A proclamation, offering a reward of one hundred pound sterling, to any who shall bring in the person of Mr. James Renwick (a seditious field-preacher) dead or alive. Scotland. Privy Council. 1686 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) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B05716 Wing S1957 ESTC R183574 53981743 ocm 53981743 180376 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. B05716) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 180376) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2827:5) A proclamation, offering a reward of one hundred pound sterling, to any who shall bring in the person of Mr. James Renwick (a seditious field-preacher) dead or alive. Scotland. Privy Council. Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII) 1 sheet ([2] p.) Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to his most sacred Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. 1686. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Dated: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh, the ninth day of December, 1686. And of Our Reign the second year. Signed: Will. Paterson, Cls. Sti. Concilii. Imperfect: stained with some 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. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 John Pas 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 PROCLAMATION , Offering a Reward of One hundred pound Sterling , so any who shall bring in the Person of Mr. James Renwick ( a Seditious Field-Preacher ) dead or alive . IAMES by the Grace of GOD , King of Great-Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To Our Lyon King at Arms , and his Brethen Heraulds , Macers of Our Privy Council , Pursevants , Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , conjunctly and severally , specially Constitute , Greeting : Forasmuch , as one Mr. James Renwick , a Flagitious and Scandalous person , has presumed and takes upon hand , these several years bygone , to Convocat together numbers of our unmarry , and Ignorant Commons , to House and Field-Conventicles , ( which our Law so justly Terms the Nurseries of Sedition , and Rendezvous's of Rebellion ) in some of the Western Shires of this Our Ancient Kingdom , and has frequently Preached at these Rebellious Meetings , his Seditious and Traiterous Principles and opinions , intending thereby to Debauch some of the Ignorant People from their bouden Duty , and obedience they ow to Us as their Rightful Soveraign Lord and Monarch . And We out of our Royal Care and Tenderness to Our People , being desirous to deliver all Our loving Subjects , from the Malign influence of such a wretched Imposture ; Have therefore , with Advice of Our Privy Council ( as is usual in such Cases ) not only thought sit to Declare the said Mr. James Renwick an open and notorious Rebel , and Traitor against Us , and Our Royal Government , But likewise hereby Authorise and Require all Our loving Subjects to treat him as such And also Prohibite and Discharge all Our Subject , Men or Women , That none of them offer or presume to Harbour , reset , Supply , Correspond with , Hide , or Conceal the Person of the said Mr. James Renwick , Rebel foresaid , under the pain of incurring the severest punishments , prescribed by the Acts of Parliament and Proclamations of our Privy Council , made against Resetters of Rebels ; But that they do their outmost endeavour to pursue him , as the worst of Traitors : And to the end the said Mr. James Renwick may the better be Discovered , Apprehended and brought 〈◊〉 Justice : We with Advice foresaid , Do hereby Require and Command all Our Sheriffs , Stewarts , Baillies of Regalities 〈…〉 ●●gistrats of Burghs , and Justices of the Peace , not only to cause Search for , Pursue and Apprehend the Person of the 〈…〉 James Renwick , Rebel foresaid , wherever he can be found within their respective Jurisdictions , 〈…〉 their assistance to any who shall offer to Apprehend him : And if in pursuit of the said Mr. James Renwick 〈…〉 he , or any of his Rebellious Associats , resisting to be taken , any of our saids Magistrats , or other 〈…〉 Kill , or Mutilat him , or any of them , We hereby Declare that they , nor none assisting them shall 〈…〉 pursued Civily or Criminally therefore in time-coming , but that these Presents shall be al 's sufficient for 〈…〉 they had Our special Remission , and that their doing thereof shall be repute good and acceptable Service 〈…〉 incouragement of such as shall apprehend , and bring in the person of the said Mr. James Renwick , 〈…〉 Alive , he , or they shall have the Reward of One hundreth Pound Sterling Money , to be in instantly payed to 〈…〉 of our Thesaury . And We ordain these Presents to be Published at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh 〈…〉 Head-Burghs of the several Shires of this Kingdom , on the South-side of the Water of Tay , and other 〈…〉 riffs in the saids respective Shires , that none pretend Ignorance . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh , the ninth day of December , 1686. And of Our Reign 〈…〉 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. 1686.