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authority_n	act_n	person_n	say_a	4,455	5	7.0879	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05384	Letters of inter-communing against the rebels in the Bass	Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)	1693 (1693)	Wing S1513; ESTC R222462	1,217	1

LETTERS Of Inter-communing against the Rebels in the Bass WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD King and Queen of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council or Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially Constitute Greeting That where upon the twelfth day of May instant Lieutenant Collonel Graham and Michael Middletoun two of the Rebels in the Bap James John and William Middletouns Brethren to the said Michael Duncan Mcqueen Thomas Hepburn John Turine Mr. _____ Henryson John Mcclain _____ Morrein an English man Nicolson John Gladestones Gawin Johnstoun Lieutenant John Halket and John Halket Seaman two Irish Seamen two Hoboyes that belonged to the Earl of Leven Collonel Grahames Servant and three or four more Servants were orderly denunced Our Rebels and put to Our Horn by vertue of a particular Act and Order of the Lords of Our Privy Council used and execute at the instance of Sir James Stuart Our Advocat for Our Interest against them for not delivering up themselves to Our Mercy and the said Island of the Bass for Our Service whereto they were Charged by an Herauld with his Coat displayed with a Trumpet under the pain of High Treason as the said Act of the date foresaid with the Executions thereof duely Registrat at length bears At the which Process of Horning the forenamed Persons Rebels do still ly and continue taking no regard thereof nor of Our Authority and Laws and are incouraged to continue in Rebellion by the Recept Supply and Intercommoning which they have with several of their Friends and Acquaintances to the high Contempt of Us Our Authority and Laws Likeas the saids Lords of Our Privy Council by their Act of the day and date hereof have Ordained these Our Letters of Intercommoning to be direct against the saids Rebels and to be Published at the Mercat-crosses under-written as the samine at more length bears OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-crosses of the several Burghs and Towns upon both sides of the Water of Forth and other places needful and thereat in Our Name and Authority Command all and sundry Our Leidges and Subjects that they nor none of them Presume nor take upon Hand to Reset Supply or Intercommon with any of the saids persons Our Rebels for the Causes foresaids nor furnish them with Meat Drink House Harbour Victual or any other thing useful or comfortable to them nor have Intelligence with them by Word Writ Message or any other manner of way under the Pain to be repute and esteemed Art and Part with them in the foresaids Crimes and Pursued therefore with all rigour to the terrour of others Requiring hereby all Sheriffs Stewarts Baillies of Regalities and their Deputs and Magistrats of Burghs to Apprehend and Commit to Prison any of the Persons above-written Our Rebels when they shall be found within any of their respective Jurisdictions according to Justice as ye will answer to Us thereupon The which to do We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full Power by these Our Letters delivering them by you duly execute and indorsat again to the bearer Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the thirteenth day of May and of Our Reign the fifth Year Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concili In Supplementum Signeti GILB ELIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii God save King William and Queen Mary Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties Anna Dom. 1693.