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B05715 A proclamation offering a reward and indemnity to such as shall discover the burning of the house of Priest-field. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1681 (1681) Wing S1956; ESTC R183573 1,000 2

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A PROCLAMATION Offering a Reward and Imdemnity to such as shall discover the burning of the House of Priest-field CHARLES by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To _____ Our Lyon King at Arms and his brethren Heraulds Macers of our Privy Council Pursevants Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as the Government of this Our ancient Kingdom being entrusted to Us by the Almighty God we have ever endeavoured with a Royal and Fatherly care to preserve it free from Intestine Disorders and Civil War the greatest of all dangers because Our Subjects must fall therein on both sides by repressing all Tumults and Combinations in their first appearances In order whereunto being informed that some disorderly Boys as well Students in the Colledge of Edinburgh as Apprentices of that Our City did of late enter into Bonds and Combinations and gather themselves in tumults upon the Streets of that Our City differencing themselves by cognizances and threatning to burn the House of Priest-field belonging to the Provost of that Our City Our Privy Council did only endeavour to secure the Publick Peace and prevent Insolences against Our Faithful and Loyal subjects and albeit We delayed any punishment of so great Disorders till suitable means should be offered for preventing the ill consequences which naturally follow such Licenciousness Yet so far was Our Clemency abused that the said House of Priest-field was to the great astonishment of all sober men burnt down according to these threatnings which is clearly proved to Our Privy Council by most unanswerable proofs By which all Our Loyal and Peaceable Subjects are put in danger as to their Lives and Fortunes and the Protestant Religion defamed by such as use it for a Cloak to their Impieties We have therefore thought fit for discovery of that dreadful Crime and to prevent all future mischiefs by a most exact inquiry into what is past to offer Likeas We by advice of Our Privy Council offer a full Indemnity and Remission to any one who shall first discover the said dreadful Crime together with the Sum of two thousand merks for his discovery Which Remission We declare to be as sufficient as if the same were past Our Seals And which sum We hereby Command and Empower the Commissioners of Our Thesaury to pay to the said discoverer whom We hereby take into Our special Protection And We ordain these Presents to be Published by you at the Merkat Cross of Edinburgh and other places needful and the same to be Printed Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the thretteenth day of January One thousand six hundred eighty and one and of Our Reign the thretty two year Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij WIL. PATERSON Cl. Sti. Concilij GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1681.