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A46518 A proclamation ... since our accession to the throne of our royal ancestors, our chiefest care has been to procure the security, peace and happiness of our subjects James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1688 (1688) Wing J255; ESTC R4538 3,829 1

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We have given to all without reserve to serve GOD in their own way presume to meet in these Assemblies except such as make a pretence of Religion to cover their Treasonable Designs against Our Royal Person and the Peace of Our Government And Lastly To the end all Our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleasure We do hereby Command Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Maters Pursevants and Messengers at Arms to make timeous Proclamation thereof at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh And besides the Printing and Publishing of this our Royal Proclamation It is Our Express Will and Pleasure that the same be past under Our Great Seal of that Our Kingdom per saltum without passing any other Seal or Register In order whereunto these shall be to the Directors of Our Chancery and their Deputs for Writing the same and to our Chancellor for causing Our Great Seal aforesaid to be Appended thereunto a sufficient Warrand Given at Our Court as Windsor the 28 day of June 1687. And of Our the Third Year And in pursuance of Our Royal Intentions therein expressed We have Dissolved all Our Judicatures of Privy Council Session Exchequer Justiciary and Magistracy of Our Burghs-Royal that by their Acceptations of new Commissions on the terms of Our Royal Pleasure as above-expressed We might Convince the World of the Justice of Our Procedure as the Universal thanks of Our People has manifested their Joy for so unexpected unhoped for Blessings terminating at once their Persecutions and freeing Our Self from the bad Consequences thereof too manifest too manifest in by-past Reigns to be forgotten in this And yet there are still some Enemies to Us and to their own Peace who labour to lessen the Happiness Our People enjoy by Fears and Jealousies that it will not be lasting But We will let them and all the World know that Our Care shall be more indefatigable to Prevent and Defeat their Malice than they shall be to Contrive or Act the same And therefore We have again thought fit to Declare Our Royal Intentions to Stand to and Maintain Our first Declaration of the date the 12 of February 1687 in so far as it is above repeated and as it is Explained and Enlarged by Our second of the date the 28 of June according to the true Meaning and Import of the same And if any shall be so bold as to refuse their due Concurrence with or Obedience to Us in these Points they shall find the weight of Our Royal Displeasure so as to terrifie others from the like Undutifulness to Our Royal Authority whilst on the other part such as Dutifully Obey and Act as become them shall Enjoy the Comfort of Our Royal Protection and Favour And to the end all Our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleasure We do hereby Command Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pursevants and Messengers at Arms to make timeous Proclamation thereof at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh For all which This shall be to all Persons respectively who may be therein any way Concerned a sufficient Warrand Given under Our Royal Hand and Signet at Our Court at Whitehall the 7th day of May 1688 and of Our Reign the Fourth Year By His Majesties Command MELFORT Edinburgh May 15 1688. Present in Council The Earl of Perth Lord High Chancellor The Lord Arch-Bishop of St. Andrews The Lord Arch-Bishop of Glasgow The Lord Marquess of Athol Privy Seal The Earl of Linlithgow The Earl of Strathmore The Earl of Lauderdale The Earl of Fraquair The Earl of Belsarras The Lord Viscount of Tarbas The Master of Balmerino The Lord President of Session The Lord Advocat The Lord Justice Clerk The Lord Castehill General Major Grahamt of Claverhouse The Laird of Niddrie THe above-written Proclamation from His most Sacred Majesty being Read in His Privy Council of Scotland was in pursuance of His Majesties Royal Commands Ordered to be Published the Morrow at the ordinary time with all due Solemnities Extracted forth of the Records of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council by me WILL. PATERSON Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD SAVE THE KING EDINBURGH Printed by the Hier of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1688.