A proclamation, discharging the levying or transporting of souldiers vvithout licence Scotland. Privy Council. 1674 Approx. 4 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). B05587 Wing S1770B ESTC R183453 52612317 ocm 52612317 179622 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. B05587) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179622) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2794:16) A proclamation, discharging the levying or transporting of souldiers vvithout licence Scotland. Privy Council. Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693. Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : 1674. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Intentional blank spaces in text. Dated at end: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh, the first of October, one thousand six hundred, and seventy four years. Signed: Al. Gibson Cl. Sti. Concilii. Imperfect: creased and stained with slight loss of text. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. 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Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion C R royal blazon or coat of arms A PROCLAMATION , Discharging the levying or transporting of Souldiers vvithout Licence . CHARLES , by the Grace of God , King of Great Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith , To Macers or Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally , specially constitute , Greeting : Forasmuch , as We did by a Proclamation of the twenty third of July last , prohibit any persons whatsoever to levy any men in this Our ancient Kingdom , or to transport any of Our Subjects thereof into the service of any forraign Prince or State without Our special licence : and discharged all Masters of ships to transport them under all highest pains . And we being informed , that notwithstanding of the said Proclamation , since the publishing thereof , many of Our subjects of this Kingdom , have been taken on and transported abroad , and some of the souldiers of Our standing Forces have been , and daily are seduced and debauched from their service , and ingaged to serve in forraign Countries by persons having no warrand or licence from Vs , in high and manifest contempt of Our Authority , and contrare to the said Proclamation . Therefore , We , with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , do hereby prohibit and discharge all Masters of Ships to receive on board , or to transport to any forraign Countrey any subjects of this Kingdom who have been levyed without Our special licence , or any other Passengers who are not Merchants or Seamen , unless they have a Pass under the hand of any one of Our Privy Councellors : Certifying such as shall transgress herein , that they shall be fyned in the sum of three thousand merks , Scots money ; whereof a third part to be applyed to the use of the informer . Likeas , We do hereby authorize and require any one of Our Privy Councellors , upon information given , that any of Our Subjects of this Kingdom , Souldiers or others are taken on to serve in any forraign Countrey , without warrand , as said is , to cause stop them in their passage , and imprison them , and to cause seize upon and secure the persons who have ingaged them , or who shall be known to have been dealing with , and seducing them thereto , until they find caution to answer for the same , and that they shall not levy or transport any of Our Subjects to any forraign service ; with power to any Privy Councellor to give such orders as shall be necessary for that effect to the Magistrats of Burghs , or any of Our standing forces , who are hereby required to put these orders in execution , as they will be answerable at their highest peril . And it is hereby declared , that such persons as have already contraveened the former Proclamation , shall be proceeded against , and censured conform to the tenor thereof . The which to do we commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full Power by thir Our Letters , delivering them by you duely execute and indorsat again to the Bearer . Given under Our Sig●●● a● Edinburgh , the first of October , one thousand six hundred , and seventy four Years . Al. Gibson Cl. S ti . Concilii . God Save the King. 〈…〉 to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1674.