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¦ From S0OllDnp February 28. to CfitltSBap March 3. 1686.
Edinburgh , Felaruary 24.
O
N Thurfday, the 17th Inftant , His
Majefties Gracious Letter ta the
Lords o f His Majefties moft Honou
rable Privy Council of tins Kingdom
was read at the Board; After which
their Lordlhips Unanimoufly Ordered , That His
Majefties Royal Proclamation therein Enclofed
fliould be publilbed here the next day,which was ac
cordingly performed with great Solemnity and De-
monftrations o f Jo y. The Copies of which G ra
cious Letter and Proclamation, together with the
Councils dutiful Anfwer to His Majeftjr thereupon,
do here follow.
His Majefties Letter to His Privy Council
o f Scotland.
James r .
R
ight Trufly and R irijt Well-beloved Couiln
and Councellor, Right Truity and Right
WeH-beloved Councellor , Right Trufty and En-
tirely-beloved Coufins and Councellors,RightTrulty
and Right Well-beloved Coufins and Councellors,
Right Trufty and Well-beloved Coufins and Coun
sellors, Right Trutty and Well-beloved Councel-
lo.-s, and 'JTrufty and Well-bcloved Councilors,
W e Greet you well. Whereas by Our Letter of
the 2 1 it day o f Augufl Jaft paft, We were Gra-
cioufly pleafed to inform you o f Our Defigns in
order to the Eafe of Our f{om4n Catholicl^Subjetls,
unto which We had your Dutiful Anfwer in fotne
days thereafter; We have now thought fittopub-
lifti thefeOur Royal Intentions, and to give an Ad
ditional Eafe to thofe of Tender Confcicncei. fo to
convince the World o f O uyr Inclinations to Mode
ration, and to evidence that thofe o f the Clergy
who have been Regular, are Our moft particular
C are; though Wc have given fome Eafe to thofe
whofe Principles We can with anv Safety truft : We
have at tke fame time exprefled Our highett In
dignation again It thofe Enemies of Chriflianity as
well as Government and Humane Society , The
Field-Ccr vmtiders, whom We recommend to you
to Root out with all the Severities of Our Laws,
and with the moft vigorous Profecntion o f Our For
ces, it being equally Our, and Our People’s Con
cern, to be rid o f them. As for the other Parti- j
culars of Our Royal Proclamation here inclofed, j
W c doubt not but they will appear to you moft juft !
and reafonable as they do to Us, and that you will
in your refpe&ive Capacities aflert and defend Our
Royal Rights and Prerogatives, which We are re-
folved to maintain in that Splendor and Greatnefs
which can only make them Safe for Us, Supports
for Our Friends, and Terrors to Our Enemies. It
» evident, W« do not mean to incroach on the
I Confciencffs of any, and what We will not d o , We
are refolved not to fuffer in others: And therefore it
is Our Will and Pleafure, That thefe Our Com
mands be forthw ith obeyed,and that in order there-
j unto, this Our Proclamation be forthwith Printed
and Publilhed in the dual manner in fuch Cafes
accuftomed ; And if any (lull be to bold as to ftiew
any diilike o f this Our Proceilour, We defirc to be
informed thereof by you , T o the end We may
convince the World that We are in Earneit, allu
ring All, That as W e exped: Obedience therein,and
aRcadinefs from you and all Our Judicatures to'
jiflert Our Rights, fo it £hall be Our Care on all
Occaiionsto ihew Our Royal Favours to all o f you
in General, and to every one in Particular. For do
ing all thefe things as well contained trt this Our
Letter, as in Our Proclamation aforefaid, Thefe
Prefents fhall be to you, and all others refpedtively
who may be therein any way concerned, a fufficient
Warrant. And fo We bid you Heartily Farewell.
Given at Our Court at W hitehall the i * 1*
day o f F eb ru a ry \6%\. And o f Our
Reign the Third Year.
By His Majefties Command,
M E L F 0 K T ,
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By the K I N O .
A F K OCLAMATIO I f.
JA M -E S R.
J
AMES the Scvevfa bi th° Grace <f
GOD, King o f Scotland, England, France
and Ireland, Defender o f the Faith, & c .
To all and fundry Our Good Snbjefls, whom
thefe prefcnts do or way concern, Greeting . ?
We having taken into Oto R&al Cmfidcration the
many and great inconveniencies, which have happen
ed to that Our Ancient Kingdom ^Scotland o f late
years, through tbs different Perfwafions in the Chri-
flia n Religion, a n i the great Heats and Animofities
amongil the feveral Prrfeffors thereof to the ruine
and dec 17 o f Trade, wafting o f Lands, extingutfh-
ing o f Ch.mty,contempt o f the Rgyal Power, m d con
verting of true Religion, and the fea r o f GOD, in
to Animofitics, Names,Factions jtndfoinc times into
SaciUcdge and Treafcn. And being r e v e d , as much
ai in Z/s lies, to'Vnite the Hearts and Affections o f
Our Subjccls to GO D in Religion,- to V s in Loyalty,
and to their Neighbours in Carijjian Love and Cha
rity, Have therefore thought fit to Grant and by
Our Sovereign Authority, Prerogative I^ o ya L , a>id
Abfilute Power, which all Our 6 ubjetis arc to obey
without ftefcrve ; Do hertby Give and Grant Our