We taking into Our Royal Conſideration, that notwithſtanding the Prudence, Juſtice, and unparallelled Clemency, which did ever accompany the Government of Our moſt Dear, and moſt entirely beloved Brother, King Charles the Second, of ever bleſſ •• ••• mory; Several Wicked and Seditious Subjects, did break out into open Rebellions, and Conſpiracies againſt His 〈◊〉 Perſon and Government. And albeit God did on all occaſions manifeſt his wrath againſt them and their Enterpriſes 〈◊〉 their Deſigns were Defeated, and ſeveral of their perſons brought to condign and juſt puniſhement, yet ſome few of 〈◊〉 were either ſo malicious, or fooliſh, as to be enſnared by others to preſevere in their Helliſh Principles and Practice • both in Defiance of all Law and Juſtice, and in open contempt of the Reiterated Pardons, publiſhed and offered by his ſaid late Majeſty. And now Our Royal Prudence, and the Care of Our People obliging Us to take full Information of the chief Movers, and moſt active Inſtruments in theſe pernicious Commotions, before We Determine Our Royal Pleaſure concerning them, which We hope to again in a very ſhort time; yet as a Demonſtration of Our Indate Clemency (which alſo has ſhin'd in the whole Line of Our Royal Race) and of Our Reſolution to imitate the glorious Example of our ſaid Deareſt Royal Brother, We have Reſolved to Pardon; Likeas, We do hereby Pardon, Indemnifie, and Forgive all Our Subjects in Our Ancient Kingdom of Scotland, under, and below the degree of Heretors, Liferenters, Wodſetters, Burgeſſes of Burghs-Royal, and vagrant Preachers, of all Rebellious, Treaſon, Seditious, Inſurrections, Reſet, Intercommuning, Fire-raiſing, Robberies, Slaughters, Free quarters, Lea 〈…〉 , Concealing of Treaſon, and of all Crimes in general Commited by them, or any one of them, by Word, Writ, or Deed, againſt Our Government and the Laws of Our Kingdom, in any time preceeding the Date of this Our Royal Proclamation. Declaring hereby all and every one of them Free and Secure from all Puniſhment, or Trouble for the ſame, either in their Perſons, or Goods, in all time coming. Excepting only as to ſuch Fines, for which already Sentences are pronounced; And likewiſe excepting from this Our gracious Pardon, all thoſe who are guilty of the Aſſaſſination of James late Arch-Biſhop of Saint Andrews, 〈1 span left blank〉 Perſon, Miniſter at Crasfarn, Thomas Kennoway, and Duncan Stuart. And We do hereby Declare Our Royal Will and Pleaſure, That this Act of Indemnity and Pardon, ſhall be extended to all who are at preſent declared Fugitives; Providing theſe Fugitives make Addreſſe within twenty days after the Publication hereof, to Our Privy Council, Our Juſtice-Court, or any of Our Sheriffs in Our ſaid Kingdom, Teſtifying their acceptance of this Our Pardon, by taking the Oath of Allegeiance, or otherwiſe finding Caution to Tranſport themſelves out of Our three Dominions of Scotland, England, and Ireland, before the twentienth day of May, next enſuing the Date of theſe Preſents, and to live Peaceably after the ſaid Publication, until they ſhall Tranſport themſelves, and never to return to any Part, or Place of Our ſaid Dominions, without a Licence from Us, or Our Privy Council aforeſaid, under pain of Death. And We do Command, That this Our Pardon and Indemnity be apply'd and underſtood in the moſt ample Senſe and Meaning, whereof the Words are capable, and that no perſon included therein be Troubled or Moleſted, for any Cauſe aforeſaid in Judgement, or out with the ſame in any time hereafter. And laſtly, To the end all our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleaſure; We do hereby Command Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Macers, Purſevants, and Meſſengers at Arms, to make timeous Proclamation hereof, at the Mercat Croſs of Edinburgh.