A declaration by His Highness the Prince of Orange, for the keeping of the peace &c. in the Kingdom of Scotland William Henry ... William III, King of England, 1650-1702. 1689 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A66121 Wing W2314 ESTC R19487 12561254 ocm 12561254 63207 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 Broadsides 2008-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2008-10 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A DECLARATION By His Highness the Prince of Orange ; for the keeping of the Peace , &c. in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND . WILLIAM HENRY , By the Grace of GOD , Prince of Orange , &c. WHEREAS the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of Scotland met at Whitehall at Our Desire , to advise Us what was to be done for Securing the Protestant Religion and Restoring the Laws and Liberties of that Kingdom , Have desired Us to call a Meeting of the Estates in March next , and in the mean while to take upon Us the Administration of publick Affairs , both Civil and Military , the disposal of the publick Revenue and Fortresses , and the doing every thing that is necessary for the preserving of the Peace , WE being desirous to Omit nothing that may tend to the publick Good and Happiness of that Kingdom , Have ( in pursuance of the said Advice ) Issued forth Our Orders for the Calling of the said Meeting of the Estates , And to the end that in the mean time the publick Peace , and the Fortresses may be Secured , and the Revenue Collected , We Do hereby Will and Require all Persons being Protestants that are at present in the Possession of the Offices of Sheriffs , Justices of the Peace , Magistrats of Burghs , Baillies of Regalities , Baillies of Bailliaries , Stewards of Stewartries , Governours or Lieutenants of Fortresses , Keepers of Prisons or Prisoners , or in the Possession of any inferior Offices and places of the like nature , and likewise all Persons being Protestants that are in the Possession of any Office or Imployment , in Collecting , Receiving , Managing , or Ordering of the publick Revenue , to take upon them , and to continue in the Exercise of the saids Offices and Places respectively , Doing and Ordering every thing , which the Trust reposed in them , according to the nature of the saids Offices , requires to be done , and ordered in the usual Manner , Form and Method ; And We Do in a particular manner Authorize , Impower and Require ; such of them to whom the Care of preserving the Peace and Quiet of the Nation belongs ; To use all Diligence for Suppressing all Routs , Tumults , Disorders , Violences , and such other Unwarrantable Practices as are contrary to it : And We do hereby Expresly Prohibit and Discharge all Disturbances and Violences upon the account of Religion , or the Exercise thereof , or any such like Pretence , and that no Interruption be made , or if any hath been made , that it Cease in the Free and Peaceable Exercise of Religion , whether it be in the Churches , or in the Publick and Private Meetings , of those of a different Perswasion . Requiring , Likeas We do hereby Require all Protestants , as they love the Good of their Countrey , and Religion , and are willing in their several Stations , and Capacities to Concur with Us , in Our Endeavours to bring Matters to a Happy and Desirable Settlement , that they will live Peaceably together , and without Disquieting or Molesting one another ; Enjoy their several Opinions and Forms of Worship , whether according to Law , or otherways , with the same Freedom , and in the same manner , in which they did Enjoy them in the Moneth of October last , till such time , as by Regular and Legal Methods a due Temper may be fallen on , for Composing and Settling those Differences : And to the End , that the Peace may be the more effectually Secured ; We Require all Men , or Numbers of Men in Arms , by vertue of any Order or Authority , and under any Title and Designation whatsoever , whether they be standing Forces , or Militia Forces , Modelled into Regular Troups , and kept on Foot , as standing Forces , to Separat , Dismiss , and Disband themselves . Likeas , We do hereby Disband them , and appoint them to Retire to their respective Dwellings , with full assurance to them , that care shall be taken in due time for their having their Pay , if any shall be found due to them . And We do further Prohibite and Discharge , all Persons in time coming to take Arms , or to continue in Arms upon any Pretence whatsoever , without a Commission , or an express Order from Us , Excepting from what is above Written , Likeas , We do hereby Except the Garisons of the Fortresses , and the Company of Foot entertained by the Town of Edinburgh , for the Guard of the said Town , whom We do appoint to continue in the Exercise of their Duty ( they being Protestants ) in the saids Garisons and Town . And whereas , several Roman Catholicks have been , and are still in the possession of diverse of the Places and Offices above-mentioned ; We do hereby Require them to leave the saids Offices and Places , and to retire to their several Dwelling-houses , where We Forbid and Discharge all Persons to Disquiet , Disturb , or Molest them any manner of way : And We appoint the next immediat Protestant Officers in the Fortresses , where Governours , Deputy-Governours , or other Officers are Roman-Catholicks , to take upon them the Custody of the saids Fortresses , and in the same manner that the Protestants concerned in the Collecting and Managing of the Revenue , and the Keeping of the Peace , do Supply by their Diligence , the Vacancies that are , or may happen to be in places of the like nature ; This Our Declaration to be of force , and to take effect till the said Meeting of the Estates in March next ; and to be without prejudice to any other Orders We may think fit to give to any Person , or Persons , for the ends above-mentioned . And We do further Order this Our Declaration to be Printed and Published at Edinburgh , and Printed Copies of the same to be given , or sent to the Sheriffs and Stewart-Clerks of the several Shires and Stewartries , whom We do hereby Require to Publish the same upon the first Mercat-day after the receipt thereof , at the Crosses of the Head-Burghs of their respective Shires and Stewartries , in the due and usual manner . Given at St. James 's the Sixth day of February , in the Year of our Lord , One thousand six hundred eighty eight and nine . W. H. Prince of Orange : EDINBVRGH , Printed in the Year , 1689.