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<HEAD>BY HIS EXCELLENCY Richard <HI>Earl of</HI> Bellomont. Captain General and Governour in Chief of his Maje&s;ty's Province of <HI>New-York,</HI> and Territories depending thereon in <HI>America,</HI> and Vice-Admiral of the &s;ame</HEAD>
<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<P>VVHereas His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty hath received Advice, That &s;everal Ships of Force, fitted out of <HI>Scotland,</HI> were de&s;igned to &s;ettle them&s;elves in &s;ome parts of <HI>America;</HI> and le&s;t the &s;ame &s;hould derogate from the Treaties his Maje&s;ty hath entered into with the Crown of <HI>Spain,</HI> or be otherwi&s;e prejudicial to any of his Maje&s;ties Colonies in <HI>America,</HI> His Maje&s;ty has been plea&s;ed to &s;ignifie his Royal Plea&s;ure to Me, That I &s;hould &s;trictly forbid all his Maje&s;ties Subjects, or others, inhabiting within the Di&s;tricts of my Government, that they forbear holding any Corre&s;pondence with, or giving any a&s;si&s;tance to any of the &s;aid Per&s;ons, while they are engaged in the afore&s;aid Enterprize; and that no Provi&s;ions, Arms, Ammunition, or other nece&s;&s;aries what&s;oever, be carried from hence <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o them, nor be permitted to be carried, either in their own Ve&s;&s;els, or any other Ship or Ve&s;&s;el for their U&s;e. In pur&s;uance of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Royal Will and Plea&s;ure, I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Maje&s;ties Council of this Province, to publi&s;h and Declare his Ma|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;ties &s;aid Plea&s;ure, and by the&s;e Pre&s;ents do &s;trictly Charge and Command all and every of his Maje&s;ties Subjects, and others within this Province and Territories depending thereon in <HI>America,</HI> That they forbear holding any Corre&s;pondence with, or giving any a&s;si&s;tance to &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, who have been fitted out of <HI>Scotland</HI> in manner afore&s;aid, and are &s;aid to have <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ettled in a certain place, which they have called <HI>Caledonia</HI> That no Provi&s;ions, Arms, Ammu|nition, or other Nece&s;&s;aries what&s;oever, be carried either in their own Ve&s;&s;els, or in any other Ship <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">or Ve&s;&s;el for their U&s;e, from this Province, or any part thereof. And his Maje&s;ties Collector and Receiver General, and all other Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;tom-Hou&s;e, are hereby Required <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o take notice hereof accordingly.</P>
<P>And I do further &s;trictly Charge, Command and Forbid (by and with the Con&s;ent of his Maje&s;ties Council, as afore&s;aid) all his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Subjects, and others within this Pro|vince, That they neither by them&s;elves, nor by any other Per&s;ons, Authorized by them, con|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rary to his Maje&s;ties Royal Plea&s;ure as afore&s;aid, hold any Corre&s;pondence, or give any a&s;&s;i&s;t|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nce, or enter into any Traffick or Commerce with &s;uch Per&s;ons as are &s;aid to be &s;ettled in <HI>Cale|donia</HI> afore&s;aid. And if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons within this Province, by them&s;elves, their Fact|ors or Agents, &s;hall contrary too, and again&s;t the true intent and meaning of this his Maje&s;ties Royal Will and Plea&s;ure &s;ignified unto me, as afore&s;aid, hold any Corre&s;pondence, or give any <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;si&s;tance, or enter into any Traffick or Commerce, in manner afore&s;aid, then all &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;o acting, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall incur &s;uch Pains, Penalties, and Fofeitures, as by Law in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">uch Ca&s;es are provided. And all his Maje&s;ties Subjects, and others, within this Province, are <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ereby Required to take due Notice hereof, and to Ob&s;erve His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Royal Will and PLEASURE in All and Every of the Premi&s;&s;es, as they will An&s;wer the Contrary at their peril.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Fort <HI>William Henry</HI> in New York, <DATE>the 15th day of May, 1699. And in the Eleventh Year of His Maje&s;ties Reign.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Bellomont.</SIGNED>
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<P>By Order</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>B. Co&s;e:</HI> Cl. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<CLOSER>GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>Printed by <HI>W. Bradford,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, in New-York. <HI>1699.</HI></P>
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