A46474	----	His Majesties gracious letter to the lord provost, bailzies, and remanent magistrates, and town council of the city of Edinburgh Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII) 1685 Approx. 2 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). A46474 Wing J194A ESTC R41408 31355295 ocm 31355295 110385 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. A46474) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110385) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1741:1) His Majesties gracious letter to the lord provost, bailzies, and remanent magistrates, and town council of the city of Edinburgh Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII) James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [Edinburgh? : 1685] Place and date of publication from Wing (2nd ed.). Imperfect: cut at center fold, with loss of text. "Given at our Court at Whitehall the 28. day of February 1684/5 and of our Reign the 1st year. By His Majesties command. Drummond." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University 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 -- Edinburgh (Scotland) -- 17th century. 2007-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-08 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion J R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE GOD SAVE THE KING royal blazon or coat of arms His MAJESTIE' 's Gracious LETTER , TO THE LORD PROVOST , BAILȜIES , and REMANENT MAGISTRATS , and TOWN COUNCIL of the CITY of EDINBVRGH . Feb ● on K Ch death the Kings Ans to the town of Edinburghs Addresse JAMES R. TRUSTY and welbeloved , Wee greet you well . Having received yesterday from our Secretary LUNDIN your very Loyal and Dutiful Address , Wee have thought fit to let you know , that it was very acceptable to US , and suitable to that Zeal and Loyalty you have at all times expressed in the Reign of our late Dearest and Royal Brother of Blessed Memory : And from these early and ample Expressions of your Duty to Us , Wee are so much perswaded of your sincere Resolutions to continue the 〈…〉 to assure you , that upon all occasions wee will show our kindness to you and that our good Town ; Of whose concerns in every thing that may contribute to your and their welbeing Wee will have a peculiar care ; Assuring you withall , that Wee are so sensible of your former Services since you entred into the Magistracy of that our good Town , as Wee think fit to return you our hearty thanks , and to assure you , that you shall meet with the good effects thereof when an opportunity shall be offered to Us for the same . So not doubting your continuing to act faithfully and vigorously in our Service , Wee bid you Farewell . Given at our Court at Whitehall the 28 day of February 1684 / 5 ; and of our Reign the 1 st . year . By His MAJESTIES command , DRVMMOND . 
A49575	----	Scotland against popery being a particular account of the late revolutions in Edenborough, and other parts of that kingdom, the defacing popish chappels, and palace of Holy-Rood-House; the levelling to the ground of the chancellor's chappel and house, &c. and all other popish chappels; with the opposition, which occasioned the loss of five hundred men on each side; with the Duke of Gourdon's seizing the Castle of Edenborough for the papist interest, and the protestant nobility and citizens beseiging it. In a letter from a merchant in Edenburgh, to his friend in London. 1688 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). A49575 Wing L42A Wing S2013A ESTC R179224 99827871 99827871 32294 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. A49575) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 32294) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1852:25; 1939:6) Scotland against popery being a particular account of the late revolutions in Edenborough, and other parts of that kingdom, the defacing popish chappels, and palace of Holy-Rood-House; the levelling to the ground of the chancellor's chappel and house, &c. and all other popish chappels; with the opposition, which occasioned the loss of five hundred men on each side; with the Duke of Gourdon's seizing the Castle of Edenborough for the papist interest, and the protestant nobility and citizens beseiging it. In a letter from a merchant in Edenburgh, to his friend in London. L. L., attributed name. aut 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1688] Attributed by Wing to L.L. An account of events occurring in March, 1688; Wing has publication dates: [1680] (L42A) and [1689] (S2013A). Copy filmed at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery closely trimmed with some loss of text at foot. Reproductions of the originals in the Lincoln's Inn Library, London (reel 1852) and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (reel 1939). 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. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Edinburgh (Scotland) -- History -- Early works to 1800. Scotland -- History -- Revolution of 1688 -- Early works to 1800. 2007-12 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 Scotland against Popery , Being a particular Account of the late Revolutions in Edenborough , and other parts of that Kingdom , the defacing Popish Chappels , and Palace of Holy-Rood-House ; the Levelling to the Ground the Chancellor's Chappel and House , &c. and all other Popish Chappels ; with the Opposition , which occasioned the loss of Five Hundred Men on each side ; with the Duke of Gourdon's seizing the Castle of Edenborough for the Papist Interest , and the Protestant Nobility and Citizens Besieging it . In a Letter from a Merchant in Edenburgh , to his Friend in London . NO sooner had the News of the Kings Private Departure Arriv'd at the City of Edenburgh , but all Parties look'd on the general Settlement of the Kingdom , to be so far shaken , that it was high time for each of them to make an early Provision for their future Security : But the Prince of Orange's speedy Advance to London , being once Publish'd , the Papists began to look on their Cause as wholly desperate , if not already undone ; nor were they in the least mistaken ; for as if the Signal had been generally , though privately , given the Rabble from all Parts immediately gather together ; and first , declaring for the Protestant Religion in general , next for the Prince of Orange , they lastly resolve unanimously to take this Opportunity of rooting both Popery and Papists out of the City and Kingdom , protesting with Oaths they would no longer suffer under the apprehension of that Slavery which they had long since , to their Sorrow , seen growing too fast upon them : Whereupon , after many Shouts , being Arm'd , some with Clubs , some with Swords , and others , to a great number , with Pistols , Carbines , and Muskets , they Marcht directly to Holy Rood-House , where , after some Violences offer'd to the Out-parts ; the Governor , who Commanded there at that time , one Captain Wallis , a Roman Catholick , came upon them with his Guards , without either demand of the meaning of their Assembly , or the least admonishment to desist , he Fires upon them , and Kills several of them ; the Multitude being much more Enraged than Allay'd , by this Proceeding , run with fierceness and resolution on the Guard , slaying and wounding every Man , not without the Loss of abundance of their Own , tho' the Council then sitting had sent to the Captain to forbear on any Account to come to extremities with the Rabble , well imagining , and fearing the consequences likely to ensue ; but he , as is suppos'd being too Zealous in his own Cause , and relying on his little Authority , presum'd rather to endanger the Safety , or Peace of the Kingdom , than submit to a present Necessity ; for which he dearly paid , being himself , as was suppos'd , Mortally Wounded , and his Company quite Overthrown : The Multitude , in the mean time , remaining Victorious , march'd with loud Huzza's to the Lord Chancellor's House , which they in a moment pull'd down to the Ground , not sparing both Reproaches and Wounds on his Person ; some reproaching him with his Designs to Betray his Country to Popery and Slavery , others casting in his Teeth private Injuries , and all reviling him as a base , malicious , and unjust Man : By this time the Council and Lord Preast , had order'd the Militia to endeavor the Suppressing these Irregularities , who , upon their first Approach us'd fair Words and Entreaties , but that not prevailing ( the Rabble being extreamly exasperated for the loss of their Fellows ) they were forc'd to be rough , tho' before they could be dispers'd , there were above Five Hundred of both sides Kill'd : The Duke of Gourdon , in this juncture , thought it the safest way to retire into the Castle , and has declar'd his resolution to defend and keep it against any Opposition whatsoever : What the result will be is uncertain , tho' the better part of the Nobility and Gentry , and all the Commonalty in general , have declar'd their resolution to stand by the Prince of Orange , in Defence of the Protestant Religion , as by Law Established : The said Prince's Declaration ( for restoring the Religion , Laws , and Liberties of Scotland to their Ancient Grandure ) having bin publickly read in Edinburgh , and several other parts of Scotland , with Acclamations of Joy. The general expectation , at this present Writing , is the Affair of the Duke of Gourdon , ( who , if he persists in keeping Possession of the Castle , ) you may expect a particular Account in my Next , of the Siege of that Important ( I had almost said Impregnable ) Fortress . SIR , Your ready Friend , and humble Servant . 
A58724	----	A proclamation concerning the students in the Colledge of Edinburgh England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1681 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). A58724 Wing S1726 ESTC R6557 13704279 ocm 13704279 101473 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. A58724) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 101473) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 848:49) A proclamation concerning the students in the Colledge of Edinburgh England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, printer to His Most Sacred Majesty, Edinburgh : 1681. ; And reprinted at London, January 29th, following [1682] Reproduction of original in Huntington 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. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines. 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 University of Edinburgh -- Students. Proclamations -- Great Britain. Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Riot, 1681. Broadsides -- Scotland -- Edinburgh (Lothian) -- 17th century 2008-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-09 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A PROCLAMATION , Concerning the Students in the Colledge of Edinburgh . CHARLES , by the Grace of God , King of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To _____ Our Lyon King at Arms , and his Brethren Heraulds , Macers , Pursevants , and Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that Part , conjunctly and severally , specially constitute , Greeting ; Forasmuch as the Lords of Our Privy Council being informed , that several disloyal and malicious Persons , frequenting Our good Town of Edinburgh , have instigated the Students of the Colledge therein , to enter in Bonds and Combinations , and Convocate in Tumults ( knowing that how spacious soever the pretexts be , yet these tend to Sediton , as Sedition doth to open Rebellion ) There was Order taken that the Peace of that Place should secured : And it being made appear , by the Declarations and Confessions of the Masters , and severals of the Students , that the Students did enter into Bonds and Combinations , to which , among other things , contrary to the Laws of this Kingdom , they did oblidge themselves to adhere to one another , if they were called in question therefore , and in confidence of that Seditious Combination , they did upon the Twenty-Fifth of December last , assemble in a Tumultuary way , and assault and affront several Persons , and to strengthen thier Combination , did associat themselves with Prentices , and introduce a new way of Tumultuating , by putting up blew Ribbans , as Signs and Cognisances , not only to difference them from others , but likewise for Convocating themselves , in pursuance of those Seditious and Tumultuous Designs , ( a practice and preparative not to be indured in any well Governed Kingdom ) For which , being ( justly ) reproved , they did some few days thereafter , run up and down the Streets in Tumults , disquieting the Nobility and Gentry of both Sexs , and threatning the Provost of that of Our City , with the burning of his house of Priest-field , and other injuries ; and accordingly , within some few days thereafter , the House of Priest-field was ( to the horror and astonishment of sober Men ) burnt down , by throwing in Fire-balls , and other Combustible Matter , as appears by most convincing proofs , lying in the Records of Privy Council , which are also notour enough to convince , even those , who from the same disloyal Principles , that prompted them to attempt those Boys , continue with a villanous confidence , sutiable to their malicious porjects , to ascribe the said burning to accidental Causes : Upon all which , the Lords of Our Privy Council , convinced by these proofs , and considering how disloyal and mutinous Persons did , in the last Age , bring on all their dreadful Rebellion , from such beginnings , and that some who studiously imitate their proceedings , have of late , in this Our Kingdom , us'd their utmost endeavours , to incline all Societies to such Disorders ( though without success ) Have by an Act of the date hereof , Ordered the Gates of the Schools of that Colledge to be shut up , till they should be fully informed of the Root , and progress of these Disorders , and satisfied by the submission and punishment of the Offenders . We therefore , with advice of Our Privy Council , to prevent any further Seditious Tumults and Disorders from these Students ; do Command them , and each of them , to retire Fifteen Miles at least from that our City of Edinburgh , within Twenty-Four hours after the Publication hereof , and not to come within the limits foresaid , without express leave from our Privy Council , and that under the pain of being punished as Sidecious Persons , and contemners of our Authority , discharging here by their Parents , Tutors , and all others within the bounds foresaid , to resset or intertain them after the time foresaid , without finding Caution to the Clerks of Council , for their good Behaviour . Our Will is herefore , and We Charge you straitly and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Marcat Cross of Edinburgh , and thereat by open Proclamation , make Publication of the Premisses , that none pretend ignorance . The which to do , We commit to you , conjunctly and severally , Our full Power , by these Our Letters , delivering them by you duely Execute and indorsat again to the Bearer . Given under Our Signet , at Edinburgh , the Twentieth-One of January , One Thousand-Six-Hundred , Eighty and One , and of Our Reign , the Thirty Two Year . Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij . PAT . MENZIES . Cl. Sti. Concilij . GOD save the KING . Edinburgh , Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson , Printer to his Sacred Majesty , Anno Dom. 1681. And Reprinted at London , January 29th , following . 
A75085	----	Account concerning the fire and burning of Edenbourgh in Scotland, in a letter from a gentleman there, to his friend in Dublin. : Scotland, February the 12th, 1700. 1700 Approx. 3 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). A75085 Wing A170 ESTC R170017 45098208 ocm 45098208 171099 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. A75085) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 171099) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2559:1) Account concerning the fire and burning of Edenbourgh in Scotland, in a letter from a gentleman there, to his friend in Dublin. : Scotland, February the 12th, 1700. Knowles, Mr. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed and sold next door to the Fleece in St. Nicholas-Street, Dublin : 1700. "To prevent doubts concerning the above relation, the original was received by and is now in the hands of Mr. Knowles ..." Reproduction of original in: Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland. 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. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines. 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 Fires -- Scotland -- Edinburgh. Edinburgh (Scotland) -- History. Broadsides -- Ireland -- 17th century. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-11 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ACCOUNT Concerning the Fire and Burning of Edenbourgh in Scotland , In a Letter from a Gentleman there , to his Friend in Dublin . Scotland . February the 12th , 1700. SIR , I Doubt not but you have had the Fatal Account of the late Fire in the City of Edenbourgh , which has burnt the whole Parliament-Close , save the Parliament House , and Churches ; and near to the Cross on the South-side of the said Street . A Letter from Edenbourgh the other Day carries that there is upwards of Five Hundred Families dislodged . There is no great Loss of Men and Women , but other Losses are considerable . It 's talkt that the whole Church Registers of Scotland are gone . Your Cousin Broughton is preserved in Person by the Providence of God , though in seeming Hazard : His Cabinet and-Papers sustained the common Damage of others ; but there is no Loss of Papers by burning , for all Gentlemens Papers being given away in confusion , not minding to whom ; and a great part of them being cast over the Walls , were carried away by the Rabble . The most part , or all , of the Gentry of Galloway , are in one Circumstance this way : There are Orders Issued forth for restoring of Papers to their Owners , but that cannot be expected without considerable Money to those who have them ; and where Inventories are wanting , to be sure there will be considerable Loss . The Duke of Hamilton seemed very Anxious to have the Fire quenched , offering abundance of Gold to have it done . There is one Buchan clapt up on suspicion of having an Hand in the Fire . There is one _____ Imprioned at Glascow likewise , who is thought to have a Hand in the Fire which happened in that City a little before : But there shall be no more added at present By a Well-wisher of Yours . To prevent Doubts concerning the above Relation , the Original was Received by , and is now in the Hands of Mr. Knowles in Back-Lane , Dublin ; who Asserts it to come from Correspondent of his , of good Repute and Credit in Scotland . Dublin , Printed and Sold next Door to the Flecce in St. Nicholas-street , 1700. 
B03003	----	Edinburgh, 6 April 1653. Forasmeikle as the provest, bailies, and councel of this burgh being conveened in counsel, finding that this good town hath been, and is greatly abused by strangers, vagabonds, unfree persons, and masterlesse people ... Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03003 of text R174856 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E164B). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 B03003 Wing E164B ESTC R174856 53981647 ocm 53981647 180212 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. B03003) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 180212) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2820:18) Edinburgh, 6 April 1653. Forasmeikle as the provest, bailies, and councel of this burgh being conveened in counsel, finding that this good town hath been, and is greatly abused by strangers, vagabonds, unfree persons, and masterlesse people ... Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Edinburgh : 1653] Title from caption and first lines of text. Imprint suggested by Wing. Headpiece; initial letter. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Rogues and vagabonds -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Early works to 1800. Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Politics and government -- 17th century -- Sources. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. B03003 R174856 (Wing E164B). civilwar no Edinburgh, 6 April 1653. : Forasmeikle as the provest, bailies, and councel of this burgh being conveened in counsel, finding that this good Edinburgh 1653 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Paul Schaffner Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Paul Schaffner Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion EDINBVRGH , 6. April 1653. FOrsameikle , as the Provest , Bailies , and Counsel of this Burgh being conveened in Counsel , finding that the good Town hath been , and is greatly abused by strangers , vagabonds , unfree Persons , and masterlesse People , both Men and Women , who take up their residence and dwelling within this Burgh , and harbours and resets all manner of wicked and ungodly Persons , whereby the Town is defiled with all kinde of Vice , the Kirk overburthened with their maintenance , and the monethly Contributions and Collections appointed for the Towns Poor , are imployed and consumed upon them . For remedy whereof , It is statute and ordained , that no Land-lord or Heritour within this Burgh , set their Houses to such unlawfull persons , nor admit of such tennents to reside therein , nor receive any strangers whatsomever without a famous Testimoniall of their honest conversation to bee approven be the Magistrat , or Kirk Session where they remain . And that the late Incomers , and Strangers who are evidently known to have neither means nor lawfull Calling whereby to live , be timeously warned be their Land-lords , to remove forth of this Burgh , & return to the places of their former residence , whether they be Men or Women , under such pains and penalties as the Magistrat shall think fit to injoyn for their contempt and dissobedience . And ordains thir presents to be published thorow this burgh be touk of Drum , and affixed in the publict mercat places , that none pretend Ignorance of the same . 
B03008	----	Edinburgh, the ninth of January, 1685. Proclamation, annent [sic] heretors, masters and mistresses of families. Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council. 1685 Approx. 2 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). B03008 Wing E164H ESTC R174861 52612137 ocm 52612137 179416 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. B03008) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179416) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2788:12) Edinburgh, the ninth of January, 1685. Proclamation, annent [sic] heretors, masters and mistresses of families. Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, printer to his most sacred Majesty, city and colledge, Edinburgh : Anno 1685. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text. Signed at end: Jo. Richardson Cls. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. 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. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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FOrasmuch , as the Lords of His Majesties Privy Council , by their Order , of the date the _____ day of January instant , did thereby Require and Command the Provost , and Baillies of Edinburgh , to take exact Lists of the whole Inhabitants of the said City of Edinburgh , Leith , and the other Suburbs thereof , and Liberties pertaining thereto , in manner following ; viz. All the Heretors , Life-renters , Factors , or Doers , Tutors and Curators of Minors , according to the Cess-rolls , or otherwise , that they , and all concern'd , may make Faith thereupon ; All which Persons are to be given in upon Oath , to the saids Magistrats ; and the Masters , and Mistresses of Families , are to give up Lists of all their Children , above the Age of sixteen Years ; and of their Servants , or Lodgers which they have had Entertained or Lodged , since the beginning of November last , and that upon Oath : These are therefore to give Intimation , that at the first Advertisement given to the Heretors , Liferenters , Factors or Doers , Tutors , and Curators of Minors , and Inhabitants , Masters , and Mistresses of the Families of this Citie , and Suburbs thereof , by the Town Officers , that they appear before the Magistrate of their respective Bounds , and there give obedience to the said Act of His Majesties Privy Council , immediately after the said Intimation , without delay ; Certifying such as shall failȝie , their Names shall be given up to His Majesties Privy Council , that they may be proceeded against as Persons disaffected to the Government . Jo. Richardson Clc. Edinburgh , Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson , Printer in His most Sacred Majesty , City and Colledge , Anno 1665 
B03783	----	Information, for Sir John, Hall Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Chiesly and James Bowdoun baillies, Sir Archibald Muir, Patrick Halyburtoun, William Meinzies, William Hutcheson, and George Stirling. Against James McLurg, George Clerk, Robert Blackwood, William Paton and others. Hall, John, Sir, fl. 1692. 1692 Approx. 36 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 6 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B03783 Wing I164K ESTC R178654 52211850 ocm 52211850 175704 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. B03783) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175704) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2747:5) Information, for Sir John, Hall Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Chiesly and James Bowdoun baillies, Sir Archibald Muir, Patrick Halyburtoun, William Meinzies, William Hutcheson, and George Stirling. Against James McLurg, George Clerk, Robert Blackwood, William Paton and others. Hall, John, Sir, fl. 1692. 10 p. s.n., [Edinburgh : 1692] Caption title. Publication data suggested by Wing. Against the complaint that there were irregularities in the elections for the magistrates of Edinburgh. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. 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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Elections -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Corrupt practices -- Early works to 1800. Municipal government -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Early works to 1800. Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment -- Early works to 1800. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-05 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-07 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion INFORMATION , For Sir John , Hall Lord Provost of Edinburgh , Robert Chiefly and James Bowdoun Baillies , Sir Archibald Muir , Patrick Halyburtoun , William Meinzies , VVilliam Hutcheson , and George Stirling . Against James M clurg , George Clerk , Robert Blackwood , VVilliam Paton and others . THe Complainers designing to get themselves in to the Magistracy of Edinburgh , and to get Mr. David Dalrymple made Conjunct-Clerk with Aenea ' M cleod , have raised a Reduction before your Lordships , of the three last successive Elections , upon several pretended Violations of the Set , and concluding further , that the Defenders may be punished in their Persons and Goods ; The which Complaint being given in , and read before your Lordships , It was alledged for the Defenders , that there could be no Process for annulling the last Election , because all Parties therein concerned were not called , viz. Baillie Chartres , Baillie Baird , Michael Allan , George Warrander , Andrew Bruce , John Robertson , Hugh Blair , Mr. Henry Ferguson , Samuel M clellan , Archibald Rule , Alexander Thomson , John Pringle , James Crafurd , William Livingstoun , William Meldrum , George Dalgleish , Members of the Counsel of twenty five , whose Election cannot stand , if the Defenders Election be annulled . To which it was Replyed for the Complainers , that the Defenders who are called , are the principal Parties concerned in the Irregularities lybelled , so that there was no necessity to call any others . To which it was Duplyed for the Defenders , that these of the Magistrats and Council who are not called , tho they cannot be prejudged by any punishment , concluded against the Defenders in their Persons or Goods , because it is possible they have been less active in the late Elections than some of the Defenders have been , yet it is impossible that the Defenders Election can be reduced , and the Election of the other Magistrats and Members of Council stand in force , tho less guilty of Irregularities , since all the Informalities lybelled against the Election of any of the Defenders , strike likeways at the Election of these who are not called , and it is inauditum , that parties Rights were ever annulled by a Process to which they were not called , and therefore there can be no Process sustained on the first Member of the Conclusion , viz. to annul the Defenders Election , till the rest be called , unless the Complainers design , that the Election should fall quoad these who will not vote for them , and should stand good quoad these from whom they expect Friendship ; And as there can be no process quoad the first Conclusion against the Defenders till the last be called , neither can there be any Process quoad the second Conclusion of punishing the Defenders in their Persons and Goods , for that is consequent from , and dependent on the first Conclusion , for as long as the Elections are not annulled , the Defenders cannot be punished for their accession thereto . Upon this Debate , your Lordships before Answer thereto , Ordained the hail Cause to be debate before your Lordships . Vpon which , the Defenders Answers to the whole pretended Violations lybelled , were read in your Lordships presence . After which the Pursuers insisted on this head , That albeit your Lordships had appointed the two Merchant-Counsellors to vote proprio jure , upon a bold and impudent Assertion made by the Defenders Advocats , yet these two Counsellors were only allowed to Vote as Proxies , so that Sir Archibald Muir's first Election to be Provost was unwarrantable , being contrair to your Lordships Command , and if these two old Counsellors had no Right to Vote proprio jure , then the former Election of eight Proxies could not be quarreled by the Defenders on that ground . To which it was answered for the Defenders , That they opponed their former Answers , viz. that quoad the two first Elections which are now past , and the persons thereby chosen gone out of their Office by course , there can be no Process for annulling these Elections , or turning the Magistrats out thereof , but the Complainers , if they design to prevent any of these Informalities in time to come , ought to insist in their Declarator before the Judge competent , which they raised an year and a half ago , since all the Complainers mistakes arises from their Mis-interpretation of some obscure passages in the Set , which are competent to be explained by the Lords of the Session . 2. Any pretended Informalities in the two last Elections , cannot be insisted on as grounds to annul the last Election , otherways the Magistracies of Burghs would be very unsecure for fourty years space , if there were any Errour in the preceeding Elections during that time . 3. As to the pretence insisted on , as to the two old Counsellors , which is the Complainers Achilleum Argumentum , chosen out by them of the many Informalities lybelled against Sir Archibald Muir's two Elections . To this it was Answered , That tho the Complainers , according to their wonted modesty , do say , that it was a bold and impudent assertion to affirm the old Merchant-counsellors had right to Vote proprio jure , yet the Defenders do still assert , that the old Merchant-counsellors are a part of the Council of 30 , which Council of 30 is appointed for Leeting , and which Council of 30 consists of 18 of the new Council and 12 of the old , which 12 consists of the 7 old Magistrats , 3 old Merchant-counsellors , and 2 old Trades-counsellors , as appears by the Set pag. 5. so that in order to the Leeting , no Proxies can be chosen in place of the old Merchant-counsellors , unless they be absent after they are required to come , and therefore since these that were old Counsellors were received , and Proxies chosen for the rest , the Election cannot be quarrelled upon that Informality . 4. By the Books it is clear , that Captain Baillie was admitted proprio jure , he being designed an old Counsellor , & not a Proxie , & that Patrick Johnstoun was admitted as a Proxie , which was done because he had not been an old Merchant-counsellor for the year preceeding , but had been chosen a Merchant-counsellor for that current year , and shortly after his being made a Counsellor , he was chosen Baillie of Leith , whereby he became to be no Member of the Town Council , and so was capable to be chosen a Proxie . To this it was Replyed , That the Complainers insist on the Nullities of the first two Elections , only in order to annul the last , as being done by these persons who had been themselves illegally elected , and that of all these Nullities in the first two Elections , they now insisted on that anent the two old Merchant-counsellors , who ( the Defenders say ) had right to Vote jure proprio , and which was so appointed by your Lordships , and yet one of them is admitted as a Proxie , for albeit Patrick Johnstoun ( who according to the Defenders own alledgance the last year before your Lordships , was an old Counsellor ) was allowed to Vote , yet it was qua Proxie , and not proprio jure , and which the Defenders did of purpose , that he might not have a Vote in the electing of the rest of the Proxies , which he would have had if he had voted proprio jure , & yet neither Captain Baillie , nor he did Vote in the Election of Proxies , for the Books bear no such thing . To which it was Duplyed for the Defenders , that they Oppone their former Answers , bearing , that no informality in the two first Elections can be grounds to annul the last Election , it being legally carried on . And as to the Article now insisted on , the Defenders oppone the express words of the Set , and the uncontroverted custom of the Burgh , to the Complainers shameless clamour , in calling it a bold and impudent Assertion , for this Assertion in jure , viz. that old Counsellors jure proprio , have right to Vote in the Leeting , as being a part of the old Counsel of 12 , which with the new Council of 18 , makes up the number of 30 , no man but the Complainers will controvert , And as to the Assertion in facto , that Captain Baillie and Patrick Johnstoun were both old Counsellors , it was a mistake in the Lawyers , without any design , for Captain Baillie's right proprio jure to Vote , had the same weight in Law to hinder the Election of Proxies for him , as both Captain Baillie and Patrick Johnstoun , being old Counsellors would have had to have hindered Proxies to be chosen for them , for one or two , does not alter the case in Law , for there is idem juris quoad partem , as quoad totum ; and therefore Sir Archibalds Muirs Election cannot be quarrelled , because the two old Merchant-Counsellors did not Vote proprio jure , since de facto there was but one of them an old Counsellor , who is presumed to have Voted accordingly , and the other was chosen as a Proxy , because he was Elected a Counsellor only for that current year , which Counsellors place did vaick shortly thereafter , by his being made Baillie of Leith . Neither can the Complainers pretend any prejudice , by not admitting the saids two persons to Vote proprio jure , since the Complainers cannot deny but both their Votes were against them in the Leeting & Election ; so that the Complainers could have no advantage by their Voting in the Proxies , like as de facto , James Baillie who was the only old Merchant-Counsellor , is presumed to have Voted in the Election of Proxies , if he came in before the Proxies were Elected , and if he came not in till after the Proxies were Elected , then he had no right to Vote , for Votes of Courts are not rescinded upon the Incoming of Members thereafter that were not present thereat : and it is strange to pretend that Captain Baillie did not Vote in the Election of Proxies , because the Books do not bear him to have Voted thereto , and that he is not marked in the Sederunt of twenty two , since he could not be marked in the Sederunt , he not being present when they sate down , but being called in thereafter by them , and allowed to Vote as an old Counsellor , in Obedience to your Lordships Order , and since there is nothing marked in the Books that he desired a Vote , and was refused , it must be presumed that he did Vote to all the Votes that were Voted after he came in , for there is nothing marked expresly that the twenty two did Vote , and not he . Upon this , your Lordships appointed the Complainers to insist upon the Violations of the Set Libelled , to have been made at the last Election . After which the Pursuers insisted on this Ground , that George Stirling and William Meinzies did Vote in the last Election , tho they had been more than two years on the Council , without being Office-men , or by vertue of their Office thereon . To which it was Answered , that William Meinzies was chosen Thesaurer at the popular Election , in which he continued till Martinmass 1690 , after which he continued on the Council as old Thesaurer till June 1691 , at which time he was Elected one of the four old Baillies , in which Station he continued till Michaelmass last , and was then chosen old Dean of Guild , and it cannot be denied , but that Thesaurer , old Thesaurer , old Baillie , and old Dean of Guild are Offices : And for George Stirling , he was by the popular Election chosen Trades-counsellor , wherein he continued till Michaelmass 1689 , and was then chosen Deacon of the Chirurgions by his Trade , and Deacon-Conveener by the Magdalen Chappel , and a Counsellor by vertue of his Office , as Deacon , by the Town Council , wherein he continued till Michaelmass 1691 , and then was chosen a Trades-Counsellor , whereof there is only one year yet run out ; and it is clear by the Set , that a Deacon-Counsellor and a Trades-Counsellor are distinct , and that the Set forbids only a Counsellor to continue longer on the Council than two years , unless he be an Office-man , or there , by vertue of his Office , and therefore George Stirling being there two years by vertue of his Office , as Deacon , and one year as Trades-Counsellor , he has not contraveened that part of the Set , since it has been the constant Custom for Trades-men to be upon the Council two years as Trades-Counsellors , and two years as Deacon-Counsellors , as appears by the Instances given in the Answers , and may be given in several others . To which it was Replyed , that it appears by the Set , that there is nothing understood by Offices thereby , but Provost , Baillies , Dean of Guild , and Thesaurer , as appears by the 15 page of the Set , where none are named as Office-men but the seven Magistrats , and the words ( or by vertue of their Office ) is only understood of the old Magistrats , and therefore William Meinzies & George Stirling , who were never present Magistrats , cannot continue longer than two years on the Council by vertue thereof , for a Deacon is not an Office , and an old Magistrat is not an Office , unless in the person of him who was once a present Magistrat , and no respect can be had to any former Practice which was a Violation of the Set , the Act of the Convention of States appointing all Elections after the popular Election to be according to the Set. To which it was duplyed , that it is a gross mistake to alledge that by the Set the present Magistracy is only called an Office , for albeit in the 15 page of the Set the words are ( to proceed to the Choosing of the Leets to the Magistrats and Office-men , such as Provost , Baillies , Dean of Gild , and Treasurer ) yet that does not inferr that a Deacon-ship is not an Office , for the subject treated there is not all Office-men , but Magistrats and Office-men who are taxatively exprest to be by the subjoyned Exegesis , Provost , Baillies , Dean of Gild , and Treasurer ; and the Defenders acknowledge that there is a difference betwixt Office-men Simply , and them that are Magistrats and Office-men Joyntly : But to take off this Quible as the 10 page of the Set appoints none to be more than two years on the Council , except they be Office-men , or by Vertue of their Office ; So the 11 page , in that same Chapter , appoints that none be continued in their Office of Deaconship above two years together , so that it is undenyable that by the Set , a Deaconship is reckoned an Office , in opposition to a simple Counsellor , and in Contradistinction to a Magistrat ; who is both a Magistrat and an Office-man Complexly , unless the Complainers would have a priviledge to expound the word Office other wayes in the 10 page , then in the 11 page ; Because it serves their Turn : Likeas their Fancy in expounding ( Office to be present Magistracy , and be vertue of their Office to be old Magistracies ) is extravagant , for these words are exegetick and signifie the same thing , since an Office-man is on the Council be vertue of his Office , and he that is on the Council by vertue of his Office , must be an Office-man ; and it is certain that these words comprehend the Old and New Magistrats , and the Six ordinary Deacons , and excludes only the members of Council New and Old , who are there only as single Counsellors ; and it is ridiculous to pretend that one Chosen in place of an old Baillie , or an old Dean of Gild , is not al 's much an Office-man , as he who served the year preceeding in whose place he is chosen , an evident instance whereof is , that a Person chosen to be old Dean of Gild , who was never present Dean of Gild , Judges in the Dean of Gild Court , in absence of the present Dean of Gild , which he could not do , if the old Dean of Gild , as such , were not an Office-man , and therefore William Meinzies , his continuing more then three years under four distinct successive Characters , and George Stirling his continuing that Space under two distinct Characters , can be constructed no violation of the Set , it having been practised in the cases of William Hamiltoun , Alexander Reid , Thomas Sandilands , John Cunningham , Thomas Kinkaid , James Borthwick , John Miln ; Thomas Somervel ; Alexander Thomson , James Cockburn , Michael Gibson , John Scot , and others . And which instances are adduced to instruct a constant Custom not contrair to the Set ▪ but agreeable thereunto , and which Custom ought to expound the Set , if there were any Ambiguity therein as to this point as there is none ; neither does the Act of Convention cut off all former Immemorial Customs , inconsistent with the Set ; and far less these Customs that do Explain and Interpret the meaning threof : for the Act of Convention of Estates , was only to regulat the Popular Election at that time , which was Judged the only Remedy against encroachments , made by the late Governments upon the priviledge of this Burgh , but no wayes designed to Regulat subsequent Elections , which the Convention left to be according to Law , without the least thought of Rectifying any Immemorial Customs , prior to the Incroachments made by the late Governments , which Customs are indeed a part of the Sett , and constitution of the Burgh . 2. The pursuers insisted on that pretence that William Carss , who was one of the eight extraordinary Deacons , was chosen to be one of the Council of Twenty Five , whereby the number of Thirtie Eight Electors , was Abridged , which forced the Defenders to this absurdity , that they behoved to Elect Thomas Campbel as a Proxie to Vote for William Carse ( who was present ) to make up the Number of Thirtie Eight . To this it was Answered . That the Defenders admire how the Complainers Ingenuity allows them to insist on so frivolous a Pretence , which is so fully taken taken off by the Defenders Answers , for the Set putting no Limitation on the Council , to chuse any free Trades-man to be a Trades-Counsellor , to make up the ordinary Council of twenty five , that a present Deacon without doors should be incapable to be advanced from one of the extraordinary Deacons , to be one of the ordinary Council , passes the Defenders understanding : for since all the twenty five of the ordinar Council are constituent Members of the Council of thirty eight , what can hinder one of the thirty eight to be advanced to be one of the twenty five ; for albeit thereby there be a Vacancy quoad one of the thirty eight , that Vacancy has easily and frequently been supplied , by calling him who was formerly Deacon to Vote in his place , conform to the 19. page of the Set ; for it cannot be denied , but that a Person who is a Member of a Court by his Office as a Deacon , when he gets an higher Character in that Court , to wit , to be a Trades-Counsellor , his place is Vacant , and he as in the first Character of a Deacon is absent , so that his Room must be supplied , but there is no Proxie to to be chosen for a Deacon Absent or Dead , only by the Set , the preceeding Deacon supplies the room that was his , and therefore Thomas Campbel did not Vote as Proxie for William Carse , who was present , but did supply the room of the Deacon of the Fleshers in the Council of thirty eight , which was Vacant through William Carse his promotion to be a Trades-Counsellor , in the Council of twen-five ; and as there is no shadow of reason to complain of this as a Breach of the Set , which is so agreeable thereunto , and has been the constant practice hitherto , so it is most malitious in the Complainers to urge the same as a prejudice done to them , since both William Carse and Thomas Campbel Voted their way against the Defenders . And it is admired how the Complainers justifie some practises , ●ho contrair to the Set , because of a long Custom , and yet quarrel these practices of the Town Council , which are agreeable both to the Set and Custom : because they fear that they may Obstruct their present Design . 3. The Complainers did insist on this pretence , that the Proxies who were chosen the day before to Leet , were thrown out the day of Election , though by the Set , these that Leet are to Elect ; and as the Parties for whom they are Proxies for Leeting , could not be removed the day of Election , no more could their Proxies be removed that day . To which the Defenders oppons their former Answers , and the Set , which does not appoint the thirty that Voted to the Leeting , to Vote at the Election with the eight extraordinarie Deacons , but appoints only the thirty of the Old and New Council to Vote with the eight extraordinarie Deacons ; and it is strange to pretend , that because an ordinar Member cannot be changed , therefore his Proxie cannot be changed ▪ for Proxies are only chosen to supply the absence of Persons for that Diet they are called to , and are alterable at the Councils Option , as is clear by immemorial Custom : and since Leeting and Electing are different things , it is not necessarie that he who was Proxie to the first , should be Proxie to the second : for then a Person who is once a Proxie for a Man , behoved to continue as Proxie for him during all the time of his Office & Absence . So that if a Baillie should go out of the Country the first Month of his Election , and be absent all that Year , he that were then chosen Proxie for him , behoved to continue till the end of that year , which were absurd , and inconsistent with the Immemorial Custom of changing of Proxies every Diet , and in this particular case complained on , there were only three Proxies called in the day of Leeting , viz. George Home for the old Provost , Alexander Baird for Samuel M cclellan who was a Merchant-counsellor , and James Bowdoun for George Fullertoun another Merchant-counsellor , which George Fullertoun returning the night before the Election , upon the the morrow he Voted jure proprio to the Election : Likewayes George Home Voted as Proxie for the old Provost , so that there were none of the Proxies altered but Alexander Baird , to whom the then Provost sent an Officer the night before the Election , to intimate to him , that he needed not come the next day to the Council ; at which time the Council chused James Bowdoun Proxie for Samuel M cclellan , so that Alexander Baird having got intimation the night before , that he was not to be a Proxie to the Election , he could complain of no Incivility , being that day Elected a Baillie . 4. The Complainers insisted on this pretence , that the extraordinary Deacons were not allowed to Vote at the Election of Proxies , for making up the number of thirty eight Electors , though they were present and demanded it . To which it was answered , That the Defenders oppone their former Answers and the Set , which appoints , page 19. That if any of the Provost , Baillies and Council be absent , the rest who are present , shall choose another in their room : by which word , Council , is meaned , the Council of thirty for Leeting , and not the Council of thirty eight for Electing , as appears unanswerably from this , that that Chapter concerns two distinct Points , viz. The supplying of absent Deacons not of the Council , and the supplying the room of the Provost , Baillies , and Council : And as to the first Point , anent a Deacon not of the Council , his being absent , it appoints the last Deacon , or he that was in the Leet with him , to supply his room ; So that the Set determines who shall supply the place of an absent extraordinary Deacon , without allowing a Proxie to be chosen for him , either by the extraordinary Deacons , or by the ordinar Council , or both : And then it says , If any of the Provost , Baillies , or Council be absent , the rest who are present shall choose ; which Rest , must be the rest of that number , whereof any are absent , which is of the Provost , Baillies and Council in contra-distinction to the extraordinary Deacons ; and it were unreasonable , that when there are no Proxies to be chosen for extraordinary Deacons , ( and so the ordinary Council can have no Vote in choosing of them ) that yet the extraordinary Deacons should have Vote in the Election of Proxies , for representing the Leeters , and which is so strange , that it was never heard of till now , that the Complainers zeal has made them find that in the Set , which was never dreamed of before . 5. The Complainers insisted on this Ground , that albeit by the Set it be provided , that before they proceed to Elect , there shall be an Oath Administrat to the Electors , that they shall choose the persons most meet , without Favour , Hatred , or Collusion , yet that was refused , though it was demanded by Robert Blackwood , and Instruments taken thereon . To this it was answered , That the Defenders oppone their former Answers , viz. That the pretence is false and calumnious , for upon Robert Blackwoods making , and insisting in that motion , the then Provost told the Council , that by their Oath de fideli , they were bound to give the Votes of their Consciences , and that they were to give the saids Votes as in the presence of God ; to which they all gave their assent , and in particular Robert Blackwood , who acknowledged , that he was satisfied therewith , which is sufficient to satisfie the Set , unless there were a difference betwixt assenting to give their Votes of their Consciences in the presence of God , and solemnly protesting before God ; which difference is a niceity more suitable to Jesuitical Philosophy , than to solid Divinity and Law , and that they did assent to give the Votes of their Consciences , as in the presence of God , it is hoped , is sufficiently proven by the Instrument , and Depositions of the Witnesses adduced . 6. The Complainers insisted on this Ground , That George Stirling , and the other persons mentioned in that Article of the Libel , did enter into a Conspiracy , by signing a Paper under their hand , to adhere to Sir John Hall. To which the Defenders repeated their former Answer , viz. That the same was false and calumnious . After this Debate the Complainers pretending with a great deal of confidence , that all the matters of Fact asserted by them , were sufficiently proven by the Books and Registers produced , did Judicially pass from all Probation by Witnesses ; But there being a Committee appointed by your Lordships , for Examining the Defenders Witnesses , adduced for proving their Libel of Reconvention , the Complainers did refile , and pressed to have Witnesses examined upon several Points of their Libel , and among the rest , they urged before the Lords of the Committee , that Witnesses might be received for proving the pretended Conspiracy for adhering to Sir John Hall , and contended that the same was probable prout de jure , by Writ , Witnesses , or Oath of Party . To which it was answered , for the Defenders before the Committee , 1. That the Libel being a Combination in Writ , by the Defenders alledged signing a Paper to adhere to Sir John Hall , is only probable scripto , because such a Combination without Writ to that purpose is no Crime , it being ordinary in the Magdalen Chappel , for the Lesser Part to be concluded by the Major , and to promise to Vote in the Council as the Pluralitie did in the Chappel ; especially seing if any such Paper were produced , it might be a null Paper not probative against the Defenders . 2. That the Combination libelled , was not probable juramento partis , because it is a contravention of the 78. Act of the 14. Parliament King James the second , discharging any Leagues or Bonds to be made within Burgh , but at the Commandment of the Head-officer , under the pain of Confiscation of their Goods , and their Lives to be at the Kings Will : So that the Combination libelled , being a Capital Crime , or at least Infamie , the Defenders are not holden to Depone thereupon . To which it being Replied before the Committee , 1. That Crimes are probable prout de jure especiallie done before many Witnesses , as this which was done in the Magdalen Chappel before the whole Deacons . 2. The Complainers not insisting for the Defenders Life and Limb , they are oblig'd to Depone upon the Combination , especiallie Their Majesties Privy Council restricting the same to an Arbitrary Punishment . To which it was duplied for the Defenders , to the first , That a Crime whereof the Nature is to be in Writ , and without which it will not be a Crime , it cannot be proven but by the Writ , against the Nullities whereof the Defenders might object , if it were produced . 2. Persons by the Claim of Right are not oblig'd to Depone against themselves in Capital Crimes , howsoever the Punishment be restricted ; besides , that Their Majesties Privy Council have no ways restricted the Punishment here , nor would their Declaration prejudge His Majesties Interest , but that his Advocat might thereafter insist before the Justices for the same Crime . This Debate being reported to your Lordships by the Lords of the Committee , your Lordships found it probable by Witnesses . Writ , or Oath of Party , in the Complainers option , whereupon the Complainers past from any Probation by Witnesses of the pretended Combination , and offered to prove the same scripto , vel juramento partis ; and in order to get the same proven scripto , by production of the pretended Paper , they urged six or seven of the Defenders , to depone anent the having of the Writ , and fraud fully away-puting the same , and these Defenders having deponed Negatively , the Complainers urged that they might depone upon the Tenor and Import of the Paper lybelled on , and it being alledged for them before the Lords of the Committee , that the Complainers could not make use of two manners of Probation , viz. scripto , & juramento partis ; And therefore since they had taken themselves to Probation scripto , by production of the Paper it self , and in order thereto had forced the Defenders to depone anent their having the same , or knowing where it was , they could not now make use of the Defenders Oaths for proving of the Tenor of the Paper , which was to prove that Article juramento partis , after they had attempted to prove the same scripto , And the Complainers Replying , that this Combination was pessimi exempli , and therefore it should be narrowly lookt into , and should not go uncensured , tho the Paper cannot be produced , and therefore the Defenders could not refuse to depone upon the Tenor , since every one of their Oaths can only be probative against themselves . Upon this the Lords of the Committee appointed the saids Defenders to depone upon the Tenor and Import of the Paper libelled . And it being alledged that they were content to depone in the precise terms of the Libel , viz. that they had subscribed no Paper obliging them to adhere to Sir John Hall , and the complainers replying that they ought to depone upon the whole Tenor and Import of the foresaid Paper , what it was , if it was not oblidgment to adhere to Sir John Hall , that the Lords might thereupon Judge what the Paper imported , whereupon the Lords of the Committee appointed several of the Defenders to depone anent the whole Matter , relating to the said pretended Combination ; by whose Depositions it clearly appears , that there was no Paper subscribed by them obliging them , or promising that they should adhere to Sir John Hall , which they deny in formal terms ; but all they depone is , that the Magdalen-Chappel having split Votes , the major part being for James M clurg , the Deponers having voted for Sir John Hall were prest by some of the Complainers not to break the Unity of the Chappel , but to be concluded with the Plurality , and to Vote for James M clurg , whereupon the Deponers then declared , that they had voted according to their Consciences , and that they were not to blame for the breaking the Unity of the Chappel , because the Deacon-Conveener occasioned the same , by his declaring to them some days before , that he would Vote for Sir John Hall , encouraging them thereto , by declaring that the Chappel would be equal , and he would give his casting Vote , which Answer did not satisfie some of the Complainers , but they still prest that the Deponers might either be concluded by the Vote of the Plurality , or else that they should be extruded the Chappel , which forced the Depones to sign a Declaration in their own Vindication , be●ring , that the Deacon-Conveener declared to them he would be for Sir John Hall , and that he himself had altered his mind , and now blamed them for Voting for Sir John , in which Paper there was no engagement on them to adhere to Sir John Hall , nor so much as a Declaration of their design for whom they would Vote , except their design were inferred from this , that they had already Voted for Sir John Hall : so that it is evident and undenyable , that this calumnious Article of the Bond of Combination was libelled on , of design to get some Shadow and Pretence to make this a Council Process before your Lordships , there being no other Article , but what was competent to have been pursued before the Judge ordinar : In Respect of all which , the Defenders ought to be assoilzied from this groundless and calumnious Pursuit : and if the least Scruple there anent remain with your Lordships , ( as is hoped there can be none , ) It is humbly desired , that your Lordships would remit the same to be discust summarly before the Lords of Session , as was done by your Lordships Predecessors in the like case pursued by some of the Neighbours against Sir Andrew Ramsay , and that in respect that any Difficulties arising here , are occasioned by the Complainers Niceties and Quiblings upon some Passages of the Set , for detorting the true meaning thereof , and which being Debates anent the point of Right will easily be cleared by the Lords of Session . Or otherways , it is humbly desired , that your Lordships would be pleased to advise with his Majesty what is proper to be done in this Process , in Respect it is of great Import to the Government of the Kingdom , and will be a Preparative either for Settling or Unsecuring generally the Magistrats of the whole Royal Burrows .