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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79279	By the King. A proclamation. Charles R. Charles the Second, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all and sundry our good subjects whom these presents do or may concern, greeting: we having, with the advice and consent of our Parliaments, past so many Acts in favour of the Protestant religion, against field-conventicles,...; Proclamations. 1679-06-29	Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1679 (1679)	Wing C3209; ESTC R225601	1,699	1

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King A PROCLAMATION CHARLES R. CHARLES the Second by the Grace of GOD King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all and sundry Our good Subjects whom these Presents do or may concern Greeting We having with the advice and consent of Our Parliaments past so many Acts in favour of the Protestant Religion against Field-Conventicles whereby our Subjects were withdrawn from publick Ordinances in such ways as exposed them to hear Jesuits or any other Irregular Preachers and were at last debauched to meet with Arms in formed Rebellions We might have expected a most hearty concurrence from all such as resolved to live Religiously and Peaceably in suppressing those Disorders In place whereof Magistrates having by their negligence and Masters by their connivance hightned those Distempers into a formed Rebellion founded upon Extravagancies inconsistent with the Protestant Religion and Our Monarchy Which We having by the Mercy of God and the Affection of Our Subjects overcome so totally that Our Clemency cannot be liable to any mis-construction We have therefore thought fit with the Advice of Our Privy Council to recommend the vigorous Execution of all Our former Laws and Proclamations against such Rendezvouzes of Rebellion Commanding hereby Our Judges Magistrates and Officers of all Ranks and Degrees to apprehend condemn and punish all such as frequent any Field-conventicles the Ministers by Death and the Hearers by Fining and otherways according to the prescript of Our Laws such as bear Arms there being to be demained as Traitors conform to Our former Proclamation dated the 13. day of May last and ordaining that all Masters shall be lyable for presenting such of their Tennants and such as live upon their Ground to underly the Law in Our Justice-airs conform to the sixth Act Par. third James the fifth As also We most peremptorily Command all in Office under Us to prosecute with all legal Rigor those Inhumane and Execrable Murderers of the late Arch-bishop of St. Andrews and all such as have had accession thereto by concealing or ressetting the Assassinates But We being desirous to reclaim all such in that Our ancient Kingdom as have been misled by Ignorance or blind Zeal the pretexts of Disorders and to convince all indifferent Persons that too great severity is as far from Our Design as Our Inclinations have according to the Power reserved to Us by the fifth Act and second Session of Our second Parliament suspended the Execution of all Laws and Acts against such as frequent House-conventicles in the Low Countreys on the South-side of the River of Tay only Excepting always the Town of Edinburgh and two Miles round about the same with the Lordships of Musselburgh and Dalkeith the Cities of St. Andrews and Glasgow and Stirling and a Mile about each of them being fully resolved not to suffer the Seat of Our Government nor Our Universities to be pestred with any irregularities whatsoever And for a further evidence of Our Protection to all who resolve to live peaceably We hereby suspend all Diligences for Fines upon the account of Conventicles except such Fines as are imposed by our Privy Council and such Fines of Inferiour Judicatures as were uplifted or transacted for prior to the 29. of May last and all Letters of Intercommuning and other Executions except in so far as concerns those who were Our actual Servants or in Publick Trust But to the end that none whom We may justly suspect shall under the colour of this Favour continue to Preach Rebellion Schism and Heresie We hereby Ordain all such as shall be suffered to Preach to have their Names given in and surety found to Our Privy Council for their peaceable behaviour only one Preacher being allowed to a Paroch and none to be allowed who have appeared against Us in this late Rebellion nor none who shall be admitted by the Un-conform Ministers in any time hereafter Assuring all those to whom We have extended this Favour that if they or any of them shall for the future frequent any Field-coventicles or disturb the Peace of these Our Kingdoms We will secure Our People and maintain Our Authority and Laws by such effectual courses as in ruining the Authours cannot be thought rigid after so insufferable and unnecessary Provocations This Our forbearance being to continue in Force only during our Royal Pleasure as We shall see those Dissenters deserve Our Favour And to the end all Our good Subjects mave notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleasure We do hereby Command Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pursevants Messengers at Arms to make Proclamation hereof at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh Given at Our Court at White-Hall the 29. day of June 1679. and of our Reign the thirty one Year By His MAJESTIES Command LAUDERDALE GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His Most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1679. Re-printed at LONDON