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A46553 A proclamation for discovering such as own, or will not disown a late treasonable declaration of war against His Majesty and the horrid principle of assassination ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1685 (1685) Wing J330; ESTC R34056 3,833 1

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A PROCLAMATION For discovering such as own or will not disown a late Treasonable Declaration of War against His Majesty and the horrid Principle of Assassination Present in COVNCIL Earl of Perth Lord High Chancellor Lord Arch-bishop of St. Andrews Duke of Queensberry Lord High Thesaurer Lord Arch-bishop of Glasgow Marquess of Douglas Earl of Drumlanrig Earl of Mar. Earl of Glencairn Earl of Strath-more Earl of Southesque Earl of Panmure Earl of Tweddale Earl of Belcarres Earl of Kintore Lord Tester Lord Kynnaird L. President of the Session L. Register L. Advocat L. Justice-Clerk L. Castle-hill Gos-foord 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 or Our Privy Council Pur●evants and Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as several Insolent and Desperat Rebels having frequently refused the reiterated Offers of Our Clemency have of late associated themselves under a pretended Form of Government in Societies Fellowships c. and have in their Meetings at last pulled off the Mask under which they formerly endeavoured to Disguise their Bloody and Execrable Principles and openly and avowedly declared in a late Treasonable Paper emitted by them and affixt at several Paroch Churches Intituled The Apologetical Declaration and Admonitory Vindication of the true Presbyterians of the Church of Scotland especially anent Intelligencers and Informers That they have disowned Us and Our Authority and have declared War against Us and from that do infer that it is not only lawful but a Duty upon them to Kill and Murder all who do any manner of way Serve Us or bear Charge under Us or who do assist Our Judicatures or Forces in the Execution of Our Laws Principles inconsistent with all Government and Society and tending to the Destruction of the Lives of Our Loyal and Honest Subjects Therefore We with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council Do hereby Ordain That whosoever shall own the said most Execrable and Treasonable Declaration or Assassinations therein-mentioned and the Principles therein-specified or whosoever shall refuse to disown the same in so far as it declares a War against His Sacred Majesty and asserts that it is lawful to kill such as Serve in Church State Army or Countrey shall be Try'd and Executed to the Death And furder We hereby Require and Command all Our Good Subjects especially these Dwelling in the Southern and Western Shires of this Our ancient Kingdom besouth the River of Tay that they be ready upon all occasions to concur with Our Magistrates and Officers in seeking searching and apprehending and that they and each of them do their outmost endeavour to seek search delate and apprehend any who shall own the said Apologetical Declaration and the Treacherous and Assassinating Principles therein-mentioned or refuse to disown the same as said is Certifying them if they fail herein they shall be proceeded against for their said Collusion and Connivance with the outmost severity of Our Laws As also that when they are Required they shall actually concur to keep and secure as Prisoners the saids Rebels when they are taken and to search for and drive away their Goods when Required by those Commissionated by Us. And since these Rebels after Declaring their Hellish Intentions for the better performance of their mischievous Designs do lurk in secret and are never discerned but in the Acts of their horrid Assassinations and passing up and down unknown amongst Our Loyal Subjects take opportunity to Murder and Assassinat and it being necessary to provide a Remedy against so imminent a danger which cannot be so well done as when the good are differenced from the bad by Discriminating Signs and least constant Inqueries may occasion a continual trouble even to Our good Subjects Therefore as a Remedy for these Inconveniences We Declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure and We hereby Command and Require all Our Subjects within this Our ancient Kingdom both Men and Women past the age of sixteen years not to presume to Travel without Testificats of their Loyalty and good Principles which they are to have in manner following And We hereby Command all Heretors Liferenters and Wodsetters and in their absence their Factors and Chamberlains to Convocat all the Inhabitants upon their Lands in every respective Paroch ad to bring them before any of Our Privy Counsellors or Our Commissioners appointed by Our Council in the Shires and bounds underwritten viz. Lanerk Rensnv Air Dumbartoun Stirling Nithisdale and Stewartry of Annandale Wigtoun and Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Berwick Selkirk Fife and Kinross Mid West and East Lothians and Bathgate including Our City of Edinburgh with the Suburbs and Liberties thereof and Bounds betwixt Spey and Ness including Strath-Spey and Abernethy or any three of them or before the Sheriffs of the Shire where there are no such Commission to deliver to them an exact List of the Names of all their Inhabitants and the Master and all the Inhabitants shall in solemn manner in presence of the saids Commissioners take the following Oath To wit I A. B. Do hereby abhore renounce and disown in presence of the Almighty God the pretended Declaration of War lately affixed at several Paroch Churches in so far as it declares a War against His Sacred Majesty and asserts that it is lawful to Kill such as Serve His Majesty in Church State Army or Countrey And such as can subscrive are to subscrive the same on a large Sheet of Paper for every Paroch and on performance thereof the saids Commissioners are hereby ordained to deliver to every such person a Testificate of the tenor following to wit We A. B. c. Do by these testifie and declare that C. in the Paroch of D. did compear before us and on his or her solemn Oath before Almighty God did abjure and renounce the late Traiter of is Apologetical Declaration in so far as it declares War against His Majesty and asserts that it is lawful to kill such as serve His Majesty in Church State Army or Countrey Which Testificate we declare is to serve for a free Pass to all who have the same for all timethereafter and shall preserve them from all molestation and trouble in going about their Affairs and if it shall happen any of the saids Testificats to be lost by the persons who receive the same that they are to have them renewed by these who first granted them and the Ministers of the respective Paroches Certifying hereby all such who shall adventure to travel without a Testificate in manner foresaid that they shall be holden and used as Concurrers with the foresaids excerable Rebels and as guilty of the foresaid treasonable Declaration and accessory to the designs therein And to the effect this Our Will and Pleasure may be made knowen to all concerned We hereby Require and Command all Our Sheriffs and Magistrats of Our