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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> For Securing the Peace in the Northern Shires.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_WILLIAM and MARY, 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 Macers of Our Privy Council, 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 We by Our Proclamation, of the Date the ninth Day of <HI>May</HI> current, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Have thought fit to Require the Heretors and Fencible Men, in the &s;everal Shires therein mentioned, under the Com|mand of the Officers Named, or to be Named, in manner therein-&s;pecified, to Rendezvouz upon the Days, and at the places therein &s;et down, for being in readine&s;s, when called out, to make all vi|gorous Defence and Re&s;i&s;tance, again&s;t an Inva&s;ion of Barbarous and Bloody <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Pa|pilts, from the Kingdom of <HI>France,</HI> upon this Our Antient Kingdom, and chiefly upon the South and We&s;tern parts thereof: And it being likewi&s;e Our De&s;ire and Intention, to take Care of the Peace and Tranquility of the other parts of this Kingdom, although not apprehended to be &s;o near the Danger, That the &s;ame may be &s;ecure from all Forraign Attempts, or Inte&s;tine Commotion; And for that end it being fit and nece&s;&s;ar, that particular Per&s;ons be Nominated and Appoionted principally, to take Care of the Peace of &s;everal Shires under-written, and do every thing requi&s;it for Suppre&s;&s;ing and Re&s;i&s;ting any Attempts from Abroad, or Iu&s;urrection at Home, within the &s;ame; and to Pro&s;ecute &s;uch Orders and Directions, as &s;hall from time to time be &s;ent to them from Us, or Our Privy Council: And it being al&s;o nece&s;&s;ar, that Ju&s;tices of Peace be Appointed and Authorized, to put in Execution the Laws and Acts of Parliament, made anent that Tru&s;t and Office, conform to, and in the Particulars &s;pecified in the &s;everal in&s;tructions therin-contaned: Therefore We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Hereby Nominat and Appoint <HI>David Boyl of Kelburn,</HI> for the Shires of <HI>Bute; Andrew</HI> Lord <HI>Rollo</HI> and <HI>David</HI> Lord <HI>Ruthven,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Perth</HI>; The Vi&s;count of <HI>Arbuthnet,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Kincardin,</HI> The Earl of <HI>Kintore</HI> for that Divi&s;ion of the Shire of <HI>Aberdene,</HI> contained in a Commi&s;&s;ion for|merly granted to him by Our Privy Council; And the Ma&s;ter of <HI>Saltoun</HI> for the other Divi&s;ion of the &s;aid Shire; <HI>Lodovick Grant</HI> of <HI>Freueich</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Inverne&s;s; David Broddie</HI> of <HI>Lethin,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Nairn</HI>; The Vi&s;count of <HI>Tarbat,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Cromarty</HI>; The Earl of <HI>Strathmore,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Forfar,</HI> The Earl of <HI>Finlator,</HI> and in his ab&s;ence Sir <HI>James Ogilvy</HI> of <HI>Church-hill</HI> his Son, for the Shire of <HI>Bane&s;&s;,</HI> The Lord <HI>Strathnaver,</HI> and in his ab&s;ence Sir <HI>Robert Gordon</HI> of <HI>Embo,</HI> and <HI>Adam-Gordon</HI> of <HI>Dal&s;olly,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Suther|land</HI>; Sir <HI>George Sinclar</HI> of <HI>Cleith,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Caithne&s;s. <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 word"> Broddie</HI> of that <HI>Ilk,</HI> for the Shire of <HI>Elgin, Robert Elphingston</HI> of <HI>Lapne&s;s,</HI> for the Shire of Stuartry of <HI>Orknay</HI> and <HI>Zetland</HI>; And <HI>David Ro&s;s of Balnagowan,</HI> for the Shore of <HI>Re&s;s</HI>; to have the principal Com|mand, Care and Over&s;ight of the Peace and Security of the &s;aids re&s;pective Shire &amp; Stewartry, and for D<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 span"> nece&s;&s;ar and requi&s;it, for making a vigorous Defence again&s;t all <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;ame; And for that Effect to Con<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 span"> think fit, for the timous and ready Suppre&s;&s;ing of any unwarrantable Convocations, A&s;&s;emblies, or Meetings of Our Leidges, or <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 word"> And Require and Command, the particular Per&s;ons above-named, and every one of them within their re&s;pective Bounds, to Secure and Seize upon, conform to the Laws and Acts of Parliament made thereanent, any Seditious or Turbulent Per&s;ons, their Hor&s;e and Arms, and &s;uch as they find &s;tirring up, or Fomenting any In&s;urrection among&s;t Our Subjects, or unwarrantable Commotion again&s;t Us and Our Government, for Di&s;turbance of the Peace thereof, and any who may be acce&s;&s;ory thereto, or concerned therein, and detain them in Cu&s;tody until they adverti&s;e Our Privy Council, which they are to do with all po&s;&s;ible Diligence, and have their Orders there|anent: Which Per&s;ons particularly above-named, within their Bounds <HI>re&s;pective</HI> above-mentioned, to have the Leading and Chief Com|mand of thc Heretors and Fencible Men within the &s;aids re&s;pective Shires, when Called forth by Us, or Our Privy Council, to attend Our Ho&s;t, for the better Defence of this Our Antient Kingdom, conform to the Orders to be &s;ent by Us, or Our Privy Council, with the Names of the Inferiour Officers, to be Appointed by Our &s;aids Lords, for the better Di&s;charge of the &s;aid Service. And We Con&s;i|dering the want of Ju&s;tice, of Peace in the &s;everal Shires, to be a great prejudice to Our Subjects within the &s;ame, and to the E&s;ta|bli&s;hing and Pre&s;erving the Peace and Tranquillity thereof in the time of &s;o great Danger: And that it may contribute much to Our Ser|vice at this time, that Ju&s;tices of Peace be Named in the &s;everal Shires above-mentioned, als well as the re&s;t of the Shires of this King|dom; Therefore We, with Advice fore&s;aid, conform to the Act of Parliament made thereanent, Declare, Appoint and Authorize the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Supply, of the re&s;pective Shires and Stewartry fore&s;aids, who have, or &s;hall qualifie them&s;elves according to Law, to be Ju&s;tices of Peace in the &s;aids &s;everal Shires, and Stewartry, with Power to them to Do and perform every Thing, which to the &s;aid Of|fice and Tru&s;t is competent and known to belong, by the &s;everal Laws and Acts of Parliament made thereanent, and In&s;tructions there|in &s;et down. And further, We with Advice fore&s;aid, Require and Command, the &s;aids Ju&s;tices of Peaces, within the Shires aod Stewartry re|&s;pective above-mentioned, to Meet and Conveen at the Head-Burgh of the re&s;pective Shires, upon Adverti&s;ement from the particular Per&s;on or Pe&s;ons above-named, for the particular Shires and Stewartry above-expre&s;t, and to concur with, and give all A&s;&s;i&s;tance to all and each of them, within their re&s;pective Bounds, for Securing the Peace of the &s;aids Shires &amp; Stewartry, and Re&s;i&s;ting and Suppre&s;&s;ing all Attempts that may be made again&s;t the &s;ame, or any In&s;urrection or Commotion, which may be excited or &s;tirred Up there in; And for Securing and Detain|ing in manner above-mentioned, the Fomenters thereof, or per&s;ons acce&s;&s;ory thereto; And Sicklike, We Require &amp; Command the Sheriffs of the re&s;pective Shires above-mentioned, Stewarts of Stewartries, Baillies of Regalities and Bailliaries, Magi&s;trats of Burghs, and whole other Mini&s;ters of the Law within the &s;ame, to concur with, and give all Aid and A&s;&s;i&s;tance to the Per&s;ons: &s;pecially above-named, for the Shires &amp; Stewartry particularly above &s;et down, in their ob&s;erving the Premi&s;&s;es and doing and performing every thing nece&s;&s;ar for execu|ting and di&s;charging the Tru&s;t conferred upon them hereby. 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 remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the whole Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartry above-named, and there, in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclama|tion, make Publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend ignorance, And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to he Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given Under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the thirteenth day of May. And of Our Reign, the fourth Year, <HI>1692</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In Supplementum Signeti. <HI>GlLB. ELIOT,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save King VVilliam and Queen Mary.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburg,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1692.</P>
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