Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
parliament_n act_n law_n royal_a 3,099 5 7.8289 4 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
B05514 A proclamation, anent the discovery of persons in arms, and apprehending rebels and fugitives. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1682 (1682) Wing S1660; ESTC R183383 2,165 1

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

C R 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A PROCLAMATION Anent the discovery of Persons in Arms and apprehending Rebels and Fugitives 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 and Messangers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Albeit by the blessing of Almighty God upon Our Royal endeavours the many attempts of His and Our Enemies made most impiously under pretence of Religion and Zeal against the Laws of God of Nature of Nations and of this Our Kingdom designing the overthrow of Religion Government Liberty and Property have been frequently disappointed and defeated and their malice turned upon their own heads and that the many Acts both of Mercy and Justice exerc'd by Us conform to the Laws of God and the Kingdom and the great prudence vigilance moderation and justice of Our dearest and only Brother during his abode in and Government under Us of this Our Ancient Kingdom have had such happy success as to bring Our good Subjects to further abhorrence of Fanaticks and their Impieties and most of these who were misled by the lying Spirit of some of their pretended Ministers are shrunk from these ways whereof they are justly ashamed so that Our People are brought nearer to that dutiful and peaceable deportment which becomes Christians and Subjects yet some are so indefatigable in malice as to continue and stir up others to disturb that peace and tranquillity which Our People may enjoy under Our Reign in so much as of late some Traitors Runnagats and Fugitives have convocat towards the number of Eighty with forbidden Weapons and in unlawful manner near to Tala lin in the Shire of Peebles and the people in that Countrey have been so defective in the duties of loyal Subjects or good Countrey-men as to neglect giving timous notice of such Meetings or Actings either to Our Council the Sheriff of the Shire or the Commanders of Our Forces who were nearest to them and this neglect of theirs being not only a breach of duty in them but of very bad example and dangerous consequence if practised by others on such emergments We therefore by Our Royal Authority and also in conformity to the whole course of Our Laws particularly to the 144. Act of the 12. Parliament King James the 6 and 7. Act Parl. 1. King James 1. Do hereby strictly Require and Command all the Subjects and Inhabitants within this Our Kingdom whether in Burgh or Land upon knowledge or information that any number of men do convocat unlawfully in Arms or appear in company in any place or where any one or two of such as are declared Traitors or Fugitives from Our Laws or treasonable accounts shall repair that they shall with all diligence give intimation thereof to Our Chancellor and such others of Our Secret Council as shall be at Edinburgh as also without delay that they give information to any Commander of Our Forces who shall be nearest to the place where the said unlawful convocation or such Traitors and Fugitives are and to the Sheriff of the Shire Steward of the Stewardry Bailie of the Regality or Magistrats of Burghs where the said Meeting or Persons appear or are informed to be and that within the space of one hour at most for every three miles distance they are at the time from Edinburgh or from the nearest Commander of the Forces Sheriffs and other Magistrats foresaid And further We do hereby Require and Command Our said Sheriffs Bailies and Magistrats upon any such information given to them that they call together competent numbers of Our good Subjects and with these do exact diligence at the utmost of their power to search seek and apprehend these who are so met and to present them to Justice and to follow them untill they be apprehended or expelled out of their Jurisdiction and on their flight they are immediatly to acquaint the Magistrats of the next Shire whether they are fled who are hereby required to do the like diligence and so from Shire to Shire until they be apprehended or expelled forth of this Realm And in case any hurt or skaith fall out in the pursuit or in apprehending of these so unlawfully convocat the actors thereof are to be free and unpunished in any manner of way With certification that these whoever fails in their said respective duties whether it be the Magistrats in not pursuance or Our other Subjects in not giving timous information within the space foresaid or in not rising with and assisting the Magistrats in their forementioned duties they shall be held and repute as disaffected to Our Government and Service and as art and part and connivers with them in their said unlawful designs and convocations and undergo the punishment due to these who were of the said unlawful Convocation by the Laws of this Our Kingdom And We hereby of new intimate to all Our Subjects that whoever shall intercommune with reset supply shelter or give any comfort to any declared Traitors or Fugitives or who shall conceal reset or shelter any who do convocat in manner foresaid that such resetters or assisters shall be proceeded against as if they were guilty of the Crimes whereof these Traitors and Fugitives are guilty according to the just rigor of Our Laws Our Will is herefore and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and hail the Mercat-crosses of the Head-Burghs and hail Paroch Kirks of this Kingdom and other places needful and there in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make publication of Our Royal Will and Pleasure in the Premises that none may pretend ignorance but give chearful and punctual obedience thereto The which to do We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full Power by these Our Letters delivering them by you duly execute and indorsed again to the Bearer Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Eighth day of July One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Two Years And of Our Reign the Thirtieth and fourth Year Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii WILL. PATERSON Cls 〈 ◊〉 〈◊〉 GOD save the KING