A proclamation for securing the peace of the High-Lands England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1685 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A58755 Wing S1917 ESTC R6908 13708499 ocm 13708499 101507 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Proclamations -- Great Britain. Broadsides -- Scotland -- Edinburgh (Lothian) -- 17th century 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion J2R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms A PROCLAMATION , For Securing the Peace of the High-lands . JAMES by the Grace of God , King of Great-Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To the Macers of Our Privy Council , or Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , conjunctly and severally , specially Constitute , Greeting : Forasmuch as we having by Our late Proclamamation of the twentieth Day of July last by-past , renewed a Commission granted by Our Dearest and Royal Brother of ever Blessed Memory , of the date the ninth day of August , 1682. years , to the Commissioners therein mentioned , and for the Districts therein specified , for seeing to the Peace of the Highlands , And whereas we are informed , that notwithstanding of the said Commission , and Our said Proclamation , Thieves , Sorners and Robbers , do continue still to infest , Rob , spoil and trouble Our People there , And being resolved that they should be brought to Condign Punnishment , both for bygones , and in time coming : We with advice of Our Privy Council , do hereby Require and Command Our Commssioners for the District of Caithness and Sutherland , to meet at Lochnaver the first day of October next ; and these for the District of the Shires of Ross , Invernes , Cromarty , Nairn and Elgin , to meet at the head of Lochness the said first day of October next ; These for the District of the Shires of Bamff , Aberdeen , Kincardin and Forfar , to meet at Kincardin of Neil , the twenty second day of September Instant ; and these of the District of the Shires of Perth , Stirling , Dumbartoun and Argile , to meet at the Kirk of Balquhidder , the said twentieth second day of September Instant : And then and there to affix and hold Courts , Call and conveen before them respectively , all Persons suspect , or that shall be suspect guilty of any of the Wrongs , Thefts , Robberies , Depredations , or any other Crimes mentioned in the said Commission , and Our said late Proclamation , and to proceed against and punnish them according to our Laws , and as is fully mentioned in the said Commission and Proclamation ; Declaring hereby , that the Persons guilty of the saids Crimes , are not to be understood to be comprehended within our late Act of Indemnity , as to restoring of private Damages , Losses and Injuries ; but that Our saids Commissioners , may proceed against and Punnish them as said is : And further , we hereby Impower and Authorize Our saids Commissioners , in their Districts respective ( after the said First day of meeting ) To appoint their own Dyets , and places of meeting thereafter , from time to time , as they shall find most convenient for Our Service , and the Peace of the Highlands , and therein to Do , and Act every manner of way , conform to the said Commission , and Our Prolcamation following thereupon , and the Laws , and Acts of Parliament of this Our Realm , Promitten to hold firm and stable , &c. And We hereby Require and Command all Our Sheriffs , and Our other Magistrats within the saids Districts respective , to be concurring and assisting to Our saids Commissioners in the Premisses , as they will answer at their higehst Peril . And that Our Pleasure herein may be known , Our Will is , and We Charge you strictly and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to Our Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh , and Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of Caithness , Sutherland , Inverness , Cromarty , Nairn , Elgin Bamff , Aberdeen , Kincardin , Forfar , Perth , Dumbartoun , Stirling , Argile Terbet , and other places needfull , and there , in Our Royal Name and Authority , make Publication of Our Pleasure in the Premisses ; And We hereby Require the Sheriffs , and other Magistrats of the respective Shires foresaids , to cause this Our Proclamation to be read and affixed at the several Paroch-kirk-doors upon the First Lords Day , after the same comes to their hands , and after Divine Worhip , besides their causing publish the same at the Mercat Crosses aforesaid , as they will be answerable . Given under Our Signet , at Edingburgh , the Third day of September , 1685. And of Our Reign the First Year . Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . WILL. PATERSON , Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD Save the KING . Edinburgh , Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson , Printer to His most Sacred Majesty , Anno DOM , 1685. This may be Re-Printed by George Croom , at the Blue-Ball in Thomes-street , over against Baynard's Castle .