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A92595 Proclamation against all meetings of Quakers, Anabaptists, &c. Scotland. Parliament. 1661 (1661) Wing S1308; Thomason 669.f.26[56]; ESTC R210919 940 1

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CR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE PROCLAMATION Against all Meetings of Quakers Anabaptists c. CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Brittain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Our Lovits Heraulds Pursevants and Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs In that part specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as by several Laws and Acts of Our Parliament especially by the one hundred and thirty one of the Eight Parliament of King James the Sixth Our Grandfather of blessed memory and renewed and ratified by Vs with advice of Our Estates of Parliament presently conveened It is statuted and ordained That none of Our Subjects of whatsoever quality state or function Conveen or Assemble themselves for holding Councils Conventions or Assemblies except in the ordinary iudgements without Our Warrand or express Licence had and obtained thereto under the pain made against such as unlawfully convocate Our Lieges And that notwithstanding thereof there be divers persons under the name of Quakers Anabaptists and Fifth-monarchy-men avowed Enemies to Our lawful Authority and Government whoupon specious and religious pretences at unlawful times and places keep frequent Meetings and Conventicles together And We and Our Estates of Parliament considering what hath been the cruel Tenets and bloody Practises of such in former times and what Insurrections and Murthers have been committed by them in Our Kingdome of England within these few dayes and of what bad consequence their Meetings may prove at this time Our will is herefore and We charge you and straitly commands That incontinent thir Our Letters seen ye passe and in Our Name and Authority inhibit and discharge all Meetings and Conventions of the persons foresaid upon whatsoever colour or pretext the same may be under the pains contained in Our Acts of Parliament made against unlawful Convocations of Our Lieges And for the better preventing of such unlawful Meetings and of any prejudice may ensue thereby We do hereby command all Magistrates of Our Burghs Sheriffs Constables Iustices of the Peace and other Our publick Ministers To make exact search from time to time in all places where any such Meeting hath been shall or may be suspected and to apprehend every such person who shall keep or frequent these Meetings and to commit them to the next Prison therein to remain till further order be taken with them by such as shall have Our Authority for that effect and ordains you to make publication hereof at the Mercat Cross of Our Royal Burroughs where-through none pretend ignorance thereof As ye will answer to Vs thereupon The which to do We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full power by thir Our Letters c. Given at Edinburgh the 22. day of January 1661. and of Our Reign the Twelfth Year A. PRIMEROSE Cls. Reg.