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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<HEAD>PROPOSALS To the High Court of PARLIAMENT, For Fini&s;hing the Ancient and Pre&s;ent State of SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. THis Work con&s;i&s;ts of two Volumes, the fir&s;t gives an Account of the Ancient and Pre&s;ent State of the Nation, the Contents whereof have already been laid be|fore the High Court of Parliament; The &s;econd Volume con&s;i&s;ts only of fine Sculptures, and the whole De&s;ign when fini&s;hed, will be one of the fine&s;t Things which was ever publi&s;hed for any Nation: It will contain the Planns and Pro&s;pects of the Kings old Ca&s;tles and Palaces, as al&s;o the chiefe&s;t Hou&s;es of the Nobility and Gentrey, with an Account when they were Built, by which the World may &s;ee, that in the&s;e days they were als con&s;iderable as other Buildings of this kind which were then Extant; Some of our modern Edifices will compeat with many in other Nations, the Ruines of &s;uch magnificent Mona&s;teries as &s;hall be here in&s;ert, and the variety of &s;o many plea&s;ant Pro&s;pects of Towns, will te&s;tifie the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="2">2. The Armorial Atchivements of all the Nobility of <HI>Scotland,</HI> with their Supporters, Cre&s;ts and Mottos, are to be engraven by the be&s;t Arti&s;ts in <HI>England,</HI> as al&s;o the intire Coats of Arms of the chiefe&s;t Barons in this Nation, with two or three Lynes of De&s;cription, relating to the Families they are de&s;cended of; To which will be added the Arms of all the Royal Burghs, and the Names of their chief Magi&s;trats for the time.</P>
<P N="3">3. The Solemnities u&s;ed at the Baptizms of the Princes of <HI>Scotland,</HI> the Funerals of the Kings, Dukes, and other Peers, and the way of Ryding the Parliament, is to be repre&s;ented in fine Sculptures; by which it will appear, that Solemnities of this Nature are performed here with as much Magnificence as in other parts of the World.</P>
<P N="4">4. The above mentioned two Volumes will contain about Ten Quair of Royal Paper, con&s;i&s;ting of above 140 large Talliduces or Prints, the re&s;t will be the De&s;cription of the State of the Nation, and nothing relating to it is to be publi&s;hed, before it be approven by &s;uch as &s;hall be appointed to revi&s;e the &s;ame. The Paper will co&s;t 40. <HI>&s;h. &s;terling</HI> the Rim, &s;o that the very Paper, and the Printing of the Copper-Plates will be 30 <HI>&s;h. sterling:</HI> And Captain <HI>Slezer</HI> obliges him&s;elf to furni&s;h the Liedges with the&s;e two Volumes in Sheets, at Thirty <HI>&s;h. &s;terling,</HI> that is to &s;ay, without a Penny of Profite to him&s;elf.</P>
<P N="5">5. For ordering of which, he only propo&s;es to be reimbur&s;ed of the Charges which he hath already be&s;towed for carrying on this Work. The &s;aid Charges as is in&s;tructed to the Right Honourable Committee of Trade, do amount to upwards of 1200 <HI>lib. &s;terling.</HI> And it hath been likewi&s;e made appear, that to fini&s;h the &s;ame, it will require at lea&s;t, as much be|fore any Copy can be Printed or taken off.</P>
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<P N="6">6. From which it is evident, that the Expen&s;e of this Undertaking, can never be reim|bur&s;ed by the Sale of the Book; becau&s;e the Price would ri&s;e &s;o exce&s;&s;ive high, that it could not be &s;old under Six pounds <HI>&s;terling.</HI> And all the advantage Captain <HI>Slezer</HI> propo&s;es to him&s;elf, in furni&s;hing the Leidges with the&s;e Books at the &s;ame Price they &s;tand him, is the expectation he hath to di&s;po&s;e of a few of the&s;e Copies, at a greater Rate in other places of the World.</P>
<P N="7">7. It will be nece&s;&s;ary to know in time, how many of the Leidges are de&s;irous of the&s;e Books, that Paper may be provided accordingly. For clearing of which, Captain <HI>Slezer</HI> de|&s;igns to inform him&s;elf of it by way of Sub&s;cription, and to convince the World of the Since|rity of his Intention: he de&s;igns to take no Sub&s;cription money, till &s;uch time as the Privy Council &s;hall order the &s;ame: but he de&s;ires it may be Con&s;igned in every Shire, in the Col|lectors hands, or any other who &s;hall be appointed to receive the &s;ame; to wit, fifteen <HI>&s;hillings</HI> at the Sub&s;cription, and the &s;aid per&s;ons appointed to be obliged, not to make any payment of it to Captain <HI>Slezer,</HI> or to any by his order, till it be intimat to them by &s;ome of the Privy Council, that the Work is &s;o far advanced, that the Money Collected for this u&s;e may be payed to Captain <HI>Slezer.</HI> The re&s;t of the Sub&s;cription-money is to be payed at the delivery of the Book, as is u&s;ual in the like Ca&s;es, of which a more particular Account and Intimation &s;hall be given hereafter.</P>
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