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A92692) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 153326) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2359:11) A proclamation for discovering who robbed the packquit Proclamations. 1692-08-15 Scotland. Privy Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, [Edinburgh : 1692] Imprint from Wing (CD-ROM edition). At end of text: Given under our signet at Edinburgh, the fifteenth day of August, and of our reign the fourth year, 1692. Steele notation: Arms 245 Defen- Contempt be. Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 2359 cropped; lacking imprint. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Broadsides -- Scotland 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A PROCLAMATION For Discovering who Robbed the Packquit . WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD , King and Queen of Great-Britain , France and Ireland , Defenders of the Faith ; To Macers of Our Privy Council , Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , conjunctly and severally , specially constitute , Greeting : Forasmuch as , albeit by the Third Act of the Third Session of Our current Parliament , the Robbing or Seising the common Post , Male , or Packquit , or any other Express to , or from this Kingdom to the Kingdom of England , or the Kingdom of Ireland , is Declared to be a notorious kind of Robberie , and shal be punished with Death , and Confiscation of Moveables ; Yet nevertheless , some Persons of Pernicious and Disloyal Principles , in manifest Contempt of the said Act of Parliament , have of late made it their Business , to Robb , and take away the said ordinary Packquit , and particularly upon Saturday last , the thirteenth Instant , a person mounted on Horse-back , with a Sword about him , and another Person on Foot , with a Pistol in his hand , did Invade , and fall upon the Post-boy upon the High-way from Haddingtoun to Edinburgh , near that place thereof called Jocks-Lodge , about Ten hours of the Night , and violently Robbed and Carried away from the said Post-boy , the Packquit or common Male from England to this Kingdom , with the Horse whereon the Boy rode , being a Sorrel-Naig , and thereby did their outmost Endeavours to Intercept Our Royal Commands to Our Privy Council of this Kingdom , and to hinder that Communication which is absolutely requisit for the right Administration of Our Government , and the support of Trade and Commerse amongst Our good Subjects ; And We being earnestly desirous , that the persons guilty of such horrid Villany and Crimes , as well as any accessory thereto , should be discovered and apprehended . Therefore , for the more effectual Discovery and Apprehending of the saids Persons guilty of , or accessory to the Seising upon , or Robbing of the said Male or Packquit upon Saturday last ; We with Advice of Our Privy Council , Assure , and Declare , that ( by and attour the refounding what Charges and Expences shall be laid out by any of Our Leidges , or what Damage shall be sustained by them , in Discovering and Apprehending the saids Criminals ) there shall be duely payed to them by the Lor●s of Our Theasury , the Sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling , as a Reward for their Discovery , and the Sum of an hundred Pounds Money foresaid , to any who shall Take and Apprehend the Persons guilty of the Crime above-mentioned , or any of them , and deliver them Prisoners to the next Sheriff , or Magistrat of Burgh-royal ; And for the more effectual Discovery of the said Crime , We with Advice foresaid , not only Pardon , Indemnifie , and Remit the said Crime of Seizing and Robbing the Packquit to any one of the Persons concerned therein , or accessory and privy thereto , who shall come in , and make the first Discovery thereof , to any of Our Privy Council , betwixt and the Twenty second day of August current ; but also assure to them , or any of them the said Reward of Fifty Pounds Sterling ; And further , We with Advice foresaid , Declare these presents shall be a sufficient Pardon and Indemnity to all and every one of Our good Subjects , for all Slaughter , Wounds , or Mutilation that shall be done or committed by them upon any of the saids Criminals , and their Associats , in the taking and apprehending of them , and bringing them to condign Punishment . OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We charge you Strictly , and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Mercat-crosses of Edinburgh , Haddingtoun and Linlithgow , and there in Our Name and Authority , make Publication hereof , by open Proclamation , that none pretend Ignorance . And Ordains these presents to be Printed . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh , the Fifteenth day of August , and of Our Reign the fourth Year , 1692. Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . In Supplementum Signeti . DA. MONCREIFF , Cls. Sti. Concilii . GOD Save King VVilliam and Queen Mary .