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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties GRACIOUS PROCLAMATION, For the incouraging the Subjects of the United Provinces of the Lovv-Countries, to tran&s;port them&s;elves vvith their e&s;tates, and to &s;ettle in his <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Kingdom of <HI>Scotland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_CHARLES,</HI> by the Grace of GOD, <HI>KING</HI> of Great <HI>Brittain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith:</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To all and &s;undry whom the&s;e may concern, Greeting.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as We, out of Our Innate Bounty and Royal Inclinati|on, to favour and protect Strangers, being witting to give all due incourage|ment to them to repair to, and re&s;ide within, this Our Ancient Kingdom of <HI>Scot|land;</HI> Did, in the Year <HI>1669.</HI> with Advice and Con&s;ent of Our E&s;tates of Parli|ament of that Kingdom, Ordain and Declare, That &s;uch Strangers who having e|states, &s;hould be willing to bring the &s;ame into this Our Kingdom, and to dwell and inhabite within the &s;ame; or who &s;hould come to &s;et up Works or Manufactories, to be Naturalized, as Naturall-born Subjects thereof; And to enjoy Our Royal Protection, the benefice of Our Laws, and all other Priviledges which a Native doth enjoy, als freely in all re&s;pects as if they them&s;elves had been born within the &s;ame: and that they &s;hould have freedom of Trade, and freedom to buy and purcha&s;e lands, heritages and o|ther Goods moveable and unmoveable; and to enjoy the &s;ame by &s;ucce&s;&s;ion, purcha&s;e or donation, or any o|ther manner of way, and to di&s;po&s;e thereof, and to tran&s;mit the &s;ame to their heirs and &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, and to enjoy all other liberties and priviledges belonging to our natural-born Subjects. And We continuing in, and being willing to pro&s;ecute, this Our Gracious Inclination, as we have by a former Declarati|on invited the Inhabitants of the <HI>United Provinces</HI> to come into Our Kingdomes; So We have thought fit hereby to Declare, That, whoever of the Subjects and Inhabitants of the <HI>United Provin|ces</HI> of the <HI>Low Countries,</HI> out of their affection to &V;s and Our Government, or becau&s;e of the oppre&s;&s;ion and troubles they meet with at home from their Governors, &s;hall come into this Our Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> they &s;hall be protected in their per&s;ons and e&s;tates, and &s;hall fully po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e and enjoy the be|nefite of this Naturalization, to all intents, purpo&s;es and effects, and &s;hall have the free exerci&s;e of their Religion and Wor&s;hip, with all other privileges and advantadges enjoyed by, or belonging to, the Naturall-born Subjects of that Our Kingdom. And as they &s;hall be free from all trouble, hazard or &s;eizure in their Tran&s;port; So all the Ships and Ve&s;&s;els which &s;hall tran&s;port them, their families, estates, goods or merchandi&s;e, or which &s;hall belong to any per&s;ons &s;o tran&s;porting them&s;elves, &s;hall have the &s;ame priviledges and immunities in matter of Trade, Navigation and Customes, as if they had been built in <HI>Scotland:</HI> And &s;hall not pay not be lyable to any Cu&s;tomes, Payments or other Duties, what&s;oever, other than are payed by the Naturall-born Subjects of that Our Kingdom.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty ninth day of June, and of our Reign the twenty fourth Year, 1672.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Tho. Hay, Cl. S^t^i^. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH.</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1672.</P>
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