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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION FOR INFORMATION Of the Leiges Anent the &s;ecuring the Peace of the Kingdom.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the tenth day of <HI>February,</HI> 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THE E&s;tates of Parliament now pre&s;ently conveened in this &s;econd Se&s;&s;ion of the &s;econd Trienniall Parliament, by vertue of ane Act of the Committee of E&s;tates, who had Power and Authority from the la&s;t Parliament for conveening the Parliament, Taking to their &s;eri|ous con&s;ideration, how cunning &s;ome are to coyn, and others bold <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">+vent; and a third &s;ort weak and &s;imple to believe lies and calumnies again&s;t their proceedings, even whil&s;t they are doing their be&s;t for the good of Religion, the Honour and Happine&s;&s;e of the King, the pre&s;ervation of the welfare and peace of this Kingdome, and of all the bonds of Union betwixt the Kingdomes. And being informed that &s;ome fal&s;e rumours are &s;pread as if they had intended to &s;ea&s;e upon the per&s;ons of tho&s;e that had been active in the late unlawfull engagement, which hath been but invented and vented by malignant &s;pirits, to make men out of &s;uch apprehen&s;ions to quit their hou&s;es and families, and to draw together with other di&s;contented per&s;ons to ca&s;t the peace of the country loo&s;e, and to weaken the hands of the Parliament, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n the pro&s;ecution of the ends of the Covenant, and of their duties for Religion, King, and Kingdomes. And con&s;idering the late Act of Parliament of the date the twenty &s;ixt of <HI>January</HI> la&s;t, containing the band for &s;ecuring of the peace of the Kingdome, and ane other Act of the date the fift day of <HI>February</HI> in&s;tant, Proclaiming CHARLES the Second King of Great <HI>Brittain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> &amp;c. They doe Inact, Ordain, and De|clare for the &s;atisfaction and &s;ecurity of all the Leiges, That they have no &s;uch intention or re&s;olution to prejudge the Freedome of any mans per&s;on, who offers him&s;elfe, or doth when required, &s;ub&s;crive, and find &s;urety for the peace of the Kingdome, according to the fore&s;aid Band: And doth te&s;tifie his allowance of the fore&s;aid Proclamation concerning the King His Maje&s;ty who now is; and to the effect it may be known who are willing to doe the &s;ame, and who refu&s;es, The E&s;tates of Parliament ordaineth that the new Committees of Warre in the &s;everall Shires, and Magi&s;trates in Burghs, To c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ll before them all &s;uch per&s;ons as were active in the late ingagement, and any other di&s;affected per&s;ons known to them, To &s;ub&s;crive and finde &s;urety according to the &s;aid Band, And to te&s;tifie their allowance of the &s;aid Procla|mation, with certification contained in the Act anent the Band&punc; And that the&s;e on this &s;ide of <HI>Tay</HI> give an account of their exact diligence hereof to the Parliament or Committee of E&s;tates betwixt and the fifteenth day of <HI>March,</HI> And the&s;e on the other &s;ide of <HI>Tay,</HI> be|twixt and the fir&s;t day of <HI>Aprill.</HI> And Ordains this to be Proclaimed at the Mercat Cro&s;&s;e of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and thereafter to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>William Scot,</HI> Cler. Parl.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the Kings&punc; mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTIE, 1649.</P>
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