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B05503 A proclamation, anent persons travelling to or from this kingdom. Scotland. Privy Council.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) 1691 (1691) Wing S1643; ESTC R226029 1,663 1

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DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION Anent Persons Travelling to or from this Kingdom WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD King and Queen of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defenders 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 several Persons of late have gone from this Our Antient Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of France and others have come from France into this Kingdom upon evil Designs against the Government Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council Do hereby Inhibite and Discharge all Persons whatsoever who intend to go out of this Our Antient Kingdom during this time of War to depart furth of the same until first they apply themselves to and receive a Pass from any one of the saids Lords of Our Privy Council for the time being within Twenty Miles of the saids Persons their residence and in case there be not a Privy Counsellor within that space then any two of the Commissioners of Supply within the Shire where the Person or Persons craveing the saids Passes Dwell and Reside who have Accepted and Qualified themselves by Law to Act as Commissioners And further We with Advice foresaid Do hereby Require and Command all Persons whatsoever who shall come into this Kingdom at their Entry into the same to present their Persons and shew their Passes or give a rational account of themselves and their business and from whence they came upon Oath in case of Suspition to the next Counsellor Justice of Peace Magistrat or Officer of Our Army with Certification to such Persons as shall presume to go furth of this Kingdom without Passes or to come into the same without presenting their Persons and Passes or giving account of themselves as said is their Persons shall be sought for and if apprehended shall be committed Prisoners as Persons justly suspect to be coming or going upon evil Designs against the Government And sicklike We with Advice foresaid Do hereby Prohibite and Discharge all Skippers and Masters of Ships or Vessels that they receive no Passengers besides their Crue for whom they must be Answerable aboard their Ships or Transport them either abroad out of this Kingdom or from abroad into this Kingdom except such as shall be provided with Passes in manner foresaid And We with Advice foresaid Do hereby Require and Command the Skippers or Masters of any Ships who are to go furth of this Kingdom before they set Sail to give in a Lift upon Oath of all the Persons aboard of their Ships or who are to go abroad with them containing their true names and Designations to the next Magistrat or Justice of Peace in the place from whence they are to Sail And Requires and Commands the Skippers or Masters of any Ships who shall come into this Kingdom before they suffer any of their Passengers to Land or go out of their Ships to give in Lists in manner and to the Persons above appointed With Certification to the saids Masters or Skippers if they failȝie to give in the foresaid Lists their Ships and Vessels shall be Arrested and their Persons secured until they be proceeded against as Disobeyers of Our Authority and the Law and Abbettors of Rebels and Suspected Persons And We hereby Require and Appoint the Persons foresaids to whom Passes are Appointed to be presented by Passengers who shall come into this Kingdom with all convenient Diligence to Transmit to the Clerks of Our Privy Council a particular Accompt of such Passengers with their Passes as shall be presented to them from time to time with the foresaids Lists to be given in by the Skippers or Masters of Ships as said is as they will be Answerable And to the effect Our Pleasure in the Premisses may be known Our Will is herefore and We Charge you straitly and Command that incontinent these our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and to the Mercat-Crosses of the whole remanent Head-Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom and there in ou● Name and Authority by open Procla-mation make Intimation and Publication of the Premisses that none may pretend ignorance as ye will answer to Us thereupon The which to do We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full Power by these Presents delivering them by you duly execute and indorsed again to the bearer Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Fourth day of May And of Our Reign the third Year 1691. Per Actum Dominorum Sti. Concilij DA. MONCREIF Cls. Secreti Concilij GOD save King WILLIAM and Queen MARY Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties Anno Dom. 1691.