> of <HI>Torwoodlee</HI> as Lieu|tenant; The Shire of <HI>Berwick,</HI> their Hor&s;e at <HI>Fogo-muir</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, under t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">e Command of <HI>Patrick</HI> Lord <HI>Polwart</HI> Captain, Sir <HI>John Hume</HI> of <HI>Blackader</HI> Lieutenant; The Shire of <HI>Haddingtoun,</HI> their Hor&s;e at <HI>Been|&s;toun-muir,</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, under the Command of the Lord <HI>Bel|haven</HI> Captain, <HI>John Sinclar</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ounger of <HI>Stevin&s;on</HI> Lieutenant, and <HI>Wil|liam Hepburn</HI> of <HI>Beinstoun</HI> Coronet; The Shires of <HI>Stirling</HI> and <HI>Clack|mannan,</HI> their Hor&s;e at <HI>Stirling,</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, under the Com|mand of Sir <HI>Alexander Hope</HI> of <HI>Ker&s;e</HI> Captain, and <HI>William Cunninghame</HI> younger of <HI>Boquhan</HI> Lieutenant; The Shire of <HI>Perth,</HI> their proportion of Hor&s;e at <HI>Perth,</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, the one Troop thereof to be Commanded by the Lord <HI>Rollo</HI> as Captain, and <HI>Alexander Spittal</HI> of <HI>Leu|chat</HI> as Lieutenant, and the other of the &s;aids Troops to be Commanded by Mr. <HI>Francis Montgomery</HI> of <HI>Giffin</HI> as Captain: The Shire of <HI>Forfar</HI> their Hor&s;e, at <HI>Dundee</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, under the Command of  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Erskin</HI> of <HI>Dunn</HI> as Captain, and <HI>Alexander Duncan</HI> of <HI>Lundie</HI> as Lieutenant; The Shires of <HI>Kincardin, Aberdene</HI> and <HI>Bamff,</HI> their Hor&s;e at <HI>Aberdene</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, one Troop thereof under the Com|mand of the Earl of <HI>Kintore,</HI> another under Sir <HI>Thomas Burnet</HI> of <HI>Leyes,</HI> and a third under the Command of Sir <HI>James Gordon</HI> of <HI>Le&s;more</HI> as Cap|tains, and <HI>John Hume</HI> of <HI>Ninewells</HI> as Lieutenant to the Troop from the Shire of <HI>Kincardine;</HI> The Shires of <HI>Elgin, Nairn, Ro&s;s, Crommarty,</HI> and both divi&s;ions of the Shire of <HI>Inverne&s;s</HI> their Hor&s;e, at <HI>Inverne&s;s</HI> the twenty fourth day of the &s;aid Moneth of <HI>June</HI> next, and hour fore&s;aid, one Troop thereof under the Command of <HI>David Ro&s;s</HI> of <HI>Balnagoun</HI> as Cap|tain, and Sir <HI>Alexander Mckenzie</HI> of <HI>Coul</HI> as Lieutenant, and the other of the &s;aid Troops by  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Dumbar</HI> Sheriff of <HI>Murray</HI> as Captain. And We with Advice fore&s;aid, Do hereby Authorize and Impower the Offi|cers of Hor&s;e above-named, to elect and make choice of &s;uch Per&s;ons as they think meete&s;t to &s;upply and &s;erve as Officers of Hor&s;e under them, where they are not named, they always &s;ending in Li&s;ts thereof to Our Privy Council, to be approven of by them. And &s;icklike, We with Advice fore&s;aid, hereby &s;trictly Require and Command, That all per&s;ons lyable in the Outreik of Militia, in the Shires after-named, do peremptor|ly &s;end out their re&s;pective proportions of the three fourth parts of their Foot Militia, with their be&s;t Arms, to be Rendezvouzed upon the
<PB N="4" REF="4">dayes, at the places, and under the Command of the per&s;ons after-menti|oned, <HI>viz.</HI> The Town of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Suburbs and Liberties thereof, and Shire of <HI>Linlithgow,</HI> their Foot, to be Rendezvouzed upon the Links of <HI>Leith,</HI> the &s;ixteenth day of <HI>June</HI> next, at ten in the forenoon, under the Command of <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Cardro&s;s,</HI> as Collonel of that Regiment, and &s;uch a Lieutenant-Collonel as &s;hall be named by the Magi&s;trats of <HI>Edin|burgh;</HI> The Shire of <HI>Wigtoun</HI> and Stewartry of <HI>Kirkcudbright</HI> their pro|portion of the &s;aid Foot at <HI>Wigtoun</HI> the &s;ixteenth day of <HI>June</HI> next, and hour fore&s;aid, under the Command of the Vi&s;count of <HI>Kenmuir</HI> as Collo|nel, <HI>William Gordon of Craig</HI> as Lieutenant Collonel, <HI>James Dumbar</HI> of <HI>Mochrum</HI> as Major; The Shire of <HI>Nithi&s;dale</HI> and <HI>Drumfreis,</HI> their pro|portion of Foot, the &s;aid day and Hour at <HI>Drumfreis,</HI> under the Com|mand of Sir <HI>Thomas Kilpatrick</HI> of <HI>Clo&s;eburn,</HI> as Lieutenant Collonel, and  <GAP DESC="blank">  of <HI>Eccle</HI> as Major; The Shires of <HI>Air</HI> and <HI>Renfrew,</HI> their pro|portion of Foot, at <HI>Air</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, under the Command of the Earl of <HI>Ca&s;sils</HI> as Collonel, the Ma&s;ter of Cathcart Lieutenant <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ollonel, and Major <HI>Hugh Buntine</HI> as Major; The Shires of <HI>Argile, Bute</HI> and <HI>Dum|bartoun</HI> their proportion of Foot at <HI>Dumbartoun,</HI> the &s;aid day and hour: For the Shires of <HI>Dumbartoun,</HI> and <HI>Bute,</HI> and for <HI>Argile</HI>-Shire at <HI>Inverary</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, under the Command of Sir <HI>Colin Campbel</HI> of <HI>Ard|kindles</HI> as Collonel, <HI>John Campbel</HI> Captain of <HI>Carrick</HI> Lieutenant Collonel; The Shires of <HI>Fife</HI> and <HI>Kinro&s;s,</HI> their proportion of the &s;aid Foot at <HI>Edin&s;|muir,</HI> the &s;aid day and hour, the We&s;t Regiment thereof to be Command|ed by <HI>James</HI> Earl of <HI>Mortoun</HI> as Collonel,  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Douglas</HI> of <HI>Strathen|drie</HI> Lieutenant Collonel, and  <GAP DESC="blank">  <HI>Young</HI> of <HI>Kirktoun</HI> as Major, and the other Regiment to be Commanded by <HI>Robert</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Burligh</HI> as Col|lonel, Sir <HI>David Arnot</HI> of  <GAP DESC="blank">  as Lieutenant Collonel, and <HI>Robert Douglas</HI> of <HI>Kirkne&s;s</HI> Major; The Shire of <HI>Lanerk,</HI> their proportion of the &s;aid Foot at <HI>Hamiltoun,</HI> the &s;aid day and hour under the Command of the Duke of <HI>Hamiltoun</HI> as Collonel, <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Carmichael</HI> as Lieutenant Collonel, and  <GAP DESC="blank">  as Major; The Shires of <HI>Southerland</HI> and <HI>Caithne&s;s,</HI> their proportions of the &s;aid Foot at <HI>Dornoch,</HI> the twenty fourth day of <HI>June</HI> next, and hour fore&s;aid, under the Com|mand of the Lord <HI>Strathnaver</HI> as Collonel, <HI>John Gordon</HI> younger of <HI>Embo</HI> Lieutenant Collonel, and <HI>Adam Gordon</HI> of <HI>Dalfollie</HI> Major; The Foot within the Shires of <HI>Orknay</HI> and <HI>Zetland</HI> upon &s;uch dayes, and at &s;uch places as <HI>Robert Elphingstoun</HI> of <HI>Lapne&s;s,</HI> Our Stewart of <HI>Orknay</HI> (whom We with Advice fore&s;aid Appoint to Command the &s;ame as Collonel) &s;hall make Publick Intimation of, at the &s;everal Church-Doors for that effect, that they may be in readine&s;s when required, or called forth to Our Service. And We, with Advice fore&s;aid, Do hereby Authorize and Impower, the Officers of Foot above-named, to elect and make choice of &s;uch per|&s;ons as they think meete&s;t to &s;upply and &s;erve as Officers of Foot under them, where they are not named, they always &s;ending in Li&s;ts thereof to Our Privy Council, to be Approven of by them. Hereby &s;trictly Charg|ing and Commanding, all Heretors, Liferenters, and others, any man|ner of way lyable in Outreik of the &s;aids Hor&s;es and Foot, to give punctual obedience to this Our Royal Will and Plea&s;ure, under the pains contained in the Acts of Parliament anent Our Militia: Hereby likewi&s;e Requiring and Commanding, all Per&s;ons, whether Offi|cers or Souldiers of the &s;aids Hor&s;e and Foot, to give cheerful and ready
<PB N="5" REF="5">Obedience to tho&s;e intru&s;ted by Us in this Command, as they will be An|&s;werable at their highe&s;t Peril. And to the effect the &s;aids Militia Troops of Hor&s;e and Foot may be furni&s;hed with a due Sub&s;i&s;tance &s;o long as We think fit to keep them together; We with Advice fore&s;aid, Do hereby Declare, that We will take care the Officers of the &s;aids Troops and Regi|ments be duly payed by Us, &s;icklike and in the &s;ame manner as they were in u&s;e to be payed by Our Royal Predece&s;&s;ors when Imployed and made u&s;e of by Them. And We hereby Require and Command, under the Pains above-mentioned, all Per&s;ons lyable in Outreik of the ordinary Troopers and Foot-Soldiers of the &s;aid Militia now to be &s;ent forth by them, to Advance and put in the Hands of the &s;everal Collectors of the re&s;pective Shires Fourty Days Payment, at the rate &s;pecified in the Act of Parlia|ment for the number of Hor&s;e or Foot, according as they are now to be &s;ent out by the &s;aids Shires, which the &s;aid Collector is to pay forth to the &s;aids Troops of Hor&s;e or Foot from time to time, during their continuance together in Our Service, and how far the &s;aid Fourty Days Pay &s;hall not be expended by the Collectors, they &s;hall be bound and ob|liged to give allowance thereof in the fore-end of the Ce&s;s due and pay|able by the Heretors and others lyable in Outreik of the &s;aid Militia; and that the &s;aids Troops of Hor&s;e and Regiments of Militia Foot may be ac|commodat, and &s;uitably furni&s;hed with Trumpets, Standards, Drums &amp; Col|lours formerly provided by the Shires, We hereby Require and Command, all and &s;undry Heretors, Officers and others, in who&s;e Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, Cu&s;tody or Keeping, any of the &s;aids Trumpets, Standards, Drums or Collours are, to deliver up the &s;ame to any of the re&s;pective Officers above-named, upon their Receipt therefore, to be made u&s;e of by them in their &s;everal Troops or Regiments for Our Service, and made furth-coming upon the like Oc|ca&s;ions in time coming; with Certification to &s;uch as &s;hall refu&s;e or delay the delivering up thereof, they &s;hall be looked upon as di&s;affected Per&s;ons to Us and Our Government, and Ob&s;tructers of Our Service, and pur&s;ued and puni&s;hed therefore accordingly. And We with Advice fore&s;aid, Or|dain the whole Officers of Foot and Hor&s;e above-named, and others to be cho&s;en by them, to attend their Charges at the &s;aids Dyets of Rendezvouze, and the Heretors and other Outreikers of the Soldiers, to have their Men pre&s;ent, Furni&s;hed and Habile according to Law, and advance the &s;aid Fourty Days Pay in the hands of the Collector of the Shire; with Certifi|cation to the &s;aids Officers, Heretors and others, if they neglect their Duty herein, they &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t by Fining, Poynding &amp; Quartering, and other Pains, conform to the Laws and In&s;tructions made thereanent, and Ordains the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Militia to order Parties for Poynding and Quartering immediatly after the &s;aids days of Rendezvouze, upon &s;uch as &s;hal be deficient therein. And We with Advice fore&s;aid, Appoint the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter-General by him&s;elf or his Deputs, to be pre&s;ent at the &s;everal Ren|dezvouze, and to return an account to Our Council of the Ab&s;ents and De|ficients, that they may be proceeded again&s;t accordingly. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you &s;trictly and Command, that incon|tinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and &s;everal Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of this Kingdom, and Burghs of Regality and Stewartrie, and &s;everal Paroch-Churches within the &s;ame, upon a Sunday in the Forenoon after Divine Service, and other places
<PB N="6" REF="6">needful, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend Ignorance. And We Ordain Our Solicitor to tran&s;mit Copies hereof to the Clerks of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment of the &s;everal Shires above-mentioned, to be by the &s;aids Clerks communicate to the Conveeners <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;,</HI> and Intimat at the &s;everal Church and Meeting-hou&s;es Doors in manner above mentio|ned, as ye will An&s;wer to Us thereupon. The which to do, We Com|mit to you conjunctly and &s;everally Our full Power by the&s;e Our Letters, delivering them by you duly Execute and Indor&s;ed again to the Bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under Our Signet at</HI> Edinburgh, <DATE><HI>the Twenty Ninth Day of</HI> May, <HI>And of Our Reign the Third Year,</HI> 1691.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> GILB. ELIOT, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></CLOSER>
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