His Majesties proclamation against a traiterous band contrived in the north Scotland. Privy Council. 1646 Approx. 7 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). A78966 Wing C2540 Thomason 669.f.9[57] ESTC R212290 99870928 99870928 161155 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. A78966) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161155) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[57]) His Majesties proclamation against a traiterous band contrived in the north Scotland. Privy Council. Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Scotland. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Evan Tyler, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, Printed at Edinburgh : 1646. A proclamation of the Privy Council of Scotland against the Marquess of Montrose and his "band against God and his Covenant." Dated at end: Given under our Signet at Edinburgh the 5 of April, and of our Reign the 22 yeer 1646. At end of document: Per actum Dominorum Commiss. predict. Arch. Primerose Cler. Reproduction of the original in the British 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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Scotland -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion HIS MAJESTIES PROCLAMATION , against a Traiterous BAND contrived in the North. CHARLES , By the grace of God , King of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , Defender of the Faith. To our Lovits Our Lion King at Arms , and his brethren Heralds and Pursevants our Sheriffs in that part , greeting . Whereas the Committee of Estates of our Kingdom of Scotland , being most carefull , according to the trust committed to them , To use all means for advancing the Cause of God , setling the publike Peace , and for preventing the practises of such as would in any wise hinder or oppose the same . And seeing a Paper emitted under the Title of An humble Remonstrance , yet being in effect , A Band against God and his Covenant , Us and our authority , and this our native Kingdom and its Peace and Happinesse , tho covered with the specious pretences of Pietie and publike Liberty , Have found themselves oblieged in dutie to take notice thereof , And to undeceive our good Subjects by unfolding the wickednesse and treachery of the same , which evidently appears , The persons who have speciall hand therein being formerly under the like guiltinesse of Banding , contrary to the Nationall Covenant which themselves had sworn ; And having since by severall Bands and Oaths to be seen under their hand writings joyned themselves to the Rebellion of that Excommunicate Traitour James Grahame and his Irish associates , with whom they have corresponded this time past , Have now ( as it seems ) by his advice entred into this Band ( the naturall issue of those consultations and meetings they have kept together of late ) without the knowledge of the publike Judicatories of our Kingdom , contrary to the Law of the Land , and Acts of Parliament expresly made in that behalf : And that they may the more easily inveigle the simpler fort , they have usurped to themselves the flourishing Titles of Lovers of Religion , Our Royall authority , and Our Kingdoms Peace ; their Paper notwithstanding clearly evidencing their intentions to be contrary to all these , By their changing and omitting severall essentiall Articles in the Covenant , which are at length discovered by the Commissioners of the Kirk in their Declaration ; By their slighting and contemning the wayes proposed by both our Kingdoms , in sending Propositions to us , for attaining a safe and well-grounded Peace : And presumptuously taking upon themselves to prescribe other wayes , and to be Arbitrators of the present differences betwixt us and our people : By their traducing the publike proceedings of that our Kingdom , in their seeming regrait of the silence of the civil Judicatories , which by the Plague of Pestilence and present Rebellion ( fomented by the Remonstrants themselves , who despised the maine Orders given to them by the publike Judicatories for suppressing thereof ) hath been so long occasioned , and is now happily provided for by the care of our Parliament , which hath appointed these Judicatories to meet at the ordinary time , if they be not letted by the indirect practises of thir Banders , and such others , who under fair pretexts studie the continuance of the present troubles , And by their open withholding their assisting , and secret resisting the resolutions of the Kingdom , Do what in them lies to weaken the strength thereof , and render it a prey to Forreign powers : As also by their large enumerating the publike Burdens , which have been so necessarily laid on for preserving our Kingdom from ruine , and are so much the heavier on these parts , That these who now complain most , have by their complyance with the Rebels , and refusall to joyn against them , been altogether free thereof as yet : and which have been so sparingly imposed and providently disposed of , that no just occasion of complaint can be made thereof , as will appear by the publike Accompts at length perused by the Estates of our Parliament ; and yet extant to the view of the world . And last , these Banders finding no readier mean to dishearten our good Subjects in the pursuance of this Cause , make large expressions of their sense of the distressed condition of the Countrey , whiles they themselves by their by-gone correspondence and present Banding with declared Traitours and bloodie Irishes who have invaded this our Kingdom , Do really witnesse their intentions to continue , and ( so far as they are able ) increase the troubles and distresses thereof , and seare the bowels of the same . For which purpose they labour to weaken the confidence ●nd Union betwixt our Kingdoms of Scotland and England , which are so firmly joyned in the solemne League and Covenant , that no respects can make them forget their mutuall ingagements , or withhold their assistance from others , as the condition of affairs shall require . All which being at length considered by the Committee of Estates , And they finding this Band to be Destructive to the Covenant , and ends conteined therein , Illegall , and against the Laws of our Kingdom , Prejudiciall to the publike Peace ( now drawing towards a happy close , if not interrupted by such treacherous Plots ) and Divisive for fomenting of Jealousies and continuing the bloody Wars within our Kingdoms , Have declared they will proceed against the same accordingly : And therefore OUR WILL IS , and we charge you straitly and command , that incontinent thir our Letters seen , you passe , and by open Proclamation hereof at the Market Crosses of Edinburgh , Stirling , Glasgow , Dundee , Perth , Forfar , Aberdeen , Innernesse , and other places needfull , In our name and authority command , charge , and inhibit all our good Subjects , That none of them presume nor take upon hand , to acknowledge or signe the said Band , nor joyn themselves with the subscribers thereof in pursuance of the same , under all highest pains which by the Law or practise of this our Realm can be execute upon such unlawfull and seditious Bands . And yet because possibly some of our good Subjects have been through mis-information , fear , or other means insnared and drawn to joyn herein , without any ill intention of themselves ; And We being willing to reclaim all such , Do therefore declare , that whosoever hath signed or joyned in this Band , and will betwixt and the fifteenth of May next to come disclaim and quit the same , shall be free of all censure therefore . The which to do , we commit to you our full power by thir our Letters . Given under our Signet at Edinburgh the 5 of April , and of our Reign the 22 yeer 1646. Per actum Dominorum Commiss . predict . Arch. Primerose Cler. Printed at Edinburgh by Evan Tyler , Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie . 1646.