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B05312 Act discharging any to travel thorow the Highlands, with more persons than the law allows. Edinburgh, the tenth day of October, 1678. Scotland. Privy Council.; Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693. 1678 (1678) Wing S1408A; ESTC R182988 406 1

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ACT Discharging any to travel thorow the Highlands with more Persons then the Law allows Edinburgh the tenth day of October 1678. THE Lords of His Majesties Privy Council Considering that albeit by diverse Acts of Parliament the convocation of His Majesties Leiges by any person above their ordinar and allowed Retinue is prohibit under diverse pains and penalties notwithstanding whereof several Inhabitants of the Highlands are in use when they travel through the countrey to be accompanied and attended by a number of looss and idle persons not being their domestick servants and thereby occasion is given to stealing sorning and several other disorders For preventing whereof the saids Lords do prohibit and discharge all persons Inhabitants of the Highlands of whatsomever degree or quality to travel in the Highlands or keep any meetings there having any in their retinue and company who are not their own domestick servants as they will be answerable at their highest peril And ordains these presents to be Printed and published at the Mercat crosses of the several head Burghs of this Kingdom Al. Gibson Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save the King Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred MAJESTY 1678.