Proclamation indemnifying deserters, and declaring what passes will be sufficient. Scotland. Privy Council. 1695 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). B05706 Wing S1940 ESTC R183564 52529314 ocm 52529314 179101 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. B05706) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179101) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2776:90) Proclamation indemnifying deserters, and declaring what passes will be sufficient. Scotland. Privy Council. Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to his most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. 1695. Caption title. Initial letter. Intentional blank spaces in text. Dated: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh, the twenty sixth day of February, and of Our Reign the sixth year, 1695. Signed: Gilb: Eliot, Cls. Sti. Concilii. 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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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 PROCLAMATION , Indemnifying Deserters , and declaring what Passes will be sufficient . WILLIAM by the Grace of GOD , King of Great-Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To _____ Macers of Our Privy Council , or Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , conjunctly and severally , specially Constitute , Greeting : Forasmuch as , VVe have allowed and Ordained , that all Deserters from Our Regiments in Flanders , since their being there , be seized as Deserters by Our Officers , lately come from Flanders for Recruits ; As also , that such of these Deserters who ingaged in any of Our Regiments abiding in Scotland , be delivered to the saids Officers , to be transported again to Flanders ; And least the foresaids Deserters may apprehend that they may still be lyable to punishment as Deserters ; Therefore VVe with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , Do hereby fully Pardon and Indemnifie all such of the saids Deserters as shall happen to be transported to Flanders in manner foresaid for their said Desertion , remitting to the saids Deserters their foresaid Crime of Desertion , as fully and freely in all respects , as if the said Crime had never been committed and incurred , but that all other Deserters may be duly punished , and none may presume for hereafter to Desert on any pretence . VVe further hereby with Advice foresaid , Ratifie and Revive all former Proclamations against Deserters , ordaining the same to be put to execution against all Deserters not hereby pardoned , or presently engaged in Our Service , with all rigour ; And that for hereafter no question may be moved about Passes , VVe hereby with Advice foresaid , Ordain all Collonels of the Regiments in Our Service , to intimat to their inferiour Officers , that none of them presume to give a Pass to any Souldier under their Command , unless the said inferiour Officer be a Field Officer , and in absence of the saids Collonels out of the Kingdom : Declaring , likeas it is hereby Declared , That all Passes to be hereafter given contrair to the present Order , shall be void and of no effect to the persons bearers and users thereof : OUR VVILL IS herefore , and we Charge you strictly and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh , and to the Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the several Shires of this Kingdom , and there , in Our Name and Authority make publication hereof , that none may pretend ignorance . And Ordains these Presents to be Printed . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh , the twenty sixth day of February , and of Our Reign the sixth year , 1695. Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . GILB : ELIOT , Cls. Sti. Concilii . GOD Save the KING . Edinburgh , Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printer to His most Excellent Majesty , Anno Dom. 1695.