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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION,<LB> <HI>Anent Per&s;ons Travelling to or from this Kingdom.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><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,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Bre|thren Heraulds, Macers of Our Privy Council, Pur&s;evants, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as &s;everal Per&s;ons of late have gone from this Our Antient Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> into the King|dom of <HI>France,</HI> and others have come from <HI>France</HI> into this Kingdom, upon evil De&s;igns again&s;t the Government; Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Coun|cil, Do hereby Inhibite and Di&s;charge all Per&s;ons what&s;oever, who intend to go out of this Our Antient Kingdom (during this time of War,) to depart furth of the &s;ame, until fir&s;t they apply them&s;elves to, and receive a Pa&s;s from any one of the &s;aids Lords of Our Privy Council for the time being, within Twenty Miles of the &s;aids Per&s;ons their re&s;idence, and in ca&s;e there be not a Privy Coun&s;ellor within that &s;pace, then any two of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Supply within the Shire, where the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons crave|ing the &s;aids Pa&s;&s;es Dwell and Re&s;ide, who have Accepted and Qualified them&s;elves by Law to Act as Commi&s;&s;ioners. And further, We with Advice fore&s;aid, Do hereby Require and Command all Per&s;ons what|&s;oever, who &s;hall come into this Kingdom, at their Entry into the &s;ame, to pre&s;ent their Per&s;ons, and &s;hew their Pa&s;&s;es, or give a rational account of them&s;elves, and their bu&s;ine&s;s, and from whence they came, upon Oath in ca&s;e of Su&s;pition, to the next Coun&s;ellor, Ju&s;tice of Peace, Magi&s;trat, or Officer of Our Army; with Certification to &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall pre&s;ume to go furth of this Kingdom without Pa&s;&s;es, or to come into the &s;ame, without pre&s;enting their Per&s;ons and Pa&s;&s;es, or giving account of them&s;elves as &s;aid is, their Per&s;ons &s;hall be &s;ought for, and if apprehended, &s;hall be committed Pri&s;oners, as Per|&s;ons ju&s;tly &s;u&s;pect to be coming or going upon evil De&s;igns again&s;t the Government. And &s;icklike, We with Advice fore|&s;aid, Do hereby Prohibite and Di&s;charge all Skippers, and Ma&s;ters of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, that they receive no Pa&s;&s;engers (be|&s;ides their Crue, for whom they mu&s;t be An&s;werable) aboard their Ships, or Tran&s;port them either abroad out of this King|dom, or from abroad into this Kingdom, except &s;uch as &s;hall be provided with Pa&s;&s;es in manner fore&s;aid. And We with Advice fore&s;aid, Do hereby Require and Command the Skippers or Ma&s;ters of any Ships, who are to go furth of this Kingdom, before they &s;et Sail, to give in a Lift upon Oath, of all the Per&s;ons aboard of their Ships, or who are to go abroad with them containing their true names and De&s;ignations, to the next Magi&s;trat, or Ju&s;tice of Peace, in the place from whence they are to Sail: And Requires and Commands the Skippers, or Ma&s;ters of any Ships who &s;hall come into this Kingdom, before they &s;uffer any of their Pa&s;&s;engers to Land, or go out of their Ships, to give in Li&s;ts in manner and to the Per&s;ons above appointed: With Certification to the &s;aids Ma&s;ters or Skippers, if they fail&yogh;ie to give in the fore&s;aid Li&s;ts, their Ships and Ve&s;&s;els &s;hall be Arre&s;ted, and their Per&s;ons &s;ecured, until they be proceeded again&s;t as Di&s;obeyers of Our Authority and the Law, and Ab|bettors of Rebels and Su&s;pected Per&s;ons: And We hereby Require and Appoint the Per&s;ons fore&s;aids, to whom Pa&s;&s;es are Appointed to be pre&s;ented by Pa&s;&s;engers who &s;hall come into this Kingdom, with all convenient Diligence, to Tran&s;mit to the Clerks of Our Privy Council a particular Accompt of &s;uch Pa&s;&s;engers with their Pa&s;&s;es, as &s;hall be pre&s;ented to them from time to time, with the fore&s;aids Li&s;ts to be given in by the Skippers or Ma&s;ters of Ships, as &s;aid is, as they will be An&s;werable. And to the effect Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be known, Our Will is herefore, and We Charge you &s;traitly and Command, that incontinent the&s;e our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the whole remanent Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and there, in ou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> Name and Authority, by open Procla-mation, make Intimation and Publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none may pretend ignorance, as ye will an&s;wer to Us thereupon. The which to do We commit to you, conjunctly and &s;everally Our full Power, by the&s;e Pre&s;ents, delivering them by you, duly execute and indor&s;ed again to the bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Fourth day of <HI>May,</HI> And of Our Reign the third Year, 1691.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Sti. Concilij.
<HI>DA. MONCREIF,</HI> Cls. Secreti Concilij.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave King <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and Queen <HI>MARY.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent <HI>Maje&s;ties, Anno Dom.</HI> 1691.</P>
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